Building Permit Application

All applications for building permits must be made in person in the Building Division - Permit Section, Room 425, City Hall, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. The office is closed on all City holidays.

Applications for building permits must have the following information:

  1. The correct street address for the project;
  2. The name, street address, and phone number of the Building Owner, the Building Occupant, the design Architect and/or Engineer, and the General Contractor;
  3. The estimated construction cost for the project;
  4. The appropriate application fee, which is non-refundable; this fee may be paid by cash, check or money order.
  5. For most building permits, the following construction documents are the minimum submittals required for making application:
    1. Five (5) complete sets of the professionally prepared, sealed, signed, and dated construction drawings;
    2. Two (2) sets of the professionally prepared, sealed, signed, and dated project specifications;
    3. Two (2) sets of the design professional's sealed, signed, and dated structural calculations;
    4. Two (2) sets of the professionally prepared, sealed, signed, and dated geotechnical soils report;
    5. One (1) set of site and/or building photographs (minimum of two (2) photos).
The construction documents, construction drawings, project specifications, structural calculations and geotechnical soils report shall be prepared by a registered design professional as required by Chapter 327 of the Revised Statutes of the State of Missouri. All construction documents shall bear an original embossed or wet ink seal, original ink signature and the date the documents were sealed by the registered design professional for each discipline on the first sheet of each discipline within each set of construction documents, or on the cover sheet of each set of construction documents.

In addition, all other sheets of the construction documents, other than project specifications or calculations, shall bear the original embossed, wet ink or mechanically reproduced seal, signature and date of the registered design professional. Any addenda or modifications submitted for changes to the construction shall also bear the original embossed or wet ink seal, original ink signature and date the documents were sealed. All project specifications, calculations, reports or other documents not considered to be construction drawings shall bear an original wet ink or embossed seal, original ink signature and the date the documents were signed by the registered design professional for each discipline on the title or index sheet.

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