City of Dallas improving building permit turnaround times, officials say

DALLAS – Dallas officers say town is getting a deal with on its constructing allow backlog.

In an replace to Dallas Metropolis Council members on Monday metropolis leaders stated the variety of permits requested in March practically doubled from the earlier month, however the group issued extra permits than got here in for the third month in a row.

The chief officer of the Dallas Builder’s Affiliation says there’s a noticeable enchancment in turnaround occasions for residential permits.

The variety of days that employees has spent to situation single-family permits has dropped from 27 days in February to 9 in March, in line with a metropolis report.

At its peak in February 2021, it took 140 days for a allow to be issued.

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A few of the enhancements are probably additionally due partially to a slower market.

Town’s Growth Companies division continues to be working to filling quite a lot of vacancies.

There are nonetheless 66 positions presently vacant.