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funds for local use by applying for funds when appropriate. The cCounty shall also assist and support private applicants applying for these funds. Policy 1.4: The cCounty shall continue to participate in housing bond programs (such as the Escambia County bond program) in order to provide below market rate loans to very low, low, and moderate income households for home purchases. The county shall inform financial institutions of the availability of the bond programs. Policy 1.5: By 2012, the cCounty shall, establish and maintain a web based permitting process, and the County will regularly request and review user feedback to determine what changes are necessary to ease or better the online permitting process. Policy 1.6: The County shall maintain time frames for reviews in its land development regulations. The county shall take all necessary steps to eliminate delays in the review of affordable housing development projects. In order to define delay, the county hereby establishes the following maximum timeframes which may be modified upon Board priorities and staffing considerations for approval of projects when an applicant provides needed information in a timely manner: • Administrative approval - 5 days; • Minor site plan - 5 weeks; • Major site plan - 6 weeks; • Special exception approval - 13 weeks. Whenever these review times increase by 150% or more due to the work load of the review staff, the county will begin prioritizing the review of affordable housing development project applications. In prioritizing affordable housing development project applications, staff will schedule affordable housing project applications for review before other types of project applications to ensure that maximum review timeframes are not exceeded for affordable housing projects. Policy 1.7: As part of the adoption process for any cCounty regulation which could affect housing development, cCounty planning staff shall prepare a Financial Impact Statement (FIS) to assess the anticipated impact of the proposed regulation on the cost of housing. When proposed regulatory activities are anticipated to increase the estimated cost per unit for the development of housing, the Financial Impact Statement(FIS) shall include an estimated increased cost per unit projection. The financial impact statementFIS then will be reviewed by the Professional Services Advisory Committee, the Planning and Zoning Commission, and, if possible, the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee. Those groups shall consider the regulation’s effect on housing cost in making their recommendation to the BOCCBoard of County Commissioners. The PAGE 86