Detroit construction permit approvals speed up with new online system

[MSUguy]

The department has approved in the last nine months about 630 applications under the new system — over 20 percent more than the old system during the same point in time last year, Bell said in an email. The department receives on average 200-300 permit requests per week.
Pariseau, whose design firm has been operating since 2007 with most of its projects in Detroit, said he has used ePlans a half-dozen times and can already feel its posnditive effects on business.
To get approval for medium-sized projects in the past, it would take three to four days, he said. It takes only about a day and a half now, and it can all be done from the office.
"It's been great, quite honestly. A lot less paper and a lot easier to track," he said, adding that he thinks the new system is even more thorough than the previous process. "Certainly, it has had a direct impact on business in that I'm not spending a lot of time administratively on the permit process."

With all the construction the city this is much needed

http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article...der-new-system

[masterblaster]

Great news. This is one of the many small steps to take to bring more businesses back to the city and to make it more attractive to open a business here