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Department of Permitting Services

FY2013

How Much? How Many?

Building Construction

26 MSF new

construction, additions,

renovations and TIs almost 1600 fire alarm

and fire protection

system inspections

Land Development

48+ MSF of land

development activities --

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Then and Now

FY2009

809 new residentialunits

876 non-residential Value $479,002,391

4933 permits

Walk-in customers

55,291 Information requests

2240

FY2013

2975 new residentialunits

1243 non-residential Value $966,287,881

6688 permits

Walk-in customers

66,600 Information requests

4376

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Improving DPS Service Delivery

ePermits/Apply online

Electricalmore than 50%

Residential new construction

Deck

Right-of-way

Commercial addition

ePlans

Residential new construction

Right of way

commercial

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How are we doing?

Walk-in/walk-out permitsresidential

additions/ tenant improvements

Approx. 17 days to issue residential additions

permits

Approx. 51 days commercial permit additions

Approx. 88 days commercial reviews Approx. 82 days new residential construction

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New Accountability Improvements

New Division of Zoning and Site Plan Enforcement

Automation Fee Rollback 10% to 5%

Midrise woodframe constructionfee calculation

fee decrease

several hundredthousand/project

Implement deferred collection of impact taxes

Implemented school facilities payments

collections Developed new headline performance measures

New fee payment office/handling accountability

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Accountability improvements

Elimination of backlogs Electrical permits and licenses

Record plats

Scanning for document retention and field coordination

Streamlining Revised DRC process

Signature delegation Plats notes

Greentape coordination with MNCPPC

move forest conservation precon to after building permit issues

Form agreements to resolve overlapping easement conflicts

Checklist developments

Metrics

Performance reports Fire safety systems

ePermits/ePlans

More is coming

Data Montgomery

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Legislation

New stormwater law implementation

Design for Life Tax Credit program

New fire system regulations Tree Canopy and Roadside trees

implementation

International green Construction Codes Zoning Ordinance rewrite

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eServices

Faster and greener

Concurrent reviews

better for customers; more time for business

development

Better for the environment

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eServices

how much better for the environment?

ProjectDox green calculator - assumes 4 submissions during permit review -for each permit, the following savings can be expected:

Miles driven 104 miles

Gas 6.93 gallons

Cost of fuel $23.92

Driving time saved 4.163 hours

Carbon monoxide 5 pounds

Hydrocarbons 1 pound

Trees .08

Annually, assuming 3000 permits:

Miles driven 312,000 miles

Gas 20,800 gallons Cost of fuel $71,760

Driving time saved 12,480 hours

Carbon monoxide 15,119 pounds

Hydrocarbons 1,993 pounds

Trees 239

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Where to next?

Comprehensive Fee review

ePlans/ePermits/ePayments

WSSC colocation for improved one stop shop

Tree canopy/roadside tree manual

Additional streamlining efforts

Process time improvements/quality control

International green Construction Code

Improved outreach to sectors

Online training modules

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