Building activity continues to boom in the township, the latest 2015 figures indicate.
“It was another great month – about triple what we did in April last year so things are going pretty good,” chief building official Patty Wright told Mapleton council in a report at the May 12 meeting.
The township issued 45 building permits for construction valued at about $8.1 million last month, the report indicates. That generated nearly $61,000 in permit fees.
In April 2014, 27 permits were issued for construction valued at about $2.4 million, generating $19,644 in fees.
So far in 2015, 94 permits have been issued for construction valued at just under $25.5 million, resulting in almost $130,000 in fees.
To the same point in 2014, 59 permits had been issued for construction valued at $4.1 million, resulting in just over $70,000 in fees.
About $4.4 million worth of agricultural construction (20 permits) and almost $2 million (four permits) worth of single family dwellings drove the numbers last month, with industrial construction worth 720,000 also a factor.
Year to date in 2015, industrial construction worth roughly $11 million (nine permits) and agricultural building worth $6.3 million (35 permits) are the categories generating the most activity.
Just over $3.7 million worth of permits (nine) have been issued for single family homes in 2015. Commercial construction has accounted for $2.6 million of the total so far this year (two permits).
