Building Occupancy Certificates with Status and Inspection Details

Records document Use and Occupancy Certificates required for legal building occupation in a jurisdiction, issued after final safety inspections. The dataset includes details on application status, work performed, and location. It is published by data.montgomerycountymd.gov and updated daily, with the last update recorded in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Predict `Status` (e.g., issued, expired) based on `Work Type`, `Building Area`, and `Council Districts` using classification models.
• Analyze temporal trends in permit issuance by extracting year-month from `Issue Date` and `Final Date` columns.
• Map certificate density and types by neighborhood using `Latitude`, `Longitude`, and `Communities` for geospatial analysis.
• Cluster similar construction projects by `Description of Work` and `Application Type` using natural language processing or topic modeling.
• Forecast future `Expired Date` volumes by modeling relationships between `Issue Date`, `Work Type`, and `Building Area`.

Strengths

• Daily update frequency ensures current operational data.
• Includes 28 columns covering administrative, geographic, and temporal dimensions.
• Contains geospatial fields (`Latitude`, `Longitude`, `Location`) for mapping analysis.

Limitations

• Unknown total row count prevents assessment of dataset scale and statistical power.
• Sample data is unavailable, preventing initial validation of data structure and values.
• Potential for geographic bias limited to the publishing municipality's jurisdiction.

Provenance

Source

data.montgomerycountymd.gov

Collection Method

Collected as part of municipal building permit and inspection administration.

Freshness

Daily

Geography

Likely Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, based on source domain.