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Time to set explicit, minimum site safety requirements
As the dust settled after the fatal building collapse at 22nd and Market on June 5, we were left with a lot of questions about how the city inspects and permits…
Zoning code prep | Aker's shipbuilding comeback | Frankford Chocolate factory fate | PGW privatization update
Rise and Shine | phillytrax, Eyes on the Street Flickr GroupThe new zoning code goes into effect tomorrow: What have city departments been doing to prepare? PlanPhilly’s Jared Brey explains…
L&I data goes public, catches up
Using the old L&I website was like time-traveling back to the Internet circa 1993- it was very static and not particularly useful. But this week, thanks to a massive overhaul, L&I's web…
L&I releases new apps in website upgrade
The Department of Licenses and Inspections has completely overhauled its website, liberating a vast amount of data that was previously relegated to hard-to-find corners of the web or altogether unavailable…
This just in from Technically Philly: City Licenses and Inspections department to launch web app this summer, another dubbed ‘License to Inspect’ to follow
By Christopher WinkFor Technically Philly For those of you keeping track of city-sanctioned, good government web apps, you may have noticed a prominent one that still hasn’t landed. Last fall,…
L&I cleans up its act
Mayor Michael Nutter and outgoing L&I commissioner Fran Burns announced Thursday that the Department will implement a “Professional Attire” policy requiring inspectors to wear clothing bearing the L&I ensign. “The use…
Mayor Nutter names Streets Dept. deputy commissioner Carlton Williams to lead L&I
During a press conference in City Hall Wednesday afternoon, Mayor Michael Nutter announced that Carlton Williams will become the next commissioner of the Department of Licenses and Inspections, the agency charged…
Still Smoldering: Preventing the next Buck
When I stood looking at the still smoldering wreckage that was the Buck factory on Monday evening, a Jasper Street resident was looking at "The White Elephant" across the street from…
Privatizing PGW, NoLibs parking scuffle, SEPTA police could strike, emergency repairs along Lincoln Drive
Will PGW be privatized? | Philadelphia Gas Works 02 | Flickr user wavingatyou, Creative Commons Mayor Nutter said the Philadelphia Gas Works could be for sale, during his speech to…
Land bank and tax-delinquent property bills, award for L&I's blight court, ads on school buses, Philadelphia Media Network seeks buyers, LeBron @ Sabrina's
No door at the Divine Lorraine | flickr user Rob Lybeck, Eyes on the Street flickr groupCity Council turned its attention to vacant and tax-delinquent properties with two bills introduced…
License to Inspect: City of Philadelphia L&I API will drive PlanPhilly transparency app
A Technically Philly exclusive: If the deadlines of today are worth more than the deadlines of the past, the City of Philadelphia is due to release before the end of the…
Nutter, L&I warn businesses to renew lapsed licenses or face penalties
Mayor Michael Nutter and L&I Commissioner Fran Burns have a message for city businesses operating with a lapsed license: Renew within 45 days, or face fines and penalties.Earlier this month,…
Follow-up to Bradford Alley construction fight
Sue Ann Prince has proclaimed herself "anonymous no more," and to prove it, she stood before the Zoning Board of Adjustment yesterday to appeal a recent permit issued by the Department…
UC Review: L&I Sweep of Baltimore Ave announced
UC Review: L&I Sweep of Baltimore Ave announced Last Thursday, the UC Review launched its radio show on WPEB, 88.1 last Thursday, May 6th at 8:00 a.m. Featuring Editor Robert…
Councilmen DiCicco and Kenney write bill to reform L&I
Weekly Press: Councilmen DiCicco and Kenney write bill to reform L&I As any Philadelphian knows, when it comes time to report an issue to L & I, they often do…
Licenses and Inspections to work with community to identify problem structures
Today L&I Commissioner Frances Burns launched the Department’s a collaborative system of programmed inspections, a more proactive and holistic approach to conducting inspections. While still responding to the service requests received…
Dilworth House process grinds on
July 31 By Thomas J. WalshFor PlanPhilly One can safely tell that a hearing will be long when groups of men in dark suits start appearing, each carrying, or dollying,…
