Requirements for New Residential Dwelling Permit

A Building Permit Application is required for all new Residential Projects for the construction, alteration, moving, repair, and modification, demolition, in whole or in part or the change of use of any building or structure.

Filing Instructions

The following items must be submitted to file for a New Residential Dwelling permit:

1. Property Owner Affidavit, filled out in its entirety, must be signed by the property owner and notarized.
2. Recent complete surveys by a licensed land surveyor, showing the entire property and all existing buildings and structures.
3. Plot Plan indicating scope of work:  

• The lot size expressed in square feet, the size, and setbacks to property lines of the proposed building
• The average front yard depth of the existing buildings within 200 feet on each side of the lot.
• When an application involves a subdivision or lot reappointment, application shall also be reviewed by the Planning Dept. for the purpose of considering preservation of existing trees on the site. In such cases, the application must contain a specific plan, containing a tree legend which will identify by number, species and caliper [four inches or more] those trees to be preserved, removed and /or replaced.

4. Detailed construction plans (construction documents), that indicate compliance with the current New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code, and Energy Conservation Code. The seal and signature of a registered architect or a professional engineer is required on all plans.
5. Certificate of Worker’s Compensation (use form C-105.2 or U-26.3 as applicable).
6. Suffolk County Department of Health Services Approval Stamp, or confirmation of filing.
7. A separate plumbing permit application must be submitted on the portal by a plumber licensed to perform work in the Town of Huntington, to be taken out after building permit is issued.
8. A Curb Cut Permit secured from the Highway Department may be required.
9. Photos of current conditions
   

Note: After the permit has been issued and the foundation construction is complete, along with a foundation approved inspection and before any framing may begin, a foundation location survey by a licensed land surveyor must be submitted that indicates:

1. The Building Permit Number.
2. The elevation of the top of the foundation wall.
3. The setbacks of the foundation to all property lines.
4. A certification from the licensed land surveyor indicating: the average front yard depth of the existing buildings within two hundred feet (200') on each side of the lot and within the same block in the same use district, or if there are less than two (2) existing buildings on the same side of the street, the average front yard depth of existing buildings within two hundred feet (200') on each side directly opposite the lot in the same use district.

No person shall be permitted to alter any application except the owner. The application is a sworn statement.

It is the policy of this department to abandon, without notification, any application that has been left dormant by the owner or agent thereof for 1 year. All fees paid in relation to such application will be non-refundable and non-transferable.

Applications and Payments related to Permits and CO’s must be submitted on the Town’s application portal: www.buildingpermitapp.com

If you need assistance with submitting your application, the Building Dept. is open Monday – Friday from 8:30am – 3pm, with self-service computer kiosks:

Town Hall
100 Main Street
Huntington, NY 11743
Building & Housing Room 115

Payment of Fees can be made in-person by check or on the portal by credit card.