Portland aims to slash 100 day building permit lag by 1/3 July 21 2021
The city s Bureau of Development Services has released a new set of objectives to accomplish the task.
Portland City Hall has planted the goalposts as it works to cut the 100-plus-day lag time between submission and approval for residential and commercial building permits.
At present, it takes city planners an average of 98 days to OK blueprints for new construction of homes and apartments, while additions and alterations receive the stamp of approval in 63 days and 41 days, respectively.
For commercial projects, the baseline approval rate as of April this year was 107 days from start to finish, with additions taking 80 days and alterations taking 64 days.