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<section number="4-355" name="Permit Early Warning Process and Annual Report Established" law="code" slug="sec-4-355" node_id="PTIITI17PULOLAPRGECOMA_SUBTITLE_4BU_DIV5ADPR_S4-355PEEAWAPRANREES">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Director shall create and establish by no later than February 1, 2024, a permit early warning process that will improve the speed, effectiveness, and notification of permitting delays in the County.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>By February first (1st) of each year, and more frequently if determined by the Director, the Director shall establish and publish on the Department's website the Projected Maximum Time that a permit approval should occur by permit type. The PMT for a particular type of permit should be based on:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>an analysis by the Director of the experience of permit approval times for the particular type of permit in the most recent fiscal year,</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>any technological, regulatory, or workforce changes that may impact the estimated permit approval time for the particular type of permit, and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>any other factor(s) deemed relevant by the Director.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If a permit application approval exceeds the PMT for that permit type, the Director shall be expeditiously notified by a responsible staff member in writing by a method approved by the Director that includes the reason(s) for the permit approval delay beyond its PMT. The Director shall determine in writing what steps need to be taken, if any, to address the reasons for the permit application's delay beyond its PMT.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>By March fifteenth (15th) of each year, the Director shall submit a report to the County Council and the County Executive in writing that includes:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the average Permit Approval Time by permit type and the PMT by permit type for the previous calendar year,</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the number of instances by permit type where the Permit Approval Time(s) for permit applications exceeded the PMT in the most recent calendar year.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
