bp2.py

This is the second attempt at making an automatic building permit processor.

Use (currently working)

1. Download the permit data from here and save to /data/<year> as city_<year>.xlsx
2. Open the command line in the bp2 directory
3. Enter python bp2.py get_data --replace to update data from SDE (This takes ~30 min)
4. Enter python bp2.py process_city <year> to process the downloaded Excel file
5. Profit

Features to come

• Output tables: permits (n features/parcel) and new_units (1 feature/parcel; allows for density)
• Installation using setup.py
• a process_county option
• export to .json and .shp
• a report option to generate reports using HTML templates and graphs

Rules

Building permits must have >0 unit(s)
BNCON is an "other" building type that may/may not include new units BAARC is a "remodel" building type that may/may not include new units