{
  "page": "https://instabids.ai/us/md/baltimore-city/baltimore/building-permits",
  "title": "Baltimore, MD Permit Search: Look Up, Apply, Rules",
  "skill": "permits@3.4.2",
  "updated": "2026-10-30",
  "rows": [
    {
      "label": "Initial review backlog (city figure)",
      "value": "Over 1,700 applications in May 2025, down to 68 as of February 5, 2026.",
      "source": "What We've Improved | Baltimore City, Baltimore City, read 2026-10-30",
      "url": "https://www.baltimorecity.gov/dhcd/building-permits-help-center/resolved-issues",
      "read": "2026-10-30",
      "fact_ids": "time-backlog"
    },
    {
      "label": "Weekly auto-issuance for qualifying permits",
      "value": "Projected weekly rates of 16% to 27% of applications, as the city reports them.",
      "source": "What We've Improved | Baltimore City, Baltimore City, read 2026-10-30",
      "url": "https://www.baltimorecity.gov/dhcd/building-permits-help-center/resolved-issues",
      "read": "2026-10-30",
      "fact_ids": "time-autorate"
    },
    {
      "label": "Inspection booking cut-off",
      "value": "2:30 P.M. the day before the date you request.",
      "source": "INSPECTION GUIDELINES AND OTHER PERMIT INFORMATION, Baltimore City, read 2026-10-30",
      "url": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/baltimorecity.gov.if-us-east-1/s3fs-public/2026-01/Inspection Guidelines - 01-2026 Update.pdf",
      "read": "2026-10-30",
      "fact_ids": "time-cutoff"
    },
    {
      "label": "Shed size that needs no permit",
      "value": "Up to 120 square feet of floor area, one story and detached, at a one- or two-family dwelling.",
      "source": "WORK EXEMPT FROM PERMIT, Baltimore City, read 2026-10-30",
      "url": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/baltimorecity.gov.if-us-east-1/s3fs-public/2026-03/Work Exempt From Permit.pdf",
      "read": "2026-10-30",
      "fact_ids": "job-shed ex-lead"
    },
    {
      "label": "New housing units authorized, Baltimore city, 2025",
      "value": "543 new privately-owned housing units authorized in 2025 (Census county-equivalent figure for the independent city, not Baltimore County).",
      "source": "Census Bureau Building Permits Survey, annual county file 2025, Baltimore city, Maryland (independent city) (county grain), read 2026-10-30",
      "url": "https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/County/co2025a.txt",
      "read": "2026-10-30",
      "fact_ids": "bps-total"
    },
    {
      "label": "Single-family units authorized, Baltimore city, 2025",
      "value": "254 of those units were 1-unit homes (same Census row).",
      "source": "Census Bureau Building Permits Survey, annual county file 2025, Baltimore city, Maryland (independent city) (county grain), read 2026-10-30",
      "url": "https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/County/co2025a.txt",
      "read": "2026-10-30",
      "fact_ids": "bps-1-unit"
    }
  ]
}