In my area there is very little compliance with permits in situations like this. It's just like active 1 described. You spend 2 hours doing a job and 4 hours getting the permit.
I don't mind paying a fee and filling out paperwork, but how about a computerized system that all jurisdictions are in to process the application. In my area I regularly pull permits in 9 different jurisdictions. Each has it's own rules, only 1 allows us to pull the permit on the computer and it is the 1 in our town. It can literally take 4 hours to drive, get the permit and drive back. Compliance would be much greater if they made it easier.
We also on some days do 12 or so projects if they are small. I would have to hire 2 people just to pull permits if we got one for each service call.
[This message has been edited by Electric Eagle (edited 12-05-2004).]
