FY2022 Adopted Operating and Capital Budget

FY2022 Adopted Budget Organizational Budgets

Planning and Permitting Division

Permits and Inspections

Permits and Inspections staff provides on- site and remote permitting, inspection and code enforcement services to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of Frederick County. The Department is responsible for the issuance of Building Permits, Electrical and Plumbing Permits, Use and Occupancy Permits, Gaming Permits, and other related permits throughout Frederick County (excluding the City of Frederick and the Town of Mt. Airy). The Department is also the centralized location for the collection of many fees for residential and non-residential building

permits, and impact fees. Once a permit has been issued, field inspections are scheduled and conducted on a fixed schedule. Inspections are performed in a manner consistent with the respective ordinances and codes that may apply to each permit. COVID-19 Considerations The pandemic created specific challenges to the efficient and timely provision of services offered by the Division of Planning & Permitting. As a public facing agency of County Government, we recognized immediately that business as usual was not going to be available for our customers during the COVID-19 shutdown. Fortunately, a successful collaboration with the &RXQW\¶V IIT Division resulted in the launch of a new paperless plan review, permits and inspections processing tool in December of 2019 ± three months prior to the start of the pandemic. IPS, the new Infor land management software tool, allowed for a seamless transfer to a paperless environment. As a result, development plans are now submitted and reviewed, permit applications received and approved, and inspections scheduled and conducted, all within a virtual environment. The timely implementation of IPS proved invaluable to our customer ¶V EXVLQHVVHV DQG livelihoods during the pandemic. Strategic Goals

County Strategic Goal Alignment: Implement the Livable Frederick Master Plan Growth Manage plans that would follow the Livable Frederick Master Plan

FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022

Expand reviews of development impacts on historic properties Initiate comprehensive area or functional plans (i.e., corridor revitalization, transportation, etc.)

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Continue to work in partnership with the County Executive, the County Council, the Planning Commission and other governmental and non-governmental agencies on the successful implementation of the Livable Frederick Master Plan. In collaboration with a citizen based advisory group, and in a predominantly virtual environment, advance a Sugarloaf Treasured Landscape Area Plan for final adoption by the close of calendar year 2021.

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