House Bill 14 is a new state law that gives cities deadlines to approve or deny residential or commercial building permits. A Dallas city council member is concerned the new law could have unintended consequences.
After years of battling permit backlogs, the city is now preparing for developers to take matters into their own hands."It's just not well-thought-out. Even though I think the intent is a good intent, to try to expedite the process, they're not giving us any tools and and and zero guidance in how to do it," said West.
"There are no qualifications set by the state. So we've got to develop that at the city level, and it's not done yet," said West. At a special meeting last week, Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Tennell Atkins asked city staff how much power the third party reviewers would have.[STAFF MEMBER: "Yes sir."]West says the accountability would lie with the third party.
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