March 2026
Building Department Activity Report
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Monthly Statistics
27 Building permits issued
17 Contractor’s business licenses issued
$72,076.06 Building permit fees collected
$1,313,253 Building permit valuation
Impact fees – $ 0.00
Noteworth Information:
1. Canopy project is finally fully underway with the sales office open. Permits for the first six buildings (23 total units) have been issued and first four buildings are going vertical. First building should be looking for finale units sometime in early May. Grading and utility installation for Phase two, which is the remainder of the project is scheduled to begin in May and be completed before next rainy season.
2. Gravenstein Commons has all buildings framed and roof or at least partial roofs in place to make the buildings waterproof.
3. Habitat project framed insulated and sheet rocked for all four units. Utilities are being connected in the street this week. Permanent patches for utilities on main street were completed this week. Looking at about eight weeks until final inspection and occupancy of these units.
4. Huntley Square on west Bodega has pulled all ten permits and construction has begun.
Foundations for first two buildings are being worked on, and first inspection has been performed for retaining wall. Plumbing is being installed and foundations in place by end of April.
5. Petaluma Av house that has been sitting for a couple of years un-inhabited will be demolished as we meet with owner this week and worked out plans for demo and re-build. Still may be a few weeks before we see actual work on-site, but the process has begun to get approvals for new construction New primary house with ADU over garage.
6. Mary’s lane trailer has been removed and in discussions with Juliett Miller, the boats and incomplete vehicles are being worked on to get them all removed from the Miller Oil Site.
7. We have been receiving numerous complaints about the smoke coming from A&M BarBQ almost every morning starting around 5AM. We have been working with the owner (Kris) to try to find solutions. Just in thew past couple of days he has agreed to remove one of the smokers to an off-site location outside the city in hopes that he might reduce the smoke and there-fore the complaints allowing him additional time to find an alternat location.