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Port Orchard council approves voluntary Permittable AI pilot to pre-screen residential plans
Summary
The council unanimously authorized a one-year, voluntary pilot with Permittable AI to let applicants pre-screen single-family/residential plans before city submittal; staff emphasized disclaimers and data-sharing risks and limited the pilot to residential IRC-level permits.
The Port Orchard City Council unanimously approved a resolution on Feb. 24 authorizing a voluntary, one-year pilot agreement with Permittable AI to let applicants pre-screen single-family and single-family residential plans before submitting them to the city.
Nick Bond, director of the Department of Community Development, described how the system works: users create an account, upload plans and receive an AI-generated report that flags likely plan-review comments. Bond said McCormack Communities has already used the tool privately and reported it had identified roughly 85%…
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