MOOSE JAW — City hall issued more than $14 million worth of building permits during this year’s second quarter, which was nearly $3 million more than in 2023 and nearly $54 million less than in 2022, data show.
The City of Moose Jaw issued $14,527,167 in construction permits from April 1 to June 30, compared to $11,958,905 in Q2 2023, a difference of $2,568,262, according to a second-quarter report presented during the Aug. 26 regular city council meeting.
While the value of this year’s Q2 building permits was more than last year’s, they paled in comparison to the building permits city hall issued in Q2 2022. That quarter, the municipality issued $68,512,150 in permits — a difference of $53,984,983 — with SaskPower’s Great Plains Power Station being the largest item.
Year-to-date (YTD), from Jan. 1 to June 30, the city issued 34 building permits, compared to 72 during the same period last year.
Year-to-date this year, building permit values have totalled $17,916,170, with residential projects at $11,299,273, commercial/industrial at $4,911,487 and institutional at $1,705,410.
YTD in 2023, those values were, respectively, $13,046,450, $2,412,405, $8,859,045 and $1,775,000.
YTD in 2022, those values were, respectively, $72,390,315, $6,888,035, $12,324,280 and $53,178,000.
Planning and development activities
The council report summarized the types of permits the planning and development department issued in Q2 this year, last year and 2022, including:
- Accessory buildings: 11 / 9 / 12
- Apartments/condos: 1 / 2 / 7
- Demolition: 1 / 7 / 3
- Government/institutional: 4 / 3 / 5
- Industrial/commercial: 13 / 10 / 15
- Residential: 32 / 21 / 39
- Sign permits: 3 / 6 / 7
Meanwhile, the number of inspections the department conducted in Q2 during the past three years include:
- Building permits: 55 / 49 / 53
- Building bylaws: 0 / 3 / 3
- Property maintenance: 152 / 0 / 3
- Business licence: 0 / 0 / 6
The total number of inspections the department conducted during the past three years YTD totalled 249, 148, and 193.
Business licences
During Q2 of this year, last year and 2022, the number of business licences the planning and development handled were:
- New: 68 / 67 / 45
- Renewed: 118 / 122 / 151
- Closed: 48 / 32 / 39
Year-to-date, the total number of business licences the department has handled this year, last year and 2022 were:
- New: 161 / 123 / 93
- Renewed: 1,693 / 1,665 / 1,675
- Closed: 161 / 114 / 129
The next regular council meeting is Monday, Sept. 9.
