It has signed up more than 750 civic jurisdictions, including eight major metropolitan areas, even though only a handful, including Charlottesville, Va., Houston, Texas, and Long Beach and San Jose, Calif., have online permit capabilities. Of the others, Fisher says about 20 accept e-mailed data, about 375 deal by fax, and the rest take applications by hand or mail. We designed the system to service the building professional and to adhere to each city's permit delivery requirements.
Contractors pay the application fees by credit card.