Code Enforcement & Zoning Office Hours
Monday 9am-4pm
Tuesday 9am-4pm
Wednesday 9am-4pm
Thursday 9am-4pm
Friday 9am-12pm
Please call the office with any questions at (585) 229-2176. Your call will be returned promptly.
The Code Enforcement & Zoning Department provides the following services:
Town Code knowledge and enforcement
Building Permits
Planning and Zoning information
Parcel history
A Building Permit is required to:
- Build a One or Two Family dwelling (General Building Permit Application)
- Erect, add onto, relocate or make structural changes to a building. This includes: an attached or detached accessory building such as a garage, carport, breezeway, storage shed, porch, or permanently enclosing an existing porch.
- Install, relocate or remove interior partitions or walls.
- Enlarge, decrease or otherwise modify existing doors or windows.
- Install fire escapes, cellar stairs fire-rated enclosures or fire-retarded cellar ceilings in multiple dwellings.
- Repair fire damage.
- Demolish any structure.
- Erect an attached or unattached, open or covered deck.
- Install or replace a masonry chimney or metal flue stack.
- Install a swimming pool, in-ground or above ground.
- Install a fuel tank, gasoline tank, or other flammable liquid or gaseous tank either above or below grade.
- Install or replace a solid fuel-burning device (i.e. wood stoves, etc.).
- Roofing (Dwellings & accessory structures)
A Building Permit is NOT required to:
- Make ordinary repairs which replace existing materials with new materials of like class and kind. For example, making a minor roof repair or minor repair to a chimney or foundation wall does not require a permit.
- Install or replace gutters or downspouts
- Install nonconductive, nonmetal siding.
- Install or replace a sidewalk on private property.
- Pave or replace an existing driveway.
If you don't know if your project needs a permit, please call the Code Office to find out at (585) 229-2176.
*NYS Building Codes
Did you know that anyone can view the NYS Building Codes online?
You do not need an account for read-only access.
Just go to codes.iccsafe.org;
click on “Locations” for New York;
(then select the appropriate book (Building, Residential, Plumbing, Energy, etc.)
Due to NYS Department of State guidelines, before a permit is issued, proof of worker’s compensation is required to be submitted with any and all Building Permit applications.
- If the contractor has New York State Insurance Fund (NYSIF) as their Worker’s Compensation Insurance carrier, then the NYSIF form is acceptable.
- If the contractor has a different Worker’s Compensation Insurance carrier, then the proof of Worker’s Compensation has to be submitted to this office on the NYS C105.2 Form.
- If the contractor is a sole proprietor (no employees), they will have to complete the NYS CE-200 Form.
- If a homeowner is completing the work on the project themselves (no contractor) then they need to submit a CE-200 as if they were a sole proprietor.
There is no charge to complete the CE-200 but it needs to be done online. Follow this link to the instructions on how to complete the form.
Once the CE-200 Form is printed (1 Page), sign and date the certificate and hand it in with your Building Permit Application.
When completing Insurance Certificates the Certificate Holder should read:
Town of Richmond
8690 Main Street, P.O. Box 145
Honeoye, NY 14471
Issuance of Certificates of Compliance and Certificates of Occupancy - No building shall be occupied or used until a Certificate of Occupancy or Compliance has been issued by the Code Enforcement Department.
Town Code
The following applications are prepared with the assistance of the Zoning Department; however the Planning Board and/or Zoning Board are responsible for approval or disapproval:
- Subdivision Applications
- Variance Applications*
- Site Plan Review
- Special Use Permits
Open Burning - Do you have questions about the new Open Burning Regulations? Follow this link to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and get the facts: Open Burning Regulations
Please call the office with any questions at (585) 229-2176. The Code Enforcement & Zoning Officers are often in the field throughout the day. Your call will be returned promptly.
When completing Insurance Certificates the Certificate Holder should read:
Town of Richmond
8690 Main Street, P.O. Box 145
Honeoye, NY 14471
Issuance of Certificates of Compliance and Certificates of Occupancy - No building shall be occupied or used until a Certificate of Occupancy or Compliance has been issued by the Code Enforcement Department.
Town Code
The following applications are prepared with the assistance of the Zoning Department; however the Planning Board and/or Zoning Board are responsible for approval or disapproval:
- Subdivision Applications
- Variance Applications*
- Site Plan Review
- Special Use Permits
Open Burning - Do you have questions about the new Open Burning Regulations? Follow this link to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and get the facts: Open Burning Regulations
Please call the office with any questions at (585) 229-2176. The Code Enforcement & Zoning Officers are often in the field throughout the day. Your call will be returned promptly.
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