With permitting often when you are so frustrated at the pace of progress you think it will never be approved is when some forward motion happens. This seems to be the case with my threeplex rowhouse. Once again we are moving forward as the City appears to have released the project to advertising. This advertising is an appeal window for affected parties to launch an appeal. Basically this means the development is approved conditionally, and not yet releasable. At this time we are always hopeful that nobody views the project as something worthy of such grievous insult to them or the community that an appeal is warranted.
Progress at last! I feel like I have been working on the design of this threeplex forever. The six month land use re-designation was complete in November. The City recorded the submission date of Dec. 8th on the DP, and approval May 4th. That was longer than I had hoped as I wanted to start building in June (wont be possible). The permit won't even be releasable until the end of May and I have yet to submit the building permit (drawings are still being prepared, joists and truss design not yet begun). The property was acquired in May 2016, but the deal closed in August 2016. By the time I can get going on this one I will have been carrying the condemned and soon to be demolished house for a full year. Property tax and carrying cost are significant for any inner city property. The good news here is I officially have a project and can push hard for the building drawings and engineering to start.