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Signs permits in Lincoln Park

The typical signs permit issued in Lincoln Park took 35 days. The 75th-percentile wait was 77 days.

Source: City of Chicago Building Permits · Issued-permit cohort · Updated Sep. 16, 2026

Records checked6392021–Sep. 15, 2026

The short answer

For Signs permits in Lincoln Park, 639 issued permit records show a median processing time of 35 days; 75% were issued within 77 days and 90% within 121 days, covering January 2021 through September 15, 2026.

Typical wait35 daysmedian issued permit

Usually within77 days75% of records

Long-wait edge121 days90% of records

Evidence639issued permits

The median was 8 days faster than the previous 12 months.

Signs permits in Lincoln Park: wait distribution

For Signs permits in Lincoln Park, 639 issued permits are distributed across five elapsed-time bands from same-day issuance through waits of 91 days or longer.

Same day

0.5%

1–7 days

18.8%

8–30 days

28.0%

31–90 days

34.4%

91+ days

18.3%

Change over time

Signs permits in Lincoln Park: annual permit timing

Signs permits in Lincoln Park has 6 publishable issue-year cohorts spanning 2021–2026, representing 639 issued records in the annual table.

Issue year	Records	Median	75th percentile	90th percentile
2021	96	24 days	83 days	108 days
2022	126	9.5 days	70 days	122 days
2023	77	6 days	47 days	81 days
2024	159	46 days	77 days	149 days
2025	125	46 days	76 days	108 days
2026*	56	40 days	74 days	122 days

*2026 is partial through Sep. 15. Year labels use the permit issue date, not the application date.

Context

Signs permits in Lincoln Park: Signs timing in comparable community areas

Signs permits in Lincoln Park has 639 issued records, a 35 days median, and a 77 days 75th-percentile wait in this release.

Report	Median	75% within	Records
Greater Grand Crossing	35 days	71 days	57
Lincoln Park	35 days	77 days	639
Edgewater	34 days	62 days	181
Forest Glen	33 days	138 days	55
Jefferson Park	37 days	64 days	89
Lincoln Square	37 days	150 days	197
Lower West Side	33 days	77 days	169
Loop	38 days	77 days	662

More Signs permits in Lincoln Park comparisons

The Signs permits in Lincoln Park cohort contains 639 issued records; related links retain separate location and permit-category cohorts.

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