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Renovation & Alteration permits in East Garfield Park
The typical renovation & alteration permit issued in East Garfield Park took 34 days. The 75th-percentile wait was 94 days.
Source: City of Chicago Building Permits · Issued-permit cohort · Updated Sep. 16, 2026
The short answer
For Renovation & Alteration permits in East Garfield Park, 400 issued permit records show a median processing time of 34 days; 75% were issued within 94 days and 90% within 183 days, covering January 2021 through September 15, 2026.
The median was 39 days slower than the previous 12 months.
Renovation & Alteration permits in East Garfield Park: wait distribution
For Renovation & Alteration permits in East Garfield Park, 400 issued permits are distributed across five elapsed-time bands from same-day issuance through waits of 91 days or longer.
Change over time
Renovation & Alteration permits in East Garfield Park: annual permit timing
Renovation & Alteration permits in East Garfield Park has 6 publishable issue-year cohorts spanning 2021–2026, representing 400 issued records in the annual table.
| Issue year | Records | Median | 75th percentile | 90th percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 79 | 5 days | 49 days | 131 days |
| 2022 | 97 | 10 days | 62 days | 130 days |
| 2023 | 61 | 16 days | 82 days | 162 days |
| 2024 | 67 | 45 days | 142 days | 251 days |
| 2025 | 63 | 58 days | 87 days | 161 days |
| 2026* | 33 | 83 days | 170 days | 271 days |
*2026 is partial through Sep. 15. Year labels use the permit issue date, not the application date.
Context
Renovation & Alteration permits in East Garfield Park: Renovation & Alteration timing in comparable community areas
Renovation & Alteration permits in East Garfield Park has 400 issued records, a 34 days median, and a 94 days 75th-percentile wait in this release.
| Report | Median | 75% within | Records |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Garfield Park | 34 days | 94 days | 400 |
| Washington Park | 34 days | 118 days | 201 |
| Woodlawn | 34 days | 98 days | 522 |
| Albany Park | 33 days | 77 days | 422 |
| Austin | 35 days | 97 days | 1,097 |
| Englewood | 35 days | 97 days | 571 |
| Lincoln Park | 33 days | 86 days | 1,340 |
| Lincoln Square | 33 days | 82 days | 638 |
More Renovation & Alteration permits in East Garfield Park comparisons
The Renovation & Alteration permits in East Garfield Park cohort contains 400 issued records; related links retain separate location and permit-category cohorts.
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