Entitlements
Before a project can break ground in Lake Tahoe, it must go through multiple layers of design review. The first and most challenging stop is TRPA, the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency. TRPA “leads the cooperative effort to preserve, restore, and enhance the unique natural and human environment of the Lake Tahoe Region, while improving local communities, and people’s interactions with our irreplaceable environment.” How does TRPA accomplish these efforts? In part, it is by placing complex rules and restrictions on the design and execution of a project – a maze of requirements which must be met before a permit to build will be issued.
Absent someone who can expertly steward a project through TRPA, these reviews can add significant costs and delays to a project, and often kill it altogether. Because we carry a staff attorney and have worked with TRPA for years, our company has an intimate familiarity with both its regulations and officers, allowing us to communicate directly and navigate the review process with maximum efficiency.
Obtaining a TRPA permit always feels like a monumental accomplishment, but that is just the first step. There are still utility reviews, fire department reviews, and finally the jurisdictional (county or city) review. Pre-construction and entitlements are more complex and can often take more time than the construction of a project itself. We streamline this process and take the reins until all necessary approvals have been obtained. Quite simply, we know how to pull permits.
