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25 May

Expediting Versus Accelerating

by Philly Zoning Team
in Additional Information, Building Permits, Zoning, Zoning Permits
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Expediting Versus Accelerating   Last week we debunked many of the myths and misconceptions surrounding the art of expediting. This week we decided to follow up that conversation with a post specifically dedicated to the differences between expediting and accelerating.   Expeditors, as previously explained, can increase the speed and efficiency of obtaining permits by filing paperwork correctly and mitigating setbacks along the way. However, another way to...

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soil-and-water
13 Feb

Additional Information: Soil and Water

by Philly Zoning Team
in Additional Information, Architects, Building Permits, Business, Design, Engineers, Floor Plans, Philadelphia Licenses, Zoning
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Previously in this blog, we’ve mentioned the City of Philadelphia’s requests for additional information.  Since we see a lot of these, we are going to create a catalogue of the requests as a reference guide.  We hope that this will help our clients, design partners, and contractors better understand what information is most commonly missing from an application.  (If you haven’t seen it before, it’s...

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add-info-zoning-permit
02 Feb

Additional Information: Zoning Permit

by Philly Zoning Team
in Architects, Building Permits, Business, Design, Engineers, Floor Plans, Philadelphia Licenses, Zoning, Zoning Permits, Zoning Process, Zoning Projects
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Previously in this blog, we’ve mentioned the City of Philadelphia’s requests for additional information.  Since we see a lot of these, we are going to create a catalogue of the requests as a reference guide.  We hope that this will help our clients, design partners, and contractors better understand what information is most commonly missing from an application.  (If you haven’t seen it before, it’s...

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Structural-Design
24 Jan

Additional Information: Structure

by Philly Zoning Team
in Architects, Building Permits, Business, Design, Engineers, Philadelphia Licenses, Zoning, Zoning Permits, Zoning Process, Zoning Projects
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Previously in this blog, we’ve mentioned the City of Philadelphia’s requests for additional information.  Since we see a lot of these, we are going to create a catalogue of the requests as a reference guide.  We hope that this will help our clients, design partners, and contractors better understand what information is most commonly missing from an application.  (If you haven’t seen it before, it’s...

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permit-tracker
17 Jan

Where’s My Permit?

by Philly Zoning Team
in Additional Information, Building Permits, Business, Philadelphia Licenses, RCO, Zoning, Zoning Permits, Zoning Process, Zoning Projects
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When we started out at Philly Zoning, we got a version the same question every week:  Where's my permit?  Once someone gets started on a permitting project, they want to know how far along the permit is, and how they can check its progress.   We give our clients weekly updates to answer that question, but we also think it might be helpful to provide an overview...

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Right-of-Way-Streets
12 Jan

Additional Information: Right of Way and Curbs

by Philly Zoning Team
in Additional Information, Architects, Building Permits, Design, Engineers, Philadelphia Licenses, Zoning, Zoning Permits, Zoning Process, Zoning Projects
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Previously in this blog, we've mentioned the City of Philadelphia's requests for additional information.  Since we see a lot of these, we are going to create a catalogue of the requests as a reference guide.  We hope that this will help our clients, design partners, and contractors better understand what information is most commonly missing from an application.  (If you haven't seen it before, it's...

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Reference Guide
28 Dec

City Links Under the Tree

by Philly Zoning Team
in Architects, Building Permits, Business, Design, Engineers, Floor Plans, Philadelphia Licenses, RCO, Zoning, Zoning Permits, Zoning Process, Zoning Projects
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Happy holidays from Philadelphia Zoning!   We've had quite a year here, thanks to our clients, legal partners, and design partners.  To thank everyone, we're offering this present:  A handy reference guide for our most common permitting projects.  Enjoy!     General Zoning and Permitting Information   The source:  The Philadelphia Zoning Code The Philadelphia Code can be found here.  Title 14 (what those of us not in the legal profession would simply...

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19 Dec

There Are Rules Here!

by Philly Zoning Team
in Architects, Building Permits, Business, Design, Engineers, Philadelphia Licenses, Zoning, Zoning Permits, Zoning Projects
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We here at Philadelphia Zoning like to poke some fun at our City's bureaucracy.  Licenses and Inspections can be a mystery to homeowners and developers: documents go in; only sometimes do they come out.  When they do come out, it's often because they are rejected for arcane reasons.  It can be pretty frustrating and eat your time (and it's why Philadelphia Zoning exists: to save...

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15 Nov

Prerequisite Permit Reviews

by Philly Zoning Team
in Architects, Building Permits, Business, Design, Engineers, Floor Plans, Multifamily, Philadelphia Licenses, Single family, Zoning, Zoning Permits, Zoning Process, Zoning Projects
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Wait, I have to get approval from what?   Ah, prerequisite approvals!  Who doesn't love that giddy sensation?  You know the one:  You walk up to the desk at Licenses and Inspections, submit your carefully prepared application, and are told in a dead monotone, "This needs approval from Streets before we'll look at it."   There's no way around it: Prerequisite approvals are rough.  In this story, you need...

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