Applications, Forms, & Handouts
The following items are printable applications, forms, and handouts to assist you in working with the City. If you do not see the information that you need, please contact Minneapolis 311 or (612) 673-3000, or by e-mail.
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A
- Accessibility Information – Approaches and Clearances
- Accessible Information – Plumbing Guidelines
- Accessible Parking Information
- Accessibility Information – State of MN Summary
- Acknowledgment of Responsibility: SEE Code Compliance AR (for condemned buildings) or Truth-in-Sale of Housing AR
- ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) and MN State Building Comparison
- Administrative Enforcement and Hearing Process
- Administrative Review Of Accessory Structures To Increase Height Or Floor Area Application
- Administrative Site Plan Review Application
- Administrative Site Plan Review for Single and Two Family Dwellings and Multiple Family Dwellings having 3 or 4 dwelling Units Application
- After Hours Work Fact Sheet
- After Hours Work Permit Application (doc)
- Amplified Sound Permit Application (doc)
- Amplified Sound (Extended Hours) Permit Application
- Appeals form for Building Code Orders
- Appeals form for Construction Code Services RFS Admin-Citations
- Appeals form for Truth-in-Sale of Housing RFS Admin-Citations
- Appeal of the Zoning Administrator, city Planning Commission, or Board of Adjustment Application
- Assembly Occupancies – Safety Program and Procedures
- Attic Bedrooms – 1 & 2 Family Dwellings
- Attic Ventilation Requirements
B
- Backflow Preventor (RPZ) Test Report
- Backflow Prevention Record Card
- Basement Finish Within 1 & 2 Family Dwellings
- Basement Wall Finish
- Bedrooms – In Attics (1 & 2 Family Dwellings)
- Bedrooms – In Basement (1 & 2 Family Dwellings)
- Building Permit Application
- Building Permit Fee Schedule
- Building Permit Application - Spanish
- Business License Certificate of Required Insurance
C
- Carbon Monoxide Detectors & Smoke Alarms (State of MN handout)
- Procedure for Obtaining a Certificate of Occupancy
- Changes to Walk in Plan Review service
- Chapter 244 & 248 Maintenance Code (Minneapolis Code of Ordinances)
- Chapter 249 List
- Checklist for Construction of New Commercial Building
- Checklist for Construction of New One and Two Family Homes
- Checklist for Construction of Room Additions to One and Two Family Homes
- Chimneys and Vents
- Code Analysis
- Code Compliance Acknowledgement of Responsibility
- Code Compliance Acknowledgement of Responsibility - Hmong
- Code Compliance Acknowledgement of Responsibility - Somali
- Code Compliance Acknowledgement of Responsibility - Spanish
- Code Compliance Application
- Code Compliance Seller Disclosure (Sellers required to provide to Buyers)
- Code compliance Electrical Safety Check Form
- Code Compliance HVAC Safety Check Form (Heating Safety Check form)
- Code Compliance Instructions
- Code Interpretation, Modification and Alternative Materials, Design or Methods Request Form and Checklist
- Cold Weather Masonry Construction and Protection Recommendations
- Commercial Site Plan Review
- Common Required Repairs
- Communication Towers, Antennas and base Units.doc
- Completion of Work
- Commercial Condominium Conversion Information
- Commercial Fire Recovery Packet
- Commercial Plan Review Appointments
- Commercial Preliminary Plan Review Appointments
- Conversion of Duplex to Single Family Dwelling
- Conversion or Alterations of Single Family Dwelling to Duplex
- Cutting, Notching, & Boring Wood Frame Members
D
- Decks and Building Permits for One and Two Family Dwellings
- Decks, Wood, for One and Two Family Dwellings
- Decking Materials – Approved Composite Products
- Detached Garages and Building Permits - Information
- Dining and/or Drinking Establishment Guide
- Director's Fee Schedule - 2012
- Dormer Addition – Shed Roof
E
- Egress Windows – Basements
- Egress Windows – Basements - Spanish
- Egress Windows – Emergency Escape (State of MN Handout)
- Egress-Escape and Rescue Window Policy
- Electrical Inspection Checklist (residential)
- TISH Electrical Safety Check (for contractors)
- Elevator After Hours Inspection Request form (pdf)
- Elevator Permit Application
- Elevator Permit Fee Schedule
- Elevator Ready to Inspect form
- Elevator Test Report-cable (PDF)
- Elevator Test Report-Rope and Hydraulic (PDF)
- Encroachment Permit Application
- Energy Code Requirements
- Energy Code Summary
- ( Soil) Erosion Permit Application
- (Principals of) Erosion and Sediment Control
- Exit Requirements for New and Existing Buildings
- Exterior Wall Section for Wood Frame Construction
- Extension Request form for Construction Code Services
F
- Farmers Market Presentation
- Fence Requirements
- Sound and Fire-Rated Assemblies
- Fire Rated Corridor Requirements
- Fireplaces, Fireplace Stoves & Heaters Guidelines
- Firewood Storage
- Flat Roof Requirements
- Floor Drain Cleanout
- Flooring in Condominiums, Co-ops, and Apartments
- Room Addition Floor Plan for Single Family Dwelling
- Sample Floor Plan for Food/Liquor Establishments
- Starting or Expanding a Food Business in Minneapolis
- Food Establishment Plan Review Guidelines
- Food Establishment Plan Review Application
- Food Establishment License Application Packet
- Free Parking Information
- Frequently asked questions about Rental Application Fee Ordinance
G
- Garage Moving Requirements
- Garages and Accessory Structures
- Garages – Detached Protected Wall
- Garages – Fee Schedule
- Garages – Foundations and Slabs
- Green Building Options Checklist
H
- Hazardous Waste Facility Registration
- Heating & Mechanical Permit Application
- Heating & Mechanical Permit Fee Schedule
- Heating Contractors – Quick Reference
- Hiring a Residential Contractor (State of MN handout)
- Home Grown Minneapolis Website
- Home Occupations – Article VII
- Homeowner Heat Loss and Equiptment ID Form for Mechanical contractors
- Homeowner Status Certification
- Homeowner’s Guide to Building Permits
- House Heat Test Record form (Orsat) for Mechanical contractors
- Housing Inspection Services Section 244.1910 (16) Licensing Standards
- A Practical Guide to the Housing Maintenance Code
A Practical Guide to the Housing Maintenance Code (Somali)
A Practical Guide to the Housing Maintenance Code (Spanish) - TISH HVAC Safety Check form
I
L
- Land Use Application Packet
- Land Use Application Process Guide
- Land Use Features
- Lead Paint Facts
- Lead Paint Sandblasting Guidelines
M
- Mechanical - Residential HVAC Replacement Application Form
- Mechanical - Residential HVAC Replacement Fee Table
- Mechanical Permit Application
- Mechanical Permit Fee Schedule
- Mechanical Review Checklist for Commercial Food Establishments
- Metropolitan Council Map
- Multiple Animal Permit Application
N
O
- Occupant Load Calculations for Assembly Spaces
- Office Remodeling – General Requirements
- Oil Water Separator and Sediment Trap Permit
- Online Permits for Home Improvements
- Online Permits User Guide for Contractors
- Orsat form House Heat Test Record form (Orsat) for Mechanical contractors
P
- Parking Area Design & Maintenance
- Parking Ramps
- Parking Ramp Operating Certificate Application
- Pet License Application
- Plumbing / Gas Fitting / RPZ Permit Application
- Plumbing Contractors - Quick Reference
- Plumbing Permit Fee Schedule
- Plumbing Plan Submittal Requirements for Commercial Food Establishments
- Porches - Information on Screened and 3-Season Porches
- Property Line Location Handout
- Property Management Tips
R
- Radon Resistant Construction in New Homes
- Residential Exterior Ramps
- Reducing Off-Street Parking Requirements Application
- Permit Refund Policy
- Rental Housing Air Sealing Form (excel)
- Rental Housing Air Sealing Standards
- Rental Housing Energy Auditor Websites
- Rental Housing HVAC Safety Check
- Rental License Application 1-4 Units
- Rental License Application 5+ Units
- Rental License Application Condo/Townhome/Cooperative
- Rental Property Utility Rebate Information
- Rental Property Checklist
- Required Code Compliance Inspection Application Form
- Required Code Compliance Inspection Application Form - Instructions
- Residential Density
- Residential HVAC Replacement Application Form
- Residential HVAC Replacement Fee Table
- Residential Reinspection Fee Program
- Residential Rental Licensing
- Residential Specialty License Application
- (Concrete) Retaining Walls
- (Timber) Retaining Walls
- Rock Crushing Permit
- Roof Access
- Roof (Hot) Ventilation Acknowledgement
- Roofing Handout for One-Family and Two-Family Dwellings
- Roofing Handout for One-Family and Two-Family Dwellings – Spanish
- Roofs, Flat
- Room Addition Floor Plan for Single Family Dwelling
S
- SAC Availability Charge
- SAC Brochure - English
- SAC Brochure - Hmong
- SAC Brochure - Somali
- SAC Brochure - Spanish
- Sandblasting Permit Application
- Seasonal Food License Application
- Short Term Seasonal Food License Application
- Sidewalk Café License Application
- Sidewalk Food Cart Vendor License Application
- Single Family Site Plan Review
- Sign Permit Application
- Sign Permit Contractor List
- Sign Permit Fee Schedule
- Sample Commercial Site Plan
- Sample Residential Site Plan
- Site Plan Review – Chapter 530
- Smoke Detectors - City of Minneapolis Housing Inspections Handout
- Smoke Detectors (State of MN handout)
- Soil Erosion Fee Schedule
- Soil Erosion Permit Application
- Solar Systems – Residential Check List
- Sound and Fire-Rated Assemblies
- Special Structural Testing and Inspection Program Summary Schedule
- Spray Foam Insulation Application
- Stair Building Code, 2006 Visual Interpretation of the IRC
- Street Use Permit Application
- Street Use Permit Fee Schedule
- Subdivision Approval Application
- Survey Requirements and Property Line Location
- Swimming Pools – Private Residential
T
- Tank Abandonment Permit Application (doc)
- Tank Installation Permit Application (doc)
- Tank Removal Permit Application (doc)
- Temporary Structures (Including Sales Trailers)
- Temporary Use Application
- Toilet Tank Elements Anti-Siphon Ballcock
- Trades License Application
- Transfer of Development Rights Application
- Truth-in-Sale-of-Housing Acknowledgement of Responsibility
- Truth-in-Sale-of-Housing Acknowledgement of Responsibility - Hmong
- Truth-in-Sale-of-Housing Acknowledgement of Responsibility - Somali
- Truth-in-Sale-of-Housing Acknowledgement of Responsibility - Spanish
- Truth-in-Sale-of-Housing Evaluator Certificate of Insurance
- Truth-in-Sale-of-Housing Evaluator Examination Application
- Truth-in-Sale-of-Housing Evaluator Guidelines
- Truth-in-Sale-of-Housing Evaluator Insurance Requirements
- Truth-in-Sale-of-Housing Evaluator Licensing Requirements
- Truth-in-Sale-of-Housing Extension Request form
- Truth-in-Sale-of-Housing Licensed Evaluators
- Truth-in-Sale-of-Housing Program Instructions
- Truth-in-Sale-of-Housing Re-inspection Instructions
- Truth-in-Sale-of-Housing Sequence of Steps - Hmong
- Truth-in-Sale-of-Housing Sequence of Steps - Somali
- Truth-in-Sale-of-Housing Sequence of Steps - Spanish
- Truth-in-Sale-of-Housing Supplemental Consumer Information
U
V
W
- Waiver of Restrictions of Interim Ordinance Application
- Water Discharge Permit
- Well Construstion Permit Application (doc)
- Well Sealing Permit Application (doc)
- What Does Density Look Like? Examples from Minneapolis
- When is a Building Permit Required?
- Winter City Design
- Wood Decks - One and Two Family Dwellings
- Wrecking Acknowledgement of Understanding (AUW)
- Licensed Wrecking Contractors – Class A & B
- Wrecking / Moving Permit Application (pdf)
- Wrecking / Moving Permit Fee Schedule
- Wrecking / Moving Permit – General Instructions
- Wrecking / Moving SAC Determination Form
- Wrecking Sample Notification Letter
Z
- Zoning Application, Petitions and Affidavits Packet
- Zoning and Flood Plain Letter Request Form
- Zoning Basics
- Zoning Fees
- Zoning Study Moratorium Waiver Form
Last updated Dec. 20, 2012

