Recent content by Emily C

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For us, I think it's stormwater requirements!! I have had about 7 resubmittal requests because people just aren't getting it.... & this is for an "easy" project - manufactured home placement! I don't know how to further help the applicant because we have told them - many times- what is required....

Let's see.... re-roofs; in our county, residential re-roofs are not required, but in city limits, they are..but ironically, most of the occurrences I see are commercial re-roofs without a permit. commercial tenant improvements signs! that's what I can think of right now...

I think what's most frustrating about it is that we list it in the requirements, but people fail to read it or even ask about it....they just leave it out, which then makes us ask them to resubmit and include it, and that's lost time on the project that could have been avoided.

hi, welcome! Happy to have you here. I will check out your software, it's nice to see that it's Washington based, which means you comply with all the lovely new 5290 timeline requirements, unlike those on the national level...while we're not currently "in the market" for new software, it's nice...

hi! Welcome!! I work in permitting, happy to answer questions & learn from you as well!

hi! Welcome! One thing I notice is that people neglect to note on their site plans how they are going to manage stormwater. I realize that jurisdictions are different; some cities handle that in house, while others, like us, require the homeowner to maintain it. It is important to look at the...

Good question! There are of course year end reports that I do that focus on how many inspections were done, how many permits were issued, things like that. It's always a good idea to reflect on what went well this year and implement it into next year, as well as what didn't go so well and what...

We generate them manually and attach them with the other permit documents.

My inspector will have me charge on the third re-inspection. Our fee is $130.

One thing I've seen w/ Bookings is that you can customize hours you're available, OR have it sync with your existing calendar. Either option avoids the double booking nightmare.

Thanks for the recommendations, I'll check them out!

hi! At my jurisdiction, we are working on implementing appointments to encourage the public to sort of do their own research before just walking in blind. I found this cool thing through outlook called "Bookings" and I'm doing a soft launch of it before we "go live." I've heard of Calendly...

Plan your day when you first get in. Block time out on your calendar to focus on tasks. Sometimes permitting is heavy, sometimes it's light...but we all have other things that we do that are just as important... Also, never stop learning; take some time out of the day to brush off the code...

Hey gang, We went fully digital this past October, and prior to that, everything was stored on our internal staff drive. Records management was messy, but at least we kind of knew where things were. I'm working with our legal team to update our LUPA procedures and have hit a wall with...