Building Inspection Certificates Of Occupancy

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The Dallas Development Code requires that "Except for single family and duplex uses, a person shall not use or change the use of a building, a portion of a building, or land without obtaining a certificate of occupancy from the building official." A new CO is needed for: •The first use of land or a building •A change of use of land or a building •A change of tenant on an existing CO, or •An existing use increases or decreases floor area

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This dataset has the following 14 columns:

Column NameAPI Column NameData TypeDescriptionSample Values
CO#conumberYYMMDD(# designation district office, ex 1=OCMC)(serial # --001 to 999) Ex: 000112046015 means permit was applied for on Jan 12, 2000 at district office NE (the 6) and it is the 15th permit at that office.
Business Namebusiness_nametextThe official 'doing business as' registered with county
AddressaddresstextStreet number and name (including suites) for permitted address
Zip Codezip_codetextZip Code for address
Land Useland_usetextPurpose in which the land can be used. From official list of zoning land uses in City ordinance
OccupancyoccupancytextOccupancy code from building codes
Code Districtcode_districttextCity of Dallas Code district for that address
Sq Ftsq_ftnumberArea of the business
Date Approveddate_approvedcalendar_dateThe CO is in 'issued' status (which is actually approved status)
Date Issueddate_issuedcalendar_dateThe CO is in 'complete' status (which is when CO is issued)
Type of COtype_of_cotextType of Certificate of Occupancy
MonthmonthtextMonth of Approval
YearyeartextFiscal Year of Approval
GeoLocationgeolocationlocationThe geographic location of the object.