Street Use Permits Use Addresses

Containing all Seattle Department of Transportation Street Use permits uses recorded since 2012. Street Use permits are required for certain activities in the public right of way, including private road work, material storage, and vending or café serving. Locations in this feature class are tied to the closest available address. For permits relating to building development or business activities these addresses are those of the site, but for types of work that span multiple streets an available adjacent address is chosen. This feature class contains one record per permit per use, resulting in repeated permit information between use records on the same permit | Update Cycle: Nightly | Contact: Street Use, Seattle Department of Transportation| Attribute Information

Name Type Description

PERMIT_NUMBER VARCHAR2(30) The Permit Number. Used to identify the permit in all communication

PERMIT_KEY VARCHAR2(30) Primary Key for the permit record in the source system

ADDRESS VARCHAR2(200) Address of the location of the permit. The permit may have many impacts on streets surrounding the address not described here

PERMIT_TYPE_ALIAS VARCHAR2(255) The type of permit. Describes the type of work and also

PERMIT_CATEGORY VARCHAR2(30) Specifies whether the kind of cycle this permit application is in. Amendment Annual Review

PERMIT_TYPE VARCHAR2(30) Type of permit. Native to particular database.

PERMIT_SUBTYPE VARCHAR2(30) Sub type of permit Native to particular database.

PERMIT_STATUS VARCHAR2(30) Applied Issued Complete Closed

PERMIT_STAGE VARCHAR2(30) Current stage of this permit in the 

LEGACY_PERMIT VARCHAR2(30) Number for the previous permit if the work performed was shifted to another. Permits may be combined or replaced as needed to account for changes in the work or billing

RECEIVED_DATE DATETIME2 The date on which the application for this permit was received.

FIRST_ISSUED_DATE DATETIME2 The date on which this permit was first issued. If null, this permit is only an application and has not yet been issued to the applicant

LAST_ISSUED_DATE DATETIME2 The date on which the permit was last issued. Permits may be reissued, extended, modified or renewed

NEXT_EXPIRATION_DATE DATETIME2 The date on which the permit described here expires. It may be renewed or extended based on permit type and the nature of the work

PROJECT_NAME VARCHAR2(255) Short description of the permit, may include well known names for the work ie "Neighborhood Farmers Market" or codes used by permittees to track work

PROJECT_DESCRIPTION VARCHAR2(2000) Long form description of the work to be performed under this permit. Details of the location and nature of the work may be recorded, but not structured in any particular order. If the details recorded exceed 2000 characters, information may be cut off

PERMIT_IS_ARTERIAL VARCHAR2(2) Y/N flag whether the permit is considered Arterial for billing purposes. An Arterial permit has impacts to ROW on an arterial street.

APPLICANT_NAME VARCHAR2(255) The name of the party financially responsible for this permit. May be blank if the permit is issued to a company without a specific name given

APPLICANT_COMPANY VARCHAR2(255) Name of the company or organization to which this permit is issued. May be blank if this permit is paid for by an individual not acting on behalf of an organization

APPLICANT_ID VARCHAR2(20) Summit billing ID used to track bills against this permit in external financial system

INSPECTION_DISCIPLINE VARCHAR2(20) Category of the inspection team assigned to this type of permit.

INSPECTION_DISTRICT VARCHAR2(10) District names within the set of district names for this inspection discipline. Inspection districts may have the same name as another of in a different discipline, but may have different boundaries

REVIEW_DISCIPLINE VARCHAR2(20) Category of the reviews team assigned to this type of permit. 

REVIEW_DISTRICT VARCHAR2(10) Name of the review district in which this permit resides. Review districts may have the same name as another from a different discipline, but may have different boundaries

MAF_ID NUMBER(10) Master Address Identifier for addresses in the 

SOURCE VARCHAR2(7) "Hansen7" for permits from legacy Hansen 7 system. "Accela" for application in current system

LAST_MODIFIED DATETIME2 Date that this permit was last modified

USE_KEY VARCHAR2(20) Unique key for this use space record

USE_CODE VARCHAR2(3) Code valued value for the type of use

USE_SPACE_CODE VARCHAR2(1) Code used to maintain record of spaces that are reissued over the lifecycle of a project.

USE_TYPE VARCHAR2(100) Type of activity performed under this use

USE_DESCRIPTION VARCHAR2(510) Description of the specific activity or area of right-of-way impacted by this use

USE_ISSUED_DATE DATETIME2 The date this use was issued to the applicant. Use issuance is part of the issuance of a permit, and new uses are created and issued as the scope of the permit changes

USE_START_DATE DATETIME2 The date on which this use becomes valid. If work is performed or right of way impacted prior to this date it is out of compliance with the permit

USE_END_DATE DATETIME2 The date on which this use stops being valid. If work is performed a day after this date, it is considered out of compliance with the permit

MOBILITY_TYPE VARCHAR2(100) Type or types of impacted right of way. A use space may impact one or more types if the affected area includes multiple types dedicated to different needs.

CLOSURE_TYPE VARCHAR2(50) The effect of this use space on the right of way impacted. A lane may be partially or fully closed, or may remain open and the space used only to pass trucks through

STREET_SIDE VARCHAR2(12) The cardinal/ordinal side of the street on which this use space is permitted

ARTERIAL VARCHAR2(20) The category of the street on which this use is permitted.

IMPACT_TRAVEL_LANE VARCHAR2(50) The impact this use space has to Travel Lanes. Travel lanes are those lanes which may be used by any form of vehicle, including turn lanes.

IMPACT_SIDEWALK VARCHAR2(50) The impact this use space has to dedicated pedestrian walkways, usually sidewalks

IMPACT_BIKE_LANE VARCHAR2(50) The impact this use space has to dedicated bike lanes.

IMPACT_PARKING VARCHAR2(50) The impact this use space has to dedicated parking lanes

IMPACT_OTHER VARCHAR2(50) The impact this use space has to other types of Right of Way such as planting strips, shoulders, or medians

AREA_SQFT NUMERIC The square footage of the area covered by this use space

DURATION NUMERIC The duration in days for this activity

RATE_START_DAYS NUMERIC For reissued uses, the total elapsed days given to this use space before this use space duration is in effect.

WORK_DAYS VARCHAR2(20) Weekends Weekdays

USE_DAY VARCHAR2(21) If applicable, the day of week for which this use space is in effect

USE_START_TIME VARCHAR2(5) If applicable, the time of day at which this use may begin

USE_END_TIME VARCHAR2(5) If applicable, the time of day at which the use must end

EXPECTED_ATTENDEES NUMERIC The number of attendees expected for this use, if the use is a form of public event such as a block party

FEE_KEY NUMERIC Key to an external fee record assessed for this use

STREET_KEY NUMERIC Key of the street segment record on which this use takes place

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