Special Permits
Management of specialized municipal permit types — sign permits, road occupancy permits, special event permits, encroachment agreements, and driveway/entrance permits. Each with unique review workflows, conditions, and compliance tracking.
Sign Permits
Road Coordination
Event Review
Encroachment Alerts
Purpose-Built for Canadian Municipalities
Purpose & Scope
What this module owns
Clear ownership boundaries prevent duplication and ensure every capability has exactly one authoritative home.
Owns
8Delegated to
6Application lifecycle
Type definitions, fee schedules
Post-installation inspections
Location mapping, zoning compliance, ROW data
Coordination for road closures
Event notifications, permit expiry
These capabilities are handled by dedicated modules and consumed via stable API contracts — keeping boundaries clean and ownership unambiguous.
Core Capabilities
What it does
3 capability groups comprising 5 discrete capabilities — each with API surface, business rules, and data ownership.
All sign types with zoning compliance check, sign bylaw enforcement, and per-property sign inventory management.
Sign Types
Ground, wall, projecting, billboard, and temporary signs — each with type-specific attributes and requirements.
Attributes & Validation
Size (sq m), location, illumination, height validated against sign bylaw and zoning provisions.
Zoning Compliance
Automated zoning compliance check for sign size, height, setback, and permitted sign area per property.
Sign Inventory
Per-property sign inventory tracking total sign count, types, and compliance with maximum sign area.
Every module owns a single bounded context, exposes stable APIs, and can be composed into any Civic product — that's the architecture that scales.
Krutik Parikh
Creator of Civic
Data Model
Entity Architecture
4 entities with 5 relationships — the authoritative schema for this bounded context.
Entities
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API Surface
Integration Endpoints
9 RESTful endpoints across 5 resource groups — plus 4 domain events for async integration.
/api/v1/permits/signs
Apply for sign permit
/api/v1/permits/signs/inventory/{property_id}
Sign inventory for property
Ecosystem
Products that depend on this module
1 Civic products consume Special Permits — making it one of the most critical platform services in the ecosystem.
Technical Specifications
Performance, Compliance & Configuration
Sign Permit Processing
Road Occupancy Coordination
Event Permit Multi-Dept Review
Encroachment Renewal Reminders
Availability
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
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