Check if your project requires Public Health review

Review these scopes of work that require review by Public Health Programs. Plan ahead to make sure you can meet the requirements of the health codes these programs regulate.

• Retail food facilities. For example, restaurants, bars, grocery stores, corner stores, and employee cafeterias
• Kennels or pet shops with overnight animal boarding

• Projects in the Maher Area that include either 50 cubic yards or more of soil disturbance, or a change from commercial or industrial use to a residential or sensitive use.
• Projects greater than 0.5 acres.

• Projects that construct or modify cell antennas, not including dismantling.

• Cannabis dispensing facilities with any onsite consumption

• Facilities that store, handle, generate hazardous materials or medical waste. For example, clinics, labs, auto shops, underground storage tanks, cell towers with batteries, cooling towers, dry cleaners, etc.

• Projects that disturb any soil in the Article 31 area.

• Establishments with massage, permanent cosmetic piercing, or body art services

• Projects that construct or modify pools and hot tubs and their ancillary areas, located either on a commercial property, or residential property of more than 3 units.

• Facilities with onsite water treatment systems for non-potable use.

• Projects that construct or modify solid waste transfer, processing, or disposal facilities