Permit Requirements
Do you need a Permit?
The Town of Royalton currently has no zoning regulations if you are building outside of a flood plain. If you are building within the flood plain, or unaware of the location of the flood plain please contact the Selectboard office at 763-7967 for Flood Plain zoning regulations. However it is important to note that State Construction permits are required for non-residential homes. (Commercial properties, rental properties, and subdivisions require state permits, ie; ACT 250, and construction permits).
Driveway Access Permit
Driveway Access Permit Application
Flood Hazard Area Regulations
Flood Hazard Area Development Application
Burn Permits
You must contact Donald Lovejoy, the town’s Fire Warden prior to any burns.
Home number: 763-7037
Work number: 763-8140
State of Vermont Burn Permit Regulations: State Brun Permit Information
Permit Assistance
- The Permit Handbook
- Environmental Assistance Division – (800) 974 – 9559
- Permit Information Summary Page
- Department of Environmental Conservation (District 3) Contact Information
(802 ) 885-8850
100 Mineral St, Ste #303
Springfield, VT 05156
The following is a partial listing of projects which may require permits from the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). Royalton is located in District 3.
- Subdivision of land
- Buildings and structures other than one single family residence on its own lot may require Wastewater System and Potable Water Supply permits for uses such as:
- Apartments (1 or more)
- Second dwelling on a lot
- Churches, schools
- Stores, offices
- Food service
- Municipal buildings
- Mobile home parks
- Duplexes
- Repair shops
- Day cares
- Lodging
- Beauty parlors
- Health care
- Campgrounds
ACT 250
Act 250, Vermont’s development and control law, is admiistered by nine District Environmental Commissions, comprised of citizens appointed by the Govenor, and supported by staff. Royalton is within the District 3 office.
Act 250 contact information:
District Environmental Commissions
(802 ) 885 – 8855
100 Mineral St, Ste #303
Springfield, VT 05452
An Act 250 permit may also be required for projects such as the following:
- Construction for commercial purposes
- Construction of 10 or more housing units, including mobile-home parks, within 5 years
- The subdivision of land into six or more lots within 5 years, in a town which does not have both permantent zoning and subdivision regulations (Royalton is such a town)
- The subdivision of land into 10 or more lots of any size within 5 years
- Construction that would substantially change or expand a pre-1970 “grandfathered” development that would require a permit if built today
- Construction for a governmental purpose which distrurbs more than 10 acres, or is part of a larger project that will involve mote than 10 acres of land
- Construction of a support structure, 20 feet tall or higher, primarily for communication or broadcast purposes.
- Construction, including forestry or farming, above 2,500 feet in elevation.
- The sale, by public auction, of any interest in a tract of land (or tracts) which has been partitioned or divided for purpose of resale into five or more lots within a radius of five miles and within any period of ten years
Additional State Permit Contacts
Department of Labor and Industry
Construction permit for fire prevention, electrical wiring, plumbing, and ADA access. Operating permit for boilers and pressure vessels (i.e. LP gas storage).
Springfield: (802) 885-8883.
Department of Health
Food, lodging, bakeries, childrens’ camps, asbestos and lead control programs.
(800) 439 – 8550 or (802) 863 – 7220
Department of Agriculture
Greenhouses, Golf courses, milk processing, poultry processing, retail sales/milk/meat/poultry/pesticides, gas pumps, scales, slaughterhouses, animal shlters/kennels
(802) 828 – 2500
Agency of Transportation
Construction within a state highway right-of-way
(802) 828-2653
Off premise signs: (802) 828-2651
Junkyards: (802) 828 – 2053
Agency of Human Services
Childcare facilities: (800) 649 – 2642
Nursing and other care homes: (802) 241 – 2345
Secretary of State
Business registration: (802) 828 – 2386
