Contractors and developers need fast and cost efficient access to building permits.
Healthy cities continuously develop and evolve. Indeed, the economic prosperity of a city can often be judged solely on the number of cranes that loom over the skyline. But to keep those cranes from sitting idle, contractors and developers need fast and cost efficient access to building permits. And that means a more efficient and effective building permit and enforcement service.
Building permission and enforcement services (also known as building permit services) issue building, demolition and alteration permits for new and existing structures in a city and conduct inspections of active sites to assess compliance. In some cases, occupancy permits issued by the local fire department have been included.
Efficiency
Operating and capital cost per building permit. This measure combines reported operating costs and capital costs for all building permission and enforcement services and divides the total by the number of building permits issues and inspected.
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Average length of time to issue a building permit. This indicator captures the average length of time to issue a permit from the time an application was received.
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