Here are some tips to help ensure your
project go smoothly:
- If you have questions about zoning
setbacks, building scale, compatibility with other homes
in your neighborhood, tree preservation, Board and
Commission reviews or other issues, contact the Community
Development early in the process. We can help save
you time and money!
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- Be sure you or your contractor obtains a
permit before beginning work.
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- Submit clear and complete plans and an up
to date survey of your property with all building permit
applications to avoid delays and problems down the line.
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- If your plans change after permits are
issued, submit revised plans before you allow your
contractor to do work that differs from the approved
plans.
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- Instruct your contractor to keep the site
and the street clean, avoid parking on neighbors' lawns or
obstructing driveways, and to keep all construction,
erosion and tree preservation fencing in place until
approval is granted to remove it.
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- Did you know that violations such as
doing work without a permit, performing work that differs
from the approved plans and removal of required fencing
can result in a Stop Work Order and fines?
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- Be sure your contractor calls for a final
inspection at the end of your job. A new or replacement
house may not be legally occupied until a Certificate of
Occupancy is issued. For other projects, a final
inspection is required. If you have any questions about
whether your contractor has met all the requirements
necessary to close out a permit, contact the Community
Development Department.
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- A permit that is not closed out at the
end of a project is recorded against the deed to your
property and causes delays in the future when the property
is sold. In addition, cash bonds are often required at the
beginning of a project and are collected when the building
permit is issued. This money comes from you, the property
owner. Unless needed to correct damage to public property,
this money is returned to the property owner at the
completion of a project, but only after all necessary
final inspections have occurred.
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