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These quick links can take you directly to the permit application or license application that you need. Print the appropriate form and take with you to the applicable department listed below at City Hall.

Licensing & Registration Information

Building Department

• Contractor Licensing Applications
  
  • Contractor License Application
  • Licensing & Registration Information
• Permit Applications
  
  • Commercial Construction - Building Permit
    
    • Requirements
    • Application & Fees
  • Residential Construction - Building Permit
    
    • Requirements
    • Application & Fees
  • Electrical Permit Application & Fees
  • HVAC Permit Application & Fees
  • Plumbing Permit Application & Fees
  • Sign Permit Application & Fees

Finance Department (City Controller)

• Public Records Request Form
• Rubbish Haulers Vehicle License Application
• Precious Metals
  • License Application  (ordinance)
• Secondhand Stores
  • License Application  (ordinance)
• Tattoo and Body Piercing Permit Application
• Peddlers and Canvassers License  (ordinance)
• Transient Merchant License  (ordinance)
• Childcare Providers Statement

Restaurant Information

• 2022 Restaurant License Renewal
• FOG Registration Form
• Annual Letter and FOG Handling Expectations Brochure

Engineering Department 

• Dumpster Permit Application
• Sanitary Sewer Connection Application
• Street Closure Request - Contractors
• Street Closure Request - General Public
• Erosion & Sediment Control Standard Drawings (Feb. 2022)
• IDEM Construction Self-Monitoring Template (3/16/22)
• SWPPP Self-Inspection Report (1/12/12)

Fire Department & EMS

• Burn Permit Application

Parks & Recreation Department

• Applications, Permits & Forms

Planning and Economic Development Departments

• Permit Applications
  
  • Erosion Control Application
  • Improvement Location Permit
  • Sign Contractor Licensing & Sign Permit Process
  • Sign Location Improvement Permit Application (SLIP)
• Other Applications
  
  • Application for Certification as a Section 3 Business Concern
  • Street Closure Request - Contractors
  • Street Closure Request - General Public
  • Liquor License Eligibility Requirements and Evaluation Criteria
    (Municipal Riverfront Development Project Area)