This dataset has been deprecated and replaced by two new building permit datasets:

Building Permits: Addition/Alteration
https://data.cambridgema.gov/Inspectional-Services/Building-Permits-Addition-Alteration/qu2z-8suj/data

New Building Permits
https://data.cambridgema.gov/Inspectional-Services/New-Building-Permits/9qm7-wbdc/data

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Description for Deprecated Dataset:

Approved building permits for commercial buildings and multifamily homes. The PLANNUMBER column uses "BLDC" to indicate commercial buildings and "BLDM" to indicate multifamily homes. Building permits are issued to licensed construction supervisors and enable recipients to construct, alter, or demolish a structure or install a sign. The building permit must be obtained from Cambridge's Inspectional Services Department before the start of any work and must be prominently posted at the job site. This dataset includes building permits for the construction of renovation of commercial buildings.

List of permits related to the construction or the alteration of existing buildings in Cambridge. These permits cover construction that changes the structure, the footprint, or the volume of the building. This includes decks, porches, and additions, as well any reconstruction, renovation or repair to an existing structure. This dataset derives from Cambridge's ViewPoint permitting system.

Addresses of buildings, businesses, parks, and open spaces in the City of Cambridge. This dataset contains the complete list of addresses in Cambridge, along with each address's geospatial coordinates and relevant administrative boundaries (e.g., Census block, polling district, public safety area). The dataset does not include individual apartment units.The dataset is sourced from Cambridge's master address and GIS databases. Shapefiles for this data and other Cambridge geospatial data can be found on on the City's GIS Data Dictionary at https://www.cambridgema.gov/GIS/gisdatadictionary

This dataset has been deprecated and replaced by two new building permit datasets:

Building Permits: Addition/Alteration
https://data.cambridgema.gov/Inspectional-Services/Building-Permits-Addition-Alteration/qu2z-8suj/data

New Building Permits
https://data.cambridgema.gov/Inspectional-Services/New-Building-Permits/9qm7-wbdc/data

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Description for Deprecated Dataset:
Approved building permits for 1 and 2 family homes. Building permits are issued to licensed construction supervisors and enable recipients to construct, alter, or demolish a structure or install a sign. The building permit must be obtained from Cambridge's Inspectional Services Department before the start of any work and must be prominently posted at the job site. This dataset includes building permits for the construction of renovation of 1 and 2 family homes.

List of permits for new building construction in Cambridge. This dataset derives from Cambridge's ViewPoint permitting system.

List of permits regarding the temporary use of dumpsters

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https://www.cambridgema.gov/GIS/gisdatadictionary/Basemap/BASEMAP_Buildings

Description
City of Cambridge, MA, GIS basemap development project encompasses the land area of City of Cambridge with a 200-foot fringe surrounding the area and Charles River shoreline towards Boston. The basemap data was developed at 1" = 40' mapping scale using digital photogrammetric techniques. Planimetric features; both man-made and natural features like vegetation, rivers have been depicted. These features are important to all GIS/mapping applications and publication. A set of data layers such as Buildings, Roads, Rivers, Utility structures, 1 ft interval contours are developed and represented in the geodatabase. The features are labeled and coded in order to represent specific feature class for thematic representation and topology between the features is maintained for an accurate representation at the 1:40 mapping scale for both publication and analysis. The basemap data has been developed using procedures designed to produce data to the National Standard for Spatial Data Accuracy (NSSDA) and is intended for use at 1" = 40 ' mapping scale. Where applicable, the vertical datum is NAVD1988.

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