Village of Bemus Point
Chautauqua County, New York
Last verified September 17, 2026
Village of Bemus Point is a jurisdiction in Chautauqua 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, or the mailing address if the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.
Contact
Permit Search
No online permit database on file — contact the department directly by phone or email.
Certificate Holder Mailing Address
Bob Samuelson, Zoning & Code Enforcement OfficerEllery Town Hall
25 Sunnyside Avenue
Bemus Point, NY 14712
Use this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.
Additional Notes
The Village and Town of Ellery share a Codes Enforcement Officer (Bob Samuelson per the village Officials page), based out of Ellery Town Hall on Sunnyside Avenue in Bemus Point. The official village website lists the officer's email in an obfuscated/JS-encoded format that could not be reliably decoded; the general village office email is also protected the same way. Secondary phone 716-485-3910 also listed for the CEO. Village Clerk's office (716-386-4398) is another contact point for permit-related inquiries. Address below combines the village-site officer name with a separately-sourced Ellery Town Hall street address; not verified as a single confirmed record.
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 — Village of Bemus Point'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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