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  "meta": {
    "title": "US Plan Submission Requirements: 124 Large US Cities",
    "publisher": "Print My Plans, printmyplans.com",
    "license": "CC BY 4.0 (covers Print My Plans' compilation; quoted city text remains attributed to its source)",
    "attribution": "Print My Plans, printmyplans.com",
    "last_checked": "2026-10-19",
    "recheck": "All sources rechecked within 7 days of launch",
    "legend": "— = not published on the official pages we checked; ask the permit office.",
    "ids": "Stable; corrections keep the same ID. Gaps are rows held back (no substantive field published).",
    "not_stated": "In the JSON a missing value is \"not stated\"; in the CSV it is \"—\". Both mean not published on the official pages we checked, not that no rule exists.",
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    "state": "Ohio"
  },
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      "id": "USPPR-015",
      "rank_2025": 15,
      "jurisdiction": "Columbus",
      "census_place": "Columbus city",
      "state": "OH",
      "state_name": "Ohio",
      "state_slug": "ohio",
      "population_2025": 938396,
      "permitting_agency": "City of Columbus Building and Zoning Services",
      "county_or_regional_permitting": "no (city department)",
      "submission_mode_group": {
        "value": "E digital preferred; non-digital route implied, paper not named",
        "quotes": [
          {
            "text": "Most applications can be submitted through our Citizen Access Portal, which is the preferred method when available.",
            "source_url": "https://www.columbus.gov/Business-Development/Get-a-Permit/1-2-and-3-Family-Residential-Plans",
            "source_date": "no date shown",
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        "value": "digital preferred; non-digital route implied (paper not named)",
        "quotes": [
          {
            "text": "Most applications can be submitted through our Citizen Access Portal, which is the preferred method when available.",
            "source_url": "https://www.columbus.gov/Business-Development/Get-a-Permit/1-2-and-3-Family-Residential-Plans",
            "source_date": "no date shown",
            "outdated_source": false,
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          }
        ]
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      "e_portal": {
        "value": "Citizen Access Portal (preferred)",
        "quotes": [
          {
            "text": "Most applications can be submitted through our Citizen Access Portal, which is the preferred method when available.",
            "source_url": "https://www.columbus.gov/Business-Development/Get-a-Permit/1-2-and-3-Family-Residential-Plans",
            "source_date": "no date shown",
            "outdated_source": false,
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          }
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        "value": "Portal is 'the preferred method when available'; other method not named",
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          {
            "text": "Most applications can be submitted through our Citizen Access Portal, which is the preferred method when available.",
            "source_url": "https://www.columbus.gov/Business-Development/Get-a-Permit/1-2-and-3-Family-Residential-Plans",
            "source_date": "no date shown",
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          }
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      "residential_copies": {
        "value": "2 sets of plans + scope of work (1-, 2-, 3-family)",
        "quotes": [
          {
            "text": "2 sets of plans and scope of work required",
            "source_url": "https://www.columbus.gov/Business-Development/Get-a-Permit/1-2-and-3-Family-Residential-Plans",
            "source_date": "no date shown",
            "outdated_source": false,
            "check": "saved copy of the source, fetched 2026-10-19"
          }
        ]
      },
      "commercial_copies": {
        "value": "not stated",
        "quotes": []
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      "stated_set_counts": {
        "value": "2 (medium not stated; 1-, 2-, 3-family residential)",
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          {
            "text": "2 sets of plans and scope of work required",
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            "source_date": "no date shown",
            "outdated_source": false,
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        ]
      },
      "jobsite_approved_set": {
        "value": "not stated",
        "quotes": []
      },
      "sheet_sizes": {
        "value": "not stated",
        "quotes": []
      },
      "min_scale": {
        "value": "Scaled (1/8 in = 1 ft) or rooms dimensioned",
        "quotes": [
          {
            "text": "Plans shall be scaled or rooms shall contain dimensions (1/8 in = 1 ft)",
            "source_url": "https://www.columbus.gov/Business-Development/Get-a-Permit/1-2-and-3-Family-Residential-Plans",
            "source_date": "no date shown",
            "outdated_source": false,
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      },
      "seal_signature_rule": {
        "value": "not stated",
        "quotes": []
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      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "Columbus: 1, 2 and 3 Family Residential Plans",
          "url": "https://www.columbus.gov/Business-Development/Get-a-Permit/1-2-and-3-Family-Residential-Plans",
          "date": "no date shown",
          "outdated": false
        }
      ],
      "last_checked": "2026-10-19"
    },
    {
      "id": "USPPR-053",
      "rank_2025": 53,
      "jurisdiction": "Cleveland",
      "census_place": "Cleveland city",
      "state": "OH",
      "state_name": "Ohio",
      "state_slug": "ohio",
      "population_2025": 363608,
      "permitting_agency": "City of Cleveland Department of Building and Housing, Division of Construction Permitting",
      "county_or_regional_permitting": "no (city department)",
      "submission_mode_group": {
        "value": "A digital-only (stated)",
        "quotes": [
          {
            "text": "Beginning on April 13th, 2026, we will no longer accept paper plans or paper applications.",
            "source_url": "https://www.clevelandohio.gov/city-hall/departments/building-housing/divisions/construction-permitting",
            "source_date": "no date shown (paper ended April 13, 2026)",
            "outdated_source": false,
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          },
          {
            "text": "Plans with fewer than 5 pages, size 10x18\" or smaller, can be scanned and uploaded in City Hall, room 505.",
            "source_url": "https://www.clevelandohio.gov/city-hall/departments/building-housing/divisions/construction-permitting",
            "source_date": "no date shown (paper ended April 13, 2026)",
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          }
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      },
      "submission_mode_detail": {
        "value": "digital-only (stated): no paper plans or paper applications since April 13, 2026; plans under 5 pages (10x18 in. or smaller) can be scanned and uploaded at City Hall",
        "quotes": [
          {
            "text": "Beginning on April 13th, 2026, we will no longer accept paper plans or paper applications.",
            "source_url": "https://www.clevelandohio.gov/city-hall/departments/building-housing/divisions/construction-permitting",
            "source_date": "no date shown (paper ended April 13, 2026)",
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          },
          {
            "text": "Plans with fewer than 5 pages, size 10x18\" or smaller, can be scanned and uploaded in City Hall, room 505.",
            "source_url": "https://www.clevelandohio.gov/city-hall/departments/building-housing/divisions/construction-permitting",
            "source_date": "no date shown (paper ended April 13, 2026)",
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      },
      "e_portal": {
        "value": "not stated",
        "quotes": []
      },
      "paper_rule": {
        "value": "No paper plans or paper applications since April 13, 2026; plans under 5 pages at 10x18 in. or smaller can be scanned and uploaded at City Hall, room 505",
        "quotes": [
          {
            "text": "Beginning on April 13th, 2026, we will no longer accept paper plans or paper applications.",
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            "source_date": "no date shown (paper ended April 13, 2026)",
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            "text": "Plans with fewer than 5 pages, size 10x18\" or smaller, can be scanned and uploaded in City Hall, room 505.",
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            "source_date": "no date shown (paper ended April 13, 2026)",
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      "residential_copies": {
        "value": "not stated",
        "quotes": []
      },
      "commercial_copies": {
        "value": "not stated",
        "quotes": []
      },
      "stated_set_counts": {
        "value": "not stated",
        "quotes": []
      },
      "jobsite_approved_set": {
        "value": "not stated",
        "quotes": []
      },
      "sheet_sizes": {
        "value": "not stated",
        "quotes": []
      },
      "min_scale": {
        "value": "Plans generated to a set scale (e.g. 1/4\" = 1', 1/8\" = 1' or 1:10); no minimum stated",
        "quotes": [
          {
            "text": "Plans should be generated to a set scale (e.g. ¼” = 1’, 1/8” = 1’ or 1:10).",
            "source_url": "https://www.clevelandohio.gov/city-hall/departments/building-housing/divisions/construction-permitting/digital-plan-room",
            "source_date": "no date shown",
            "outdated_source": false,
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          }
        ]
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      "seal_signature_rule": {
        "value": "Seal of a registered architect or professional engineer wherever design analysis is required (commercial construction, additions, alterations); 1-3 family dwelling drawings not required to be sealed [outdated source: PDF created 2008-04-11; predates the April 2026 digital process]",
        "quotes": [
          {
            "text": "Many drawings require the seal of a registered architect or professional engineer. This applies to all buildings regulated by the OBC whenever design analysis is required",
            "source_url": "https://www.clevelandohio.gov/sites/clevelandohio/files/2023-06/drawingsRequirement.pdf",
            "source_date": "PDF created 2008-04-11; predates the April 2026 digital process",
            "outdated_source": true,
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          },
          {
            "text": "Drawings for 1-, 2-, 3-family dwellings are recommended but, are not required to be sealed.",
            "source_url": "https://www.clevelandohio.gov/sites/clevelandohio/files/2023-06/drawingsRequirement.pdf",
            "source_date": "PDF created 2008-04-11; predates the April 2026 digital process",
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        {
          "title": "Cleveland Division of Construction Permitting",
          "url": "https://www.clevelandohio.gov/city-hall/departments/building-housing/divisions/construction-permitting",
          "date": "no date shown (paper ended April 13, 2026)",
          "outdated": false
        },
        {
          "title": "Cleveland Digital Plan Room",
          "url": "https://www.clevelandohio.gov/city-hall/departments/building-housing/divisions/construction-permitting/digital-plan-room",
          "date": "no date shown",
          "outdated": false
        },
        {
          "title": "Cleveland: When Drawings Are Required to Obtain a Permit (PDF)",
          "url": "https://www.clevelandohio.gov/sites/clevelandohio/files/2023-06/drawingsRequirement.pdf",
          "date": "PDF created 2008-04-11; predates the April 2026 digital process",
          "outdated": true
        }
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    },
    {
      "id": "USPPR-066",
      "rank_2025": 66,
      "jurisdiction": "Cincinnati",
      "census_place": "Cincinnati city",
      "state": "OH",
      "state_name": "Ohio",
      "state_slug": "ohio",
      "population_2025": 314367,
      "permitting_agency": "City of Cincinnati Department of Buildings & Inspections",
      "county_or_regional_permitting": "no (city department)",
      "submission_mode_group": {
        "value": "B paper accepted (general route)",
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          {
            "text": "We request you submit your plans electronically, following the above protocol. If you need to apply in person, please visit us at:",
            "source_url": "https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/buildings/building-permit-forms-applications/permit-guide/submit-permit-application-other-required-documents/",
            "source_date": "no date shown",
            "outdated_source": false,
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          },
          {
            "text": "Four (4) sets of documents, drawings, and specifications of the proposed work (where applicable).",
            "source_url": "https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/buildings/building-permit-forms-applications/permit-guide/submit-permit-application-other-required-documents/",
            "source_date": "no date shown",
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          }
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        "value": "Electronic requested; in person if needed, with 4 sets of documents, drawings and specifications",
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          {
            "text": "We request you submit your plans electronically, following the above protocol. If you need to apply in person, please visit us at:",
            "source_url": "https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/buildings/building-permit-forms-applications/permit-guide/submit-permit-application-other-required-documents/",
            "source_date": "no date shown",
            "outdated_source": false,
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          },
          {
            "text": "Four (4) sets of documents, drawings, and specifications of the proposed work (where applicable).",
            "source_url": "https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/buildings/building-permit-forms-applications/permit-guide/submit-permit-application-other-required-documents/",
            "source_date": "no date shown",
            "outdated_source": false,
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          }
        ]
      },
      "e_portal": {
        "value": "not stated",
        "quotes": []
      },
      "paper_rule": {
        "value": "Plans submitted digitally (electronic requested); in person if needed, with 4 sets of documents, drawings and specifications; 2 stamped hard-copy sets required at permit issuance",
        "quotes": [
          {
            "text": "All customers must submit their plans digitally using the electronic submission guidelines.",
            "source_url": "https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/buildings/building-permit-forms-applications/permit-guide/submit-permit-application-other-required-documents/",
            "source_date": "no date shown",
            "outdated_source": false,
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          },
          {
            "text": "We request you submit your plans electronically, following the above protocol. If you need to apply in person, please visit us at:",
            "source_url": "https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/buildings/building-permit-forms-applications/permit-guide/submit-permit-application-other-required-documents/",
            "source_date": "no date shown",
            "outdated_source": false,
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          },
          {
            "text": "Four (4) sets of documents, drawings, and specifications of the proposed work (where applicable).",
            "source_url": "https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/buildings/building-permit-forms-applications/permit-guide/submit-permit-application-other-required-documents/",
            "source_date": "no date shown",
            "outdated_source": false,
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          },
          {
            "text": "Note: You will be required to submit two (2) sets of hard copies of plans (properly stamped by a registered architect or engineer) at the time of permit issuance.",
            "source_url": "https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/buildings/building-permit-forms-applications/permit-guide/submit-permit-application-other-required-documents/",
            "source_date": "no date shown",
            "outdated_source": false,
            "check": "saved copy of the source, fetched 2026-10-19"
          }
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      "residential_copies": {
        "value": "not stated",
        "quotes": []
      },
      "commercial_copies": {
        "value": "not stated",
        "quotes": []
      },
      "stated_set_counts": {
        "value": "2 (paper (stamped hard copies); at permit issuance); 4 (medium not stated; documents, drawings and specifications (in-person application list))",
        "quotes": [
          {
            "text": "Note: You will be required to submit two (2) sets of hard copies of plans (properly stamped by a registered architect or engineer) at the time of permit issuance.",
            "source_url": "https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/buildings/building-permit-forms-applications/permit-guide/submit-permit-application-other-required-documents/",
            "source_date": "no date shown",
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          },
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            "text": "Four (4) sets of documents, drawings, and specifications of the proposed work (where applicable).",
            "source_url": "https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/buildings/building-permit-forms-applications/permit-guide/submit-permit-application-other-required-documents/",
            "source_date": "no date shown",
            "outdated_source": false,
            "check": "saved copy of the source, fetched 2026-10-19"
          }
        ]
      },
      "jobsite_approved_set": {
        "value": "not stated",
        "quotes": []
      },
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        "value": "Electronic pages print-ready at standard ANSI sizes: letter, legal, ledger, 24x36, 30x42",
        "quotes": [
          {
            "text": "Pages within a file should be ready for print using standard ANSI sizes (letter, legal, ledger, 24x36, 30x42).",
            "source_url": "https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/buildings/building-permit-forms-applications/application-forms/all-forms-handouts-checklists-alphabetical-list/eztrak-electronic-document-standards-guide/",
            "source_date": "last updated October 18, 2024",
            "outdated_source": false,
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        "value": "Standard graphic measurable scale (e.g. 1/4\" = 1'-0\" or 1\" = 30'-0\") that prints accurately",
        "quotes": [
          {
            "text": "Scale must be a standard graphic measurable scale (i.e.: ¼\" = 1’-0” or 1” = 30’-0”) and set to print accurately.",
            "source_url": "https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/buildings/building-permit-forms-applications/application-forms/all-forms-handouts-checklists-alphabetical-list/eztrak-electronic-document-standards-guide/",
            "source_date": "last updated October 18, 2024",
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          }
        ]
      },
      "seal_signature_rule": {
        "value": "Licensed design professionals seal and sign electronically per their licensing board",
        "quotes": [
          {
            "text": "Documents submitted by licensed design professionals must be sealed and signed electronically in accordance with the requirements of their licensing board.",
            "source_url": "https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/buildings/building-permit-forms-applications/application-forms/all-forms-handouts-checklists-alphabetical-list/eztrak-electronic-document-standards-guide/",
            "source_date": "last updated October 18, 2024",
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      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "Cincinnati B&I: Submit Permit Application & Other Required Documents",
          "url": "https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/buildings/building-permit-forms-applications/permit-guide/submit-permit-application-other-required-documents/",
          "date": "no date shown",
          "outdated": false
        },
        {
          "title": "Cincinnati: ezTrak Electronic Document Standards Guide",
          "url": "https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/buildings/building-permit-forms-applications/application-forms/all-forms-handouts-checklists-alphabetical-list/eztrak-electronic-document-standards-guide/",
          "date": "last updated October 18, 2024",
          "outdated": false
        }
      ],
      "last_checked": "2026-10-19"
    },
    {
      "id": "USPPR-087",
      "rank_2025": 88,
      "jurisdiction": "Toledo",
      "census_place": "Toledo city",
      "state": "OH",
      "state_name": "Ohio",
      "state_slug": "ohio",
      "population_2025": 263423,
      "permitting_agency": "City of Toledo Division of Building Inspection",
      "county_or_regional_permitting": "no (city department)",
      "submission_mode_group": {
        "value": "E digital preferred; non-digital route implied, paper not named",
        "quotes": [
          {
            "text": "Complete the Commercial Building Alteration Permit application online or in person",
            "source_url": "https://toledo.oh.gov/business/how-to-build-in-the-city/permits/building-permits/commercial-building-alteration",
            "source_date": "no date shown",
            "outdated_source": false,
            "check": "saved copy of the source, fetched 2026-10-19"
          },
          {
            "text": "It is faster and easier to use the online permit application portal. However, we can accept complete applications in person.",
            "source_url": "https://toledo.oh.gov/business/how-to-build-in-the-city/permits/building-permits/commercial-building-alteration",
            "source_date": "no date shown",
            "outdated_source": false,
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          }
        ]
      },
      "submission_mode_detail": {
        "value": "digital preferred; non-digital route implied (paper not named): online is 'faster and easier', applications also accepted in person",
        "quotes": [
          {
            "text": "Complete the Commercial Building Alteration Permit application online or in person",
            "source_url": "https://toledo.oh.gov/business/how-to-build-in-the-city/permits/building-permits/commercial-building-alteration",
            "source_date": "no date shown",
            "outdated_source": false,
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          },
          {
            "text": "It is faster and easier to use the online permit application portal. However, we can accept complete applications in person.",
            "source_url": "https://toledo.oh.gov/business/how-to-build-in-the-city/permits/building-permits/commercial-building-alteration",
            "source_date": "no date shown",
            "outdated_source": false,
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          }
        ]
      },
      "e_portal": {
        "value": "not stated",
        "quotes": []
      },
      "paper_rule": {
        "value": "Commercial alteration applications online (preferred) or in person",
        "quotes": [
          {
            "text": "Complete the Commercial Building Alteration Permit application online or in person",
            "source_url": "https://toledo.oh.gov/business/how-to-build-in-the-city/permits/building-permits/commercial-building-alteration",
            "source_date": "no date shown",
            "outdated_source": false,
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          },
          {
            "text": "It is faster and easier to use the online permit application portal. However, we can accept complete applications in person.",
            "source_url": "https://toledo.oh.gov/business/how-to-build-in-the-city/permits/building-permits/commercial-building-alteration",
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        "value": "not stated",
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        "value": "not stated",
        "quotes": []
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        "value": "3 (medium not stated; plans and specifications, each application) [outdated source: PDF modified 2019-07-11; more than 5 years old]",
        "quotes": [
          {
            "text": "Three (3) sets of plans and specifications must be filed with each application.",
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            "text": "one set of approved plans must be kept on the jobsite.",
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            "source_date": "PDF modified 2019-07-11; more than 5 years old",
            "outdated_source": true,
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          }
        ]
      },
      "sheet_sizes": {
        "value": "not stated",
        "quotes": []
      },
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        "value": "Scaled drawings (e.g. 1/8\" or 1/4\" = 1'-0\"; site 1\" = 20' or 1\" = 50') (2019 form) [outdated source: PDF modified 2019-07-11; more than 5 years old]",
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            "text": "Plans shall consist of scaled drawings (i.e., 1/8” or 1/4” = 1’-0”; or for site drawings 1” = 20’ or 1’= 50’)",
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        "value": "Most projects need plans prepared and sealed by a licensed architect or professional engineer",
        "quotes": [
          {
            "text": "Most projects require plans prepared and sealed by a licensed architect or professional engineer.",
            "source_url": "https://toledo.oh.gov/business/how-to-build-in-the-city/permits/building-permits/commercial-building-alteration",
            "source_date": "no date shown",
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          "title": "Toledo: Commercial Building Alteration permit",
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        },
        {
          "title": "Toledo: Building Permit Application (PDF)",
          "url": "https://cdn.toledo.oh.gov/uploads/documents/Building-Inspection/City-of-Toledo-Building-Permit-Application.pdf",
          "date": "PDF modified 2019-07-11; more than 5 years old",
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