Shed, pool, carport and gazebo permits in Saint Cloud, MN
How Saint Cloud takes applications: online, on its online permit portal (aca-prod.accela.com).
We can file it for you, $125: we fill in Saint Cloud's application for shed, roof replacement, gazebo or pergola, carport, above-ground pool or hot tub, shed or garage demolition and siding permits (and more) on the portal, submit it and answer the town's questions about it. The town's filing fee due at submission is included up to $75. If we can't submit your application, you get your money back. (Permit expediters typically charge $350 or more for the same paperwork.) How filing works
What Saint Cloud says:
- Shed: Minnesota State Building Code exempts one-story detached accessory structures <=200 sq ft from building permit; zoning rules still apply. Needed: Accela application, site plan
- Roof replacement: City references 'residential roofing and siding permits' with emailed tear-off pictures. Needed: Accela application; tear-off photos emailed
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How Saint Cloud takes permit applications
Saint Cloud, Minnesota takes residential permit applications online, on its Accela Citizen Access permit portal (aca-prod.accela.com). The application is filled in on the portal and the town reviews it there.
Not sure whether your project needs a permit at all? Enter your Saint Cloud address in the box above. You get an answer for your exact property in about a minute, free.
We can file it with Saint Cloud for you
For the projects below, DoINeedAPermit.org files the application on Saint Cloud's portal for you. You answer a few questions and sign once, and we fill in the town's application, submit it and handle the town's questions about it. We email you at every step and send you the permit when it's issued.
- Shed / accessory structure
- Gazebo, pergola or patio cover
- Carport
- Above-ground pool or hot tub
- Accessory structure demolition
And these, when you're doing the work yourself (Minnesota lets a homeowner pull them only for their own work; a contractor you hire pulls their own):
What it costs
$125.00 to file, paid when you sign. That includes Saint Cloud's filing fee due when the application goes in, up to $75.00. If the town charges more than that to file, we email you a link for the rest before we submit, or refund you in full if you'd rather not.
If Saint Cloud sets a permit fee after it reviews the application, we email you a link to pay it, plus a small payment handling fee, and pay the town for you. If we can't submit your application, you get your money back.
Prefer to file it yourself? The $24.99 Filing Kit gives you the answer for your address, what Saint Cloud needs from you and step-by-step filing instructions.
Check my Saint Cloud address →
More Minnesota towns
Towns near Saint Cloud in the alphabet where we file your permit for you: Pope County, Red Wing, Rochester, Roseville, Scott County, Stewartville, Vadnais Heights, Waconia.