Tag: zoning
Top 5 Philly Code Changes in 2025
Happy New-ish Year! As Philadelphia slowly emerges from the eggnog fog into the harsh winter light, it’s time to discuss what’s on everyone’s mind: the Eagle’s depressing passing attack, which could doom the league’s most talented roster and best defense. [Note: after we posted this article, they scored 55 points in the NFC Championship game.…
Philadelphia Property Certificates
It happens all the time: someone comes to us because the City of Philadelphia told them to get new permits just to keep their property the way it was. Say, for example, someone purchased a triplex, but when they applied for a rental license – trying to follow the rules! – the Department of Licenses…
Permit Expirations
We’ve heard a lot from our clients about permit expirations recently: Contractors, property owners, and even homeowners working on small renovation projects have found their construction and zoning permits out of date: marked “expired” and closed in the City of Philadelphia’s online portal. Everyone wants to know why their permits are expiring, and how to…
Update on Philly Airbnb rules
Permit Philly returns to the Philadelphia Airbnb License to tell you what’s changed since the license was introduced in 2023.
Philadelphia Permits and Coronavirus: The Basics
NOTE: This post was written on Tuesday, March 17th before Governor Tom Wolf shut down all construction in Pennsylvania on March 19th, and before construction was allowed to resume in May 2020. If you’re looking for the current state of the COVID-19 shutdown in Philly, as it relates to permits and construction, please see this…
Top Five Things to Know About Philly Permits in 2019
Happy New Year! Permit Philly hopes everyone has recovered from the Mummer apocalypse and a month of eggnog. Since we have a brand-new year on our hands, I thought it would be a good idea to review what’s changed in Philadelphia permits over the last year, and explain how the changes affect you. So here…
EZ Sign Permit
The City of Philadelphia can be a cruel mistress. When filing permits, it’s common to be told that the thing you’ve done 176 times needs to be laid out a different way the 177th time – but then, on the 178th time, to go back to the regular way. Sometimes, the way the application process…
Philadelphia Overlay Districts
In this space, we’ve explained what zoning districts are, and summarized the three main categories of zoning district: commercial, residential (single-family and multi-family), and industrial. We’ve even reviewed the basics of sign permitting. So you might think that our Philadelphia zoning guide is complete! … you would be wrong. Having a zoning code with detailed…
Parking! Parking! Parking!
Let’s talk about parking rules in Philadelphia. You have to abide by them, even though you may not know what they are, and every living human in the city has a very angry opinion about them. Many RCOs rage against developments without parking. Residents want their curbside parking secured – keep the new people away…
Philadelphia Zoning Guide: Industrial Zoning in Philadelphia
Industrial Zoning = Hipster Zoning Welcome back to Permit Philly’s Philadelphia zoning guide! In this series, we’ve covered commercial zoning in Philadelphia, single-family residential zoning, multi-family residential zoning, and the age-old question, “Yo, can I turn my single-family house into a multi-family house?” But you’re not here for that conventional stuff: you’re into the darker,…
