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A TRUE COPY <br />CERTIFICATION ON LAST PAGE <br />J.R. SMITH, CLERK <br />with the policies and procedures used for implementation as provided in Section 420.9076, F.S.: <br />A. Name of the Strategy: Expedited Permitting <br />Permits as defined in s. 163.3177 (6) (f) (3) for affordable housing projects are expedited to <br />a greater degree than other projects (Housing Element policies 1.5 and 1.6) <br />- Housing Element Policy 1.5 <br />POLICY 1.5: By 2000, the county shall assess its existing permit processing procedure and, if warranted, <br />establish a full one-stop permitting process. <br />- Housing Element Policy 1.6 <br />POLICY 1.6: The County shall take all necessary steps to eliminate delays in the review of affordable <br />housing development projects. In order to define delay, the county hereby establishes the following <br />maximum timeframes for approval of projects when an applicant provides needed information in a timely <br />manner: <br />- Administrative approval - 5 days; <br />- Minor site plan - 5 weeks; <br />- Major site plan - 6 weeks; and <br />- Special exception approval - 13 weeks. <br />Whenever these review times increase by 150% or more due to the work load of the review staff, the county <br />will begin prioritizing the review of affordable housing development project applications. In prioritizing <br />affordable housing development project applications, staff will schedule affordable housing project <br />applications for review before other types of project applications to ensure that maximum review timeframes <br />are not exceeded for affordable housing projects. <br />In 2019, after recommendation from the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee (AHAC), the County <br />revised the permit expediting process to make identification of affordable housing permits more identifiable. <br />For hardcopy permit application submissions, the new process uses a bright neon green affordable housing <br />permit expediting form and a similarly colored permit review folder to designate the permit as a permit that <br />must be expedited. <br />More recently in 2020 in response to the COVID-19 health crisis, the Community Development Department <br />implemented an electronic permit e-mail application process for all building permits. The process is <br />currently being changed over to a permanent process. While not specific to affordable housing, the electronic <br />permit application process will eliminate the time it takes to produce paper copies and have them delivered. <br />With this process, applicants may request that the permit be expedited in the subject line of the e-mail and <br />provide a copy of the neon green permit expediting form. <br />B. Name of the Strategy: Ongoing Review Process <br />An ongoing process for review of local policies, ordinances, regulations and plan provisions <br />that increase the cost of housing prior to their adoption (Housing Element Policy 1.7). <br />- Housing Element Policyy 1.7 <br />POLICY 1.7: As part of the adoption process for any county regulations which could affect housing <br />development, county planning staff shall prepare a Financial Impact Statement to assess the anticipated <br />impact of the proposed regulation on the cost of housing. When proposed regulatory activities are anticipated <br />- 19 - <br />F:\Community Deve1opment\SHIP\LHAP\2021-2024 LHAP\2020 LHAP Revisions\BCC Item - LHAP\2 - <br />2021-2024 LHAP - 12-1-20 BCC Meeting.doc <br />