Residential Building Projects

Permits are required to construct, enlarge, alter, repair, convert, replace or move a building or electrical, gas, mechanical or plumbing systems.

Examples:

• Adding a room.
• Building, demolishing or moving a carport, garage, or shed more than 200 square feet in area.
• Finishing an attic, garage or basement to make additional living space.
• Cutting a new window or door opening, or widening existing openings.
• Moving, removing or adding walls.
• Applying roofing material when all of the old roofing material is removed and new sheathing is installed.
• Building a stairway.
• Building a deck more than 30 inches above grade
• Putting up a fence higher than 6 feet.
• Moving more than 50 cubic yards of earth or any amount of cut/fill on sites affected by waterways or slope hazards.

Many minor projects don't require a permit on a one- or two-family dwelling. For example:

• Paving a walkway.
• Putting up shelving.
• Retrofitting insulation.
• Adding storm windows.

Read more about projects that do not require permits.