Miami County
Residential Permits
Revised 25-Apr-07
What Requires a Building Permit? (All of the following pertains to new or replacement).
• Dwellings including modular, mobile, pre-manufactured homes, etc., and all additions.
• Garages (attached & detached) and additions.
• Pole barns and additions.
• Car ports.
• Storage, utility buildings, gazebos, picnic shelters, etc. (over 200 sq. ft.).
• Patio covers & enclosures.
• Any new roof structure or structural roof repair.
• Any building repair or remodel involving the structural elements (bearing walls,
headers, beams, girders, ceiling and floor joists, etc.).
• Decks and porches with floor 30” above finish grade.
• Foundations replaced under an existing building.
• Stairs with 4 or more risers (interior or exterior).
• Ramps
• Fences over 6’ in height.
• Permanently installed fuel burning heating stoves (wood, gas, pellets, corn, etc.).
• Fireplaces and chimneys.
• Wind Turbines.
Exceptions: No permit required for one-story detached accessory structures zoned at tool and storage sheds, playhouses and similar uses, provided the floor area does not exceed 200 square feet and any building zoned for the sole purpose of agriculture.
What Requires an Electrical Permit? (All of the following pertains to new or replacement).
• Electric services.
• Temporary electric services
• Services that have been disconnected because of fire or other reasons.
• Additional circuits or any requiring.
• Extension of existing circuits
• Spas, hot tubs and saunas.
• Swimming pools (in ground & above ground permanently installed pools).
• Generators
What Requires a Heating and Air conditioning Permit? (All of the following pertains to new or replacement).
• Furnaces and boilers.
• Central air conditioning.
If your project is not on this list, and you are not sure if you need a permit, call or visit the Miami County Building Regulations office, at 510 W. Water St. in Troy, Ohio.
Ph: (937) 440-8066 or (937) 440-8075 Monday – Friday 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. |