Online Permitting

The City has begun adopting electronic permitting; the following is a list of departments and permits that have moved to an online application:

Inspectional Services

Inspectional Services has moved all permitting online including:

• **Temporary Outdoor Seating**
• Annual Safety Inspection
• Building Permit
• Building Permit - Short Form
• CO / Smoke Detector
• Demolition Permit
• Electrical
• Fire Detection & Notification
• Gas Fitter
• Low Voltage
• Mechanical
• Multi-Family Inspection
• Plumbing
• Sheet Metal
• Sign Permit - Attached
• Sign Permit - Detached
• Sprinkler System
• Tent, Awning, & Canopy
• Trench
• Ansul System

Fire Department

• Burn Permits
• Real Estate Transfers
• 527 CMR 1.00 Form 1A (Certificate of Fuel Line Compliance)
• 527 CMR 1.0 (Installation of Fuel Tanks & Burners; Removal of Fuel Oil Tanks)
• Blasting Permit
• Hazardous Material Processing
• Hot Work
• Propane Tank Installation/Removal
• Propane Tank: Mobile or Temporary Usage
• Sprinkler System Repair
• Vent-Free Heater

Health Department

• Body Art Facility
• Body Art Practitioner
• Disposal System Installers
• Dumpster License (Annual or Temporary)
• Dumpster Company
• Food Service - Establishment
• Food Service - Frozen Dessert and/or Ice Cream Mix
• Food Service - Mobile Food Unit/Push Cart
• Food Service - Residential Permit
• Food Service - Retail Permit
• Food Service - Temporary Food Establishment
• Funeral Director
• Garbage Removal
• Hotels & Motels
• Laundries & Laundromats
• Marijuana Operating Permit
• Recreational Camps
• Rental Dwelling Certificate
• Septage Haulers
• Soil & Percolation Testing
• Stable
• Swimming Pool
• Tanning Facility

City Clerk’s Office

• Dog License
• Shellfish & Seaworm Permit - Non-Resident (Single-Day or Annual)

Credit Card & Electronic Check Fees

• You can always choose to apply online, then pay in person during the department’s Office Hours.
• To pay online with a credit card, a surcharge of 2.99% plus $0.99 will be added to your permit fee.
• To pay online with an electronic check, a flat-rate surcharge of $5.50 will be added to your permit fee.

Continue to Online Permitting Central.