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    Building Permits

    Metadata Updated: February 15, 2026

    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 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 February 15, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from Chicago JSON

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 10, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date February 15, 2026
    Publisher data.cityofchicago.org
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://data.cityofchicago.org/api/views/ydr8-5enu
    Data First Published 2025-10-14
    Data Last Modified 2026-02-14
    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 0fdfbcd0-f31f-4725-94d0-9b6e6c6112b2
    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 a2a020e95461eb15b837385be6ab880ba79a6d4143a345b2bd5bd5883b6c6dda
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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