Dallas officials insist they are reforming the building permit office that’s been plagued by years of complaints about long delays from builders and contractors.
Homebuilder Kevin Hemphill said he finally received a permit to build a home on a lot on Poplar Street in South Dallas that NBC 5 reported on earlier in August. The application had been filed five months earlier. The permit came with $3,900 in additional fees for utility connection on the lot where Hemphill said a home one stood before.
He said he has completed 70 affordable homes in South Dallas and wants to build more. He said the permit for one more lot on Eugene Street is still tied up in red tape at the permit office from a January application. Hemphill said he was told he would have to pay for new utility lines which he has declined or wait for the city to install lines more than a year from now.“They have been a consistent source of inefficiency,” Hemphill said.
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