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Jersey City, NJ — permit intelligence.

Phase 1 anchor. Planning Board, Zoning Board, Historic Preservation Commission, and CivicWeb resolution archive parsed. Tyler EnerGov portal observation enabled.

Cases catalogued
32,281
Correction comments
3,729
Land-use board decisions
428
+3,096 council items
Approved median
250d
n=38
All-paths median
250d
n=48

Live signals from the Jersey City corpus.

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Most frequent correction categories

3,724 total
  • parking_compliance1,114 (29.9%)
  • stormwater_grading638 (17.1%)
  • setback613 (16.5%)
  • occupancy_classification322 (8.6%)
  • application_completeness286 (7.7%)
  • historic_review136 (3.7%)
  • lot_coverage123 (3.3%)
  • egress116 (3.1%)
Source: pg_review_observations → Correction entities · materialized aggregation

Corrections by department

  • zoning2,028
  • engineering641
  • building439
  • admin361
  • fire153
  • mechanical56
  • plumbing29
  • electrical17
Department → ISSUED_CORRECTION → Correction (graph traversal)

Board outcomes

city council2,816 decisions
approval rate: 76.6%
approved: 2,158tabled: 318withdrawn: 141denied: 70other: 69
planning241 decisions
approval rate: 51.0%
approved: 123approved_with_conditions: 87other: 23denied: 5carried: 2
municipal council113 decisions
approval rate: 87.6%
approved: 99withdrawn: 11filed: 1carried: 1deferred: 1
historic preservation72 decisions
approval rate: 31.9%
approved_with_conditions: 37approved: 23other: 6denied: 5carried: 1
zoning adjustment53 decisions
approval rate: 56.6%
approved: 30approved_with_conditions: 15other: 8
other50 decisions
approval rate: 44.0%
approved: 22other: 13approved_with_conditions: 9tabled: 3carried: 2
processed15 decisions
approval rate: 0.0%
_processed: 15
council3 decisions
approval rate: 33.3%
other: 2approved: 1
zoning1 decisions
approval rate: 0.0%
other: 1
Decision → REVIEWED_BY → Department + decision_outcome grouped

Common questions about Jersey City.

How does PermitGranted know what Jersey City reviewers will flag?

We parse the full public record for Jersey City: planning board decisions, zoning board rulings, NJ DCA UCC construction permits, and where available the correction comments reviewers actually write. Today the corpus holds 32,281 cases and 3,729 correction comments for Jersey City.

What is the median permit approval timeline in Jersey City?

For Jersey City, the approved median is 250 days (n=38); the all-paths median (including carries and tabled hearings) is 250 days (n=48). Approved median counts cases approved or approved with conditions, however many hearings they took.

Where does the data for Jersey City come from?

Three primary feeds: (1) NJ DCA UCC statewide construction permits via data.nj.gov; (2) CivicWeb meeting + resolution archive when the municipality publishes there; (3) any municipality-specific public portal (Tyler EnerGov, SDL, fasttrackgov). Every fact links back to its raw document — we don't model behavior without evidence.

Is the Jersey City corpus updated in real time?

The crawler runs continuously. Status today: live. Counts on this page refresh every five minutes from the live API; the underlying corpus updates whenever the public source publishes new content.

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Counts reflect 32,281 parsed cases + 428 land-use board decisions. Sample size n=48. · All jurisdictions

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