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Home My WebLink AboutOctober PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT SERVICES NEWSLETTER Building a Better Community with You P OPULATION : T HE O CTOBER POPULATION ESTIMATE IS 105,195 PLANNER ON CALL 1 BUILDING PERMIT TOTALS 2 TRACKING THE NUMBERS 2 BUILDING PERMIT CHARTS 3 BUILDING INSPECTIONS 4 RESIDENTIAL PERMIT TOTAL 4 Inside this issue: PO Box 9960 1101 Texas Avenue College Station, TX 77842 979-764-3570 Fax: 979-764-3496 www.cstx.gov OCTOBER 2015 PLANNER-ON-CALL FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS The Planner on Call system helps over 2,000 people a year that call, email, or come into the P&DS office with questions related to planning and development. This section highlights some of the more common questions. If you have questions for the Planner-on-Call, please contact us at 979-764-3858 or POC@cstx.gov. Q: The holidays are coming up soon and I want to sell Christmas trees. I’m work- ing on obtaining permission from property owners along Texas Avenue or University Drive to set up along a highly-traveled street. Do I need a permit? A: In order to establish a place of business on a temporary basis, an Itinerant Vendor (I-Vendor) permit must be obtained. With the permission of the property owner, a business can operate at one location under this permit. Temporary sales are permitted only where the zoning district allows this type of use. Retail sales are generally allowed in commercial zoning dis- tricts, which, in this case, can be found along Texas Avenue and University Drive. A zoning map is available on the City’s website, www.cstx.gov/GIS. An I-Vendor permit allows a business to operate for up to 21 days per year, with the exception of Christmas tree sales. Christmas tree sales are exempted from the Itinerant Vendor permit location requirement of five (5) percent or sixteen (16) spaces and are exempted from the time requirement of three (3) consecutive days or twenty-one (21) cumulative days. Christmas tree sales may be made during the Christmas holiday season, November 15 through December 24. For more information on Itinerant Vendor permits or Christmas tree sales, please contact the Planner-On-Call. BUILDING PERMIT TOTALS: Month of October 2015 Month of October 2014 Type of Permit Permit Unit Total Sq. Ft.Heat Sq. Ft.Amount Permit Unit Amount ACCESSORY 2 0 557 0 $11,000.00 3 $38,660.00 ADDITION 6 1 4,955 699 $203,000.00 4 $156,200.00 COMMERCIAL NEW 1 0 7,359 0 $100,000.00 5 $1,382,000.00 DEMOLITION 7 3 0 0 $0.00 5 5 $22,000.00 OTHER STRUCTURES 1 0 0 0 $1,000.00 0 POOL 3 0 0 0 $125,000.00 6 $216,781.00 REMODEL / RENOVATION 29 1 134,740 35266 $413,314.00 7 $297,410.00 REROOF 1 0 0 0 $7,000.00 9 $52,750.00 RESIDENTIAL 44 57 120,043 93919 $7,323,738.00 34 34 $7,201,015.00 SIGN 23 0 0 0 $0.00 13 $0.00 SLAB ONLY 8 0 16,653 0 $200,865.40 29 $703,958.00 TOTALS 125 62 284,307 129,884 $8,384,917.40 115 39 $10,070,774.00 January 01, 2015 - October 31, 2015 January 01, 2014 - October 31, 2014 Type of Permit Permit Unit Total Sq. Ft.Heat Sq. Ft.Amount Permit Unit Amount ACCESSORY 24 0 5,301 0 $232,590.00 22 $605,610.00 ADDITION 60 13 269,931 204,059 $6,647,020.00 62 6 $3,976,632.00 COMMERCIAL NEW 50 89 348,011 206,979 $40,900,025.00 65 88 $47,467,137.00 DEMOLITION 85 82 37,628 0 $277,700.00 40 28 $811,400.00 MULTI-FAMILY 12 161 272,131 147,540 $18,311,026.00 58 812 $70,842,346.00 OTHER STRUCTURES 9 0 0 0 $344,389.00 0 POOL 56 0 17,381 0 $3,896,402.00 52 $2,308,753.00 REMODEL / RENOVATION 272 52 979,348 493,230 $15,060,720.62 155 15 $13,194,139.00 REROOF 84 0 0 0 $506,446.99 45 $903,879.00 RESIDENTIAL 745 769 2,060,190 1,597,450 $135,324,212.24 599 609 $106,889,575.00 SIGN 153 0 4,766 0 $80.00 184 $0.00 SLAB ONLY 183 0 520,003 0 $4,143,882.67 43 $3,600,022.00 TOTALS 1733 1166 4,514,690 2,649,258 $225,644,494.52 1325 1,558 $250,599,493.00 Tracking the Numbers New Single-Family Homes:New Commerical:Total Permits: YTD - 1 yr YTD - 2 yr 19% 37% YTD - 1 yr YTD - 2 yr - 23%- 11% YTD - 1 yr YTD - 2 yr 24% 30% Year-to-date, single-family home permits experienced an increase in quantity when compared to last year at this time, October 2014, and increased when compared with two years ago, October 2013. Year-to-date, new commercial permits experienced a decrease in quantity when compared to last year at this time, October 2014, and decreased when compared with two years ago, October 2013. Year-to-date, total permits experienced an increase in quantity when compared to last year at this time, October 2014, and increased when compared with two years ago, October 2013. Page 2/October 2015/www.cstx.gov PERMITS BY TYPE YEAR TO DATE Type of Permit Permit Unit Amount COMMERCIAL NEW 50 89 $40,900,025.00 MULTI-FAMILY 12 161 $18,311,026.00 REMODEL / RENOVATION 272 52 $15,060,720.62 RESIDENTIAL 745 769 $135,324,212.24 Page 3/October 2015/www.cstx.gov Page 4/October 2015/www.cstx.gov MONTH BUILDING PLUMBING ELECTRIC MECHANICAL LAWN SIGN POOL TOTAL JANUARY 371 261 163 126 35 2 8 966 February 477 293 240 191 5 4 8 1,223 MARCH 593 403 231 170 7 0 8 1,412 APRIL 495 302 272 238 33 20 14 1,374 MAY 525 350 285 253 44 1 10 1,468 JUNE 651 377 422 307 81 16 21 1,875 JULY 652 486 456 324 0 22 21 1,961 AUGUST 550 320 303 232 0 23 18 1,446 SEPTEMBER 441 344 249 207 41 26 9 1,317 OCTOBER 469 338 209 183 44 27 4 1,274 TOTAL 5,224 3,474 2,836 2,231 328 468 102 14,143 BUILDING INSPECTIONS: Residential Permit No. of Permits Issued Valuation Single-Family (Detached) 39 $6,613,696 Townhomes 4 $800,000 Duplex 1 $216,084 With the new TRAKiT software our residential permit types have been combined, the table below provides additional details to show the Residential Subtypes.