Building Permits on the Rise
The building permit activity in the first half of this fiscal year exceeded the City’s expectations. The City’s has issued building permits with a valuation of $185,739,927, and collected building permit fees of over $1,700,000. This represents 90% of the valuation and 73% of the building permit fees for all of last fiscal year and already exceeds the budgeted valuation and permit fees for this fiscal year. The valuation is the estimated cost for the improvements or new buildings and is used by the County Assessor to assist in determining property value changes due to the improvements
In just the first six months the City has issued over 900 building permits. These include 164 permits for new residential buildings, which represents 499 new dwellings units; 423 residential permits for additions, remodels and landscape work; 1 new commercial building (BJ’s Brew House); 79 tenant improvement and sign permits; and, 243 mechanical, electrical or plumbing permits for new heaters, water heaters or electrical panels.
As a result of all the permits issued, building inspections have also increased beyond our projections. In the first 6 months, Staff has performed over 6,400 inspections. This is an increase of 21% over last year at this time. Currently, Staff is performing over 1,100 building inspections per month. This is anticipated to increase as the recently-permitted projects increase productivity and the soon to be permitted projects get started. These projects include: Amador Pointe & Crossroads at Emerald Vista, Piazza, Arrivare and La Solara in Sorrento East, Calarosa, Calabria and Cortona 2 @ Positano, the Summit at Schaefer Ranch, and Jordan Ranch.
