Official coverage
The dataset covers permits issued by Building Safety and is reviewed on the publisher's weekly update pattern.
Official source desk
Tempe building permit search and data guide
City of Tempe — Permits Issued by Building Safety is published by City of Tempe. Permit Archive pairs the publisher's public permit-search service with a reviewed open-data source, scope, update pattern, reuse terms, and privacy boundary.
This public guide describes the source. It does not expose permit records, addresses, captured evidence, or contractor profiles.
Open official Tempe permit search ↗Official publisher service; opens outside Permit Archive
- Publisher
- City of Tempe
- Official scope
- Building Safety permits
- Update pattern
- Weekly
- Access route
- Official ArcGIS feature service
- Delivery
- JSON and GeoJSON
- Reuse record
- CC BY 4.0
Registry contract reviewed July 30, 2026. “Source managed” means the publisher controls the refresh pattern; it is not a freshness guarantee from Permit Archive.
01 / Official search
Search Tempe permit records at the official publisher.
Tempe Citizen Access Building Safety Search
Use the official service to open Building Safety Search Applications to view public project information. Applying for or managing a permit uses separate account features.
Permit Archive links to this service for verification. It does not copy or publish the portal's search results.
02 / Scope
What this source covers—and what it does not.
Known limit
Contact fields exposed by the source are denied at capture.
Coverage must be read from the source scope—not inferred from the city name.
03 / Handling01 02 03
How the private pilot handles this source.
Use the documented route
The pilot uses the official arcgis feature service and the source-specific request interval. It does not scrape an interactive portal or bypass access controls.
Filter before storage
Contractor phone, email, and every contractor-address field are explicitly denied before durable storage.
Keep the source trail
Every accepted item must retain source ID tempe_building_safety_permits, its official URL, capture time, content hash, and raw-object location.
04 / Verify
Verify the source, scope, and reuse terms.
City of Tempe — Permits Issued by Building Safety
Permit Archive is independent and does not replace the source. Current fields, availability, and terms must be checked with the official publisher.