Hartford Code Enforcement Records from 2020

Enforcement records from Building Code, Zoning Code, Blight Remediation, Housing Code, and Health and Human Services sources. Data is downloaded nightly from the city's cloud-based Accela Permit system into an Enterprise GIS database. The dataset includes records from January 1, 2020, to the present.

Use Cases

• Analyze spatial patterns of Blight Remediation Team activities using GIS data layers.
• Track temporal trends in Housing Code Enforcement actions from 2020 onward.
• Cross-reference enforcement records from Building Code and Zoning Code sources for compliance analysis.
• Map Health and Human Services enforcement cases to identify geographic clusters of issues.

Strengths

• Data is updated nightly, ensuring high recency.
• Covers five distinct enforcement sources: Building, Zoning, Blight, Housing, and Health/Human Services.
• Includes records from a defined start date of January 1, 2020.

Limitations

• The total number of records (rows) and specific data fields (columns) are unknown.
• Sample data is unavailable, making initial assessment of data structure and quality difficult.
• Data is specific to the City of Hartford, limiting geographic generalizability.

Provenance

Source

City of Hartford.

Collection Method

Downloaded nightly from the cloud-based Accela Permit system to an Enterprise GIS database.

Time Range

January 1, 2020, to present.

Freshness

Updated nightly.

Geography

City of Hartford, CT, USA.