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Step 1: Get Ready to Build or Remodel
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Determine If You Need a License
Find more information on licensing for businesses, contractors, homeowners or builders, special inspectors and approved fabricators.
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Determine if You Need a Permit
See if your project requires a permit or is exempt as well as which permits you will need.
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Get Pre-submittal Reviews & Approvals
Find information on pre-submittal review meetings for building or for engineering projects.
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Obtain Land Use Approvals
Before you make detailed plans to build or remodel, be sure the development you are proposing is allowed (in the case of new development on a parcel) or that the changes you are proposing for an existing developed site are allowed. Land use is governed by the Land Use Code.
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Understand Permit Requirements
To get through the permitting process with minimal delays, you need to submit applications that are complete and compliant with city and state requirements. Find more information on required documents and how to submit them.
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Why This is Important
City staff are happy to have pre-submittal meetings with you to discuss you project, should you have any questions. A project of any size is likely going to need numerous approvals, and it's easy to miss something.