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Permits

How does a clerk answer with a source when the handout disagrees with the ordinance?

A resident has a sheet that says seven feet. The ordinance says six. Here is the counter review checklist I work from, the rehearsal every clerk does before the real conversation, and how I check the source before I speak.

Delia Okafor · Permit Desk Clerk, Planning & Building · September 29, 2026 · 4 min read

Permits

Why does the old fence handout still turn up at the counter?

Residents arrive with the 2025 handout because it was true when they picked it up. Here is how the permit desk handles the moment a superseded sheet meets the current ordinance, without blaming anyone.

Delia Okafor · Permit Desk Clerk, Planning & Building · July 21, 2026 · 4 min read