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Building Permits
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Note, 10/15/2025: We have added a PERMIT_CONDITION column. This dataset includes information about building permits issued by the City of Chicago from 2006 to the... -
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Chicago Energy Benchmarking
City of Chicago —
The Chicago Building Energy Use Benchmarking Ordinance calls on existing municipal, commercial, and residential buildings larger than 50,000 square feet to track... -
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Life Safety Evaluations (Deprecated 2015)
City of Chicago —
OUTDATED. This dataset is not updated after 2015 due to changes in how the source data are maintained. For current information about high-rise buildings required to... -
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Ordinance Violations
City of Chicago —
Note: For questions related to a specific violation or code requirements, please contact the department that issued the violation notice. For questions regarding the... -
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Building Footprints
City of Chicago —
Building footprints in Chicago. Metadata may be viewed and downloaded here. This dataset is in a format for spatial datasets that is inherently tabular but allows for... -
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311 Service Requests - Vacant and Abandoned Buildings Reported - Historical
City of Chicago —
As described in https://data.cityofchicago.org/stories/s/311-Dataset-Changes-12-11-2018/d7nq-5g7t, the function of this dataset was replaced by... -
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Additional Dwelling Unit Preapproval Applications
City of Chicago —
Applications for preapprovals for Additional Dwelling Units (ADUs) received by the Department of Housing pursuant to the December 2020 ADU Ordinance. After issuance... -
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Chicago Energy Benchmarking - Covered Buildings
City of Chicago —
The full list of buildings required to comply with the Chicago Energy Benchmarking Ordinance. As of 2016, this list includes all commercial, institutional, and... -
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Micro-Market Recovery Program - Violations and Inspections
City of Chicago —
The City of Chicago launched the Micro-Market Recovery Program (MMRP), a coordinated effort among the City, not-for-profit intermediaries, and non-profit and for-... -
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Parks - Buildings - Shapefiles (deprecated November 2016)
City of Chicago —
Buildings located in Chicago Parks. To view or use these shapefiles, compression software and special GIS software, such as ESRI ArcGIS or QGIS, is required. To... -
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Additional Dwelling Unit Areas
City of Chicago —
Areas eligible for Additional Dwelling Unit permits. Ordinance O2020-2850, passed in December 2020, creates five pilot area zones within which property owners can... -
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Building Code Scofflaw List
City of Chicago —
Chicago's Building Code Scofflaw Ordinance (Section 2-92-416 of the Municipal Code of Chicago) prohibits the owners of buildings that are identified as "priority... -
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Performance Metrics - Buildings - Time To Issue Green Permits
City of Chicago —
As part of the City’s sustainability program, the Department of Buildings (DOB) offers expedited permitting for residential, commercial and industrial building... -
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CPD_Park_Buildings
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Inventory of buildings located on Chicago Park District premises as of November 4, 2016. -
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Performance Metrics - Buildings - Time to Issue Developer Services Permits
City of Chicago —
The Developer Services Review Program is designed to meet the special needs of owners, developers, architects and contractors working on moderately- to highly-complex... -
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Performance Metrics - Buildings - Time to Issue Standard Plan Review Program Permits
City of Chicago —
The Department of Building (DOB) issues building permits to give individuals, insurance companies, neighbors and the City assurance that specific minimum standards... -
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Parks - Buildings - KML (deprecated November 2016)
City of Chicago —
Buildings located in Chicago parks. To view or use this KMZ file, compression software, such as 7-Zip, and special GIS software, such as Google Earth, are required.... -
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Change Notice: Building Permits - 9/13/2024
City of Chicago —
Read about a temporary pause in updates and changes to the Building Permits dataset. -
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MMRP_AREAS_OCT2013
City of Chicago —
The City of Chicago launched the Micro-Market Recovery Program (MMRP), a coordinated effort among the City, not-for-profit intermediaries, and non-profit and for-... -
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Performance Metrics - Buildings - Time to Issue Easy Permits
City of Chicago —
The Easy Permit Process allows home and building owners to obtain a permit to repair or replace the same or existing elements of a building, without making any...