Building Construction Permitting Overhaul

Mayor Bibb is committed to making Cleveland a better place to do business, which is why, on July 25, 2024, he signed Executive Order 2024-01, a public commitment to overhauling the building construction permitting process in the City of Cleveland. Over the next year, the public will experience changes to processes and technology - all designed to make these processes easier to navigate, more transparent, and more efficient. This dashboard details the City's progress on implementing the process improvements required to make this overhaul a reality.

The City's Commitment

  • Predictability - No matter the size of a construction project, applicants will know what permits are necessary, what information they will need to apply for these permits, who will need to review their application, and roughly how long it will take to get approved.
  • Visibility - The public and city staff across departments will be able to check online to see where a project is in the permitting process, what comments have been made and by whom, and what steps remain to get a permit.
  • Efficiency - By implementing process changes, technology upgrades, increasing review staff as needed, and improving cross-departmental communication, overall time from starting the process to starting construction will be decreased.

Process Improvement

The City has begun implementing recommendations related to the overall building construction permitting process. The dashboard above shows the live progress of this implementation. We invite the public to follow along as the City progresses on this work. For additional information, click here to read the analysis and recommendations report by Baker Tilly.