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Riverside council backs PlanCheck pilot to let qualified design professionals self‑certify certain permits
Summary
The council approved a pilot allowing licensed design professionals to self‑certify eligible low‑risk permit applications, with safeguards including a 10% random audit, liability insurance requirements and phased rollout excluding historic and high‑risk zones.
The City Council approved introducing a pilot program that would let prequalified, licensed design professionals self‑certify certain low‑risk building permits, streamlining approvals while retaining inspections and audit safeguards.
Oscar Mencias, building official, said the PlanCheck initiative is a phased, eligibility‑based program built on models in other jurisdictions. Eligible applicants must be licensed design professionals with a…
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