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> accelerating permits and zoning, but cities are strapped for funding to assign people to help Permits are one of the few municipal services where this argume
by runako 3y ago
> accelerating permits and zoning, but cities are strapped for funding to assign people to help
Permits are one of the few municipal services where this argument doesn't make sense. Permits aren't free, after all. Permit revenue scales with the number of permit applications. A city overwhelmed with permit applications by definition has more money to hire staff to work the permitting process.
- PaulDavisThe1st 3y ago> A city overwhelmed with permit applications by definition has more money to hire staff to work the permitting process. Let's say you are paid "appropriately", and that your income comes from the fee payments associated with the tasks you complete. You're fully occupied, and the income from fees matches the expenses (including your salary). Things are in balance, so to speak. Now we increase the number of fee payments by 80%. You can no longer complete all the associated tasks in any reasonably time frame, but the fee payments will not pay for an additional full time member of staff.
- runako 3y ago> the fee payments will not pay for an additional full time member of staff Fortunately, there is no requirement that municipalities only employ people full-time.