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Building Permit Information
Accela Software
Hall County now utilizes the Accela software for Planning & Development applications, allowing citizens to submit all applications online from anywhere in the world. Need assistance? Check out these tutorial videos (via Vimeo):
- Create an Account
- Download Approved Plans
- Issues and Conditions
- Finalize and Submit Review Package
- Residential New Construction
- Revisions After Approval
- Submit Revised Plans
- Upload Plans
Ready to go? Visit the Accela Citizen Access Portal to get started.
Requirements
The following work requires a building permit:
- Site built residence
- Single or double wide manufactured (mobile) home
- Industrialized (modular) home
- Accessory structure over 144 square feet (typical structure types include carports, storage buildings, pole barns, and detached garages)
- Accessory structure less than 144 square feet with permanent foundations (i.e. concrete slab)
- Accessory structure less than 144 square feet that will require utilities (i.e. electricity or plumbing)
- Addition to a structure
- Moving, removing, or adding exterior walls
- Adding, enlarging, or replacing an arbor, pergola, porch, deck, or deck covering
- Enclosing a porch, deck, or carport
- Cutting a new window or door opening, or widening or reducing the size of an existing opening
- Constructing retaining wall that exceeds four feet in height as measured above ground
- Installing a fence over seven feet in height
- Replacing roof decking, making structural roof changes, or replacing shingles with metal
Process for Applying for a Building Permit
- Submit the application, along with supporting documents, by visiting the Building Inspection Department or by submitting online to permits@hallcounty.org.
- Once application is received, a record will be created and internally routed to Planning and Environmental Health (if needed).
- If able to move forward with submission, or if additional information is needed, applicant will be notified by each respective department.
- Once submission has been through Planning and Environmental Health, Building Inspection will reach out regarding final steps for issuance of permit.
Contact Information
Environmental Health Department:
- 2875 Browns Bridge Road
3rd Floor
Gainesville, GA 30504
Phone: 770-531-3973
Building Inspections Department:
- 2875 Browns Bridge Road
3rd Floor
Gainesville, GA 30504
Phone: 770-531-6809, option 1
Site Plan Checklist
- North arrow
- Adjacent street names
- Lot dimensions and building setback limits
- Location and dimensions of easements, driveway(s), state waters, stream buffers, wetlands, and flood plains
- Footprint of proposed and existing structures (including decks, porches, and roof overhangs over 2'-6") with dimensions of proposed structures
- Dimensions of shortest distances from proposed structures to all property lines and between all structures
- Location of wells and/or septic systems. Contact Environmental Health for septic/well site plan requirements
- Drawn to an engineer's scale at a minimum of 1 inch = 10 feet and a maximum of 1 inch = 100 feet, and show graphic scale on plan
- Minimum one (1) copy of site plan if paper size is 11" x 17" or less; minimum two (2) copies of site plan if paper size is larger than 11" x 17". Site plan must be printed to-scale
- Allow sufficient white space for County approval stamps and notes
Print the Building Permit Checklist (PDF)
See an example of a to-scale Site Plan (PDF)
Print the Authorization of Property Owners Form (PDF)