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Memorial City Hall
24 South Street
Auburn, NY 13021
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Building Permits


Permits are required for the following:

The erection, construction, enlargement, alteration, removal, improvement, demolition, conversion or change in the nature of the occupancy of any building or structure.


All clients wishing to obtain a permit must either:

  • supply this office with the contractor's\certificate of insurance showing worker's compensation and disability (if the contractor does not carry worker's compensation and disability s/he must come into this office to sign a self-employed waiver)
  • if the homeowner is doing the work, s/he must sign a self-liability waiver

Drawings/plot plans must also be submitted for construction including, but not limited to, fences, pools, new construction, accessory structures. Any job with an estimated cost of $20,000.00 or more is required to submit three sets of stamped N.Y.S. architectural plan.