Certified General Contractor in
Westbury, NY

All commercial building permits in the Village of Westbury are issued by the Superintendent of Buildings at Village Hall, 235 Lincoln Place, Westbury, NY 11590. The Building Department is located on the second floor. The Buildings Superintendent, currently Joe Brillantino, determines permit fees based on the reasonable estimated cost of construction. A Building Department Hot Line is available at (516) 333-1869 during and after regular business hours. Applications require a completed application with signatures and notarizations, two sets of construction drawings prepared to scale with the original inked seal and signature of a licensed professional engineer or registered architect, two copies of a property survey, and a contractor insurance certificate naming the Village of Westbury as holder. For new construction, a letter from the Westbury Water District confirming hookup availability is also required. Routine inspections require a call to the Buildings Department at least 48 hours in advance, and a full set of approved stamped plans must be on site at the time of inspection. We manage the full permit submission and inspection process for commercial owners across Westbury.

Most commercial construction, renovations requiring site plan changes, and changes of use in the Village of Westbury require site development plan approval from the Planning Board before the Superintendent of Buildings can issue a building permit. Under Chapter 248 Article XXVIII, no building permit can be issued and no certificate of occupancy or use can be issued until an approved site development plan is in place and all conditions attached to that approval are satisfied. Exceptions apply to single-family dwellings, public schools, and municipal uses of the Village of Westbury. For projects within the Maple Union TOD District, development is governed instead by Chapter 248 Article XXXIX, which supersedes Article XXVIII. TOD District restaurant uses at street level require a special permit from the Board of Trustees in addition to the standard TOD District review. For projects that do not comply with Chapter 248 as of right, a Board of Appeals variance must also be obtained before a permit can issue. We identify Planning Board site plan approval requirements in pre-construction for every Westbury commercial project.

The Maple Union TOD (Transit-Oriented Development) District was adopted by the Village of Westbury Board of Trustees on December 5, 2019 under Local Law No. 7-2019, creating Chapter 248 Article XXXIX of the Zoning Code. The district covers approximately 53 acres of the Maple Union Triangle, bounded by Post Avenue, Maple Avenue, School Street, and Union Avenue, which formerly contained industrial zoning. The TOD District replaces that industrial zoning with seven mixed-use subdistricts (MU-R1 through MU-R7), each with its own use, height, and density standards. Six of the seven subdistricts allow multistory development that can be solely residential or can include ground-level retail and commercial uses among more than 30 permitted commercial uses. Permitted residential and mixed-use buildings can be up to five stories, with bonus height up to seven stories in certain subdistricts contingent on the delivery of specified public amenities. The TOD District provisions supersede and prevail over any other chapters or articles of the Village Code within the Maple Union area. Restaurants at street level within the TOD District require a special permit from the Board of Trustees. Westbury’s vision for the district is to become Long Island’s model transit-oriented, diverse, walkable, arts-centric downtown.

Yes. The Village of Westbury requires that all plumbing work performed within the Village be performed by a plumber licensed specifically by the Village of Westbury, and all electrical work be performed by an electrician licensed specifically by the Village. This is a village-level licensing requirement that is separate from and in addition to any New York State or Nassau County trade licensing. The Plumbing Examiners Board of the Village of Westbury conducts licensing examinations for plumbers seeking to work in the Village and reviews reciprocal license applications on a regular basis. Proper insurance and certification are prerequisites for all licensed plumbers in the Village. An electrician or plumber who holds a New York State license or a license from another municipality may not perform work in Westbury without first obtaining a Village of Westbury license. This requirement applies to all commercial construction projects in the Village, regardless of scope. We verify Village-specific plumbing and electrical license compliance for all subcontractors as part of our standard pre-qualification process on every Westbury commercial project.

We serve the full Village of Westbury and the surrounding Greater Westbury commercial market, including New Cassel, Carle Place, Old Westbury, East Garden City, Garden City, Mineola, New Hyde Park, Jericho, and the Jericho Turnpike and Old Country Road commercial corridors. Project types include mixed-use and transit-oriented development in the Maple Union TOD District, Post Avenue commercial renovation and storefront restoration, industrial-to-mixed-use adaptive reuse in the Maple Union Triangle, institutional and school district capital construction for the Westbury Union Free School District, faith-based facility renovation, and commercial renovation and fit-out across B-1 through B-6 Business Districts under Chapter 248. Project teams dispatch from our Bayport headquarters with active coverage of the full Nassau County North Hempstead commercial market.