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x. Department of Transportation and Infrastructure (DOTI)
DOTI reviews a wide variety of project components including:
• Right of Way and General Permits
• Parking and Transportation Permits
• Stormwater and Sanitary Sewer Permits
• Land Use Permits and Street Renaming

Adaptive reuse project applications could include one or more of
the reviews listed above, but the most common DOTI review type
discussed with DOTI staff and applicants is that of the right of
way permits. Larger project requests, such as rebuilding a street
or alley, or adjusting the dimensions of a right of way, could be
transferred to the SDP review process because of the nature of
the project, because of its length, and because other departments
will have to be involved in the process. For projects that stay in
the Commercial Zoning process, DOTI permit applications are
processed by DOTI staff, who are assigned one of fifteen districts.
Each of the districts is assigned a ROW inspector, a mainline
inspector, and a plumbing inspector. The permitting process for
DOTI permits occurs through the City’s e-permit system.

xi. Recommendations for Facilitating DOTI Review
In order to improve the DOTI review process, consider the follow-
ing changes:
• Publish the list of inspectors by district map to make it easier
for applicants to know who they will likely be meeting with.
• Clarify how the administrative variance process works

Fire Department (FD)
Fire safety inspections are conducted by the Denver Fire Depart-
ment for commercial occupancies in the City to ensure that prop-
erties are in compliance with the Denver Fire Code. Annual fire
safety inspections are required by law and are typically performed
by line fire fighters. However, these staff members are not trained
to provide accurate code based answers for adaptive reuse project
solutions. However, an informal pre-application meeting with Fire
Prevention personnel that are trained in this skillset is available.
This meeting allows an applicant to ask questions specific to the
Fire Code and how it could impact design issues in the project.
This informal pre-application meeting is free of charge. However,
if an applicant wishes to discuss their project in detail with the
Fire Prevention personnel prior to submitting an application for
formal review, a fee will be charged.

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