Licensing & Permits

NEW! Online Permitting and Payment Portal

The City of Faribault is now offering an online permitting and payment portal for most residential building, mechanical, plumbing and electrical permits. The only commercial permits currently offered online are electrical permits. Please click the middle graphic below to begin the application process. For more information, visit here.

Building Codes Notice

New Residential Dwelling

  1. Lighting Schedule
  2. New Residential Dwelling Application (PDF)
  3. New Residential Dwelling Informational Handout (PDF)
  1. Residential Energy Code Certificate
  2. Residential Fire Sprinklers (PDF)
  3. Vent Makeup Combair Worksheet (PDF)

Basement Finishing

  1. Basement Finishing Application (PDF)
  1. Basement Room Finish

Building Permits

  1. 2020 Building Fee Schedule (PDF)
  2. Building Permit Application (PDF)
  3. New Residential Dwelling Informational Handout (PDF)
  1. Residential Energy Code Certificate
  2. Water Sewer Installations 2019
  3. Work Exempt from Permit (PDF)

Commercial Building Permits

  1. Commercial Building Permits (PDF)
  1. Commercial Re-Roof Packet

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)
  2. Deck Submittal Requirements
  1. Deck/Porch/Ramp

Emergency Escape and Rescue Openings

  1. Emergency Escape and Rescue Openings Handout

Electrical Inspections

  1. Electrical Permit Application (PDF)
  2. Low Voltage Information (PDF)
  1. 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 and Accessory Structures Application (PDF)
  1. Garages and Accessory Structures Informational Handout (PDF)

Heating & Plumbing

  1. Mechanical Permit
  2. Plumbing Permit
  3. Vent Makeup Combair Worksheet (PDF)
  1. Tracer Wire Spec Guide
  2. RPZ Backflow Test Report Form

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. Cold Weather Concreting

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)

Other Documents

  1. 2020 Building Fee Schedule (PDF)
  2. Work Exempt from Permit (PDF)
  3. Fireblocking
  1. Safety Glazing Handout
  2. Smoke Carbon Monoxide Alarms Handout

Roofing, Siding and Window Replacement Permit

  1. Roofing, Siding and Window Replacement Permit Application (PDF)
  2. Roofing Handout
  3. Siding Handout
  4. Window and Door Handout

Septic and Well

  1. Know your Septic System
  2. Landscaping Septic Systems
  3. Protecting your Well

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)