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Thanks. Appreciate that insight into how permits become available after April 22. Definitely makes sense that canceled permits for connected trails would have some bearing on Whitney Portal permit availabilities. I would think NPS would have awareness of how many people are actually going to be...

Agreed 100%. Something that happens in my world (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permitting) is that politicians and other higher-ups will promote new policies that sound really good in terms of publicity/talking points but that don't actually translate into real change on the ground. I'm sure the...

Great information, Winny. @Jake, I definitely agree that you should hire contractors for this if at all possible. I assume you have experience with excavation equipment, though, and probably have some very real cost savings in mind (pool construction can't be cheap). I imagine what you're...

Thanks for your thoughts, Janet. I think a lot of contractors know the rules but sometimes find themselves in situations where they're juggling multiple jobs or are operating within strict budget/time constraints. There are situations where the contractor has to balance limited availabilities...

Thanks and agreed on the disadvantages of Facebook notifications. It is really unfortunate, and kind of mind-boggling, that you can't set FB alerts for specific groups. I do love this whole crowdsourcing + single-purpose app w/ push notifications approach that the Whitney Elevated group is...

The question here is really about the township's enforcement of its short-term rental ordinance rather than whether a permit is required. The Reddit user knows they need a permit but was told that it's a long/uncertain process. They mention later in that thread that they're considering...

Thanks IceClimbers, really appreciate the info! I went ahead and signed up for that FB group (under my full name, Eric Sweeney). I'd actually subscribed to that Outdoor Status service but then canceled because I knew I still had the opportunity to get permits on April 22. They were really good...

Thanks for kicking things off, Elissa B :). Yeah, no doubt violations (especially all the undiscovered stuff) are common across building department jurisdictions. I think part of the problem is contractors cutting corners by not bothering with permitting and/or not even educating homeowners...

Welcome Janet!

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Welcome Haley! Great to have another Floridian join the forum. I know Florida Building Code is pretty unique in terms of all the wind-resistant construction requirements, so we definitely value your expertise. All the better that you're building department staff too, which is a big asset for a...

Not sure how this went down exactly but I imagine the application materials the vendor filled out for their seller's permit may have included a question along the lines of "do you sell organic produce?" or something like that. I can see how someone getting a permit for one thing (here, a...

Thanks for weighing in and glad to hear your endorsement of the interim director (David Kuhnhausen). Having good and respected leadership really does matter, especially in a large/public-facing department like BDS. You have a much better understanding of BDS operations than I do but I feel...

Hi Elissa B and welcome! There's one other WA State permit technician on here, @Emily C, who was mentioning earlier about taking building inspector and plans examiner certification courses through the Washington Association of Building Officials (WABO). I think it's great that Washington has a...

I just checked out the WABO (Washington Association of Building Officials) website and saw the Code Official Accreditation Program you're talking about. Good stuff! It's great Washington State has a structured educational program like that where program completion tracks directly with the...

Hey Emily! It's really great that you're so engaged and proactive taking on roles with your building/planning department, including clerking with your planning commission like you mentioned. Public service would definitely benefit from having more people like you. I was the same way when I first...

I'm pretty sure the only reason a permit was required here was because they wanted to set the bounce house up at a city park. I noticed Sacramento County requires bounce house permits at their regional parks (see here) so I assume City of Sacramento has similar requirements (though I couldn't...

Welcome! I love Santa Fe. I was there for a cultural resources training a couple years ago and enjoyed it more than any other training I've taken with the Corps. I work for a federal agency so our main focus was National Historic Preservation Act compliance but visiting Santa Fe really helped...

Hi Nathan - great to have you on the forum! You mentioned you handle permitting nationally but I assume a lot of your projects are local and go through Portland BDS? I was just chiming in about changes at Portland BDS over on this thread, namely how they're consolidating several bureaus'...

If I recall, the issue of how to reorganize Portland's permitting system was pretty contentious last year (we talked about it here). There were those two commissioners who were publicly debating whether to consolidate permitting functions into one office or whether to avoid changing to the...