Land Use Plan – 2002 - Stanly County, North Carolina

Building Activity
Zoning Permits
STANLY COUNTY
Table 2-16 provides a summary of zoning permits issued by the county from 1990 to 2001. The
statistics include permits granted within Albemarle, Badin, New London, Norwood, as well as all
unincorporated areas of the county. A total of 10,866 zoning permits were issued over the 12year
period indicated in Table 2-16, an average of 905 permits granted annually. This figure
includes not only new construction but additions to existing residential structures. The year with
the most permits granted was 1999 with 1,050 permits granted followed closely by 1990 with
1,011 total permits. While zoning permit activity has fluctuated over the analysis period, the
number of permits granted has never varied from this average by more than 12.5 percent over
the analysis period.
Table 2-16. Zoning Permits Issued, Stanly County, 1990-2001.
Commercial/
Industrial
Total Residential/
Commercial/
Year
Residential
Permits
Permits Industrial Permits
1990 — — — 1,011
1991 — — — 880
1992 — — — 898
1993 — — — 856
1994 — — — 794
1995 — — — 795
1996 — — — 834
1997 — — — 919
1998 492 31 523 945
1999 510 54 564 1,050
2000 481 24 505 979
2001 480 82 562 905
Total 1,963 191 2,154 10,866
Average 490.8 47.8 538.5 905.0
Source: Stanly County Permit Activity Reports, Stanly County Planning and Zoning Department,
1990-2001.
Total Permits
(Includes Additions)
A more-detailed breakdown of zoning permit information is provided for the time period
beginning in 1998. This breakdown—while not providing an adequate length of time to establish
a clear trend—indicates an average of 490.8 residential zoning permits and 47.8 commercial
and industrial permits granted annually. The figures for residential permits has been fairly
consistent over the three-year period, ranging from a low 492 permits in 1998 to a high of 510
permits in 1999. Figures for commercial and industrial zoning permits is less consistent, ranging
from a low of 24 in 2000 and a high of 82 in 2001.
Building Permits
Table 2-17 provides a summary of building permits issued from 1997 through 2001 for all of
Stanly County including all incorporated areas. The statistics indicated in Table 2-17 do not
provide an adequate amount of historical data to indicate a clear trend, but they do indicate
some interesting findings. First, new home building permits issued in Stanly County have
averaged 273 permits issued annually with high and low yearly figures within 10 percent of the
average. Trends for the issuance of permits for manufactured homes—although more erratic
than statistics on new home construction—are generally consistent from year to year. An
average of 278 manufactured home permits have been issued since 1997 in Stanly County.
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