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Staff proposes sliding 10-year rule to close long-unfinished building permits
Summary
Planning staff proposed a Title 7 amendment creating an inactivity provision that would allow older permits without final inspections to be administratively closed after a sliding 10-year period, preserving county liability protections and excluding life‑safety cases.
Ben Tarleton, planning manager, told commissioners the county is seeking to resolve long‑outstanding building permits that have not received final inspections and have become violations.
Tarleton said the amendment (to Title 7) would create a sliding 10-year inactivity provision: if permits remain unresolved and the structure has not changed from what was…
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