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Every new construction project and any significant improvement to an existing structure requres a building permit issued by the local government--the county or an incorporated municipality.
Six major jurisdictions—Baltimore City, and Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Harford and Howard counties—issue permits in the Baltimore region. In addition, permits are issued by the City of Annapolis and the towns of Aberdeen, Bel Air and Havre de Grace in Harford County.
The Baltimore Metropolitan Council has been compiling the region’s building permit information and organizing it into a standardized database for many years. The resulting information, collected from all permits with a value of $10,000 or more, provides a continual record of plans for new and renovated residential, commercial/industrial and institutional building project. The BMC staff itself makes use of this information as a leading indicator of new regional development patterns.
Specialty contractors, real estate analysts, economic development professionals and others subscribe to this information as well, through either the printed monthly, quarterly and annual reports or the searchable online database, which is updated weekly.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 22 February 2011 10:37