City In Review: Chicago

Clearing · 2024-11

Clearing permit value nearly doubles to $415k

Clearing pulled 18 permits in November, up from 15 in October, but the dollar figure almost doubled to $415,391. Most of that came through the express permit program, which accounted for a dozen of the permits. Service requests dropped 22 percent to 514, led by 116 rodent baiting calls. Violent crime fell 36 percent to 23 incidents, while overall crime dipped to 88 reports. No new businesses opened or closed.

By the numbers

Building permits18
Declared construction value$415,391
New business licenses9
Business closings (proxy)0
311 service requests514
Reported crimes88
Violent crimes23
Failed food inspections0

New businesses

Top permit types

Top 311 request types

Automated draft · verified against source · confidence 0.95. Spot a problem? Tell us.