Building Permits Issued by Pittsburgh Department of Permits Licenses and Inspections

A summary of building permits issued by the City of Pittsburgh's Department of Permits Licenses and Inspections (PLI). The dataset was last updated in May 2023. The specific number of records and features is unknown.

Use Cases

• Analyze building permit issuance trends over time using the 'Permit' and 'Last updated' fields.
• Categorize permit activity by building type or purpose using the 'Building' tag as a feature.
• Map permit data geographically by leveraging the 'Pittsburgh' and 'Allegheny County' location tags.
• Assess departmental processing volumes by examining records associated with the 'Department Of Permits Licenses And Inspections' tag.

Strengths

• Data is provided by an authoritative government organization, the Allegheny County / City of Pittsburgh / Western PA Regional Data Center.
• The dataset is tagged with relevant categories like 'Building', 'Permit', and 'Pittsburgh' for discovery.
• It was updated in May 2023, indicating relatively recent maintenance.

Limitations

• The core analytical structure is unknown as the column names, row count, and sample data are unavailable.
• The data format is limited to legacy spreadsheet files (XLS, XLSL), which may complicate programmatic access.
• The license is unspecified, creating potential ambiguity for commercial or redistribution use.

Provenance

Source

Allegheny County / City of Pittsburgh / Western PA Regional Data Center

Collection Method

Issued by the City of Pittsburgh's Department of Permits Licenses and Inspections (PLI).

Freshness

Last updated on 2023-05-14.

Geography

City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA