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he Office of the Davao City Planning and Development Coordinator is swarmed by applicants for locational clearance, zoning, building and other permits with at least 500 applications submitted on a weekly basis.
The increase in ap- many applications that plications is an indi- we receive and it is not cation of Davao City’s only limited to the zonbooming construction ing permits, but there industry and infrastruc- are also a lot more,” he ture development, the said. city noted. He also underscored Assistant City Plan- submission of incomning and Development plete sets of requireCoordinator Roy Ryan ments that further Rigor said the influx of slows down the process permit applicants on of issuing the permits. a weekly basis is very “There are some clihigh, causing delays in ents whose documents the issuances of per- have discrepancies, and mits. that causes the delay in Rigor said the issu- the issuance of the perance of some permits, mit. Another example is such as for locational when the area needs to applications, needed be reclassified and that actual surveys by their needs the approval of personnel and this con- the city council first,” tributed to the delay. Rigor said. “There areplastic reallyseat too A driver fixes the barriers of his pub- FSIGNS, P10 lic utility jeepney (PUJ) at garage along Guerero Street in Davao City on Saturday in preparation to resume operation next week. Public Utility Jeepneys (PUJs) are mandated by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulation Board (LTFRB) to install impermeable barriers between row of seats before they are cleared to ply their routes. Edge Davao
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he Office of the Davao City Planning and Development Coordinator is swarmed by applicants for locational clearance, zoning, building and other permits with at least 500 applications submitted on a weekly basis. The increase in applications is an indication of Davao City’s booming construction industry and infrastructure development, the city noted. Assistant City Planning and Development Coordinator Roy Ryan Rigor said the influx of permit applicants on a weekly basis is very high, causing delays in the issuances of permits. Rigor said the issuance of some permits, such as for locational applications, needed actual surveys by their personnel and this contributed to the delay. “There are really too
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many applications that we receive and it is not only limited to the zoning permits, but there are also a lot more,” he said. He also underscored submission of incomplete sets of requirements that further slows down the process of issuing the permits. “There are some clients whose documents have discrepancies, and that causes the delay in the issuance of the permit. Another example is when the area needs to be reclassified and that needs the approval of the city council first,” Rigor said.
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