Residential New Construction

Residential New Construction Permit Required Documents

Permit Application, to include licensed Contractors & Craftsmen.

Site plan/survey prepared and signed by a registered Kansas design professional.  This drawing will need to include the following:

• Location and actual dimensions of the lot to be occupied.
• Location and dimension of any existing easements.
• The dimensions and location on the lot of the building or improvement to be erected altered or enlarged.
• Rear lot elevations (not required for fencing plans).
• Front elevations at property line extended to curb line.
• Landscaping and/or screening, if required.
• Proposed drainage patterns.
• All finished floor elevations.
• Proposed fence locations.
• Proposed erosion control features.
• Location of proposed water and sanitary sewer.
• Proposed sidewalk location.

Additional information may be required as necessary by the Codes Administrator for any permit application.

• Existing contours.
• Proposed contours.
• Drainage plan.

Building permits taken out after a project has been started are charged a penalty fee that is double the permit fee, up to a maximum of $500.00.

Real property taxes and installments of special assessments against all properties within the corporate limits of the City which are owned by the applicant*, and which are due and owing on the date the permit is issued, will be paid in full.

*Applicant includes any person or legal entity that has an ownership interest in the parcel and any person or legal entity that will perform the work for which a building permit is issued.