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Port Orchard to pilot Permittable AI to let applicants pre-screen building plans
Summary
Staff proposed a one-year pilot and data-sharing agreement with Permittable AI to let applicants optionally prescreen plans; McCormick Communities’ testing suggested the tool caught about 85% of initial review comments, and staff will track whether prescreening reduces review cycles.
Nick Bond, community development director, told the committee the city plans to enter a pilot program and data-sharing agreement with Permittable AI to let applicants prescreen building plans before formal submission.
Bond said McCormick Communities ran trial uploads and found Permittable identified roughly 85% of the comments the city issued in its first review cycle. "They…
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