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Development center reports slightly slower review times, cites software change that alters 2026 permit counts
Summary
The city’s development center told the Economic Development Project Team that overall review times are a bit above a five-day target—nearly seven days for commercial projects—and that a software change now shows earlier-approved work as 'under construction', making 2026 permit counts appear higher than 2025.
Jonathan Overman, with the city’s development center, told the Economic Development Project Team that the department’s target for returning comments and approvals is five days but that the team is currently running slightly above that target, particularly on commercial reviews.
"Our target is to hit that 5 days return on any comments or approvals," Overman said, adding that commercial reviews are “getting close to 7” days because of project complexity and delays in mechanical reviews. He called the mechanical-review backlog a primary contributor to the slower commercial turnaround time.
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