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property value
dataset name General Building Permits
data source City of Edmonton
data level City
description List of issued building permits from the City of Edmonton - Sustainable Development Department for the public to do construction or maintenance on a structure located in the City. Note - All records start from January 1, 2009.
permalink https://data.edmonton.ca/Sustainable-Development/General-Building-Permits/24uj-dj8v
dataset key 24uj-dj8v
number of records 88210
number of variables 33

Sample

##   :created_at
## 1  1451733094
## 2  1451733094
## 3  1451733094
## 4  1451733094
## 5  1451733094
## 6  1451733094
##                                                                                                                                                                                       job_description
## 1 To construct interior alterations to an existing Semi-Detached House, Basement development (NOT to be used as an additional Dwelling).1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, living room, mechanical room, storage,
## 2                                                                                        To construct a Single Detached House with front veranda, fireplace, and rear uncovered deck (3.51m x 3.05m).
## 3                                                                                                                                  To construct a Single Detached House with a front attached Garage.
## 4                                                                                                                                          To construct a Single Detached House with a front veranda.
## 5                                        To construct a Single Detached House with a front attached Garage, front covered balcony (2.44m x 1.37m), fireplace and rear uncovered deck (3.05m x 3.96m).
## 6                                                                                                     To construct an rear uncovered deck (4.23m x 2.41m @1.25 in Height) (existing without permits).
##   year :position neighbourhood          issue_date
## 1 2015    342118    RUTHERFORD 2015-12-31T00:00:00
## 2 2015    342105        LAUREL 2015-12-31T00:00:00
## 3 2015    342106     AMBLESIDE 2015-12-31T00:00:00
## 4 2015    342107    SUMMERSIDE 2015-12-31T00:00:00
## 5 2015    342108        LAUREL 2015-12-31T00:00:00
## 6 2015    342109     GREENVIEW 2015-12-31T00:00:00
##             legal_description :updated_at month_number :created_meta
## 1 Plan 0620257 Blk 21 Lot 18B  1451733094           12        393213
## 2   Plan 1425229 Blk 2 Lot 53  1451733094           12        393213
## 3  Plan 1424369 Blk 21 Lot 48  1451733094           12        393213
## 4 Plan 1024850 Blk 26 Lot 103  1451733094           12        393213
## 5   Plan 1425229 Blk 5 Lot 37  1451733094           12        393213
## 6   Plan 7721465 Blk 2 Lot 64  1451733094           12        393213
##                                    :id units_added latitude floor_area
## 1 40D4B809-2D01-47F2-94FD-2B3FADC6214C           0 53.41076        375
## 2 B3A0AF91-AD1D-4424-99C5-5A7F41284604           1 53.45107       1546
## 3 E5CD82E5-604C-463B-8404-D7B312CDD42F           1 53.43107       2734
## 4 9F5EFECC-5FEC-4C52-848D-7B31E0DD5C35           1 53.41806       1824
## 5 ADC5CC4E-40CB-48EE-9FBF-4DE3473F81B7           1 53.45210       2727
## 6 748CD34A-8BF6-48D9-BDF7-6F9BEFCC80CD           0 53.47606         NA
##                   work_type   zoning                               address
## 1 (03) Interior Alterations RA7, RF4                  11807 - 21 AVENUE SW
## 2                  (01) New      RPL                   2643 - 21 AVENUE NW
## 3                  (01) New      RSL                2026 - AINSLIE LINK SW
## 4                  (01) New      RPL 7820 - SUMMERSIDE GRANDE BOULEVARD SW
## 5                  (01) New      RSL                   2116 - 22 STREET NW
## 6        (03) Deck Attached      RF1                   5512 - 40 AVENUE NW
##   :updated_meta   :sid count neighbourhood_numberr         permit_date
## 1        393213 342118     1                  5454 2015-12-31T00:00:00
## 2        393213 342105     1                  6444 2015-12-31T00:00:00
## 3        393213 342106     1                  5505 2015-12-31T00:00:00
## 4        393213 342107     1                  6213 2015-12-31T00:00:00
## 5        393213 342108     1                  6444 2015-12-31T00:00:00
## 6        393213 342109     1                  6280 2015-12-31T00:00:00
##   longitude construction_value               building_type :meta
## 1 -113.5295              15000   Semi-Detached House (210)  <NA>
## 2 -113.3800             293740 Single Detached House (110)  <NA>
## 3 -113.6022             519460 Single Detached House (110)  <NA>
## 4 -113.4577             346560 Single Detached House (110)  <NA>
## 5 -113.3747             518130 Single Detached House (110)  <NA>
## 6 -113.4214               3000          Single House (110)  <NA>
##                   job_category permit_number location.latitude
## 1 Other Miscellaneous Building 185157437-002          53.41076
## 2            House Combination 182683588-001          53.45107
## 3            House Combination 182609918-001          53.43107
## 4            House Combination 183862132-001          53.41806
## 5            House Combination 181980187-001          53.45210
## 6   Uncovered Deck Combination 172387903-002          53.47606
##   location.needs_recoding                       location.human_address
## 1                   FALSE {"address":"","city":"","state":"","zip":""}
## 2                   FALSE {"address":"","city":"","state":"","zip":""}
## 3                   FALSE {"address":"","city":"","state":"","zip":""}
## 4                   FALSE {"address":"","city":"","state":"","zip":""}
## 5                   FALSE {"address":"","city":"","state":"","zip":""}
## 6                   FALSE {"address":"","city":"","state":"","zip":""}
##   location.machine_address location.longitude
## 1                       NA          -113.5295
## 2                       NA          -113.3800
## 3                       NA          -113.6022
## 4                       NA          -113.4577
## 5                       NA          -113.3747
## 6                       NA          -113.4214

Missing Values

Variables

The following variables are all NA: location.machine_address

The following variables are duplicates:

  • :created_meta, :updated_meta
  • longitude, location.longitude
  • :position, :sid
  • issue_date, permit_date
  • latitude, location.latitude
  • :created_at, :updated_at

job_description

Distribution of top 50 variables

Frequency table of top 100 variables

year

Distribution

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neighbourhood

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issue_date

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month_number

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units_added

Distribution

Summary statistics

statistic value
Min. -140.0000
1st Qu. 0.0000
Median 0.0000
Mean 0.7048
3rd Qu. 1.0000
Max. 257.0000

latitude

Distribution

Summary statistics

statistic value
Min. 53.40
1st Qu. 53.44
Median 53.51
Mean 53.51
3rd Qu. 53.56
Max. 53.71
NA’s 125.00

floor_area

Distribution

Summary statistics

statistic value
Min. -572
1st Qu. 742
Median 1589
Mean 3282
3rd Qu. 2408
Max. 22170000
NA’s 23841

work_type

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zoning

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address

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count

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neighbourhood_numberr

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permit_date

Distribution of top 50 variables

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longitude

Distribution

Summary statistics

statistic value
Min. -113.7
1st Qu. -113.6
Median -113.5
Mean -113.5
3rd Qu. -113.5
Max. -113.3
NA’s 125.0

construction_value

Distribution

Summary statistics

statistic value
Min. 1
1st Qu. 5000
Median 30000
Mean 279700
3rd Qu. 344700
Max. 480300000

building_type

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job_category

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permit_number

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location.latitude

Distribution

Summary statistics

statistic value
Min. 53.40
1st Qu. 53.44
Median 53.51
Mean 53.51
3rd Qu. 53.56
Max. 53.71
NA’s 125.00

location.human_address

Distribution

Frequency table

location.longitude

Distribution

Summary statistics

statistic value
Min. -113.7
1st Qu. -113.6
Median -113.5
Mean -113.5
3rd Qu. -113.5
Max. -113.3
NA’s 125.0