Building Permits
Here you can find a list of items where building permits are required

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Building Permit Required

  • Home renovations
  • Building an addition
  • Adding a chimney or woodstove
  • Installing a pool or hot tub
  • Building a deck or shed
  • Installing / altering plumbing
  • Finishing your basement
  • New heating system
  • Creating a basement apartment
Visit Building Services, 130 Oxford Street, 2nd Floor, with the following information that will enable our staff to process your application in a quick and orderly manner.


  • Scaled working drawings (can be done by homeowner)
  • Up-to-date site plan or survey for pools, additions, decks, porches
  • Estimated cost of construction
  • Name, address and telephone numbers of contractors