Can we talk about the city's permit office for basement suites?

I submitted plans for a legal basement suite in my Bonnie Doon bungalow last March, and the approval just came through last week, a full 14 months later. The hold-up was a back-and-forth over window egress sizes that took three separate review cycles to get right. Has anyone else had a specific city requirement stall their project for over a year?

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olivia4783d ago

Ugh, that's brutal... the city hall red tape is unreal sometimes.

oscarcooper3d ago

Honestly, I once got lost in their forms for so long I started to forget my own name.