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 --
Then and Now
FY2009
809 new residential
units
876 non-residential
Value $479,002,391
4933 permits
Walk-in customers
55,291
Information requests
2240

FY2013
2975 new residential
units
1243 non-residential
Value $966,287,881
6688 permits
Walk-in customers
66,600
Information requests
4376
How busy are we?
2013 Service requests 67,623
2013 Plan reviews 84,728
2013 inspections 141,443
2013 total Applications 50,744
4700+ zoning complaints

Improving DPS Service Delivery
ePermits/Apply online
Electrical more than 50%
Residential new construction
Deck
Right-of-way
Commercial addition
ePlans
Residential new construction
Right of way
commercial

How are we doing?
Walk-in/walk-out permits residential
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

New Accountability Improvements
New Division of Zoning and Site Plan Enforcement
Automation Fee Rollback 10% to 5%
Midrise woodframe construction fee calculation
fee decrease several hundred
thousand/project
Implement deferred collection of impact taxes
Implemented school facilities payments
collections
Developed new headline performance measures
New fee payment office/handling accountability


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


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
eServices
Faster and greener
Concurrent reviews
better for customers; more time for business
development
Better for the environment
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
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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