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North Port officials say permitting overhaul reduced duplicative steps and payments for single‑family builds

City Commission of North Port · March 2, 2026
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A Lean 6 Sigma review found North Port required more permit steps and payments for a typical single‑family home than peer cities; staff said a consolidated building permit was implemented Jan. 1 to cut duplicate submittals and payment touchpoints.

Staff presented a Lean 6 Sigma review of the development services department on March 2 showing that, at the time of initial measurement, a typical $350,000, 2,300‑square‑foot single‑family home in North Port involved about nine payment touchpoints and multiple separate permit submissions. Scott Jolin, accredited with Parks and Recreation, and Kyle Bestie from IT described benchmarking against surrounding municipalities and said the city historically used…

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