Third quarter building permits total nearly $850,000
All 2019 building permits are posted at the bottom of this story -
Village of Bluffton building permits totaled nearly $850,000 in the third quarter of 2019, according to the village office.
Twenty-four permits were issued from July 1 through Sept. 30, which included five commercial and the rest residential. The largest two permits in the third quarter were houses, listed at $293,000 and $290,000.
Total Bluffton building permits for 2019 have reached $2.3 million. The chart below lists all permits filed 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
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