By Gary Nelson, Dianna Náñez and Amy B Wang
The Arizona Republic
A new Phoenix permitting-process model with efficiencies suggested by Phoenix Councilman Sal DiCiccio could become a model for the Southeast Valley region.
DiCiccio is pushing a new system that in many cases boils the permitting process to a day or less. The program is called self-certification.
After a period of training, the design professionals are entitled to walk into Phoenix City Hall with a set of self-certified plans and walk out all but immediately with their building permits.
The program, DiCiccio said, sprang from the deliberations of a 125-member committee representing such diverse groups as unions, builders, city staffers and the libertarian Goldwater Institute.
Southeast Valley permit figures
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Note: Phoenix council members voted Wednesday night to renew membership in the League of Arizona Cities and Towns, but several said the influential association needs to be more transparent and improve relations with its largest member city.
