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Signs permits in Lincoln Square

The typical signs permit issued in Lincoln Square took 37 days. The 75th-percentile wait was 150 days.

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

Records checked1972021–Sep. 15, 2026

The short answer

For Signs permits in Lincoln Square, 197 issued permit records show a median processing time of 37 days; 75% were issued within 150 days and 90% within 178 days, covering January 2021 through September 15, 2026.

Typical wait37 daysmedian issued permit

Usually within150 days75% of records

Long-wait edge178 days90% of records

Evidence197issued permits

The median was 125 days faster than the previous 12 months.

Signs permits in Lincoln Square: wait distribution

For Signs permits in Lincoln Square, 197 issued permits are distributed across five elapsed-time bands from same-day issuance through waits of 91 days or longer.

Same day

5.6%

1–7 days

12.2%

8–30 days

29.4%

31–90 days

19.8%

91+ days

33.0%

Change over time

Signs permits in Lincoln Square: annual permit timing

Signs permits in Lincoln Square has 6 publishable issue-year cohorts spanning 2021–2026, representing 197 issued records in the annual table.

Issue year	Records	Median	75th percentile	90th percentile
2021	16	20 days	101 days	243 days
2022	10	5.5 days	61 days	184 days
2023	28	1 day	3 days	38 days
2024	32	26 days	62 days	181 days
2025	83	150 days	178 days	178 days
2026*	28	45 days	58 days	99 days

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

Context

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

Signs permits in Lincoln Square has 197 issued records, a 37 days median, and a 150 days 75th-percentile wait in this release.

Report	Median	75% within	Records
Jefferson Park	37 days	64 days	89
Lincoln Square	37 days	150 days	197
Loop	38 days	77 days	662
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
Lower West Side	33 days	77 days	169

More Signs permits in Lincoln Square comparisons

The Signs permits in Lincoln Square cohort contains 197 issued records; related links retain separate location and permit-category cohorts.

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