A Building Permit is required to:

• Build a One or Two Family dwelling  (General Building Permit Application)
• Erect, add onto, relocate or make structural changes to a building. This includes: an attached or detached accessory building such as a garage, carport, breezeway, storage shed, porch, or permanently enclosing an existing porch.
• Install, relocate or remove interior partitions or walls.
• Enlarge, decrease or otherwise modify existing doors or windows.
• Install fire escapes, cellar stairs fire-rated enclosures or fire-retarded cellar ceilings in multiple dwellings.
• Repair fire damage.
• Demolish any structure.
• Erect an attached or unattached, open or covered deck.
• Install or replace a masonry chimney or metal flue stack.
• Install a swimming pool, in-ground or above ground and hot tubs.
• Install a fuel tank, gasoline tank, or other flammable liquid or gaseous tank either above or below grade.
• Generators
• Install or replace a solid fuel-burning device (i.e. wood stoves, etc.).
• HVAC installations – Heat pumps
• Roofing (Dwellings & accessory structures)
• Solar PV Arrays & storage batteries & EV Charging stations

A Building Permit is NOT required to:

• Make ordinary repairs which replace existing materials with new materials of like class and kind. For example, making a minor roof repair or minor repair to a chimney or foundation wall does not require a permit.
• Install or replace gutters or downspouts
• Install nonconductive, nonmetal siding.
• Install or replace a sidewalk on private property.
• Pave or replace an existing driveway (Will have to contact Highway Department for this specific application) 

INSURANCE

ATTENTION CONTRACTORS:

Contractors are required to have current worker’s compensation and general liability insurance certificates on file in our office.  Note:  ACORD forms are not acceptable proof of Workers’ Comp & Disability.  

ATTENTION HOMEOWNERS:Property owners who are doing the work themselves must complete and print the “CE-200” online (only) form known as a “Certificate of Attestation of Exemption” (from Workers’ Compensation.)

• Access the form at CE200 online.
• Then scroll down to the selection box that says  Apply Online as Homeowner
• Then choose either  I Have a NY.GOV ID  or  I Need a NY.GOV ID  
• After you complete the process, PRINT the actual CERTIFICATE (not your notice that the form was completed.)  
• Sign the Certificate and submit it with your building permit application.