Simon Yu unveiled his Operation: Build It! plan, calling for building permits to be approved in as little as two days.
On Thursday, mayoral candidate Simon Yu unveiled his plan to reduce the timeline for building permit approvals for the city.
Building permits for commercial projects and multi-family housing projects should be issued in two months, while larger building projects requiring zoning variances or alterations to civic infrastructure should be processed within six month, Yu added. “For example: I would like to see a custom home building permit application time be reduced from best current time of 3-4 weeks to less than two weeks,” Yu wrote. “Further, having the technical background and experience to address the unnecessary causes of the building and development permit processing bottlenecks, will allow me to initiate this plan effectively.”
“We will promote a culture of professional development to support the upgrading of technical skill and development,” Yu wrote. “This will be made available to them in a targeted problem-solving fashion; thus, they we will strive to show greater empathy to all Development and Building Permit applicants.”
Mayoral candidate Chris Wood said guaranteed and suggested timelines are used in other B.C. municipalities, but he questioned if Yu’s timelines are reasonable targets to set. “I take this as a compliment, as the old saying goes ‘imitation is the best form of flattery.’ With this said, we also have to ensure that units are built appropriately and this does require review of plans, blueprints, etc. and there is a balance that is required to get more units built - but also built properly,” Hyatt said in an email. “Two days sounds great but might not be realistic. I feel 1-2 weeks would still be a large improvement and a more realistic and achievable goal.
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