Building permit is needed for work involving structural elements of a building. Permits are not required for certain construction work. Historic or conservation districts have special requirements for work on the exterior of properties.

Residential Permit Activity Points shapefile.

This dataset in the shapefile format contains geo-located points of permits in the City of Dallas for new construction, renovation, alteration, addition, or reconstruction. These data span July 2015 through June 2017 and were used as a primary dataset to generate the Percent New Construction, and Percent Rehabilitation factors in the MVA.