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Locations of issued construction permits. This dataset can be a useful tool for tracking city real estate development trends, including neighborhoods most at risk of gentrification or disinvestment, as well as for tracking specific development projects and holding developers and city planners accountable. (More info)
| Question | Answer | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Openly licensed | Yes | |
| Available in bulk | Yes | |
| Up-to-date | Yes | Data is updated monthly, current through 1/4/2018 |
| Available free online | Yes | |
| Available free of charge | Yes | |
| In an open format | CSV | |
| findable | 4 | |
| findable_steps | Visited open.mesaaz.gov and searched for "building permit" | |
| licence_url | https://www.mesaaz.gov/city-hall/open-data/open-data-ter | |
| Collected by government | Yes | |
| usability | 3 | |
| collector_name | City of Mesa Development Services Department | |
| characteristics | Date of issue, Expiration date, Address, Permit type, Work description | |
| location | https://open.mesaaz.gov/dataviews/241447/building-permit - Building Permits by Year and Type, https://open.mesaaz.gov/dataviews/241441/building-permit - This is a dataset containing all building permits in the City of Mesa from 2003 to present. This contains residential, commercial, and all other building permits applied for, and an issued date if a permit had been issued. |
