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Kirkland staff outline permit intake, review timelines, upcoming dashboard and AI exploration
Summary
Planning & Building Department staff gave a detailed study session on permit intake and review, completeness rules, fee timing, the forthcoming permit dashboard, exploration of AI tools to reduce incomplete submittals, and the department’s 2025–27 work program including Totem Lake, Juanita and faith‑owned housing work.
Planning & Building Department staff used a study session to walk the Kirkland Planning Commission through how permits move from intake to issuance, what commonly causes delays, and tools the city is developing to increase transparency and reduce resubmittals.
Prince Cowan, administrative services manager, described administrative roles and said the PB admin team comprises eight staff who handle customer service, virtual appointments and legal noticing. Angela Haupt, plan review supervisor, described plan examiners and inspectors as mostly “combo” reviewers with construction backgrounds: “All of our plans examiners are combo reviewers, so they do the architectural, structural, mechanical, and plumbing,” she said, noting an electrical plans examiner must be a journeyman electrician under state law.
Staff explained the intake workflow on mybuildingpermit.com: applicants…
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