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TIME TO OPERATIONS – PERMITTING The dedicated Amazon support office will be established at the City of Winnipeg and will have knowledgeable personnel assigned to guide Amazon through all relevant processes. The support office can also coordinate all applicable civic reviews in working towards achieving agreed milestones and targets. The City of Winnipeg's permit delivery system is run through a "one stop shop" that coordinates the building and related permit application process and concurrent permit review processes by all mandatory permit review bodies. The City of Winnipeg also offers staged building permits, (e.g. foundation, structural frame and final building permit), that allows proponents flexibility in design, construction and project completion. Appropriate permits will be required prior to commencing work. Project proponents are responsible to retain design professionals to assess the structural capability of any existing buildings they propose to retrofit or add to, to handle the impact of the development proposal in accordance with the most current version of local codes. The City of Winnipeg targets the following initial complete review times for building permit applications: • New Construction and Additions Permits – standard complete submission – 20 days • New Construction and Additions Permit – staged submission – 15 days per stage • Alterations to an existing building depending on complexity – 5-30 days *Number of business days required for an initial review of a permit application by all civic departments involved; complete and compliant applications can be issued following the initial review. Applications that are missing information or are non-compliant with Codes and By-laws will be placed on hold until the issue(s) are resolved with the applicant. Building permit turnaround can be influenced by the need for other development applications such as subdivisions, rezoning, variances and conditional use approvals. In the Downtown, additional reviews which may be required include Downtown Design Review and Historical Buildings Review. A M A Z O N P R O P O S A L 45