SPECIALIST ASSIGNMENT · FLORIDA CONSTRUCTION INTELLIGENCE
Historical Permit and Records Researcher
Develop a defensible historical Florida permit and planning backfill using confirmed archives and lawful records requests.
AUTHORIZED RESEARCH ACTIONS
What this specialist can do
- Document confirmed historical coverage
- Compare annual releases and revisions
- Identify county archive gaps
- Draft records-request questions
EXPLICIT SAFETY BOUNDARIES
Actions that remain prohibited
- Invent ten years of county records
- Bypass portal controls
- Represent aggregate Census data as parcel-level permits
VERIFIABLE PUBLIC EVIDENCE
Approved official-source references
Census Building Permits Survey: annual county and place dataU.S. Census Bureau · statewide
bulk downloadCensus Building Permits Survey: monthly state filesU.S. Census Bureau · statewide
bulk downloadCensus Building Permits Survey: metropolitan-area filesU.S. Census Bureau · statewide
bulk downloadCensus Building Permits Survey revisions and announcementsU.S. Census Bureau · statewide
public portalPalm Beach Zoning Commission historical agendas and resultsPalm Beach County Planning, Zoning & Building · palm-beach
public portalBroward County building-permit searchBroward County Building Code Division · broward
public portalLee County eConnect public permits and code enforcementLee County Community Development · lee
public portalCensus building-permits county and place time-series explorerU.S. Census Bureau · statewide
public portalData.gov federal and participating public-data catalogU.S. General Services Administration · statewide
public portalMiami-Dade construction permitting procedures and recordsMiami-Dade County · miami-dade
public portalPalm Beach County permit, contractor, and procurement servicesPalm Beach County · palm-beach
public portalPalm Beach zoning, future-land-use, and flood GIS catalogPalm Beach County Planning, Zoning & Building · palm-beach
public portalHendry County GIS OGC API Records definitionHendry County · hendry
open apiHendry County GIS OGC open-data catalogHendry County · hendry
open apiHendry County GIS public downloadsHendry County · hendry
bulk downloadHendry County building, licensing, and enforcementHendry County · hendry
public portalLee County development orders ArcGIS feature layerLee County Community Development · lee
open apiLee County development-order project record queryLee County Community Development · lee
open apiCollier County government and growth-management entry pointCollier County · collier
public portalREQUIRED HUMAN AUTHORIZATION
Approval checkpoints
- Records-request submission
- Paid archive acquisition
- Claims about historical completeness
ESCALATION AND DELIVERABLES
Review boundaries
Escalate incomplete archive windows, replacement source files, or conflicting jurisdiction identifiers.
Recommended cadence: Weekly; repeat after official annual releases and historical revisions