Open data

Short answer: Our 271 verified permit rules for 25 cities are free to download as CSV or JSON under CC BY 4.0; unverified rules are left out.

rules-verified.csv (271 rows)
rules-verified.json

License

The dataset (our summaries, conditions and structure) is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Please credit "PlainPermit" and link to https://plainpermit.pages.dev/. Quoted passages come from official government sources linked in each row. The data is a reference, not legal advice.

Fields

id, city, state, project, permit_required (yes / no / depends), summary, conditions, fee_text and fee_source (only when the fee is verified), apply_url, source_urls, source_quotes (verbatim), verified_date, confidence (high / medium / low), page_url.

Updates are listed in the changelog and the Atom feed.

Not legal advice. Always confirm with your local building department. Rules change, and your parcel's zoning, HOA, historic district, floodplain or utility work can change the answer. We show the official source and the date we last checked it so you can verify for yourself.