Planning & Development <br /> Permit & Information Center Monthly Report EUGENE Building & Permit Services <br /> For December 1997 <br /> Plans Review: How are we doing? <br /> We have achieved our target for plan review of new residential buildings and have brought the average number <br /> of days to approve new commercial buildings down to 90 days from 114 days during the first half of 1997. <br /> December 1997 Permit Commercial Residential <br /> Approvals <br /> New construction 36% (4 out of 11) approved within 80% (20 out of 25) approved <br /> target of 63 calendar days* within target of 39 calendar days <br /> (32% average for Jul -Dec 1997) (71% average for Jul -Dec 1997) <br /> (90 day average for Jul-Dec 1997) (37 day average for Jul-Dec 1997) <br /> Additions and alterations 78% (74 out of 95) approved within 71 % (29 out of 41) approved <br /> target of 30 calendar days within target of 30 calendar days <br /> (74% average for Jul -Dec 1997) (71 % average for Jul -Dec 1997) <br /> (37 day average for Jul -Dec 1997) (36 day average for Jul -Dec 1997) <br /> Over the counter permits 279 permits completed in 1 to 5 days <br /> *The target as stated in the Service Profile of the budget document is to approve 80 percent of new residential <br /> construction plans within 39 calendar days and to approve 80 percent of new commercial construction plans <br /> within 63 calendar days from application date to approval date in FY98. <br /> Permit volume: How does it compare to past months? <br /> PIC Workload Volume <br /> We accepted 209 permit applications, approved <br /> 350 / 172 plans, and gave a final inspection to 173 <br /> 300 - buildings in December 1997. <br /> 200 1 1 <br /> 150 / 1 1 1 At the end of December, 236 projects remain in the <br /> 100 / 1 1 1 ' queue pending final approval. 34 percent of those <br /> 50 / h 236 projects have been pending less than 30 days. <br /> o , 1 <br /> Sep 1997 Oct 1997 Nov 1997 Dec 1997 <br /> Applications Received <br /> Permits Approved <br /> Buildings Completed <br /> Field inspections: Are we meeting our target? <br /> Our target is to conduct 95 percent of requested inspections within one working day; in December 1997, <br /> we conducted 98 percent of the 3,368 requests within one working day. From May through September 1997 <br /> there was an average of 200 inspection requests per day; for the past quarter, the average dropped to 168. <br />