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    Building Permits

    Metadata Updated: August 30, 2025

    This dataset includes information about building permits issued by the City of Chicago from 2006 to the present, excluding permits that have been voided or revoked after issuance. Most types of permits are issued subject to payment of the applicable permit fee. Work under a permit may not begin until the applicable permit fee is paid.

    For more information about building permits, see http://www.chicago.gov/permit.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. License: No license information was provided.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date November 10, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date August 30, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from Chicago JSON

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 10, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date August 30, 2025
    Publisher data.cityofchicago.org
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://data.cityofchicago.org/api/views/ydr8-5enu
    Data First Published 2024-07-27
    Data Last Modified 2025-08-30
    Category Buildings
    Public Access Level public
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://data.cityofchicago.org/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id a660487a-c879-472e-9b85-4695832b50b4
    Harvest Source Id 7590e386-229e-453a-8e53-6f18e200e421
    Harvest Source Title Chicago JSON
    Homepage URL https://data.cityofchicago.org/d/ydr8-5enu
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash bdeeea22a1a7c4e2baafe17a72bfab8b1da9b1670625fe0471cbb910418e2f9d
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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