Salt Lake City is working to reduce the turnaround time on your permit applications, enabling you to open for business faster. Over the last 3+ years there have been some significant changes:

OpenCounter – a free online tool will show you what business operations are permitted in areas across the entire City, and give you a cost estimate for each permit that may be required to either build or renovate your space.
The City Council funded a new liaison role, George Ott, who helps small businesses who don’t always have the funding or experience with City permitting. The response has been positive. With hundreds of jobs in queue, he is saving business owners significant time in the permitting process and minimizing hassle overall.

… and now:

A new streamlined approach to the Fire Inspectors role.

Read more here: https://slcecondev.com/2019/09/18/more-improvements-to-salt-lake-citys-permit-process/