Building Department:Business Registration Form
Building Department:Permit Fee Schedule
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Above-ground pool.
(2)
Accessory building.
(3)
Chimney.
(4)
Commercial construction; new, repairs, alterations.
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Deck.
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Demolition.
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Dock.
(8)
Inspection and reinspection.
(9)
In-ground pool.
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Garage.
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Gas permit: application and per-fixture fee schedule.
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Moving (building).
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Occupancy.
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Pier.
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Plumbing: application and per-fixture fee schedule.
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Ramp.
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Residential construction: new, repairs, alterations.
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Sign.
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Solar.
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Stairs.
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Stove.
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Tennis court.
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Tent.
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Wiring permit and inspection fee for same.
Cemeteries: rules and regulations: flowers, plants, watering, etc.
Cemetery Commission: cemetery user fee schedule: lots, etc.
Conservation Commission: use of land under Commission control
Conservation Commission: wetlands protection: regulations and procedures
Conservation Commission: fee schedule: filing, advertising, etc.
Demolition Permit application form: (see procedure outlined in Town Bylaw, Chapter 158)
Disabled, Committee: rules of procedure by the Committee (not yet approved by Selectmen)
Fire-Rescue Department Permits: fee schedule (oil burners, open burning, smoke detectors, etc.)
Harbormaster: Permit regulations for anchoring, docks, moorings, mooring permits, slips, etc.
Health, Board of: rules and regulations:
(1)
Alternative Septic Treatment Technologies: Board reserves right to impose additional conditions or monitoring requirements to those allowed by DEP. (3/30/1995)
(2)
Animal Regulations: enclosures, setbacks, feed rooms, etc., for farm animals, poultry, horse or pony
(3)
Fee Schedule for permits and licenses issued by Board of Health. (7/3/1996)
(4)
Floor Drain Regulations: floor drains leading to leaching structures and septic systems; requirements for existing and new facilities; penalties. (7/30/1996)
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Food Establishments: minimum sanitation standards. (3/17/1994)
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Fuel Storage Systems: regulations: residential and commercial fuel storage systems for use on the premises for the purpose of heating a building; farm and residential fuel storage systems of 1,100 gallons' capacity or less used for storing motor fuel for noncommercial purposes. (10/16/1995)
(7)
Hazardous Materials, Handling and Storage of Toxic or: all Chatham's businesses and industries storing or using hazardous substances in quantities exceeding those associated with reasonable household use must have an emergency plan of action for their employees in case of fire, explosion or other accident.
(8)
Landfill Solid Waste Disposal Facility: for the smooth operation of the solid waste disposal area and transfer station; to actively encourage recycling, composting and the re-usable of usable items.
(9)
Massage Therapist: applies to any person who engages in the practice of massage except any physicians, dentists, nurses, physical and occupational therapists, acupuncturists or other medical practitioners who are duly licensed to practice their respective professions by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and any duly licensed, by the Commonwealth, barber or beautician who practices facial and scalp massage. (1/1/1997, revised 2/1/1999)
(10)
Nitrogen Loading and Calculation Worksheet (principally from individual sewage disposal systems and fertilizers from lawn care practices.)
(11)
Radioactive Waste: disposal prohibited whether deregulated or not.
(12)
Real Estate Transfer Regulation: inspection of existing septic system prior to transfer of property. (8/1/1987)
(13)
Sewage Discharge Permit Regulation: project or development with a design flow of 2,000 gallons per day or greater. Subdivisions comprised of single family house lots are exempt from this regulation. (4/1988)
(14)
Sewage, Subsurface Disposal of Sanitary: (more strict than recently revised state "Title V" requirements) includes regulations for disposal system installer's permit, septage handler's permit, disposal system construction permit; determination if connection to common sewer is possible, construction in fill; sewage disposal in floodplain zone: sewage disposal and well on same lot as structure to be served; locations, leaching, humus toilets, hearing procedure, appeals process, penalties.
(15)
Sewer Moratorium Related Regulations, Interim: because state imposed a moratorium on new sewer hookup and sewer use expansion.
(16)
Smoking Regulation: smoking prohibited in enclosed public places; vending machines for dispensing cigarette products prohibited, etc. (rev. 9/1998 effective date 1/1/1999)
(17)
Wastewater Treatment Plants, Small: design, operation and maintenance: pertains to any structure or combination of structures intended for the treatment or disposal of sewage or wastewater that is not an on-site disposal system and is not owned or operated by any government or its agent.
(18)
Well Design: monitoring and sampling guidelines: monitoring program, monitoring well construction, monitoring well sampling, monitoring well maintenance.
(19)
Well Regulations, Private: definitions; registration of well drillers; well installation, alteration and repair; well construction permit; well driller's report; well destruction; existing well not used for human consumption; well location; water quality; well approval; wells serving rental properties; test of water quality upon transfer of real estate; variance and enforcement procedures.
Highway Department: excavation/construction within public ways: permit required to cut any street, berm, curb or sidewalk surface, construct a driveway or excavate any shoulder within the limits of a Town way. Application must be made at least 72 hours prior or within 72 hours following the start of an emergency repair.
Highway Department: minimum road standards: drainage, catch and leaching basins; hot-mix aprons, road crack filling and resurfacing; road shoulders loamed and seeded; trees and shrubs cleared back; easement and road bounds recorded; dead-end road turnaround; street signs.
Historic Business District Commission: certain areas determined as Historic Business District in Chapter 641 of the Acts of 1985 (Acts of MA Legislature): composition of Commission; location of district; certificate of appropriateness required for erection, reconstruction, alteration or restoration of a building or structure within the district; permit required to raze or move building within the district; erection or display of any sign exceeding two feet in length and six inches in height, or more than one such sign within the district must be approved; function of the Commission; exempt features; approvals; disapproval; appeals to the Board of Selectmen; appeals to Superior Court; violations, etc.
Historic Business District Commission: rules and regulations: districts; considerations; preapplication conference; work requiring certificate of appropriateness; guidelines for alterations, additions, new structures, demolition, removal, relocation, color; signs, temporary signs; approvals, disapproval, violations, appeals, application fees, late filing fees.
Historical Commission: rights and duties, composition of commission, etc., as defined in MGL c. 40, § 8D. This Commission administers Town Bylaw, Chapter 158.
Park Department:
(1)
Beach and park rules and regulations: includes South Beach, Sears Memorial Park, Kate Gould Park, Chase Park. Veterans' Field: open fires, functions, gatherings with permission, littering; washing automobiles or other vehicles, use of soaps or other detergents: erection of tents or parking of trailers or mobile homes prohibited; animals in park and beach areas must be restrained, defecation must be picked up; dogs, cats, horses and other livestock not allowed on beaches from April 1 through September 15; no alcoholic beverages or public nudity allowed; hours of beaches and park areas, commercial vendors must have permission, etc.
(2)
Jazzercise, aerobics, tennis, COA, all sports: fee schedules.
(3)
Summer programs, beach parking fees (res/nonresidents): fee schedules
Planning Board: filing fee schedule: approval not required plans (ANR); preliminary plans; definitive plans; covenant release; road inspections; site plans; flexible development special permit, variable fee.
Planning Board: Rules and Regulations Governing the Subdivision of Land: authority; definitions; procedure for the submission and approval of plans; definitive plans; filing procedure; contents; profiles and cross sections of proposed streets; review by Board of Health as to suitability of land; public hearing; performance guarantee, reduction of bond or surety; release of performance guarantee; approval of definitive plan; design standards; streets; blocks; easements; storm and surface drainage; open space, parks and playgrounds; protection of natural features; required improvements; improvement specifications; installation of improvements; waiver of compliance; amendments.
Police Department: Fee Schedule: accident report copies; police service, bike reg. (Not received from CPD as of October 1, 2001)
Selectmen, Board of:
(1)
Alcoholic Licenses: fee schedule; annual; seasonal, extended seasonal regulations
(2)
(Alcoholic) liquor regulations for licensed establishments: last call, closing hour, employees, private clubs, kegs, banding of kegs, tags for kegs, etc.
(2)
Alewife (herring) fisheries: regulations governing the use and maintenance of
(3)
Ambulance fees, billing and payment policies (July 20, 1998)
(4)
Animal Control Bylaw Citations and Fines (10/06/1993)
(5)
Appointed committees handbook
(6)
Boat Decals and Mooring Permit Noncompliance Penalties (1989)
(7)
Chatham Fish Pier Rules and Regulations (aka Town Wharf): docking permits, fuel permits, vehicle permits, fees, fish packer lease, supervision and enforcement
(8)
Disposal (Solid Waste) Facility: fees for permits; trip schedule; transfer station waste (commercial packers by ton, multiple dwelling by ton); brush and yard waste (automobile, pickup truck or trailer, one-ton truck); demolition waste; roof shingles; road asphalt (permit required); mixed nontransferable waste; other waste (i.e., metals to the pile, white goods, uncontaminated fish gurry, compostables.)
(9)
Entertainment Licenses (see MGL c. 80, § 27)
(10)
Landfill/Recycling: rules, sticker regulations, resident and commercial; fees
(11)
Nauset Beach: regulations for ORVs; stickers; hours; dogs, etc.
(12)
Nonalcoholic permits and licenses issued by Selectmen: common victualer, Sunday dessert; lodging house; inn holder, Class I, II and III motor vehicle; miscellaneous (junk, automated amusement, etc.)
(13)
Permit Department: list of Town permits issued at the Permit Department in the annex.
(14)
Recycling Stickers for the Landfill: residents/commercial vehicles
(15)
Shellfish Regulations: commercial, junior commercial, family, nonresident and senior citizen permits for the taking of quahogs, mussels, softshell clams, sea clams, oysters, razor clams, scallops. eels and sea worms.
(16)
Taxicabs and operation: license, fees, inspections, other
(17)
Traffic Rules and Orders: one-way streets, streetlights, etc.
(18)
Septage Collection: regulations governing the collection and discharge of septic wastes into the public treatment facility; pumpers, pumping business and license required; financial responsibility of owner of cesspool and/or septic tank; surcharges; transportation of septage to Chatham Water Pollution Control Facility; use of septage facility, protection from unlawful dumping; penalties.
(19)
Water Department rules and regulations govern the relationship between the Water Department and its consumers, contractors, developers and all other persons who install, tie into or use water from Chatham Water System.
(20)
Water and Sewer Department: service charges and metered rates: winter/summer, service charges; testing of meter; shutoff for nonpayment; turn on/off; meter or service repair/replacement; demand charge; interest; water connection application fee; utility installer fee; meter installation fee based on meter size; system development charge based on service pipe size.
(21)
Sewers and Drains: public and private; installation and connection of building sewers; discharge of waters and wastes into public sewer system. Residential or commercial building sewer permit or industrial building sewer permit required; inspection, etc.
(22)
Town Landings rules and regulations
Town Clerk: fee schedule as adopted by 1989 Annual Town Meeting: births, marriage or death certificates; recordings, filings, state hunting and fishing licenses; etc.
Town Manager: Personnel policies for non-union employees
Treasurer-Collector: Fee Schedule: municipal lien certificate; tax title costs, interest.
Zoning Board Of Appeals: petitions, application fee ($150); referral form and plot plan required, etc.