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Show 290 home permits granted CLEARFIELD During the normally slow construction period of January-March, permits were approved ap-proved for 290 new residential units throughout Davis County. At the same time, non-residential projects saw a decline, said Jack Bailey, manager of Davis County Job Service. Ser-vice. More than one-third of the new residential construction permits were granted in Layton, where 114 permits were issued. However, a sizable number of permits were also issued in Centerville, Bountiful and Kaysville. During the January-March period, the 114 permits issued in Layton reflected a 32.6 percent increase in-crease over a year ago, with their valuation of $8.5 million reflecting nearly a 57 percent climb. Bounti foil's 36 new units, a one-third one-third increase over the previous year, were valued at $5.8 million for a 17 percent increase. Centerville officials granted permits for 39 new residential units, a huge 95 percent jump. Valued at nearly $3.9 million, their valuation shows nearly an 80 percent climb. Kaysville say 32 new residential unit permits granted for a 45.5 percent per-cent increase. Their nearly $3.7 million valuation reflected a 55 percent per-cent increase. Residential building permits were issued in every community and the unincorporated area of the county except for landlocked Sunset. Units approved and valuation valua-tion are: Clearfield, 4, $2, $276,000; Clinton 7, $562,000; Farmington, 17, $1.8 million; Fruit Heights, 5, $625,000; North Salt Lake, 1, $111,000; South Weber, 3, $303,000; Syracuse, 5, $477,000; West Bountiful, 6, $470,000; West Point, 13, $843,500; Woods Cross, 4, $317,000; unincorporated area, 4 $873,000. The 290 residential permits approved ap-proved represented a 44.3 percent increase over a year ago. The $28.7 million valuation reflects a 41.8 percent jump. Non-residential construction approved ap-proved totaled $6.8 million, a 31 percent drop. Major projects were approved in Clearfield, for $1.9 million; Farmington, $763,000; Layton, $1.7 million; and the unincorporated unin-corporated county, $2.3 million. By comparison, Weber County approved 161 new residential units, nearly 100 percent above a year ago. Non-residential activity totaled $1.8 million, a 12 percent decline. To the south, Salt Lake County, with about four times the population popula-tion of Davis County, approved nearly 800 new residential units, a 34.6 percent increase. Nonresidential Non-residential construction, at $23.2 million, also dropped, by one-fifth. Bailey said. |