How FastTrackGov Helps Municipalities Meet A1145 While Modernizing Community Development
Municipal governments across New Jersey continue to modernize how they deliver services to residents, contractors, architects, and developers. One significant driver of this transformation is New Jersey Assembly Bill A1145 (P.L.2021, Chapter 70), which established requirements for electronic permit processing to improve efficiency, transparency, and customer service.
For many municipalities, this raises an important question:
Is our current permitting system ready to meet New Jersey’s electronic permitting requirements?
Understanding New Jersey’s Electronic Permitting Initiative
The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) requires municipalities to provide an electronic permit processing system capable of supporting digital permitting workflows. While municipalities may choose to use the State’s Electronic Permit Processing Review System (EPPRS), they are also free to implement another solution that provides equivalent functionality.
This flexibility allows municipalities to select a platform that best fits their operational needs while remaining aligned with the State’s objectives for electronic permitting.
The initiative is designed to help municipalities:
- Reduce paper-based processes
- Improve customer service
- Accelerate permit approvals
- Increase collaboration between departments
- Support electronic plan review
- Enable online inspection scheduling
- Improve transparency for contractors, businesses, and residents
What Does Compliance Look Like?
A modern electronic permitting platform should support every stage of the permitting lifecycle, including:
- Online permit applications
- Electronic plan submission
- Digital plan review
- Multi-department routing and approvals
- Applicant communication
- Online inspection scheduling
- Mobile field inspections
- Secure online payments
- Digital document management
- Public permit status tracking
- Complete audit history
Rather than simply digitizing paper forms, municipalities should look for a solution that creates a fully integrated digital workflow from application through permit issuance.
How FastTrackGov Supports New Jersey Municipalities
FastTrackGov is a fully web-based Community Development platform that helps municipalities modernize permitting operations while supporting New Jersey’s electronic permitting initiatives.
With FastTrackGov, applicants can:
- Apply for permits online 24/7
- Upload plans and supporting documentation
- Pay fees securely online
- Request and schedule inspections
- Track permit status in real time
- Download approved documents
Meanwhile, municipal staff benefit from a centralized platform that streamlines permitting operations across departments.
Electronic Plan Review
FastTrackGov includes integrated Electronic Plan Review (EPR), allowing reviewers to:
- Mark up digital plans
- Add comments
- Route plans between departments
- Manage revisions and resubmittals
- Maintain complete version history
This eliminates the delays associated with paper plan sets while improving collaboration between reviewers.
One Platform for Every Department
Community Development rarely involves only one department. Building officials, Fire Prevention, Engineering, Planning, Zoning, Public Works, and other agencies often participate in the review process.
FastTrackGov routes applications through multiple departments simultaneously or sequentially while maintaining one shared record for every project.
This centralized approach reduces duplicate data entry, improves communication, and ensures everyone is working from the same information.
Beyond Electronic Permitting
FastTrackGov is more than a permitting solution. Municipalities can implement individual modules or deploy the complete Community Development suite, including:
- Building Permits
- Electronic Plan Review
- Code Enforcement
- Fire Prevention Permits & Registrations
- Planning & Zoning
- Engineering
- Land Use
- Business Licensing
- Rental Registration
- Property Maintenance
- OPRA/Open Records
- GIS Integration
- Mobile Inspections
- Reporting & Dashboards
- Online Citizen Self-Service Portal
Because every module shares the same centralized database, information flows seamlessly across departments without duplicate records or disconnected systems.
Why Municipalities Are Modernizing Now
Modern electronic permitting isn’t just about compliance. It creates measurable operational improvements that benefit both staff and the public.
Municipalities adopting digital permitting solutions often experience:
- Faster permit processing
- Reduced paper handling
- Improved collaboration between departments
- Greater transparency for applicants
- Better record management
- Increased operational efficiency
- Enhanced customer service
These improvements allow staff to spend less time managing paperwork and more time serving their communities.
Ready to Modernize Your Permitting Process?
Whether your municipality is evaluating its current permitting system or planning for future modernization, FastTrackGov provides a comprehensive, web-based Community Development platform designed to support New Jersey’s electronic permitting objectives.
From online applications and electronic plan review to mobile inspections and citizen self-service, FastTrackGov helps municipalities streamline operations while improving the experience for residents, contractors, and municipal staff.
Schedule a personalized demonstration to see how FastTrackGov can help your municipality modernize permitting while supporting New Jersey’s electronic permitting requirements.