Planning and Development: Fourteen single-family home permits were issued in the month of September with an average square footage of 2,436. Staff issued significantly fewer permits through the first two quarters of 2018 compared to last year. Nonetheless, the department is averaging 18 starts per month which is a healthy pace for adding new housing …...Read More →Management Report – October 2018
Planning and Development: Planning. There were eight multi-family home permits were issued in the month of August with an average square footage of 1,833. A total of seventeen single-family home permits were issued with an average square footage of 2,918. A development permit application for the Broadstone mixed-use project was received located across from city …...Read More →Management Report – September 2018
Planning and Development: Downtown Master Plan/Livable Centers Initiative. The City of Sugar Hill would like to thank those that participated in the 2018 Downtown Master Plan update. The city’s Livable Centers Initiative (LCI) Plan is critical to advancing our vision toward a vibrant, walkable community in downtown Sugar Hill. This plan allows city leaders to …...Read More →Management Report – July 2018
Planning and Development: Planning. Fifteen single-family home permits were issued in June with an average square footage of 3,180. Three deck permits and four permits for covered porches were issued as well. Housing starts are down by 46% while the number of completed housing units is up 137% from last year. Commercial building permits were …...Read More →Management Report – July 2018
Planning and Development: Planning. Sixteen single-family home permits were issued in the month of April with the average square footage of 2,836. Commercial building permits were issued for the two 2,500 square foot buildings located outside Westbrook Village. A demolition permit was issued to remove the fuel tanks at the former Texaco station located at …...Read More →Management Report – May 2018
Planning and Development: Planning. Twenty-five single family home permits were issued in the month of March with an average square footage of 3,137 and ten multi-family home permits were issued averaging 1,892 square feet each. Eleven fence permit applications and five residential addition applications were received during the month of March. Many of the additions …...Read More →Management Report – April 2018
Planning and Development: Planning. A final report summarizing the process and findings of the Highway 20 corridor study is available on the city’s website at www.cityofsugarhill.com/hwy20plan/. Significant work has gone into land use and real estate analysis as well as the vision and plans to encourage a parkway-like development that is equally inviting to both …...Read More →Management Report – March 2018
Planning and Development: Planning. A draft summarizing the process and findings of the Highway 20 corridor study is available on the city’s website at www.cityofsugarhill.com/hwy20plan/. Significant work has gone into land use and real estate analysis as well as envisioning the development potential of the entire corridor. Development. Eight single family home permits were issued …...Read More →Management Report – February 2018
Planning and Development: Planning. An open house meeting was hosted by the city in early December to gather input on key issues related to future downtown development as a part of the Livable Cities Initiative (LCI). The project team also met a couple of weeks later to review the status and complete the public response …...Read More →Management Report – January 2018
Planning and Development: Planning. A significant amount of work has gone into the Highway 20 corridor study and downtown master plan update this past month. A public workshop was hosted at city hall for each of the two planning projects. The Highway 20 study will wrap up in January and the downtown master plan update …...Read More →Management Report – December 2017