Memorandum

City of Lawrence

Planning & Development Services

TO:	David L. Corliss, City Manager
FROM:	Barry Walthall, Building Codes Administrator
CC:	Scott McCullough, Planning & Development Services Director
Date:	September 15, 2009
RE:	August 2009 Monthly Permit Report

The Development Services Division issued 204 permits with total construction value of $5,052,532 in August 2009, which compares to 207 permits valued at $13,368,498 in August of 2008.  Fees were $48,705.20 compared to $77,247.19 last year.  These statistics will be tracked throughout the year in the following table:

	Total Permit Valuation	Total Fees
2009 Totals	$51,449,481	$355,485.93
2008 Totals	$113,278,004	$586,149.35

Fifteen permits were issued for new single-family dwellings, compared to 10 single-family and six duplexes in July last year.  The number of permits and total number of residential units will be tracked throughout the year in the following table, similar to permit valuation and fees:

	2009	2008
Total # of permits	1320	1491
One- & two-family permits (# of units)	78 (83)	72 (81)
Multi-family permits (# of units)	15 (172)	16(331)
Total # of residential permits (# of units)	93 (255)	88 (412)

The highest valued projects for which permits were issued in August were:

• 8 W. 8^th Street, renovation project for Noodles & Co., valued at $480,000
• 816 Andrew John Drive, new single-family dwelling, valued at $325,000
• 1001 Delaware Street, residential renovation and addition, valued at $307,971

There was one public project in August, a small interior renovation at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, 325 Maine Street, valued at $35,000.