Back to "Applying for a Permit"
PLEASE NOTE: Additional documents, reviews, or submittals may be required for your particular project. |
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| Commercial Properties and Residential Properties with 3 or more units |
Interior AND Exterior Work (existing building only, no site work) | Addition (with no increase in paving or parking) |
Addition (with increase in paving or parking) |
New Building |
Site Work (Paving, Excavating, Grading, Laying stone) | Retaining Wall (over 3'-0" in height at any point OR with any type of drainage)1 |
Fence | |
| Applicant Provides | ||||||||
| Design documents (includes code review, site plans, drawings, details, and specifications) | Three (3) Sets |
Five (5) Sets |
Six (6) Sets |
Eight (8) Sets, and one (1) additional set of site plans | Six (6) Sets |
Three (3) Sets of specs of wall and work related to drainage.2 | No | |
| All plans must be stamped with the seal of a NYS licensed architect or engineer unless the alterations cost $20,000 or less or they do not involve structural or public safety. |
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| Property Survey (11"x17" or less in size, or call permit desk) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Proof of Zoning approval, if required | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Proof of Certificate of Appropriateness (historic properties) | Yes, if property is locally designated |
Yes, if property is locally designated | Yes, if property is locally designated | Yes, if property is locally designated | Yes, if property is locally designated | Yes, if property is locally designated | Yes, if property is locally designated | |
| Approvals | ||||||||
| Code Enforcement- Permit Desk |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Zoning | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No3 | |
| Fire | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, but not for excavating or grading | No | Yes, if screening blocks emergency access | |
| Landmark Preservation Board | Yes, if property is locally designated |
Yes, if property is locally designated | Yes, if property is locally designated | Yes, if property is locally designated | Yes, if property is locally designated | Yes, if property is locally designated | Yes, if property is locally designated | |
| Water | Yes, if new sprinkler is added when none exists, or if changes to water service |
Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | |
| DPW/Drainage | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
| DPW/Transportation | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes, but not for excavating or grading | No | No | |
| County Plumbing | Yes, if plumbing work is proposed |
Yes, if plumbing work is proposed |
Yes, if plumbing work is proposed |
Yes | No | No | No | |
| Engineering/Stormwater | No | No | Yes, if changes are proposed to existing grading |
Yes, if changes are proposed to existing grading |
Yes, if changes are proposed to existing grading |
Yes, if changes are proposed to existing grading |
No | |
1. No permit is required for walls that are not more than 3'0" at any point AND do not provide drainage. Revised 11-28-2011 |
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