Washington City Fast Track Program
“Growth Friendly” City
Washington City Utah recently announced their new Fast track program which will expedite the time it takes to pull permits, boasting a “growth friendly” city.
In order to accomplish this, the city will-
- 1. Assign a staff professional to act as a single contact person to better inform the applicant of the city’s development requirements.
- 2. Charge the assigned staff professional with conducting an initial meeting with the applicant to discuss the overall project and to develop a checklist of items, documents, and submittals needed for the specific project. A preliminary plans review time line will be developed with submittal deadlines and review deadlines for all development related issues. The timeline schedule may include additional meetings with the applicant’s design team to discuss submittal requirements, deadlines, and the review comments received from the city’s development review departments.
- 3. Charge the assigned staff professional with the responsibility to take the development plans to each of the city’s development review departments for their review.
- 4. Charge the city’s development review departments with submitting written review comments to the assigned staff professional within five (5) business days of submittal of the required program application documents to the city. The assigned staff professional will forward the written review comments to the applicant and a master timeline will then be developed by the assigned staff professional and the applicant for the project, which will include the final plans review timeline, and review and negotiation timelines for any necessary easement dedications, development agreements, economic development agreements, and other necessary documents.
- 5. Charge the city’s development review departments with adherence to the customized schedule and permitting process as they review plans and submit written comments.
- 6. Where necessary, allow permits to be provided on a phased approach.
In addition to this Fast Track Program, and regardless of whether an applicant has submitted an application for the Fast Track Program, building plan reviews may be expedited by submitting an additional fee to offset the cost of a building plans examiner working beyond normal business hours (contact the Community Development Department for details).
The cities new estimated timelines are as follows:
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