2020-04-20 Update - SDL Desktop COVID-19 Permit

SDL Desktop Construction Update 20.1.40

New Permit Status: COVID-19 Non-Essential

In response to the NJ Governor’s Executive Order #122, SDL has released a feature with this morning’s update (20.1.40) that will allow Building departments to mark existing Construction permits as “COVID-19 Non-Essential”. Users with “CanVoidPermit” permissions will be able to assign this designation to individual permits in the closure tab, or make bulk updates from the datagrid. This option will override all other permit status labels except “Closed” and “Certificate Issued”.

Email Notifications

For towns that have notifications turned on for permit updates, SDL Portal will email the agents and owners that the status has changed to “COVID-19 Non-Essential”. To include additional information in the email notification, such as how to apply for an exemption, users can make those additions in the Town Admin Notifications section. Any additional information or instructions that you include will also appear at the top of any Permits in SDL Portal with the "COVID-19 Non- Essential" status.

Please Note...

The “COVID-19 Non-Essential” label does not stop users from doing any work on the permit. If you would like to see a “Lock Permit” option added, let us know and we can consider including it in our next update.
Want to see a quick how-to?

Want to see a quick how-to?

Visit SDL’s new help center to see a guide on how mark permits as “COVID-19 Non-Essential”. To begin, go to help.spatialdatalogic.com or click the link below. Log in to the help center using the same credentials that you use to view SDL support tickets. If you do not have an account set up, you will need to create one using your municipal email address.

Click here for a how-to guide.