Please contact city staff before beginning any construction or improvement projects to determine if a permit is required.

Land use permits are required for most exterior projects including (but not limited to) the following:

• All Forestry Management (logging) Operations
  New and replacement structures including houses, garages, sheds, decks, stairways, etc.
• Fabric structures (hoop buildings/carports)
• Additions or exterior modifications to existing structures
• Most grading/dirt moving activities including all shoreline alterations (e.g. placement of rip-rap or sand placed above the ordinary high water level)
• New impervious surfaces including driveways, patios, walkways, etc.
• Temporary placement of recreational vehicles for more than twenty-one (21) consecutive days
• Signs

Subsurface Sewage Treatment System (SSTS) permits are required for the following:

• New or replacement systems
• Upgrade of existing systems (e.g. new septic tank or expansion of a drainfield)