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Kaysville community development director reports steady licensing revenue, slows in permits; cites water-element grant and code-enforcement gains
Summary
Director Melinda Greenwood told the Kaysville City Council that building permits remain lower than pandemic peaks, business-license revenue is steady, and the department won a state grant to add a water-conservation element to the general plan.
Melinda Greenwood, Kaysville’s director of community development, told the City Council the department’s four divisions — building, business licensing, planning and zoning, and code enforcement — produced stable revenue and a mix of enforcement and planning work in the past year.
The overview said business-license revenue has been “a very steady income stream,” typically around $75,000–$80,000. Greenwood reported a combined departmental revenue figure in the packet described as $591,002,295 for fiscal year 2025. Greenwood said permit activity has declined since 2020–21 but the city is on track for permitting volumes similar to recent years.
Greenwood said most permits continue to be residential; year-to-date counts included 36 commercial-related permits (including sign permits and tenant improvements) and 51 single-family/town-home permits. She noted larger projects recently started,…
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