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- Report Waste or Fraud (Comptroller's Office )
- Contact Information & Emergency Phone Numbers (Engineering Department )
- Emergency Contact Information (Engineering Department )
- Questions or Complaints (Highway Department )
- Missed Garbage, Recycling or Yard-Waste? (Highway Department )
- Confidential Tip Line (Police Department )
- Administration (Police Department )
- Emergency Business Contact (Police Department )
- Office Hours (Building Department )
- Fire Alarm Contractors (Building Department )
- Home Improvement Contractors (Building Department )
- Master Electricians (Building Department )
- Master Plumbers (Building Department )
- Mobile Food Vendor (Building Department )
- Residential Electricians (Building Department )
- Sewer Contractors (Building Department )
- Sprinkler Contractors (Building Department )
- Suppression System Contractors (Building Department )
- Office Hours (Human Resources)
- Employment Links (Human Resources)
- Employment Opportunities (Human Resources)
- Seasonal Employment (Human Resources)
- Title VI Non-Discrimination Plan (Human Resources)
- Voluntary Separation Incentive (Human Resources)
- Employment Opportunities (Police Department )
- Volunteer Opportunities (Youth and Recreation)
- Assessment FAQ's (Assessor's Office )
- Property Tax FAQ's (Assessor's Office )
- Glossary of Terms (Engineering Department )
- Sanitary vs Storm Sewers (Engineering Department )
- Description of Wastewater Treatment Facilities (Engineering Department )
- Facts (Engineering Department )
- What Can I Recycle? (Highway Department )
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) (Police Department )
- Forms & Worksheets (Assessor's Office )
- Fire Safety (Building Department )
- General Information (Building Department )
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Home Improvement
Contractor (Building Department ) - Non-Residential (Building Department )
- Residential (Building Department )
- Zoning (Building Department )
- Electrical Permits (Building Department )
- Fire Prevention – Temporary Propane Installation (Building Department )
- Mechanical Permits (Building Department )
- Permits & Forms (Building Department )
- Pool Permits (Building Department )
- Property Manager License (Building Department )
- Rental Unit Registration (Building Department )
- Roofing / Siding Permits (Building Department )
- Shed Permits (Building Department )
- Emergency Response Data Form (Emergency Services & Safety )
- Wastewater Discharge Permit Application (Engineering Department )
- Employment Forms (Human Resources)
- Online Applications & Fees (Planning Department )
- Financial Disclosure Forms (Town Clerk)
- Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) (Town Clerk)
- Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (Planning Department )
- Fair Housing Officer (Planning Department )
- Belmont Housing Resources for WNY (Planning Department )
- Buffalo Urban League (Planning Department )
- First-Time Homebuyer Program (Planning Department )
- Housing Rehabilitation Program (Planning Department )
- Tips for the Homebuyer (Planning Department )
- Accessible Parking Permits (Town Clerk)
- Amusement Licenses (Town Clerk)
- Bingo Licenses (Town Clerk)
- Birth Certificates (Town Clerk)
- Block Party Permits (Town Clerk)
- Christmas Tree Permits (Town Clerk)
- Death Certificates (Town Clerk)
- Discharge of Firearms Permits (Town Clerk)
- Dog Licenses (Town Clerk)
- Fireworks Permits (Town Clerk)
- Game Room Licenses (Town Clerk)
- Games of Chance (Town Clerk)
- Going Out of Business Sale (Town Clerk)
- Hunting and Fishing Licenses (Town Clerk)
- Landscaper Permits (Town Clerk)
- Marriage Licenses (Town Clerk)
- Snowplowing Permits (Town Clerk)
- Solicitor's, Vendor's, Peddler's, Food Truck Permits (Town Clerk)
- Walks, Runs, Parades, Outdoor Events, and Carnivals (Town Clerk)
- Amherst Cooperative Continually Operating Reference Station (CORS) (Engineering Department )
- Amherst Utility Cooperative (Engineering Department )
- Street Lighting (Engineering Department )
- Industrial Pretreatment (Engineering Department )
- Flow Monitoring (Engineering Department )
- General Information (Engineering Department )
- Infiltration and Inflow (Engineering Department )
- Sanitary Sewer Cleaning (Engineering Department )
- Sewage Spills and Backups (Engineering Department )
- Sewer Inspections (Engineering Department )
- Sewer Repair Work (Engineering Department )
- Facility Tours (Engineering Department )
- Laboratory (Engineering Department )
- Maintenance (Engineering Department )
- Solids Handling (Engineering Department )
- Bike Path Map (Highway Department )
- Bubbler Concerns (Highway Department )
- Curb Cuts and Driveway Aprons (Highway Department )
- Fall Leaf Collection (Highway Department )
- Mosquito Control Program (Highway Department )
- Pothole Information (Highway Department )
- Rodent Control Program (Highway Department )
- Services (Highway Department )
- Snow & Ice Control Procedures (Highway Department )
- Application for Volunteer Projects (Highway Department )
- Services (Highway Department )
- Disposal of Prescription Medicines (Highway Department )
- Electronics Recycling (Highway Department )
- Household Hazardous Waste (Highway Department )
- Household Sharps Disposal (Highway Department )
- Organic Food Scrap Recycling Program (Highway Department )
- Other Ways to Recycle (Highway Department )
- Refuse Collection Days (Highway Department )
- Rodent Control Program (Highway Department )
- Yardwaste Information (Highway Department )
- Suggestion Program (Human Resources)
- Application Programming (Department of Information Technology)
- Network Management (Department of Information Technology)
- Technical Support (Department of Information Technology)
- Citizen Police Academy (Police Department )
- Criminal History (Record Checks) (Police Department )
- Fingerprinting Services (Police Department )
- Safety Education Programs (Police Department )
- Surveillance Camera Registration Program (Police Department )
- Vulnerable Person Registry (Police Department )
- Youth Police Academy (Police Department )
- Vital Statistics (Town Clerk)
- Archival Research Center (Town Clerk)
- Genealogical Research (Town Clerk)
- Notary Services (Town Clerk)
- Records Center (Town Clerk)
- Crime Statistics (Police Department )
- Crime Watch/Crimestoppers (Police Department )
- Level I Offenders (Police Department )
- Level II Offenders (Police Department )
- Level III Offenders (Police Department )
- Living with Bears (Police Department )
- Sex Offenders (Police Department )
- Transparency in Policing (Police Department )
- Internet Exchange Safe Zone (Police Department )
- 2020 New York State Codes (Building Department )
- Annual Activity Summary Report (Building Department )
- Building Permits Report (Building Department )
- USDA Web Soil Survey (Building Department )
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Zombie & Vacant Properties
Remediation and Prevention
Initiative (Building Department ) - Annual Reports (Central Fire Alarm )
- Stormwater Annual Report (Engineering Department )
- Stormwater Management Plan (Engineering Department )
- Economic Study (Planning Department )
- Department History (Police Department )
- Copies of Police Reports (Police Department )
- Club List (Senior Services )
- How to Become a Member (Senior Services )
- Newsletter (Senior Services )
- Silver Pride (Senior Services )
- University Express (Senior Services )
- Video Spotlight (Senior Services )
- Volunteer Services (Senior Services )
- Follow us on Facebook (Senior Services )
- Website (Senior Services )
- E Brochure (Senior Services )
- Follow us on Facebook (Senior Services )
- Senior Transportation Services Survey & Results (Senior Services )
- Fall 2025 Class Catalog (Senior Services )
- Winter 2026 Class Catalog (Senior Services )
- Nutrition Lunch Program (Senior Services )
- Contact Information (Senior Services )
- Senior Outreach Services (SOS) (Senior Services )
- Social Work and Case Management Services (Senior Services )
- Are You Interested in Becoming a Sponsor (Senior Services )
- Donations (Senior Services )
- Partner Organizations (Youth and Recreation)
- Sponsors (Youth and Recreation)
- Amherst Youth & Community Coalition (formerly Amherst Task Force for Healthy Community/Healthy Youth) (Youth and Recreation)
- Youth Foundation / Youth Board Partnership (Youth and Recreation)
- Amherst for Kids (Youth and Recreation)
- Partners & Links (Youth and Recreation)
- Online Town Code & Zoning Ordinance (Building Department )
- (New!) I&I Mitigation Program (Engineering Department )
- (New!) Time of Sale Law (Engineering Department )
- Time of Sale Requirements and Asked Questions (Engineering Department )
- Phase II Stormwater Regulations (Engineering Department )
- Concentration Based Pollutant Limits for Sanitary Sewer Users (Engineering Department )
- General Information for Businesses (Engineering Department )
- Grease Management for Food Service Facilities (Engineering Department )
- Silver Recovery for Medical & Dental Offices and Photo Finishers (Engineering Department )
- Town of Amherst Local Sewer Use Law (Engineering Department )
- Tree Policy (Highway Department )
- Solid Waste & Recycling Policies (Highway Department )
- Policies (Human Resources)
- Pending Development Projects (Planning Department )
- Subdivision Regulations (Planning Department )
- Zoning Ordinance (Planning Department )
- Child Safety Seat Regulations and Information (Police Department )
- Bail (Town Court)
- Certificate of Disposition / Conviction (Town Court)
- Evictions (Town Court)
- Parking Tickets (Town Court)
- Small Claims (Town Court)
- Traffic Tickets (Town Court)
- Warrants (Town Court)
- Directions & Map (Town Court)
- Rules of the Town Court (Town Court)
- Treatment Courts (Town Court)
- Town Justice Ann Nichols (Town Court)
- Town Justice Jeff Marion (Town Court)
- Office Hours (Youth and Recreation)
- General Information (Youth and Recreation)
- Ice & Facility Rental (Youth and Recreation)
- Northtown Center at Amherst (Youth and Recreation)
- Northwest Amherst Community Center (Youth and Recreation)
- Youth Recreation Organizations (Youth and Recreation)
- Recreation and Parks Master Plan 2018 (Youth and Recreation)
- Substance Abuse Resources (Youth and Recreation)
- Childrens Programs (Youth and Recreation)
- Counseling and Other Programs (Youth and Recreation)
- Family Programs (Youth and Recreation)
- Identification (ID) Cards (Youth and Recreation)
- Other Youth Programs (Youth and Recreation)
- Pre-School Programs (Youth and Recreation)
- Program & Services Guide (Youth and Recreation)
- Program Registration (Youth and Recreation)
- Recreation Programs (Youth and Recreation)
- Teen Programs & Opportunities (Youth and Recreation)
- Facilities (Youth and Recreation)