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Permitting: Online Applications /Other Forms
Available since March 2016:
Online permitting and payment. Register, apply, pay for, and print permits at PermitCity. Online permits are issued around the clock to better serve you. Permits Available Online 24/7 (around the clock) from PermitCity
Permits Available: PermitCity Permit Types
Note: A convenience fee of 3.25 % is charged for online permit payments by Official Payments in exchange for offering this feature in online permitting. The City of Norfolk does not receive any portion of the convenience fee. If you do not wish to pay this fee, please call 757-664-6510 and ask to pay by credit card over the phone (someone will call you for payment).
Note: Permits are available by applying online.
Don’t need a permit from ROWM. Click here for a building, electrical, mechanical, or plumbing permit: https://norfolkvapermits.force.com/s/login/
ATTENTION CONTRACTORS NEEDING SIGN OFF FOR BUILDING PERMITS FROM RIGHT OF WAY: Here is what you need to know. You will always need the following to get a sign off for a building permit:
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Address
Need an Address for a new developments, parcels, subdivision, lots (attach building permit application form (PDF), and approved site plan)? Questions? Call Dave Vachet at 757-664-4671.
Bond Information
ROWM Inspections
Contact the ROWM Inspector listed on your permit. Names,e-mail, and phone numbers are included here for quick reference:
- Construction Manager, Herbert King, 757-635-4514 (24 hours)
- Kevin Brown: 757-323-0490
- Tammy Gillikin: 757-621-6454
- Kendell Jones: 757-605-8996
- Herbert Williams: 757-373-4533
Don’t need a ROWM Inspection? Click here to request/schedule building permit inspections: https://norfolkva.secure.force.com/InspectionRequestPortal
Hauling Permits
- Oversize
- Over Weight
- Over Height
Requires (see application for full requirements):
- Annual permit into Norfolk (processed by DMV; select "Norfolk" as a destination)
- Single trip permit into Norfolk (processed by Norfolk ROW)
- Commonwealth of Virginia Permit (copy)
- Permit Fee (PDF)
- Moving and Hauling Manual (PDF)
ROW Excavation/Installation Permit Application
- Cutting into the right-of-way
- Street and major utility construction
- Installing item/object in right-of-way (water, sewer, storm, power, gas, conduit, fiber, etc.)
- Paving
- Test holes
- Test pits
- Dirt cuts
- Plumber’s cuts
- Construction fence
- In accordance with the ROW Excavation and Restoration Manual (PDF)
Requires (see application for full requirements):
- A surety bond, letter of credit, or check (PDF) covering 100% of the cost of right-of-way and storm water (public and private property) work
- A permit fee (PDF)
- Bond Release: Please send an email with your permit number and/or project address requesting release to the Right of Way Management Division.
Closure Permit Application
- Temporary street / Lane / Sidewalk Closure
- Impeding normal flow of traffic or pedestrians in right-of-way
- Scaffolding/sidewalk protection
- In accordance with the ROW Excavation and Restoration Manual (PDF) and the Virginia Work Area Protection Manual
Driveway Entrance Permit Application
- Residential apron (up to 20 feet)
- Note: Residents wishing to extend the length of their existing driveways need approval from Planning, Zoning first.
- Note: Residents wishing to expand or add an additional driveway need to submit a survey with a request to Planning, Zoning first.
- Commercial (up to 30 feet or as approved on site plan)
- Construction Entrance
- In accordance with the ROW Excavation and Restoration Manual (PDF)
General Use Permit Application
- Temporary Parking (reserve spaces)
- Temporary Dumpster in the right of way
- Portable Storage Unit in the right of way (Tractor-trailers (any portion of them) are not permitted per City Code section 25-293)
- Lift (temporary parking)
- SPECIAL NOTICE regarding "GENERAL" permits for moving, portable storage, and temporary parking: Please contact the ROW Inspector listed on your permit at least 48 hours prior to storage unit arrival, move, and/or parking usage so that "No Stopping" signs can be installed to reserve parking spaces for the unit or move. If you don't call the Inspector and signs are not installed, vehicles cannot be towed to accommodate your use.
Other Forms
Encroachments
Light Rail Track Access Permit Application
Requires:
- Go to HRT for Track Access
- City permit for work in the right of way in accordance with the ROW Excavation and Restoration Manual (PDF)
Roadway Travel Exception Permit Application
Requires:
Roadway Solicitation Permit Application
Requires (nothing):
- Permits are no longer required.
- Judge Fulton declared the City's code requirement for a permit to solicit in the streets as a violation of the Constitution. The City Attorney is reviewing and may come back with an updated City code. For now, you do not need a permit to solicit in the streets.
Tree Permit Application
Requires (see application for full requirements):
- Application (PDF) (processed by City Forester)
Block Party/Special Event Application
- Application (processed by Special Events)