Town of Salamanca

Cattaraugus County, New York

Last verified September 17, 2026

Town of Salamanca is a jurisdiction in Cattaraugus County, New York, which does not currently list an online permit database — contact the department directly by phone or email. Use the contact information below to reach the local building department.

Contact

Phone
716-945-4775

Permit Search

No online permit database on file — contact the department directly by phone or email.

Additional Notes

Uncertain/hedged data: the Town's official domain (townofsalamanca.org), linked from Cattaraugus County's own municipality page, currently resolves to unrelated third-party (casino) content — it appears to be expired/compromised and is NOT usable as a source; no working official Town of Salamanca website could be located. A third-party municipal directory (not an official government source) names Mike Anderson as Town of Salamanca Building Code Enforcement Officer, cell 716-378-2755, office at 4103 Center Street Extension, Salamanca, NY 14779 — this is UNCONFIRMED by any official source and should be verified before use. The phone number recorded here (716-945-4775) is the Town Clerk/Tax Collector line (Shelley Bryant) confirmed via the official Cattaraugus County real-property contacts page (maps.cattco.org), used as a general town contact since no confirmed direct code-enforcement line was found. Note the City of Salamanca is a separate municipality with its own Code Enforcement Officer (William Smith, 716-945-3922, salamancany.gov/code-enforcement.html) — do not confuse the two.

What You Need Before Applying for a Permit

Most building departments ask for the same core package before they'll issue a permit: a completed application naming the property owner and contractor, the contractor's state license number and proof of insurance (general liability, and workers' comp if employees are on the job), a notice of commencement or equivalent recorded filing for larger jobs where the state requires one, and scaled plans or a site plan for anything beyond minor repairs. Roofing, fence, pool, and solar permits typically have their own simplified checklists — Town of Salamanca's department (above) can confirm exactly what applies to your project.

Why this matters for insurance: permit history is one of the first things an underwriter or adjuster checks. Unpermitted work — a finished basement, an added bedroom, a rebuilt roof — can complicate a claim or even void coverage for that portion of the loss, and it routinely surfaces during a home inspection. Pulling the right permit up front, and keeping the closed-permit record on file, protects both the property's value and its insurability at resale.

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