Permit applications and forms:
Building and Inspection

Permits and their associated handouts are linked below. Some projects need more than one permit. Refer to the Building Permit/Plan Permit Fee Schedule to determine permit and, when required, plan check costs. For more information, contact the Building and Inspection Division at 952-563-8930.

FAQs: View the permits and inspections slideshow to get answers for the most common questions Building and Inspection receives.

Building and Inspection forms:

• Residential applicants please read: Permit application regulations
• Aircraft/parachute
• Building
• Commercial building plan review submittal lists
• Commercial re-roof
• Deck
• Demolition
• Driveway
• Electrical
• Fire alarm
• Fireplace
• Foundation
• Grading
• HVAC/mechanical
• Moving
• Parking lot
• Performance bonds
• Piling
• Plumbing
• Roof/siding
• Special structural testing and inspection schedule
• Sprinkler
• Stucco
• Structural
• Tank and pipe installation/removal
• Time-of-sale

• Aircraft/parachute(17KB, 2-page PDF)
  Aircraft or parachute landings and takeoffs.
• Building (18KB, 2-page PDF)
  General building permit. Other permits may be required.
• Commercial building plan review submittal lists (13KB PDF)
  Check-off list for commercial plan submissions.
• Commercial re-roof (48KB, 2-page PDF)
• Deck (14KB PDF)
  Includes list of approved treated wood and fasteners.
• Demolition (29KB, 2-page PDF)
  Required for removing a structure.
• Driveway (17KB, 2-page PDF)
• Electrical (18KB, 2-page PDF)
• Fire alarm (19KB, 2-page PDF)
• Fireplace
  • Gas (18KB, 2-page PDF)
  • Wood burning only (15KB, 2-page PDF)
• Foundation (17KB, 2-page PDF)
• Grading (16KB, 2-page PDF)
• HVAC/mechanical(18KB, 2-page PDF)
• Moving (13KB, 2-page PDF)
  Required to move a structure out of, within or into Bloomington.
• Parking lot (15KB, 2-page PDF)
• Performance bonds
  • Erosion control bond (29KB, 2-pages PDF)
  • Landscape bond (29KB, 2-pages PDF)
• Piling (17KB, 2-page PDF)
• Plumbing (18KB, 2-page PDF)
• Roof/siding (41KB, 2-page PDF)
  All new construction, additions and re-siding projects require a permit.
• Special structural testing and inspection schedule (19KB, 2-page PDF)
• Sprinkler (91KB PDF)
• Stucco (91KB PDF)
• Structural (17KB, 2-page PDF)
• Tank and pipe installation/removal (16KB, 2-page PDF)
• Time-of-sale:
  • Electrical certification (55KB PDF)
  • Evaluation report index (18KB, 2-page PDF)
  • Heating, ventilation and cooling certification (93KB PDF)
  • Housing evaluation report (21KB, 2-page PDF)
  • Immediate hazard correction/responsibility agreement (14KB PDF)

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