City of North Tonawanda
Niagara County, New York
Last verified September 17, 2026
City of North Tonawanda is a jurisdiction in Niagara 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
- Phone
- 716-695-8595
- Department Site
- Building Inspector's Office (opens in a new tab)
Permit Search
No online permit database on file — contact the department directly by phone or email.
Certificate Holder Mailing Address
Robert DePaolo, Building InspectorCity of North Tonawanda
216 Payne Ave
North Tonawanda, NY 14120
Use this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.
Additional Notes
Building Inspector is Robert DePaolo; Assistant Building Inspector Lou Anastasi. Most permits are processed via email to the department, but the address is Cloudflare-obfuscated on the official site and could not be reliably extracted (rendered as a placeholder in automated fetches) — left null rather than guessing; call the office directly to confirm the current address. Address: 216 Payne Ave, North Tonawanda, NY 14120. A separate northtonawanda.org domain (Code Enforcement page) also exists alongside the primary northtonawanda.gov site — both appear to be official city-maintained domains.
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 — City of North Tonawanda'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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