Going Up …More buildings at Rabbit Brush Run apartments

ELKO The permitting of two new buildings in the Rabbit Brush Run apartment complex helped boost the City of Elkos February fees for building permits up roughly six and a half times what they were a year ago $283,887 compared with $44,505 in February 2011.

The two buildings amounted to a total of 14 permits issued, at $2.2 million in valuation, according to figures released by the City of Elkos building department.

The residential is whats helping us at this time, said Building Official Ted Schnoor.

The number of permits issued in February was 146 nearly double the 75 permits issued during the same month last year.

The 146 permits had a valuation of $4.1 million, compared with 75 permits with a total valuation of $1 million in February 2011.

Single-family dwellings amounted to $1.4 million in permit valuations, and $81,627 in permit fees for the city.

Fifty-six permits were issued for the construction of eight new homes. Five new houses in Brookwood Estates were permitted, as well as three in the Spanish Gardens II subdivision.

The residential growth is not expected to slow down anytime soon, as Schnoor estimates March will end with similar results.

The trend is continuing. ... It looks like were going to be issuing quite a few residential permits.

With a higher than average number of applications coming through, there is at least a six-week wait on permits.

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Going Up ...More buildings at Rabbit Brush Run apartments