City Launches Pilot Project

Written by Peter McIntyre  107.5 KISSFM Tuesday, 05 February 2013 06:04

Community Services Building in the old library

  The city of Vernon doesn't usually offer discounts on its fees, but that's the case for the next couple months. Community development manager director Kim Flick says they're cutting development application charges by $200 dollars, as part of a pilot project to introduce new forms. "The pilot project is just to make sure we've got it right. It starts today (Monday) until April 26th. We have a survey for those that participate in that as well," says Flick. Flick says the normal fee for is $500 for rezoning, development variance permit, and major development permit applications. "It's an opportunity for the development community to let us know, is this right? Are we on the right track, or do parts of it need to be fine tuned?" Flick says the new forms are part of the move towards one stop shopping for the city's development services. "Part of that process has been the relocation of planning, building, business licensing, bylaws and engineering into the new Community Services building in the old library." You can get more details at www.vernon.ca/permitpilot