1. Improvement Location Permit Application
2. One (1) set of building plans and one (1) electronic copy
3. One (1) set of Plot Plans (to scale and showing setbacks)
4. List of Contractors (Contractor Bond Requirements)
5. Landscape plan
6. Erosion Control Application
7. Energy code route: performance, prescriptive, or UA. Provide energy certificate if using performance or REScheck for UA.
8. Historic Preservation Committee approval (if required -see below)
9. Sewer Tap Permit 

Historical District:

You can find the map of the New Chauncey Historical District here. When applying for a building permit within the historical district, please note that plans will need to be submitted to the Department of Development along with a Certificate of Appropriateness application to be reviewed by the Historic Preservation Committee. The Building Department will not issue a building permit until the project is approved by the Historic Preservation Committee. Please contact the Department of Development at (765) 775-5160 with any questions.

Building Permit Fees:

Base Fee: $509.00 (includes plan review, five (5) inspections, certificate of occupancy, trash and recycling toters), plus $2.00 per thousand of the estimated cost of construction.

The five (5) final inspections included in the base bee are footing, slab, rough-in, permanent electric, and final. An insulation inspection will be needed if using prescriptive UA. If any additional inspections are required, you will be charged an additional $50.00. For example: The footings require two pours. The first footing inspection is included in the base fee, and $50.00 will be due for the second inspection before the certificate of occupancy is issued.

Sewer Tap Permit Fees:

Sewer tap fees are based on the water meter size plus a $50.00 inspection fee. Click here to see the fee schedule. Depending on the location of the new home, a utility service cost recovery fee may be added to the sewer tap permit fee.

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