[Durham INC] [Fwd:) Development Review Submittal Process Improvements Effective January 1, 2011

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Subject: Development Review Submittal Process Improvements Effective
January 1, 2011
From:    "Griffin, Wade" <Wade.Griffin at durhamnc.gov>
Date:    Tue, December 28, 2010 11:42 am
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Dear Development Community and Interested Citizens,

The Durham City-County Planning Department has been working on improving
the development review process and is happy to announce an important
change to our plan submittal process.

Effective January 1, 2011 we will be accepting applications for site
plans and plats, by-appointment, twice a week, instead of weekly or
bi-monthly.

The increased frequency of submittal opportunities will also mean less
wait time for plan review and comments (compared to that of projects
currently submitted in between review cycles).

Here is how the revised process will work for Small Simplified, Large
Simplified, Minor and Major Site Plans and Final Plats:

*         Contact Joanne Gordon at joanne.gordon at durhamnc.gov or at
(919) 560-4137 x28254 to schedule your plan submittal appointment. You
will need to provide her with your name and email or phone number as
well as the name of your project.

*         Appointments will be available every Tuesday and Thursday
morning from 8 am to 11 am, and will be filled on a first-come,
first-served basis.

*         Appointments will last 30 minutes maximum. If you will need to
submit multiple applications please indicate this when making the
appointment so that multiple appointment slots can be reserved for your
cases. To respect the time of other applicants and staff, applicants
bringing additional applications without notice will be asked to
reschedule for additional appointment slots, as available.

*         Appointments may be scheduled no more than one  week in
advance and no less than 48 hours in advance.

*         Staff reserves the right to ask applicants who are more than
10 minutes late to reschedule their appointment if there is insufficient
time to review and process the submittal.

Administrative Site Plans, Exempt Plats, and all Re-Reviews can still be
submitted any day without appointment.

Updated application (and related forms) can be found at the following
link after January 3, 2011:
http://www.durhamnc.gov/departments/planning/applications.cfm

We are very interested in receiving feedback on this new process, which
was spearheaded by Planning Supervisor Sara Young and Senior Planner
Mike Stock, as part of a series of adopted and planned process
improvements designed to make the City/County development review process
more efficient.  Please contact Patrick Young, Assistant Director for
Development with questions or concerns regarding this matter at (919)
560-4137 x28273.

Wade Griffin

Planner

Durham City County Planning Department

101 City Hall Plaza

Durham NC 27701

Phone: 919-560-4137 x28229

Fax    : 919-560-4641
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