Tutorial for Viewing Construction Permits and
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Tutorial for Viewing Construction Permits and
ACCELA CITIZEN ACCESS You can click on any underlined subject or heading within the table of contents and it will take you to the beginning of that section. Table of Contents 1. User Account Registration A. Adding a License Page 02 Page 08 2. Searching for Permits and Applications Page 11 3. Scheduling Inspections Page 16 4. Record Sorting Page 27 5. Record Collections Page 28 Saint Louis County - Accela Citizen Access Support Guide 2015 A Page 1 ACCELA CITIZEN ACCESS User Account Registration Step 1: Go to the St Louis County Accela Citizen Access Page. https://aca.stlouisco.com/CitizenAccess/ Select the “Create an Account” link located in the upper right hand corner under the green banner of any site page or at the bottom of the shaded login box. Saint Louis County - Accela Citizen Access Support Guide 2015 A Page 2 ACCELA CITIZEN ACCESS Step 2: The terms of registration and an authorization certification are provided for review and acceptance. To continue the account registration process select the checkbox next to the certification statement and then select the “Continue Registration” button. Saint Louis County - Accela Citizen Access Support Guide 2015 A Page 3 ACCELA CITIZEN ACCESS Step 3: Enter login and contact information and select the “Continue Registration button”. Saint Louis County - Accela Citizen Access Support Guide 2015 A Page 4 ACCELA CITIZEN ACCESS Step 4: Confirmation that the account was created is displayed. User specific account information is displayed. Please review account information. Correct information by logging in and selecting the “Account Management” link in the upper right hand corner under the green banner. User Specific Information Displayed in this area. Saint Louis County - Accela Citizen Access Support Guide 2015 A Page 5 ACCELA CITIZEN ACCESS Step 5: Access your Account by selecting login in the upper right hand corner under the green banner. Saint Louis County - Accela Citizen Access Support Guide 2015 A Page 6 ACCELA CITIZEN ACCESS Step 6: Select the “Account Management” link in the upper right hand corner of the page. Saint Louis County - Accela Citizen Access Support Guide 2015 A Page 7 ACCELA CITIZEN ACCESS Step 7: Select the “Add a License” button at the bottom left of the page. Step 8: Enter the License Type and St Louis County License Number and select the “Find License” button. Saint Louis County - Accela Citizen Access Support Guide 2015 A Page 8 ACCELA CITIZEN ACCESS Step 9: If the license number is returned in the results click on the license number (it is a hyperlink). Step 10: Confirm that the selected license should be added to this user account. Saint Louis County - Accela Citizen Access Support Guide 2015 A Page 9 ACCELA CITIZEN ACCESS Step 11: The selected license is displayed. Repeat for additional licenses if applicable. To complete the connection of a license(s) contact St Louis County at 314 615-5184 and ask for someone regarding an ACA account. St Louis County staff must verify that the caller is the license holder in order to complete the license association to a user account Please note that Plumbing & Electrical licenses may only be linked to accounts in the name of those license holders. Due to licensing signature requirements no exceptions are allowed for these license types. Saint Louis County - Accela Citizen Access Support Guide 2015 A Page 10 ACCELA CITIZEN ACCESS Searching for Construction Permits and Applications Step 1: 1. Go to the St Louis County Accela Citizen Access Page. https://aca.stlouisco.com/CitizenAccess/ 2. Select the Construction Permits Tab. 3. Select the “Search Applications” link. Saint Louis County - Accela Citizen Access Support Guide 2015 A Page 11 ACCELA CITIZEN ACCESS Step 2: Go to the General Search at the bottom of the page. A dropdown box is provided to allow searching by: Address Licensed Professional Information Permit Information The default is a General Search that allows users to select multiple criteria from all three search methods to find a construction permit or application. This is the recommended selection to search for construction permits. Step 3: Enter information in one or more fields to search. Step 4: Select the Search button. Saint Louis County - Accela Citizen Access Support Guide 2015 A Page 12 ACCELA CITIZEN ACCESS Step 5: The search results are displayed at the bottom of the search page sorted in descending order by date. Results may also be sorted by Date, Record Number, Record Type, Address and Status by selecting the links in those field headers at the top of the search results. Step 6: Select the record that you want to view by double clicking on the record number displayed in the search list. Saint Louis County - Accela Citizen Access Support Guide 2015 A Page 13 ACCELA CITIZEN ACCESS Step 7: The record will display. 7a. Select the arrow to the left of section headers to view specific information regarding those sections. Saint Louis County - Accela Citizen Access Support Guide 2015 A Page 14 ACCELA CITIZEN ACCESS 7b. Select an arrow next to a specific item within a section to drill down to more specific detail. Green check marks in processing status indicate that the process has been completed. An hour glass indicates that a process is pending an action. Processes without an arrow, check mark or hour glass are not currently active. Saint Louis County - Accela Citizen Access Support Guide 2015 A Page 15 ACCELA CITIZEN ACCESS Scheduling Inspections 1. Go to the St Louis County Accela Citizen Access Page. https://aca.stlouisco.com/CitizenAccess/ 2. User must be logged in. The user name appears at the top of the page under the green banner. Saint Louis County - Accela Citizen Access Support Guide 2015 A Page 16 ACCELA CITIZEN ACCESS 3. In the Construction Permits tab all permits created by a user and all permits referencing license(s) associated with a user will be displayed in the Records section of the tab. 4. Select the permit to schedule an inspection by clicking on the underlined permit number. 5. Inspections may only be scheduled for permits with the following statuses: o Permit Issued o Work Authorized o Extended 6. Multiple inspections of different types may be scheduled against a single permit (i.e. Plumbing – Ground and Plumbing – Rough). o An inspection cannot be scheduled for an inspection type that has already been scheduled until that inspection has been performed and resulted by the inspector. Saint Louis County - Accela Citizen Access Support Guide 2015 A Page 17 ACCELA CITIZEN ACCESS 7. The user can see previous resulted and cancelled inspections. Click the underlined text ‘Schedule or Request an Inspection’ to start scheduling for an inspection. 8. Inspections shown will depend upon the permit type. If you are unsure of which inspection you actually need, please contact the section in which you need the inspection. o Mechanical – 314-615-7806 o Plumbing – 314-615-3723 o Electrical – 314-615-3722 o Residential – 314-615-3721 o Commercial – 314-615-3724 Saint Louis County - Accela Citizen Access Support Guide 2015 A Page 18 ACCELA CITIZEN ACCESS 9. After selecting the correct inspection type, please select the day you are requesting the inspection. o Inspections can be as soon as the next business day. o Dates available will be underlined in blue. The date you select will be highlighted in yellow. Saint Louis County - Accela Citizen Access Support Guide 2015 A Page 19 ACCELA CITIZEN ACCESS 10. After selecting a date, you must select the radio button labeled ‘All Day’. NOTE: You will not be able to continue until both a date and the ‘All Day’ radio button have been selected. Saint Louis County - Accela Citizen Access Support Guide 2015 A Page 20 ACCELA CITIZEN ACCESS 11. Once you click Continue, you will be able to list the contact for the inspection. a. The contact should be the person who will be on-site on the day scheduled to meet with the inspector if necessary. b. The default contact is the user scheduling the inspection, select change contact if the default contact requires change or modification. Saint Louis County - Accela Citizen Access Support Guide 2015 A Page 21 ACCELA CITIZEN ACCESS 12. The updated contact information will display under the contact section. Saint Louis County - Accela Citizen Access Support Guide 2015 A Page 22 ACCELA CITIZEN ACCESS 13. Notes for the inspector may be added to the record. NOTE: We are unable to accommodate times for inspections. Saint Louis County - Accela Citizen Access Support Guide 2015 A Page 23 ACCELA CITIZEN ACCESS 14. Select the Finish button. o The scheduled inspection will display under “Upcoming” in the Inspection section of the record. 15. Once the inspection is scheduled the user has the option to: o Reschedule the inspection for a different date. o Cancel the inspection. o Print a copy of the inspection for their record Saint Louis County - Accela Citizen Access Support Guide 2015 A Page 24 ACCELA CITIZEN ACCESS 16. Selecting ‘View Details’ will allow you to see a summary of the inspection and will open it in a new window for you to print. 17. Inspections may be rescheduled from this screen as well. o The original date is highlighted on the scheduling calendar. o NOTE: If rescheduled any inspection notes will have to be re-entered. Saint Louis County - Accela Citizen Access Support Guide 2015 A Page 25 ACCELA CITIZEN ACCESS 18. If you need to cancel the inspection for any reason you have until 11:59 PM on the day before the inspection to cancel online. o To cancel an inspection on the same day as the inspection contact the inspector or the appropriate section to get it removed. Click here for inspection section contact numbers. o Failure to request cancellation of an inspection will result in additional inspection fees if the work is not ready or the inspector cannot gain access to the facility to inspect the work. Saint Louis County - Accela Citizen Access Support Guide 2015 A Page 26 ACCELA CITIZEN ACCESS Record Sorting 1. Log into https://aca.stlouisco.com/CitizenAccess/ and navigate to the Construction Permits tab. 2. All records created by a user or referencing a license(s) associated by a user to an account will display. 3. These records may be sorted by selecting the underlined section header. 4. Available section headers are Date, Record (Permit) Number, Record Type, Address and Status. 5. The default sort is by date with the most recent record displayed first. Saint Louis County - Accela Citizen Access Support Guide 2015 A Page 27 ACCELA CITIZEN ACCESS Record Collections 1. Log into https://aca.stlouisco.com/CitizenAccess/ and navigate to the Construction Permits tab. 2. All records created by a user or referencing a license(s) associated by a user to an account will display. 3. Select the link Add To Collection. 4. The user has the option to add to an existing collection or create a new collection. Saint Louis County - Accela Citizen Access Support Guide 2015 A Page 28 ACCELA CITIZEN ACCESS 5. Suggested uses for collections include: o Easier tracking of multiple permits on a project. o Consolidating permits by week or day for easier inspection scheduling. o Faster access to active permits. Saint Louis County - Accela Citizen Access Support Guide 2015 A Page 29 ACCELA CITIZEN ACCESS 6. View records in a collection by selecting the Collections link. 7. A list of collections is displayed, select the name of the collection to be viewed. 8. Collections may be deleted by selecting the delete link next to any collection. Saint Louis County - Accela Citizen Access Support Guide 2015 A Page 30 ACCELA CITIZEN ACCESS 9. The collection page displays all of the records in the collection and data regarding the records in the collections such as the number of records a summary of inspections and a summary of fees. 10. Individual records in a collection may be moved to another collection, moved to another collection or removed from the current collection by selecting the appropriate link. Saint Louis County - Accela Citizen Access Support Guide 2015 A Page 31 ACCELA CITIZEN ACCESS 11. Records in a collection may downloaded to a spreadsheet by selecting Download Results. 12. Collections may be renamed or deleted by selecting the appropriate link. Saint Louis County - Accela Citizen Access Support Guide 2015 A Page 32