Portage Park · 2024-04

Portage Park pulls $5.8M permit, mostly express work

Portage Park logged 21 permits in April worth $5.8 million, with 16 of those coming through the express program. The neighborhood fielded 2,115 service requests, led by 166 for parking-code enforcement review and 156 rat complaints. Abandoned-vehicle reports (149) and graffiti removal (143) rounded out the top categories. Police recorded 260 crimes, 82 of them violent. Two food establishments failed inspections. No new businesses or closures appeared in the data.

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By the numbers

Building permits	21
Declared construction value	$5,784,627
New business licenses	34
Business closings (proxy)	0
311 service requests	2115
Reported crimes	260
Violent crimes	82
Failed food inspections	2

New businesses

NEW AGE ROOFS (Regulated Business License)
VL AUTO REPAIR (Motor Vehicle Services License)
Rasenick's (Limited Business License)
Sew Precise Co (Manufacturing Establishments)
MISKA LIQUORS (Package Goods)
PARADISE PERFUMES BEAUTY GIFT SHOP (Limited Business License)
MONTROSE DELI INC (Tobacco)
PARADISE PERFUMES BEAUTY GIFT SHOP (Limited Business License)
MISKA LIQUORS (Tobacco)
MISKA LIQUORS (Tavern)

Top permit types

PERMIT – EXPRESS PERMIT PROGRAM — 16
PERMIT - RENOVATION/ALTERATION — 3
PERMIT - SIGNS — 2

Top 311 request types

Finance Parking Code Enforcement Review — 166
Rodent Baiting/Rat Complaint — 156
Abandoned Vehicle Complaint — 149
Graffiti Removal Request — 143
Pothole in Street Complaint — 126

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