Residential Permit Exceptions
Permit Review
Sample Non-Structural Residential Home building/improvement activities which do not require a permit from the city (If the residential property is NOT within the Shoreland Zone or Flood Plain.)
The structural components of a building include, but are not limited to interior/exterior walls, floor, roof, foundation and any materials permanently affixed to a structural component. (requiring permitting)
The following are a number of non-structural residential home building/improvement activities which do not require a building permit from the City:
- Above ground, inflatable swimming pools
- Air conditioning
- Caulking/weather stripping
- Decks - replacing/repairing a non-structural item, i.e. a deck board – minor repair
- Doors - replacements which do not involve the removal, enlargement or reduction in size of door frame
- Electrical/lighting
- Flooring - repairing or replacement
- Furnace or other heating sources and power vents installed by licensed professionals
- Insulation
- Painting/staining/wall paper/paneling - exterior/interior
- Patios
- Rain gutters
- Roof - non-structural repair - minor
- Roofing - Installing new roof covering over 1 layer of existing shingles
- Siding - Installing new vinyl siding over existing siding
- Steps- replacing treads
- Trim - repairing or replacing w/similar materials
- Walls - exterior/interior non-structural repair - minor
- Windows - replacement windows which do not require the removal, enlargement or reduction in size of window frame and are in non-sleeping areas
FOR ALL OTHER CONSTRUCTION, REMOVAL, REPAIRS, REPLACEMENTS - CHECK WITH THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICE TO DETERMINE IF A PERMIT IS NEEDED.