The permits

One system for the whole town

Each permit is set up with the town's own price, term, and rules, and sold online, at the counter, on a bill, or all three.

Animal control

  • Dog licenses
Dog licenses in detail →

Shellfish warden

  • Shellfish permits
  • Resident and non-resident

Town clerk

  • Business certificates (DBA)
  • Raffle permits
  • Yard sale permits
  • Short-term rental registrations

Beach & recreation

  • Beach stickers
  • Boat ramp passes
  • Community garden plots

Public works

  • Transfer station stickers

Police & parking

  • Resident parking
  • Alarm registrations
  • Bike registrations

Fire department

  • Burn permits

Harbormaster

  • Mooring permits and renewals
  • Wait lists
  • Inspections and pump-outs
  • Harbor billing and invoices
Harbor management in detail →

Issue something not on this list? If it has a price and a term, it is set up the same way.

How it works

One engine for every permit

Whatever the permit, the town's side and the resident's side work the same way, online, at the counter, or on a bill.

Apply online

Residents fill in the town’s own form, upload what it asks for, and get a confirmation.

Pay online

The card is taken on the payment processor’s secure page, and the receipt is on file.

Approve from the office

Staff review what came in and approve it; the permit is on the register.

Sell at the counter

Walk-ins pay at the point of sale with a card reader or cash, and leave with a receipt and a printed permit.

Bill it

Annual permits like moorings go out on bills and invoices, and residents pay them online.

Your price, your term

A week, a month, a season or the calendar year, at the town’s own fee.

Residents only, where you say

Mark a permit residents-only or non-residents-only and the system holds to it.

Each office its own

Animal control sees the dog register; the clerk sees the clerk’s. Everyone has a role.

The books, without a spreadsheet

Revenue and payment reports for every office, from the same register.

In detail

Dog licenses, start to finish

The whole year of dog licensing, from the first application to next year's renewal, without a paper form or a spreadsheet.

Apply online

Owners fill in the dog, upload the rabies certificate, and choose to pick the tag up at Town Hall or have it mailed.

Approve in a click

The office checks the certificate, approves the application, and the license is on the register.

Sell at the counter

Walk-ins are licensed at the point of sale, in the same register as everything done online.

Renewal notices

Send the year’s renewal notice to current and lapsed license holders from the town’s own template.

My Dogs

Each owner signs in to see their dogs, their licenses, and what is due.

Animal control

Animal control officers get their own role: the dog register and nothing else.

Security

Your residents' records, off the town network

Town Permitting runs in Google Cloud, not on the town's own computers. The payment processor takes the card, and every town's records are kept, backed up, and guarded on their own.

Card numbers never touch our servers

Residents enter their card on the payment processor’s own secure checkout page. Card numbers never reach our servers, or the town’s.

Off the town network

The system runs in Google Cloud. Nothing is installed on the town’s computers, and residents’ records and payments are not stored on them.

Each town on its own

Every town has its own database. No other town’s records sit beside yours.

Encrypted sign-in

Every page travels over HTTPS, and passwords are stored only as one-way hashes that nobody can read back.

Only what your role needs

Staff see what their job needs. Residents see only their own records.

Getting started

Town Permitting is built by the team behind Town Moorings.

1

Tell us what you issue

Your permits, fees, and seasons, and who in each office does what.

2

We set up your town

Your town gets its own branded site, and your current records are brought across.

3

Open the doors

Share the link with residents. The counter keeps working the way it does, with less paper.

Talk to us

Tell us what your office issues, and we'll show you how it would run.