Mayor Suttle Unveils the New OmahaPermits.com Website
October 11, 2011 – Starting today developers in Omaha will be able to apply and pay for permits online at www.OmahaPermits.com.
The Mayor’s office launched the new service at a news conference Tuesday. The new e-Government service allows citizens and businesses to process building permits online. Permits being offered by the City Planning Department include plumbing, electrical, mechanical and building. These will be rolled out by trades individually over the course of the next month.
The launch of online permit services is in direct response to contractor needs for greater efficiency and is an important step in the City’s goal of providing streamlined access to many of its building and planning activities. Citizens and businesses can use the portal to apply and pay for permits, schedule inspections, check the status of a permit or inspection, or print an approved permit directly from the Internet, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. By allowing constituents to complete the entire application process online, the City will save taxpayers by significantly reducing administrative costs and will be able to maximize staff resources to focus on more complex applications.
“Streamlining our permit process will decrease the wait time for contractors,” said Mayor Suttle. “Not only will this help contractors keep projects moving more efficiently, their employees will be able to stay on the job.”
“We are pleased that the Suttle administration has made this efficiency measure a priority,” said Marsha Babcock, Executive Vice President of the Mechanical Contractors Association of Omaha. “It will have a positive impact on contractors who can get their work done in a more timely and effective fashion.”
The new system is powered by software from Accela, Inc., the e-government software leader whose Accela Automation® application is used by hundreds of governments to automate processes for permitting, licensing, code enforcement, community development and planning, inspections and investigations, infrastructure asset management, emergency response, and more.
