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Community Development reports 2025 permit activity and construction updates
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Summary
O'Fallon City staff reported year-end Community Development activity for 2025 — 971 building permits, roughly 2,800 occupancy inspections, and several active construction projects including SpringHill Suites and a MOB expansion at Saint Elizabeth Hospital — and flagged upcoming planning commission items.
Community Development staff provided an end-of-year summary to the committee, reporting activity metrics and construction updates.
Greg Anderson said the department issued 971 building permits in 2025 and completed about 2,800 occupancy‑permit inspections and 7,624 combined building inspections. Staff also recorded 1,127 code-enforcement complaints and said administrative follow-up produced 7,251 enforcement actions (violation notices, follow-up inspections, tickets and court appearances). Anderson highlighted active projects: a SpringHill Suites on Greenmount Drive has secured building permits and is moving to full construction; Saint Elizabeth Hospital has received building permits for a medical-office building (MOB) expansion and is completing its fire-alarm review; and a Gateway Elite Gymnastics (SAB Enterprises) zoning amendment was approved Jan. 5.
Staff noted the department is coordinating a traffic-study component with CBB on a separate Park Place intersection improvement project with IDOT and that planning commission items (Jan. 27) include Scott’s Power Equipment and a planned-use amendment for Greenmount Harley Davidson. Anderson also said that public attachments and the department’s presentation materials are available on the City’s BoardDocs agenda and encouraged residents to review those materials online.
Staff provided the figures as reported in the meeting packet. Some numeric statements in the presentation (a construction-value figure cited during the presentation) appear internally inconsistent and should be confirmed with the department before publication. The committee closed public comment and adjourned.
