Applying for a building permit in Orange County is now quicker and easier now that a step in the process has been eliminated.

The county has done away with the second page of permit application materials, which has, for 20 years, required a notarized signature.

In addition to saving time for applicants, county officials say the change will save roughly 55,000 sheets of paper per year.

After Allen became the county’s building official in July of 2022, he began reviewing every step in the process to see what could be streamlined.  He noticed a redundancy.

The county was already obtaining the same information electronically that was requested via page two of the application.  The same information was also captured in the Notice of Commencement documents, required by state statute.

This marks the latest effort by a local government body to help developers get through the approval process quicker. The City of Altamonte Springs recently started a pilot program with AutoReview.AI to use Artificial Intelligence for site plan reviews.

Source:  GrowthSpotter