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J ■ . <br /> Richland and Vancouver processed almost all their land use permits within the <br /> statutory 120-day deadline.Kittitas County and Shoreline both achieved the 120- <br /> day target for just over three-quarters of their permits.Bellingham achieved the <br /> target for 64 percent of their permits.Snohomish County,however,completed <br /> only 24 percent of its land use permits on time.While we discuss a variety of <br /> factors for slow processing in the next section,staff vacancies were a significant <br /> issue for Snohomish County.In addition,as the orange segments in the exhibit <br /> show,all governments had at least some percentage of permits extend more than <br /> 120 days before completion.Exhibit 4 shows the total time taken by the audited <br /> governments to process land use permits during 2019-2022. <br /> Exhibit 4— Percent of land use permits processed within or over 120 days,2019-2022 <br /> Note:Numbers may not add to 100%due to rounding <br /> Richland Vancouver <br /> Kittitas <br /> County Shoreline <br /> Bellingham* <br /> I � <br /> Snohomish <br /> County <br /> Within <br /> 120 days �,1{Y' • . <br /> More than 9% 4% 7% god 2%% <br /> 120 days 1 b% 9% �%%/ 9% �% <br /> 20% Key <br /> 121-180 days 37% <br /> 181-365 days <br /> More than 365 days <br /> *Based on a sample of 25 permit records. <br /> Source:Permitting data supplied by audited governments. <br /> Growth Management Act Audit Results 16 <br />