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19 Dec

There Are Rules Here!

by Philly Zoning Team
in Architects, Building Permits, Business, Design, Engineers, Philadelphia Licenses, Zoning, Zoning Permits, Zoning Projects
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We here at Philadelphia Zoning like to poke some fun at our City's bureaucracy.  Licenses and Inspections can be a mystery to homeowners and developers: documents go in; only sometimes do they come out.  When they do come out, it's often because they are rejected for arcane reasons.  It can be pretty frustrating and eat your time (and it's why Philadelphia Zoning exists: to save...

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15 Nov

Prerequisite Permit Reviews

by Philly Zoning Team
in Architects, Building Permits, Business, Design, Engineers, Floor Plans, Multifamily, Philadelphia Licenses, Single family, Zoning, Zoning Permits, Zoning Process, Zoning Projects
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Wait, I have to get approval from what?   Ah, prerequisite approvals!  Who doesn't love that giddy sensation?  You know the one:  You walk up to the desk at Licenses and Inspections, submit your carefully prepared application, and are told in a dead monotone, "This needs approval from Streets before we'll look at it."   There's no way around it: Prerequisite approvals are rough.  In this story, you need...

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08 Nov

Get Your Permit Plans Cheat Sheet Right Here!

by Philly Zoning Team
in Architects, Building Permits, Design, Engineers, Featured, Floor Plans, Zoning
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Our Plans Requirements Cheat Code   We here at Philadelphia Zoning told you a while back about how important plans are to most zoning, building, and sign permitting projects.  (You can find that post right here.)  But that advice was general; we know a lot of you are probably wondering specifically what kind of plans you need for which project.   We've decided to make a cheat sheet for...

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01 Nov

How Much Does a Permit Cost?

by Philly Zoning Team
in Building Permits, Featured, Philadelphia Licenses, Single family, Zoning, Zoning Permits, Zoning Process, Zoning Projects
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We here at Philadelphia Zoning like to think we have answers for you.  We tell you we can saw through forests of red tape, and we mean it.  But sometimes, we get a question that has about a hundred different answers.  "How much does a permit cost?" is one of those questions.   There are a few reasons why such a simple question has so many different answers.   First,...

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11 Aug

So You Want to Build in Philly…

by Philly Zoning Team
in Building Permits, Design, Zoning Permits
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Here at Philadelphia Zoning, we get a lot of requests from developers and homeowners for permits allowing construction.  Every developer — and most homeowners — know that they need some kind of paperwork from the City of Philadelphia to begin construction, but not everybody is sure what kind.  At some point we usually get the question, “What exactly do I need to give the City?”   The...

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