I'll check the City of Topeka planning sources, permit portals, Planning Commission materials, and local coverage for anything new since the usual public updates.The portal launch and the September Planning Commission data-center amendments are the main official items so far. Next I’ll pull the latest weekly report, October agenda, and public permit search.October’s Planning Commission packet is not posted yet. I’m checking the live permit portal, the permits map, and the Sept. 30 portal update next.No new commercial, multifamily, industrial, mixed-use, plat, CUP, rezoning, or annexation cases are posted since the September Planning Commission meeting. Public permit search is effectively dark during the Tyler EP&L switch.
### What is new (process, not projects)
The City’s Tyler Enterprise Permitting & Licensing portal is live for many licenses, permits, inspections, and planning applications: [cityoftopekaks-energovweb.tylerhost.net](https://cityoftopekaks-energovweb.tylerhost.net/apps/selfservice#/home). Public search of recent applications is not available without login. The search path redirects to authentication. Contractor licenses and some inspections are still incomplete; those still go to Trade Permits (785-368-3905 / inspections@topeka.org) or Building Permits (785-368-3704 / dspermits@topeka.org).
On September 30 the City said the new system erroneously emailed about 3,500 prior applicants. Recipients were told to disregard those messages. SeeClickFix requests from the September 3–21 blackout are being cleared. Contacts for questions are Planning (785-368-3728) and Development Services (785-368-3704). [Weekly Report 9-28-2026](https://topeka.gov/news_detail_T11_R423.php); [EP&L update](https://topeka.gov/news_detail_T11_R425.php).
The building permits map at maps.topeka.org/BuildingPermits/ did not resolve. No September or October Development & Growth Management monthly PDF is posted. The latest statistical report is still the year-to-date run of September 1, 2026: 389 permits, about $271.5 million valuation, 311 residential units. Commercial additions/alterations dominate that total (93 permits, about $172.2 million). New five-or-more-family is only 2 permits / 10 structures / 224 units / about $46.3 million.
### Planning Commission
September 21 was discussion only. No action items, no new case numbers, no valuations.
- ACZR26/05: draft definitions and standards for data centers and energy storage. Not an application. The City’s 12-month moratorium (Ordinance 20670, July 14, 2026; clarified by 20677 on August 11) still blocks acceptance, processing, and approval of data-center applications, including city utility connections inside and outside the city.
- ACZR26/04: broader use-table and definition amendments.
- CPA26/02: Land Use & Growth Management Plan 2040 update (text and maps since the 2015 adoption).
Next hearing is Monday, October 19, 2026, 6:00 p.m., City Council Chambers, 214 SE 8th. No October packet or new cases are on Topeka Speaks yet.
### Flagged items
- Data centers: nothing new inside the city. The county item in the September 9 staff memo is Compass Datacenters’ CUP on about 600 acres west of US-75 and south of SW 77th (site cited locally as 3303 SW 77th, Wakarusa). Filed July 24; staff memo said Shawnee County deemed it complete as of September 9, with no public hearing scheduled then. City procurement RFP 105, Independent Data Center Subject Matter Expert and Technical Advisory Services, closes October 9, 2026, 2:00 p.m.
- 37th & Gage / Eveningside: no new filings. The last related case remains A26/02 (August 17), annexation of about 19.35 acres at the southwest corner of SW Gage and SW 37th by St. Peters and Paul Orthodox Christian Church and 37th and Gage LLC (parcels 1452201002001000 and 1452201002001010). No Eveningside item.
- California Crossing: no new action. The 1.5% CID (Ordinance 20633, February 3) covers the center southeast of SE California and SE 29th. Estimated project cost about $6.08 million; phase-one reimbursements were capped at about $1 million for Super Mercado Nuestra Familia tenant work. Sales tax collection was scheduled to start July 1, 2026.
### Other broker notes
Residential Development Forum is Friday, November 6, 10 a.m.–noon, Topeka Area Builders Association, 1112 SW 6th (registration required). Land Bank lots remain available on the city map portal for affordable-housing transfers. No new TIF, RHID, or CID cases showed up in city news, the September 28 weekly report, or local coverage.
Henry McClure
785.383.9994
