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Audit Results <br />6-.- P_F <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 <br />Within <br />120 days F <br />More than <br />120 days 16% <br />tbo <br />Kittitas <br />County <br />9% <br />9% <br />4%/" — <br />Key <br />121-180 days <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 />Vancouver <br />Shoreline <br />Snohomish <br />County <br />1 % <br />ate= <br />37% <br />Growth Management Act Audit Results 1 16 <br />