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Apologies for the temporary downtime. The GPT should work now.

All the web sources that go into the GPT are listed directly below it: Most are from the iccsafe.org's Georgia page. Aren't these the same as the amendments at the georgia.gov site you shared? I can add the 2023 NEC, but don't have a Georgia amended version. If you can provide specific...

Just added a Georgia building codes GPT for you: https://www.permittingtalk.com/threads/georgia-building-codes.5755/ Let me know if you have any feedback. Enjoy!

The Georgia Building Codes GPT incorporates the following codes, accessed at https://codes.iccsafe.org/codes/united-states/georgia: 2024 International Building Code with Georgia Amendments (Jan 2026) 2024 International Plumbing Code with Georgia Amendments (Jan 2026) 2024 International...

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Welcome! This obviously isn't a huge/high-traffic forum but there are a number of building department staff that make appearances here and there. Appreciate any perspective you're able to contribute to help our permitting staff and applicants improve their understanding. Please also don't be...

I'm the opposite. I tend to only review the uploaded forms without looking much at the electronic entries (talking about Corps RRS here, not building permitting, but same idea...). If you audited the amount of info permitting agencies request vs what actually gets used, I imagine you'd find...

Agreed. Requirements should be tailored to match the review need with less reliance on catch-all policies. I think we should trust staff to exercise this kind of discretion more often, e.g., deciding to omit the site plan requirement when it makes sense to do so.

Nicely done. What was the zoning rules change?

Great to hear a success story with Bookings. This is the first I've heard that Outlook offers such a scheduler. I tried Calendly, which was super user friendly, but the appointments didn't integrate directly with Outlook for me. That was problematic because it meant I had to juggle and avoid...

Thanks for sharing. Inspector Presmyk sounds like the real deal. I'll admit, I'm a sucker for sound bites from appointed officials that start with "I don't consider this a political role..." Seeing serious, talented professionals in government (or whatever the occupation), who sincerely care...

The Corps is trying to do this with its Regulatory Request System, but I'm not sure how much traction it's really gaining. I'd say only about 10% of our applications are received through RRS and that's 1.5 years after roll out... Honestly, leading up to the RRS launch, I never got the sense...

I think I'd enjoy being part of a smaller permitting office like that. Fewer people means everyone has a greater sense of ownership over the program as a whole, I would think. I'm one of ~35 regulators in Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District. We have Regulatory Assistants who route new...

Really appreciate you sharing this example, @Inspector Parker. One question this raises for me is the extent to which we should feel compelled to research issues outside our immediate legal purview as permitting staff. It makes sense that building permitting staff should coordinate short-term...

Thanks for sharing your experience with this. Sounds like your building department is pretty transparent and consistent when it comes to completeness dates and you never feel strung along by reviewers before hitting that milestone. That's good to hear! I think there is cause for concern when...

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Does your jurisdiction have criteria for determining when a building permit application is "complete" (i.e., the date your review clock starts)? If so, how simple vs. open-ended would you say your completeness criteria are? If you gave the same application to five different reviewers, are you...

Underpromise/overdeliver is always prudent when it comes to permitting timelines and for ensuring customer satisfaction.

Yeah, no idea why a site plan was required when all proposed changes were interior. Just a standard requirement for San Marcos, CA, I guess.

When I did my own permitting for a laundry room remodel last summer, the building department asked that I simply annotate a Google Earth aerial for the site plan. See below. I used the snipping tool to capture the aerial image of my house from Google Earth, then pulled that into Microsoft Paint...