Meta

property value
dataset name Building Permits : Current
data source City of Seattle
data level City
description Building Permits issued in the past five years or currently in progress
permalink https://data.seattle.gov/Permitting/Building-Permits-Current/mags-97de
dataset key mags-97de
number of records 48480
number of variables 33

Sample

##   :created_at application_permit_number longitude final_date :position
## 1  1451991730                   6511999 -122.3259       <NA>         1
## 2  1451991730                   6512016 -122.3774       <NA>         2
## 3  1451991730                   6481368 -122.3230       <NA>         3
## 4  1451991730                   6512001 -122.3583       <NA>         4
## 5  1451991730                   6510984 -122.3197       <NA>         5
## 6  1451991730                   6511954 -122.3348       <NA>         6
##                 category          issue_date :updated_at :created_meta
## 1             COMMERCIAL                <NA>  1451991730        387110
## 2 SINGLE FAMILY / DUPLEX 2016-01-04T00:00:00  1451991730        387110
## 3             COMMERCIAL                <NA>  1451991730        387110
## 4             COMMERCIAL                <NA>  1451991730        387110
## 5 SINGLE FAMILY / DUPLEX 2016-01-04T00:00:00  1451991730        387110
## 6             COMMERCIAL                <NA>  1451991730        387110
##                       contractor latitude               status
## 1                           <NA> 47.70619 Application Accepted
## 2                           <NA> 47.57761        Permit Issued
## 3     SELLEN CONSTRUCTION CO INC 47.60980 Application Accepted
## 4 BLANKET: 3131 ELLIOTT BUILDING 47.61814 Application Accepted
## 5                           <NA> 47.67204        Permit Issued
## 6 BLANKET: SECURITY PACIFIC BANK 47.60897 Application Accepted
##                                                                                                                                description
## 1                                                                      Shoring and excavation for constuction of parking garage per plan..
## 2                                                           Construct basement alterations to existing single family residence, per (STFI)
## 3 Construct tenant improvements to existing Institution ( Swedish Cancer Institute) on the 3rd and 4th floors for new dumbwaiter, per plan
## 4                                                   Blanket Permit for interior non-structural alterations. floor 4 (Water's Edge tenant).
## 5                                                        Construct front porch alterations to existing single family residence, per (STFI)
## 6                  Blanket Permit for interior non-structural alterations.  Interior tenant improvement of new walls and doors, per plans.
##        work_type              address :updated_meta :sid
## 1    Plan Review 301 NE NORTHGATE WAY        387110    1
## 2 No plan review     2757 36TH AVE SW        387110    2
## 3    Plan Review      1221 MADISON ST        387110    3
## 4    Plan Review     3131 ELLIOTT AVE        387110    4
## 5 No plan review       809 NE 60TH ST        387110    5
## 6    Plan Review         1301 5TH AVE        387110    6
##      application_date     applicant_name     expiration_date   value
## 1 2016-01-04T00:00:00  CELIN, JACQUELINE                <NA> 2308800
## 2 2016-01-04T00:00:00        NAHUM, RICK 2017-07-04T00:00:00   20000
## 3 2016-01-04T00:00:00    HINTHORNE, BRAD                <NA>   45000
## 4 2016-01-04T00:00:00    JENSEN, MARLEEN                <NA>  338866
## 5 2016-01-04T00:00:00 SCHMIDT, CATHERINE 2017-07-04T00:00:00    4500
## 6 2016-01-04T00:00:00       HOWARD, TARA                <NA>  125000
##    permit_type                                  :id :meta
## 1 Construction E371B168-AEE1-4F09-8D84-C5C469FECD7F  <NA>
## 2 Construction 9C19D40C-AD29-41C1-A7C5-AA3554B88BA6  <NA>
## 3 Construction DD3DB1E4-3A9B-40E8-AE2A-AFD96548B00F  <NA>
## 4 Construction 86ECF8AC-2934-4CFA-9759-807F6E518C08  <NA>
## 5 Construction 221BFF38-D9C6-44DC-B79E-311B26CDFA40  <NA>
## 6 Construction 6E517BE7-971F-4A85-84E3-0AD4969AD637  <NA>
##   master_use_permit action_type
## 1           3018742         NEW
## 2                NA     ADD/ALT
## 3                NA     ADD/ALT
## 4                NA       ALTER
## 5                NA     ADD/ALT
## 6                NA       ALTER
##                                permit_and_complaint_status_url.url
## 1 http://web6.seattle.gov/dpd/PermitStatus/Project.aspx?id=6511999
## 2 http://web6.seattle.gov/dpd/PermitStatus/Project.aspx?id=6512016
## 3 http://web6.seattle.gov/dpd/PermitStatus/Project.aspx?id=6481368
## 4 http://web6.seattle.gov/dpd/PermitStatus/Project.aspx?id=6512001
## 5 http://web6.seattle.gov/dpd/PermitStatus/Project.aspx?id=6510984
## 6 http://web6.seattle.gov/dpd/PermitStatus/Project.aspx?id=6511954
##   permit_and_complaint_status_url.description location.latitude
## 1                                          NA          47.70619
## 2                                          NA          47.57761
## 3                                          NA          47.60980
## 4                                          NA          47.61814
## 5                                          NA          47.67204
## 6                                          NA          47.60897
##   location.needs_recoding location.human_address location.machine_address
## 1                   FALSE                     NA                       NA
## 2                   FALSE                     NA                       NA
## 3                   FALSE                     NA                       NA
## 4                   FALSE                     NA                       NA
## 5                   FALSE                     NA                       NA
## 6                   FALSE                     NA                       NA
##   location.longitude
## 1          -122.3259
## 2          -122.3774
## 3          -122.3230
## 4          -122.3583
## 5          -122.3197
## 6          -122.3348

Missing Values

Variables

The following variables are all NA: permit_and_complaint_status_url.description, location.human_address, location.machine_address

The following variables are duplicates:

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

application_permit_number

Distribution

Summary statistics

statistic value
Min. 753500
1st Qu. 6293000
Median 6364000
Mean 6353000
3rd Qu. 6435000
Max. 6512000

longitude

Distribution

Summary statistics

statistic value
Min. -122.4
1st Qu. -122.4
Median -122.3
Mean -122.3
3rd Qu. -122.3
Max. -122.2
NA’s 245.0

final_date

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Frequency table of top 100 variables

category

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issue_date

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contractor

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latitude

Distribution

Summary statistics

statistic value
Min. 47.50
1st Qu. 47.59
Median 47.62
Mean 47.63
3rd Qu. 47.67
Max. 47.73
NA’s 245.00

status

Distribution

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description

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work_type

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address

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application_date

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applicant_name

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expiration_date

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value

Distribution

Summary statistics

statistic value
Min. 1
1st Qu. 15000
Median 55000
Mean 610200
3rd Qu. 230900
Max. 280600000

permit_type

Distribution

Frequency table

master_use_permit

Distribution

Summary statistics

statistic value
Min. 3001000
1st Qu. 3012000
Median 3015000
Mean 3014000
3rd Qu. 3017000
Max. 3023000
NA’s 42633

action_type

Distribution

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permit_and_complaint_status_url.url

Distribution of top 50 variables

Frequency table of top 100 variables

location.latitude

Distribution

Summary statistics

statistic value
Min. 47.50
1st Qu. 47.59
Median 47.62
Mean 47.63
3rd Qu. 47.67
Max. 47.73
NA’s 245.00

location.longitude

Distribution

Summary statistics

statistic value
Min. -122.4
1st Qu. -122.4
Median -122.3
Mean -122.3
3rd Qu. -122.3
Max. -122.2
NA’s 245.0