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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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Contact DPS
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md.gov/DPS/general/Home.aspx
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md.gov/DPS/general/PhoneDirectory.aspx
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