City Licenses and Permits:

The items listed are required to obtain a permit/license in the City of Detroit Lakes. If you would like more information on each license/permit, please select them from the list below, otherwise to apply, please click the button to the right. 

Cannabis
Chickens
Commercial Yard Waste
Docks
Excavate
Fertilizer
Fireworks
Massage Business
Massage Therapist
Parade

                   

Pawnbroker
Pet
Rental

Right of Way (Excavation and Obstruction)
Special Events
Solid Waste
Taxi
Transient Merchants
Temporary Expansion

Tobacco

 

By submitting the application for a license/permit, the applicant agrees that the applicant will pay the reasonable civil enforcement costs, disbursements and attorney fees incurred by the City in enforcing the provisions of any license, variance or permit granted by the City, and the costs, disbursements and attorney fees incurred by the City in any civil action by the City to address any violation of any license, variance or permit granted by the City. 

 

For the Items listed below, please select the item to apply 

Building

Planning & Zoning:
Building Permit  Land Disturbance Permit
Fireplace Permit - Residential Only Lot Division Request
Furnace Permit - Residential Only  Percolation Test
Roofing Permit - Residential Only  Petition for Annexation
Siding Permit - Residential Only Petition for Improvements and Preparation of Preliminary Engineering Report
Water Heater Permit - Residential Only Reasonable Accommodation Request
Windows & Doors Permit Application - Residential Only Shoreland Mitigation Permit Application
  Vacation of Street, Alley or Easement Application
 

Variance/Conditional Use/Rezoning/Subdivision/Non-Conforming Use Expansion Application

 

Zoning Permit Application - Fence-Fact Sheet - Healthy Shorelines

- Rip Rap - Ice Ridge - Beach Sand Blanket

DNR Permits

 
 
 

Pet