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title: Streamline permits (sponsored)
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*Posted on* February 23, 2017

# Streamline permits (sponsored)

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Local officials in the City of Westminster, CO are using a new tool that easily and accurately measures sign dimensions, increasing compliance with the sign ordinance and reducing staff time spent on these tasks.  

They’re using [**Spike**](http://hubs.ly/H06NnRV0), a smart laser measurement solution, for conducting these inspections.

Spike can be used to measure:

- Object sizes, including signs, additions, fences, apartment complexes, etc.
- Distances, like how far a structure is set back into a yard
- Clearances, like how far a structure projects over a sidewalk

To take measurements, your city inspector simply takes a photo of the object with the Spike laser device and a smartphone or tablet, and draws the measurements that they need for inspections using the Spike mobile app.

Your inspector will then be easily able to determine if the sign (and/or facility) is in accordance with the permit.

[**Read more about how Spike might help you measure in otherwise restrictive situations**](http://hubs.ly/H06NnRV0).  

 

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