Permit Fees & Information
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Building Permit Fees
Work to be done | Fee + base fee $40.00 | Please Note: |
|---|---|---|
Addition: residential | $10.00 + $0.10 per sq. ft | Consult with Codes staff for setback requirements. Allow 14 business days for plan review. |
Bath remodel, each | $25.00 | |
| Carports | $10.00 + $0.10 per sq ft | 784 SF maximum size. Unattached: 6' setback from house, 5' from side & back property lines, 20' max peak. Attached: 5' setback from side & back property lines. Allow 14 business days for plan review. Carports may only be situated in the back yard. |
| Deck | $.10 per sf over 100 sqft | 3' setback from all property lines. Decks are not allowed in the front yard. |
Demolition | $10.00 + $0.02 per sq ft (footprint) | Sewer lines must be properly plugged. |
Fireplaces, stoves (wood, gas, pellet) | Base fee only | |
Garage, stick built | $10.00 +$0.10 sq ft | 784 SF maximum size. Unattached: 6' setback from house, 3' from side and back property lines, 20' max peak. Attached: Consult Codes staff for setback requirements. Includes temporary or permanent structures. Allow 14 business days for plan review. |
Garage, Pole barn or portable | $10.00 + $0.10 sq ft | 784 SF maximum size. Unattached: 6' setback from house, 5' from side and back property lines, 20' max peak. Attached: Consult Codes staff for setback requirements. Includes temporary or permanent structures. Allow 14 business days for plan review. May only be situated in the back yard. |
| Generator | Base fee only | |
| House, new | $200.00 +$0.05 per sq ft | Consult with Codes staff for setback requirements. Allow 8 Business weeks for plan review. |
| Kitchen remodel | $25.00 each | Consult Codes Staff for requirements. |
Miscellaneous | $20.00 flat fee | Includes doors, soffit/fascia, chimney, retaining walls, foundation repairs, etc. |
Porches, steps, ramps | Base fee only | |
Remodel general, one room | $10.00 | Bathrooms and Kitchens excluded |
Remodel general, additional rooms | $10.00 + $0.05 per sq ft. | Additional rooms up to and including whole house. Includes all interior and exterior work on existing building(s). Does not include new construction, plumbing or electrical. |
Roofs | Base fee only | |
| Sheds and gazebos | $0.10 per sq ft | 144 SF maximum size. 6' setback form house, 3' from side and back property lines. 20' max peak. |
| Siding | Base fee only | |
| Windows | Base fee only |
No base fee for the following: | Flat Fee Only | Notes |
|---|---|---|
Commercial Building, new | $200.00 + $0.20/sq ft | Allow 8 business weeks for plan review. |
| Commercial Building, remodel | $200.00 + $0.10/ sq ft | Allow 8 business weeks for plan review. |
| Driveway: resurface | $20.00 | Allow 14 business days for plan review. |
Driveway: new, expansion, replacement | $40.00 | Allow 14 business days for plan review. |
| Fence, Residential | $25.00 | Consult Codes Staff for height and materials restrictions |
| Fence, Non-Residential | $200.00 | Consult Codes Staff for height and materials restrictions |
Gasoline pump (install/remove) | $100.00 each | |
| Gasoline storage tank (install/remove) | $150.00 each | |
| Move building through or across street | $100.00 | |
Pool: above ground | $30.00 | 6' setback from house. 10' setback from all property lines. Walls must be at least 48" level with a lock up ladder or pool must be fenced. Fence must be 48" level height with self-latching gate and able to withstand 200 lbs of lateral force. |
| Pool: in ground | $40.00 | 6' setback from house. 10' setback from all property lines. Pool must be fenced. Fence must be 48" level height with self-latching gate and able to withstand 200 lbs of lateral force. |
Solar, photovoltaic panels, arrays, structures | $50.00 | NY State Unified Solar Permit application required. Allow 14 business days for review. |
Notes:
Permits are required for the following:
The erection, construction, enlargement, alteration, removal, improvement, demolition, conversion or change in the nature of the occupancy of any building or structure.
All clients wishing to obtain a permit must either:
- Supply this office with the contractor's certificate of insurance showing worker's compensation and disability (if the contractor does not carry worker's compensation and disability s/he must obtain a form CE-200 from the New York Workers' Compensation Board), or;
- If the homeowner is doing the work, s/he must sign a self-liability waiver
- All exterior work in the Historic District must apply to the Historic Resources Review Board and receive a Certificate of Appropriateness prior to obtaining a permit. Call (315) 253-5397 for more information.
Drawings/plot plans must also be submitted for construction including, but not limited to, fences, pools, new construction, accessory structures, additions, and driveways. Any job with an estimated cost of $20,000.00 or more is required to submit three sets of stamped N.Y.S. architectural plan.
The above is not a complete list of work requiring a permit. A permit is not required for painting, carpeting, floor covering above the sub-floor. Please contact us for more details as needed.
All above fees are subject to a base fee of $40.00 except where so noted.
Permit fees are doubled when permit is taken out pursuant to order of the Office of Code Enforcement.