A GIS Centric Development Management System

About the Program

Category: Information Technology (Best in Category)

Year: 2015

rince William County recognized that their current permitting system, Tidemark Advantage, was reaching end of life and couldn’t keep up with the demanding changes of the County’s business requirements from the residential and commercial developers. The project was designed to be deployed in two separate and distinct phases. Phase 1 was planned to replace the functionality of all of the separate applications that were currently used in the development process into a single system. This included the inspections systems, multiple ‘homegrown’ applications available to track projects and the permitting system. Additionally, phase 1 would include the integration with the enterprise GIS system and implementing workflow. Phase 2 of the project would focus on the design and implementation of electronic plan review. In November 2014, Prince William County completed implementation of a new Development Management System for Permitting and Land Management Solutions using EnerGov (Tyler Technologies). This solution helped the development management functions in the County to transition from geo-enabled to fully geo-centric workflows with GIS at the heart of the solution. The County partnered with EnerGov to build a new “Impact” solution to address proffer and special use conditions associated with development. This new approach improved operational efficiencies for the County by allowing staff to visualize new patterns of activity and improve tracking and accountability.