Clear Review

Development projects have a significant impact on a municipality.  From public safety to service capacity and quality of life, many factors and regulations need to be considered when performing a development review.

The development review process is designed to assure growth is managed safely in accordance with the municipality’s vision as expressed in the comprehensive plan, zoning, and land use codes.   

In all too many communities, the development review process is unnecessarily expensive for the municipality and the developer.  The cost of revising and resubmitting applications is frustrating for developers, contractors, and staff.  With Clear Review, the efficiency of the development process is raised while increasing service levels to citizens and developers.   

Key benefits of Clear Review  include:

• A web portal, guiding citizens and contractors through the permit submission process
• eCommerce integration allowing, subject to office policy, permits to be applied for securely over the internet
• A contractor’s web portal, making it easy for contractors to register and apply or renew their licenses
• A workflow system, routing permit applications to staff members for review per office policies
• Powerful review portal, increasing the efficiency and accuracy of reviews
• Comment letter generation as the application proceeds through your review workflow, with an ability to edit and customize the comments letter as needed
• A notification system to message applications and staff of workflow tasks and comments of interest
• Intuitive and powerful document management capabilities to support all the forms and documents in permit applications
• GIS integration, providing the critical information in your geographic database to reviewers with a click of the mouse