Cook County E Permitting Instructions
To apply for a permit click the corresponding link below to complete your application. If you have previously started an application but have not yet submitted it, you can pick up where you left off by clicking on " Applications" to find your incomplete application.
Highway Department Permits
- Go to: Dashboard / List of Applications
- Entrance Permit
Start New Use this form to submit an entrance application for access onto county roads. This application is not for access onto Forest Service, DNR or private roads.
If you do not have a physical address number, please submit a Physical Address Application through Land Services' ePermitting portal. A grade and fill permit is also required in most cases.
The permit fee is $50.00 plus a $250.00 deposit. Deposit will be refunded if entrance is complete/approved within one year.
Lead time is one week. - Moving Permit
Start New Use this form to submit a moving permit for county roads.
NOTICE: The MN Department of Transportation removed the 13’ 6” overpass at Taconite Harbor in 2017. If your MN DOT permit still lists that as a re-route, please call MN DOT at 651-296-6000 to have your permit corrected.
The base fee for a moving permit is $50.00, with additional fees for vehicles over 80,000 pounds gross vehicle weight (GVW). - Special Road Use
Start New Use this application for events on/crossing county roads.
The permit fee is $100.00. - Utility Permit
Start New Use this form to submit a utility permit application for work on county roads. Please note that a United States Forest Service, National Park Service or Grand Portage Reservation utility permit may also be required for work on federal lands.
The permit fee is $100.00.
- Entrance Permit
Land Services Permits
Thank you for your application submission. As we strive to continually provide excellence in public service, we will try to process your request in as expediently as possible. However, considering the current covid-19 situation along with standard increase in applications during the summer months, and any complexities of your request, the processing times may vary, so it may take up to a couple weeks before we can issue the permit. We will contact you immediately if we come across any issues that may delay the processing of your request.
- Go to: Dashboard / List of Applications
- Administrative Variance SSTS
Start New Use this form to submit a Septic Administrative Variance Application
The Permit Fee is $150.00 - Free Consultation Request
Start New - Grade and Fill or Small Site Stormwater Permit
Start New Use this form to submit a Grade and Fill or Small Site Stormwater Permit
The Permit Fee is $75.00 - Land Use Permit
Start New Use this form to submit a land use application
Land Use Permit Fees:
0 to 600 sq. ft. $150.00
601 to 1,000 sq. ft. $200.00
1,001 to 3,000 sq. ft. $250.00
3,001 to 5,000 sq. ft. $300.00
5,001 to 7,500 sq. ft. $350.00
7,501 or more sq. ft. $400.00 - Physical Address Application
Start New Use this form to submit a physical address application
The Permit Fee is $100.00 for a New Sign - Recreational Vehicle Permit
Start New Use this form to submit a Recreational Vehicle permit application
Temporary Travel Trailer Permit Fee is $150.00
Temporary Travel Trailer Permit - Renewal Fee is $100.00 - Report a Concern
Start New - Septic Inspection Request
Start New Use this form to submit a Septic Inspection Request
Compliance Inspection-Onsite Sewage System Fee is $300.00
Compliance Inspection-Vault Privy or Holding Tank Fee is $150.00 - Sign Permit
Start New Use this form to submit a Sign Permit
The Permit Fee is $60.00 - Subsurface Sewage Treatment System Permit
Start New Use this form to submit a SSTS application
The Septic Permit Fee is $150.00
The Privy Permit/Compost Fee is $100.00 - Well Water Test Request
Start New Use this form to submit a well water test request
The Permit Fee is $150.00
- Administrative Variance SSTS
Radio Communication Towers
Applications for co-location requests and permits specific to Radio Communication Towers
- Go to: Dashboard / List of Applications
- Tower Facilities Request
Start New Complete this form to make an initial request to co-locate equipment on a Cook County Radio Communication Tower and/or in a Radio Communication equipment shelter.
- Tower Facilities Request