L&I will share data to make department information more publicly accessible

If all goes according to plan, but the end of the year, Philadelphia’s Department of Licenses & Inspections will have shared its data with PlanPhilly to help the development-focused publication build a tool with publicly accessible records, as Technically Philly reports.

PlanPhilly has teamed up with Azavea and the William Penn Foundation to work with L&I and the city’s Office of Technology and Innovation to build a tool PlanPhilly will house that promotes public access to things like:

 

zoning variances
code violations
cease occupancy orders
refusal of plans
permit revocations
stop work orders
imminently dangerous conditions and unsafe structure
emolition warning notices

Once the process is complete, readers will be able dig through the records on PlanPhilly’s website.

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Editor’s note: NewsWorks is a parter to Technically Philly, Azavea and PlanPhilly, and receives funding from the William Penn Foundation.