First, a caveat: the NFIP data does NOT provide information specific to individual homes or parcels. This information is protected under federal law. All personal identifying information about policy holders has been redacted, and data has been anonymized to census tract, reported ZIP code, and one decimal point digit of latitute and longitude. If mapped, flood insurance policies and claims may appear to be clustered at a particular location due to this anonymization.
What all that means: you cannot search for an address to see whether it has flooded.
However, among many things, this data shows flooding trends in Norfolk over the last 40+ years. It shows the census tracts that flood most frequently. And it shows where the largest number and highest value of claims occur.

FEMA believes this historic release of NFIP data promotes transparency, reduces complexity related to public data requests, and improves how stakeholders interact with and understand the program. This is the largest, most comprehensive release of NFIP data coordinated by FEMA to date. This dataset allows for customizable searches to create reports, analyze and visualize present and historical NFIP data faster and easier than before.
This data will help FEMA build a national culture of preparedness by providing claims and policy information people need to make better choices about their flood risk and the insurance they need to protect the life they've built.
Norfolk's Open Data team extracted city-specific information from the FEMA dataset. The dataset included here represents almost 6,000 claims on record from 1977 through 2019, totaling 67 million dollars in damage in the City of Norfolk.

This dataset provides data from the Norfolk Division of Neighborhood Quality’s code enforcement cases including associated inspections, violations and status. The mission of the Division of Neighborhood Quality is to maintain and strengthen neighborhood standards. Staff use a variety of tools to achieve compliance including educating civic leagues, residents and the public about neighborhood quality. Other tools include working with homeowners to establish timelines for projects or pursuing legal steps for abatement. This data reflects the workflow of a responsive customer-oriented organization.

This Filter view shows all Closure Permits for Street, Lane, Alley, Sidewalk and intersections that were issued by the Right of Way Management Division. The information is obtained from web-hosted site, PermitCity.
If you would like to see a Map of all closer permits please go to the following site
https://batchgeo.com/map/64a1948c2f9487b290d8f12f798b9859

Pace Bike share launched in March 2018 in Norfolk, VA. A system of 250 smart bikes available for the Norfolk bike share program. The Pace program is a 3rd party application that allows riders to reserve and use a bicycle in Norfolk at a low cost. This dataset is a record of all Trip Path Data in the 2018 Pace Bike season for the City of Norfolk.

*Please note:
The information contained on City of Norfolk’s Open Data portal for Zagster Pace Bike Dataset consists of all of the data provided to the City by Zagster. The City makes no representation or warranty as to the completeness or accuracy of the data.

Recreation, Parks and Open Space’s Bureau of Parks and Urban Forestry plants hundreds of trees each year along city streets, within city parks, and on other city properties. This dataset gives pertinent tree species information, shows important geographic information about which parts of Norfolk are receiving trees in a given year, and historical data about planting date. City staff utilizes Microsoft excel to track tree planting information. This dataset will show where the City of Norfolk plants its trees on city owned properties.

This dataset provides data from the Norfolk Division of Neighborhood Quality’s code enforcement cases including associated inspections, violations and status. The mission of the Division of Neighborhood Quality is to maintain and strengthen neighborhood standards. Staff use a variety of tools to achieve compliance including educating civic leagues, residents and the public about neighborhood quality. Other tools include working with homeowners to establish timelines for projects or pursuing legal steps for abatement. This data reflects the workflow of a responsive customer-oriented organization.

Information regarding parks, open spaces, community centers, and other properties with active and passive recreational opportunities to include: playgrounds, dog parks, ball fields, basketball courts, etc. Provide the greater community with information about parks, open spaces, community centers, and other properties including the amenities that visitors to those locations can participate in. This allows visitors to plan their outings and be prepared to utilize the spaces and amenities to their fullest potential.

This is a direct link to the Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control Authority's searchable page for active ABC Licenses in the state

Public art is artwork in public locations where everyone can see and enjoy it.
Norfolk is among the great cities that use public art to inspire, educate, beautify and give character to public places. The Public Arts Commission together with city staff, developed policies for the development of artwork that creates a unique image and sense of place for Norfolk. This dataset is a compiled list of existing public art recorded by Norfolk

This dataset summarizes the city’s cash outlays and accruals for the cost of goods received or services rendered, by department, department unit/division, and expenditure type, for the current fiscal year. The city’s financial system where transactions are recorded daily is the source for this data. The data also contains current budget information. Current budget reflects budget transfers and amendments during the fiscal year that have transpired since City Council adopted the budget prior to the beginning of the current fiscal year.

*Disclaimer: Expenditures will reflect the previous fiscal year’s activity until final entries have been made and the accounting period has been closed.