Frequently Asked Questions

The Middletown Department of Planning, Conservation, and Development handles the following issues:

• Building and Accessory Use (also check with the Building Department)
• Certificate of Occupancy (also check with the Building Department)
• Gas and Motor Oil, Sale of
• Home Occupation
• Inland/Wetland and Watercourse
• Land- Uses (also check with the Building Department)
• Liquor Application
• Signs (also check with the Building Department)
• Site Plan Review
• Special Exception Approval
• Swimming Pools (also check with the Building Department)
• Subdivision Approval

Listed are all of the other issues and what departments address them:

• Air Condition: Building Department
• Amusement Devices: Police Department
• Auctioneer: Town Clerk
• Bee License: Town Clerk
• Bingo: Police Department
• Birth Certificate: Health Department
• Blasting: Fire Marshall
• Bootblack: Police Department
• Burial Permit: Health Department
• Cremation Permit: Health Department
• Death Certificate: Health Department
• Demolition: Building Department
• Dog License: Town Clerk
• Electric: Building Department
• Excavation: Building Department
• Firewood: Park and Recreation Department
• Food/Beverage Dispensing: Health Department
• Fortune Telling: Town Clerk
• Games of Chance: Police Department
• Gyms, Use of School: Park and Recreation Department
• Hazardous Waste: Health Department
• Heating- Building Division
• Junk Dealers: Police Department
• Library Cards: Russell Library
• Marriage License: Health Department
• Picnic Area, Use of: Park and Recreation Department
• Plumbing: Building Department
• Private: Sewage Disposal: Health Department
• Recreational Area, Use of: Park and Recreation Department
• Revolver- Police Department
• Roller Skating- Town Clerk
• Rooming House- Health Department
• Solicitor/Peddler/Vendor's License: Police Department
• Sportsmen's License (Hunting, Fishing, etc): Town Clerk
• Theatre License: Town Clerk
• Weights and Measures Seal: Consumer Protection
• Well Drilling: Health Department
• Wrecker's License: Town Clerk