Permits

View and download the Dumpster/Portable Storage Permit Application (PDF)

• When applying, be sure to have the applicable application fee as provided in the current year Fee Schedule.
• Permits will not be issued immediately. Please allow several business days for review and issuance of the permit
• Dumpsters are permitted for 10 days, unless there is an active building permit
• Moving storage boxes are permitted for 3 days
• A permit is required regardless of where the container will be placed

View and download the Temporary Use/Sign Permit (PDF)

To temporarily install a non-permanent structure such as tents, trailers, modular buildings, banners, etc., the Borough requires submission of the Temporary Use permit application.

• When applying, be sure to have the applicable application fee as provided in the current year Fee Schedule.
• Permits will not be issued immediately. Please allow several business days for review and issuance of the permit
• The application indicates what timeframe each category constitutes temporary use

View and download the Miscellaneous/Zoning Permit Application (PDF) and the Example Plot Plan (PDF). 

To install a shed, residential/commercial fence, driveway, sidewalk, patio/paving/hardscape, commercial sign refacing, etc., a miscellaneous/zoning permit is required.

• When applying, be sure to have the applicable application fee as provided in the current year Fee Schedule.
• Permits will not be issued immediately. Please allow up to two weeks for review and issuance of the permit

Additionally, any commercial building project also required the submission of a Miscellaneous/Zoning Permit. 

• Exceptions to commercial building projects not requiring a Miscellaneous/Zoning Permit include sprinkler systems, electrical panels, and other mechanical work where their is no proposed change in use. 
  

View and download the Residential Building Permit Application (PDF) and the Example Plot Plan (PDF). 

View and download the Uniform Construction Code Exemptions (PDF)

As a general rule, the Uniform Construction Code (UCC) requires that a property owner or the owner’s authorized agent obtain a UCC construction or building permit before commencing any work and that the work be inspected in the following cases: 

• When applying, be sure to have the applicable application fee as provided in the current year Fee Schedule
• Construction, enlargement, alteration, repair, movement, demolition or change in occupancy of a residential building 
• Erection, installation, enlargement, alteration, repair, removal, replacement or conversion of any electrical, gas, mechanical or plumbing system regulated by the UCC
• Construction or installation of a swimming pool, hot tub or spa
• Detached structures proposed to be larger than 1,000 square feet
• Site preparation, foundation, construction, utility connections, alterations, additions, repairs and changes of occupancy of manufactured and industrialized housing
• Under the UCC, a building, structure or facility cannot be used or occupied without a UCC certificate of occupancy first being issued 

Emergency repairs or replacement of equipment may be made without first applying for a permit so long as a permit application is submitted to the building code official within 3 business days after the repair or replacement.

View and download the Commercial Building Permit Application (PDF)and the Example Plot Plan (PDF)

View and download the Uniform Construction Code Exemptions (PDF)

View and download the Commercial Miscellaneous/Zoning Permit (PDF)

As a general rule, the Uniform Construction Code (UCC) requires that a property owner or the owner’s authorized agent obtain a UCC construction or building permit before commencing any work and that the work be inspected in the following cases: 

• When applying, be sure to have the applicable application fee as provided in the current year Fee Schedule.
• Construction, enlargement, alteration, repair, movement, demolition or change in occupancy of a commercial building, structure or facility
• Construction, enlargement, alteration, repair, movement, demolition or change in occupancy of a residential building 
• Erection, installation, enlargement, alteration, repair, removal, replacement or conversion of any electrical, gas, mechanical or plumbing system regulated by the UCC
• Construction or installation of a swimming pool, hot tub or spa
• Site preparation, foundation, construction, utility connections, alterations, additions, repairs and changes of occupancy of manufactured and industrialized housing
• Under the UCC, a building, structure or facility cannot be used or occupied without a UCC certificate of occupancy first being issued 

Additionally, any commercial building project also required the submission of a Miscellaneous/Zoning Permit. 

• Exceptions to commercial building projects not requiring a Miscellaneous/Zoning Permit include sprinkler systems, electrical panels, and other mechanical work where there is no proposed change in use. 

Emergency repairs or replacement of equipment may be made without first applying for a permit so long as a permit application is submitted to the building code official within 3 business days after the repair or replacement.

View and download the Operational Permit Application (PDF)

The owner, lessee, tenant or operator of all structures in the Borough used for Assembly, Business, Educational, Mercantile, Factory Industrial, Institutional, High Hazard, Residential R-l, R-2, Storage, Utility and Miscellaneous purposes as defined in the International Building Codes shall pay an annual Operational Permit Fee in accordance with the adopted International Fire Code version.

• The listing of required Operational Permits can be found on the Operational Permit application
• When applying, be sure to have the applicable application fee as provided in the current year Fee Schedule.
• Permits will not be issued immediately. Please allow several business days for review and issuance of the permit. This may also be dependent on an inspection being necessary

Effective September 10, 2024, peddling and soliciting within the Borough of Wyomissing is not permitted unless it falls within one of the parameters outlined in Ordinance 1445-2024 (PDF).