Residential Permit Activity Up In Sammamish

After a construction drought in 2009, people are moving forward with plans to build new single-family homes in Sammamish.

Darci Donovan, the city’s permit center manager, said single family residential building permits are increasing.

Building permits from January through March were up from 5 in 2009 to 23 in 2010.

That’s more permit activity for single-family homes than the city experienced January through March in 2007, 2008 or 2009.

Permits for remodels and additions are up, too. The city issued 11 of those permits in 2009 (for January through March), and 24 in 2010. This year’s permit activity for remodels and additions isn’t the highest in the last few years though.

During the same four-month time frame, there were 27 remodel and addition permits in 2007 and 37 in 2008.

Reporter J.B. Wogan can be reached at 392-6434, ext. 247, or jbwogan@isspress.com. To comment on this story, visit www.SammamishReview.com.