Building Inspector
Christopher Keefe | [email protected]
(o) 518-392-4644 or (c) 518-925-3927
Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 9:00-11:00am, email any time.
Links:
- Is a Permit Required?
- Fee Schedule
- NYS Permit Insurance Requirements
- NYS FORM BP-1 (Homeowner Worker’s Comp exemption form)
- NYS Unified Solar Permit application (upload this via the online permit portal above)
- Electrical Inspector List
- Table R301.2(1) Climatic & Geographic Design Criteria
- Home Wood Burning (DEC Website)
- List of Companies that do blower-door tests
- FEMA Flood Hazard Boundary Map
- New Septic Applications (COLUMBIA COUNTY D.O.H.)
If you are unable to apply for a permit online using the link above, paper applications are available at Town Hall. Outside of office hours, completed paper Building Permit applications can be mailed to PO Box 98 Ghent, NY 12075, dropped off at town hall at 2306 State Route 66 Ghent, NY 12075, emailed, or placed in the secure drop box in the main entrance door of town hall.
NOTICE: NYS HAS UPDATED ITS CODES!
Permit applications received 12/31/2025 and after will be regulated by the 2025 NYS Uniform Code.
Link to view 2025 NYS Uniform Codes – On a computer, use the table of contents on the left side of the screen to view the code for free.
NYS 2025 Swimming Pool Code Requirements
CODE PDFs: - 2025 Residential Code (Effective 12-31-2025)
- 2025 Existing Building Code (Effective 12-31-2025)
- 2025 Fire Code (Effective 12-31-2025)
- 2025 Building Code (Effective 12-31-2025)
- 2025 Energy Code (Effective 12-31-2025)
- 2025 Fuel Gas Code (Effective 12-31-2025)
- 2025 Mechanical Code (Effective 12-31-2025)
- 2025 Plumbing Code (Effective 12-31-2025)
Zoning Enforcement Officer
Christopher Keefe | [email protected]
(o) 518-392-4644 or (c) 518-925-3927
Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 9:00-11:00am, email any time.
Click Here to file a complaint
- Ghent Town Code
- Interactive Zoning Map (Informational Tool Only)
- Town of Ghent Zoning Map (PDF)
- Manufactured Home Park (MHP) License Renewal
- Mining Overlay Zone
County & State Web Tools:
- Generate an Environmental Assessment form on NYS DEC’s website
- Look Up a Parcel Number or Inventory (Columbia County Real Property)
- Neighboring Parcel Lookup Tool Columbia County Planning Dept, Generate Lists by adjustable distance values. (Hit page back button in browser to Ignore ArcGIS login requirement).
- GIS Data Viewer (Columbia County Planning Dept.) Shows parcel #’s, wetlands, flood zones..