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Due Date:

Monthly - 4th day of the following month

Annual - January 25, 2013

BHS Main / Surveys

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Welcome to the Building Permits page. This site is designed to help permit offices complete their forms. It describes highlights, clarifies coverage and content, and identifies other sources of assistance. Please contact staff if you have any questions.

A monthly survey of 9,000 selected permit-issuing places; and an annual census of an additional 11,000 permit places that are not in the monthly sample. The survey covers all places issuing building permits for privately-owned residential structures. Over 98 percent of all privately-owned residential buildings constructed are in permit-issuing places. Data collected include number of buildings, number of housing units, and permit valuation by size of structure.

Click here to complete your survey online

Note - "The online survey is available beginning on the last working day of the period in which permits were issued"