Building:

Inspections:   1,771 (FY to date 14,607)

Permits Issued:  672 (FY to date 5,287)

Total Permit Valuation:  $23,441,032 (FY to date $227,865,249) 

Total Cash Receipts:  $175,539.13 (FY to date $1,196,559.85)

New Single Family Detached Permits: 35 (FY to date 208) - Valuation:  $11,358,352 (FY to date $61,405,251) - avg. const. value: $295,217

• Telfair –35 new homes - avg. const. value $ 324,524

New Structures Not Buildings: 6- Valuation: $227,726

Add & Alter – Residential: 30 - Valuation: $ 439,675

Add & Alter – Non-Residential: 21 - Valuation: $ 6,824,927

This category includes commercial remodeling in existing buildings. Details are indicated when the issue of Certificates of Occupancy occur.

Occupancy Change Permits: 7

• 16338 Kensington Dr. Ste. 110 – Shri Satya Sas Puja
• 7800 US Hwy 90-a  – Imperial Food Mart
• 1243 Eldridge Road  – Life Changing Ministries
• 143 Ulrich St. – Ad Valoren Advisors Inc.
• 1314 Bournewood Dr. – Food Express
• 13135 Dairy Ashford Rd. Ste. 250  – First Community Bank
• 16135 S. W. Freeway Ste. 265  – 3-D Games

Certificate Of Occupancy Listing including new single family dwellings & townhomes: 53

41- New Single Family Dwellings

• 2140 First Colony Blvd. – First Colony Church of Christ
• 12682 Cardinal Meadows Dr. – Advanced Poly Bag
• 2415 Town Center Dr. Ste. 100 – Shugart SI, ONINV.LTD
• 15600 S. W. Freeway  – Fidelity Investor Center
• 2130 Lone Star Dr.  – Shiva Indian Restaurant
• 1600 Industrial Blvd. – Sabic Storage Bldg.
• 1930 S. Hwy 6  – Earl of Sandwich
• 2735 Town Center Blvd. N. Ste. C – Blue Fish House II
• 2150 Town Square Pl. Ste. 390 –  Edge Energy
• 2587 Town Center Blvd. N. Ste. A   – Texas Best Nutrition
• 913 Eldridge Rd.  – P J’s Resale & Consignment
• 16338 Kensington Dr. Ste. 110 – Shri Satya Sas Puja

Residential, Pool, Sign, and Plan Submittals: 63

(Includes new, additions, repairs, remodels, foundation/flatwork, repair & misc.)

Residential Irrigation: 21

Commercial Plan Submittals: 42

(Includes new, alteration, buildout, remodel, moving, paving, repairs, and demo. & misc)

Commercial Irrigation: 2

Misc:

Solicitation Licenses Issued: 0

Food Health

Number of semi-annual inspections of fixed and mobile establishment operations: 38
Number of pre-opening and ownership change inspections: 7
Number of temporary events inspections: 17
Number of complaints investigated: 12
Plans reviewed: 9
Plans reviewed within two weeks: 100%

Code Enforcement

Total new cases: 172
Total cases closed: 247
Temporary signs removed: 379
Property Liens requested: 4 (mowing properties)
Complaints filed in Sugar Land court: 11

Inspections:

• 0– unsafe structure
• 7- pool/spa
• 25- junk vehicle
• 74- unhealthy conditions of property
• 187-  weeds/high grass
• 3- zoning
• 0- trash/refuse

Construction lacking permits: 49

Sign or banner: permit/construction/location: 40

Property Maintenance Code Inspections: 7

Sweep Violations:  none

*Two Inspectors on staff.

Notes:

• At least 1 direct phone call every 4-minutes of the 9-hour day of business operations continued.  (135 calls a day).  These calls are primarily permit and building related. Other calls answered are directed to the appropriate personnel.
• Open record requests: 4
• A total of 25 masters, 2 journeymen, 2 apprentices electrician licenses were processed this month.
• From 9/16/08 thru 4/30/09 a total of 1049 re-roof permits were issued due to Hurricane Ike.  98 of this total were issued in  May.