Baltimore Housing Brings Building Permit System Online with ePermits

3/30/17

By Ethan McLeod, Baltimore Fishbowl

This should be music to homeowners’ and contractors’ ears: Baltimore City’s permitting process has entered the 21st century.

Mayor Catherine Pugh, Acting Housing Commissioner Michael Braverman and City Council President today announced the rollout of an online system called “ePermits.” It allows anyone seeking a permit to modify their home, business or other property to do so online, instead of by driving down to E. Fayette Street downtown to wait in line and get some paper stamped and signed at Baltimore Housing.

“We have spent considerable time and energy to build an online permitting system that will allow people to get permits 24 hours a day, seven days a week from home,” said Braverman at a press conference.

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