Building activity in the township continues to outpace last year’s figures thought the first six months of 2017.
At the July 11 council meeting, chief building official Patty Wright reported the township issued 60 building permits in June, for construction valued at about $7.13 million, generating almost $73,000 in permit fees.
That’s well above the numbers from June 2016: 37 permits issued for construction valued at just over $2.4 million and resulting in about $22,000 in fees.
Year to date, the township has issued 173 permits for $25.2 million worth of construction and has collected almost $220,000 in fees. To this point in 2016, the township had issued 170 permits for construction valued at just under $17.7 million, generating fees of about $146,000.
In her report to council Wright noted fees collected for both the current month and year to date are above the five-year-average.
“The building department has no concerns,” she told council.
Agricultural construction has led the boom both in June and year to date in 2017, Wright reported.
In June, the municipality issued 19 permits for agricultural construction valued at just under $3.9 million, generating fees of $41,850. So far this year 74 agricultural building projects worth slightly more than $16.1 million have resulted in permit fees of almost $139,000.
In June, four permits for single family dwellings valued at a total of $1.3 million were issued, generating fees of nearly $12,000. Year to date single family dwelling construction has accounted for 13 permits, with fees of $32,000 for construction worth $4.4 million.
