Building Permits
Dallas builders have high hopes that a new program will get them in and out of the city permitting office and back to swinging a hammer in a 24-hour period. The early response to a new program offering “walk-in permits,” set to launch Sept. 1, is a far cry from the highly-criticized permitting debacle that’s…
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Frank Conrad can’t do anything to speed up the building permits or zoning applications at Dallas City Hall, but he can save time for those interested in local development. In February, the 28-year-old architect quit his job and began working in earnest on Ultraground, an incorporated business that monitors permit issuances, zoning boards, and planning…
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It took a village — and a new permitting chief — to make a dent in the backlog of paperwork as Dallas builders try to get their permits processed. But the problem is far from solved, officials said this week. And along the way, builders have shed light on another problem that’s plagued Dallas for…
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The City of Dallas has a new chief building official who acknowledges there’s a permitting mess to clean up and says he’s the man for the job. After nearly two years without a director and thousands of backlogged building permits, Andrew Espinoza was selected in May to become director of Development Services and officially began…
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In the wake of a highly-criticized city permitting process and other serious issues, the Dallas City Council could fire City Manager T.C. Broadnax as early as Wednesday. The council is set to discuss the city manager’s job performance in closed session at the end of a regularly scheduled briefing at 9 a.m. June 15. Then…
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