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Application Requirements
Application Fees
In all instances, a completed application with all required fees.
Residential Permit Applications
The following items must be submitted to the building department at time of application:
*Please Note: Once plans for these projects have been approved, and prior to issuance of the Building Permit, the applicant shall provide a CD/ROM copy of the approved plans for City records. Hard copies of the approved plans will be returned to the applicant as part of the permit for site records. Substantial changes to the plans during the course of construction shall necessitate that the applicant provide as “as-built” set of plans in CR/ROM format. And, once the final as-built grading plan has been approved by the City, applicant shall provide a copy of the same in CD/Rom format. (Effective December 8, 2007.)
In all instances, a completed application with all required fees.
Residential Permit Applications
- Interior Alterations/Others Not Described Below*
- Two sets of plans and/or or project descriptions
- Fences, generators, decks*, swimming pools*
- Two sets of a site plan that shows proposed location on property
- Two sets of complete building plans (decks and pools)
- Additions under 600 Square Feet*
- Two sets of a site plan that shows the proposed location on property
- Two sets of a complete building plan
- Additions over 600 Square Feet on the ground floor*
- Soil Erosion Control permit issued by the MDEQ (If the ground floor is affected)
- Three sets of a complete grading/site plan that shows the proposed location on property. (See the Grading Ordinance section of the City Code that provides details of what constitutes a complete grading plan.)
- Three sets of a complete building plan with all construction details
- New Homes*
- Soil Erosion Control permit issued by the MDEQ
- Three sets of a complete grading/site plan that shows the proposed location on property. (See the Grading Ordinance section of the City Code that provides details of what constitutes a complete grading plan.)
- Three sets of a complete building plan with all construction details
The following items must be submitted to the building department at time of application:
- Two review sets of construction drawings, signed and sealed by a licensed design professional. Plumbing, Electrical, Mechanical, Fire Suppression and Fire Alarm drawings may be submitted later, but are required as part of those respective applications for permit.
- For new construction, 3 site plans that were approved by the City of Bloomfield Hills City Commission.
*Please Note: Once plans for these projects have been approved, and prior to issuance of the Building Permit, the applicant shall provide a CD/ROM copy of the approved plans for City records. Hard copies of the approved plans will be returned to the applicant as part of the permit for site records. Substantial changes to the plans during the course of construction shall necessitate that the applicant provide as “as-built” set of plans in CR/ROM format. And, once the final as-built grading plan has been approved by the City, applicant shall provide a copy of the same in CD/Rom format. (Effective December 8, 2007.)