First quarter 2019 building permits are attached below this story.

First quarter 2019 Bluffton building permits show construction projects in the village reached one-half million dollars. The exact amount is $531,200.

Seven permits were issued from Jan. 2, to March 31, according to Bryan Lloyd, assistant village administrator.

These range from one new home construction, one pool installation to driveways, a building demolition, signs, a fence and a handicap ramp.

While the 2019 dollar amount may sound impressive, it is smaller than the first quarter of 2018 when 15 building permits totaled $11.8 million.

However, Grob Systems building accounted for $10 million of last year’s $11.8 million figure.

Even so, without the Grob project, last year’s first quarter reached $1,813,309 compared to $531,200 this year.

Building permits are required for the following:
• Construction or structural alternation of any building, including accessory building
• Change in use of an existing building or accessory building to a use of different classification
• Occupancy and use of vacant land
• Change in the use of land to a use of a different classification
• Any change in the use of a non-conforming use