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January Permitting Slows
Feb 3, 2006 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Mary Gibbs, Lee County Community Development Department JANUARY PERMITTING SLOWS FORT MYERS, Fla. (February 3, 2006) - Lee County's Community Development Department issued 632 single-family home permits in the month of January - a slow down from last year's record activity. Permits decreased 18% from last January's 746 single-family homes but increased slightly from December's 626. Lee County's Community Development Department released its January statistics today. The totals are for unincorporated Lee County, City of Bonita Springs and Town of Fort Myers Beach. Both Bonita Springs and Fort Myers Beach contract with the county to do their permitting services. The value of the 632 single-family home permits was $155.8 million. The county also issued permits for 132 duplex units and 232 multi-family units. Permitting value in Lee County experienced a record increase in 2005, surging $1.7 billion to hit the $4.7 billion mark. In 2004, permit value was $3 billion, in 2003 it was $2 billion; in 2002 it was $1.5 billion. Single-family permitting for the last three years is: 2003 April - 403 May - 445 June - 365 July - 400 Aug. - 571 Sept. - 423 Oct. - 474 Nov. - 406 Dec. - 419 2004 Jan. - 547 Feb. - 466 Mar. - 570 April - 632 May - 660 June - 666 July - 638 Aug. - 463 Sep. - 510 Oct. - 641 Nov. - 662 Dec. - 698 2005 Jan. - 746 Feb. - 782 Mar. - 865 Apr. - 790 May - 906 June - 1,025 July - 729 Aug. - 1,309 Sep. - 1,181 Oct. - 861 Nov. - 703 Dec. - 626 2006 Jan. - 632
Lee County Community Development oversees planning, zoning, and development services such as permitting, development review, code enforcement and building inspections in the unincorporated areas of the county and for Bonita Springs and Fort Myers Beach.
To learn more about the department and its services, visit http://www.lee-county.com/dcd/. |