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:	May 3, 2010
RE:	April 2010 Monthly Permit Report

There were 155 permits issued in April, compared to 169 permits issued in April 2009. Permit valuation was $12,605,541 compared to $6,482,254 last year.  Fees were $41,877.60 for April versus $47,977.68 a year ago. Statistics for total permit valuation and fees will be tracked throughout the year in the following table:

	Total Permit Valuation	Total Fees
2010 Totals, YTD	$28,772,687	$168,466.45
2009 Totals, YTD	$28,256,184	$194,760.63
2008 Totals, YTD	$37,809,296	$205,367.94

Eight permits were issued for new single-family dwellings last month.  This compares to six permits issued for new single-family dwellings along with two permits for apartment buildings containing 16 dwelling units in April last year.  The year-to-date total 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:

	2010	2009	2008
Total # of permits	607	565	626
One- & two-family permits (# of units)	56 (59)	21 (23)	27 (27)
Multi-family permits (# of units)	0 (0)	15 (172)	2 (7)
Total # of residential permits (# of units)	56 (59)	36 (195)	29 (34)

The highest valued projects for which permits were issued in April were a renovation at Lawrence Memorial Hospital valued at $5.5M, and a pump station at 3820 Greenway Circle valued at $2.3M.  The highest valued private projects were for a new car wash at 4850 Bauer Farm Drive, valued at $850,000, and a renovation project for Discovery Furniture Store at 2520 Iowa Street valued at $700,000.