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Originally Posted by East7thStreet
I don't get the unprofessional nature of these permit requests for these ~100 million dollar projects downtown. The demo request for the Waller Park project was sloppy and this Trinity Tower permit request was hand written in an almost unreadable way with the address partially scratched out and Cesar Chavez St spelled "Cesar Chavis St". Doesn't really add confidence to the probability that these are going to be built.
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Even tho it's called a "Request" these documents are not completed by the developer or builder or even the City of Austin Development Office. They are standard CoA check-off forms that city inspectors, engineers, fire marshalls and other contractors who work for the City take with them on-site and fill out by hand, usually on a wobbly clipboard. Think about the last time you got a hand-written estimate by a mechanic or plumber, except these are for verifying the request rather than estimating it. The formal request is usually done in a letter format, and is submitted by the engineering and/or architecture firm that has been hired for the project. That generates one of these forms that has to be field-verified. Rarely do the developers themselves work directly with the City at the permitting and exemption stage.