Licensing & Permits

Basement Finishing

  1. Basement Finishing Application (PDF)
  1. Basement Finishing Informational Handout (PDF)

Building Permits

  1. Building Fee Schedule (PDF)
  2. Building Permit Application (PDF)
  1. New Dwellings
  2. Work Exempt from Permit (PDF)

Commercial Building Permits

  1. Commercial Building Permits (PDF)
  1. Work Exempt from Permit (PDF)

State of Minnesota Architectural & Engineering Plan Requirements

  1. State of Minnesota Administrative Rules - Architectural/Engineering
  1. State of Minnesota Statutes - Architect/Engineer Licensure

Commercial Building Energy Codes Program (click on this link): Commercial Compliance Using COMcheck™

A complete set of documents will help you get your next project started fast. Please submit a digital PDF of your plans in addition to the paper plans. You can send the digital PDF via email to buildingcodes@ci.faribault.mn.us.

Construction Site Erosion

  1. Control Requirements (PDF)

Deck Building Permits

  1. Deck Building Permit Application (PDF)
  1. Deck Building Permit Informational Handout (PDF)

Egress Window & Well Dimensions

  1. Egress Window and Well Dimensions Informational Handout (PDF)

Electrical Inspections

  1. Electrical Permit Application (PDF)
  2. Electrical Permit Examples (PDF)
  3. Electrical Plan Review Criteria (PDF)
  1. Low Voltage Information (PDF)
  2. Residential Electrical Inspection Checklist (PDF)

Fire Alarms

(Please remember that when obtaining a Fire Alarm Permit, you must obtain a separate Electrical Permit as well.)

Garages, Sheds, & Other Accessory Buildings

  1. Garages, Sheds, and Other Accessory Buildings Application (PDF)
  1. Garages, Sheds, and Other Accessory Buildings Informational Handout (PDF)

Heating & Plumbing

  1. Plumbing Requirements
  2. MN Plumbing Code Changes
  3. Heating and Plumbing Application (PDF)
  4. Vent Makeup Combair Instructions (PDF)
  5. Vent Makeup Combair Worksheet (PDF)
  1. Tracer Wire Spec Guide
  2. 2015 Building Code Changes (PDF)
  3. RPZ Backflow Test Report Form
  4. Plumbers License Letter 2018 (PDF)

Lead Based Requirements – Federal Mandate

  1. EPA Small Entity Compliance Guide 2015 (PDF)

Lightning Safety

  1. Gastite Bonding Installation (PDF)
  2. Lightning Safety (PDF)
  1. TracPipe Bonding (PDF)
  2. Wardflex Bonding Grounding (PDF)
Above is important lightning safety warning information for owners of homes and other buildings with corrugated stainless steel tubing (CSST). CSST is a gas pipe with a yellow or orange covering. The brand is printed on the covering; brands include TracPipe, Gastite and Wardflex, among others. See informational handouts above.

Manufactured Home Permit

  1. Manufactured Home Permit Application and Information (PDF)

Masonry & Concrete Cold Weather Guidelines

  1. Masonry and Concrete Cold Weather Guidelines Informational Handout (PDF)

Moving Structures/House Relocation


  1. Moving Relocating Houses Handout 2018
  2. Moving Structures Permit Application (PDF)

MPCA Permit Factsheets

  1. Common Plan of Development (PDF)
  2. Concrete Washout Guidance (PDF)
  3. EPA Concrete Washout Factsheet (PDF)
  4. MPCA Construction Stormwater Permit Overview (PDF)
  5. MPCA Homeowner Fact Sheet (PDF)
  6. MPCA Perimeter Control (PDF)
  1. Permit Owner Responsibilities (PDF)
  2. Permit Training Requirements (PDF)
  3. Stormwater Inlet Protection (PDF)
  4. SWPP (PDF)
  5. Vehicle Tracking (PDF)

New Residential Dwelling

  1. 2015 Minnesota Residential Building Code (PDF)
  2. Changes to Energy Code (PDF)
  3. New Residential Dwelling Application (PDF)
  4. New Residential Dwelling Informational Handout (PDF)
  1. Residential Fire Sprinklers (PDF)
  2. Vent, Makeup and Combustion Air Instructions (PDF)
  3. Vent, Makeup and Combustion Air Worksheet (PDF)

Other Documents

  1. Building Fee Schedule (PDF)
  2. New Laws Affecting Homeowners Builders (PDF)
  1. Useful Links (PDF)
  2. Work Exempt from Permit (PDF)

Shingling, Roofing, & Siding Permit

  1. Roofing, Siding and Window Replacement Permit Application (PDF)

Septic and Well

  1. Know your Septic System
  2. Landscaping Septic Systems
  3. Protecting your Well
  4. Tips for a Healthy Septic System

Silt Fences

  1. Silt Fences Informational Handout (PDF)

Sprinkler System Permit

  1. Sprinkler System Permit Application (PDF)

Sump Pump Requirements

  1. Sump Pump Requirements Informational Handout (PDF)