House permit vs street permit

Work in the street, parkway, or on a pole

The building permit is for the house, addition, or shed on your lot. The strip of land at the street — sidewalk, curb, driveway apron, parkway, pole — is usually a different office. A dumpster in the street, a new curb cut, or fiber on the pole almost never rides on the building ticket.

Street notes for large metros. Lock a street address on the map to open ROW and zoning filters for that pin. We look up that lot — not the whole city. Smaller offices stay in Search.

Office

If the work touches the street

Locating this office on the live street map…

ROW and zoning filters stay off until you lock a street address on this map. We only look up that pin — not a city-wide layer — so the rest of the directory stays small.

Tap the map or type a house number. Filters then match this lot.

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National notes

On your lot (house, addition, shed, pool, interior work): building department
Driveway apron, sidewalk, curb, or a dumpster sitting in the street: public works or transportation
Parkway (the grass or dirt between sidewalk and curb): often the city or the utility, not the building office
State highway in front of the house: state DOT, not city hall
Before you dig in the yard or the parkway: call 811 — that is a locate, not a permit
Cable or fiber on a pole: pole owner, plus often a city franchise — still not the building ticket

Call 811 before you dig
Utility locate. Separate from every permit listed here.

FCC — wireless siting / local authority overview
Federal overlay. Does not replace a local ROW or building permit.

FHWA right-of-way
Federal-aid highway ROW context. State DOT still issues the occupancy permit.

New York City — street, franchise, and fiber

DOB issues the building permit. Work in the mapped street typically needs NYC DOT. Franchise / concession occupancy and some telecom paths are a different consent. FDNY and Landmarks can still appear as extra agencies.

NYC DOB (building)
NYC DOT (street / sidewalk)
Franchise / concession (occupancy of City property)
FDNY
Landmarks if designated

Offices this street overlay can involve: New York City

Work in the street, parkway, or on a pole

If the work touches the street

National notes

New York City — street, franchise, and fiber

Los Angeles — BOE / street use vs LADBS

Chicago — CDOT / OUC vs Buildings

Dallas — building vs public works ROW

Houston — HPC vs public-works utility

Washington, DC — DOB vs DDOT public space

Miami / Miami-Dade — city, county, and ROW split

Philadelphia — L&I vs Streets

Atlanta — building vs ATL DOT / public works

Phoenix — Planning & Development vs Street Transportation

Boston — ISD vs Public Works / occupancy

San Francisco — DBI vs Public Works excavation

Seattle — SDCI vs SDOT Street Use

Tampa Bay — Construction Services vs ROW

Denver — Development Services vs DOTI

Austin — Development Services vs ROW Management

Jacksonville — consolidated city-county, still not FDOT