Information sheets and handouts

Bloomington is governed by many codes. City staff have compiled numerous handouts on federal, state and local requirements. This page lists, by division, the general categories for this information with links to the specific documents. For more information on the subject, contact the division listed within the handout. To apply for permits, visit the forms page.

• Building and Inspection
• Engineering
• Environmental Health
• Fire Prevention
• Maintenance
• Planning and Economic Development
• Utilities

Community Development: Building and Inspection

• Residential applicants please read: Permit application regulations
• Accessory buildings
• Additions
• Basement finishing and windows
• Building Codes adopted by the City of Bloomington
• Carbon monoxide alarms
• Commercial Plan Review Criteria
• Decks
• Driveways: Residential
• Ductwork installation
• Egress windows
• Electrical
• Energy calculations/REScheck
• Fee schedule
• Fences, landscaping
• Foundations/footings
• Furnace replacement
• Garages
• Hiring a contractor
• Homeowner information: permits and inspections
• HVAC
• Inspections
• Moving a house
• Natural gas
• Notching and hole boring chart
• Performance bonds
• Plumbing
• Pools, spas, hot tubs
• Replacement windows and doors
• REScheck
• Residential surveys
• Roofing
• Siding
• Smoke detectors
• Stairways
• Stucco
• Time-of-sale
• Toilet tanks
• Wood species charts

Community Development: Environmental Health

• Commercial business and events
• Indoor air quality -- Residential
• Parking: Residential
• Pools and spas
• Residential property standards
• Recreational Vehicles

Community Development: Fire Prevention

• Fire prevention policies
• Fire safety measures
• Indoor heating
• Outdoor heating and cooking
• Special events requirements

Community Development: Planning and Economic Development

• Accessory buildings
• Conditional use permit
• Development application review
• 2008 Development charges and fees
• Fences, landscaping
• Interim use permit
• Outdoor patios
• Plan submission checklist
• Planning fee schedule
• Recreational vehicles (RVs)
• Residential height
• Signs
• Signage requirements
• Subdivisions
• Variances

Public Works: Engineering

• Driveways: Residential
• Specifications for construction
• Standard construction details

Public Works: Maintenance

• Buckthorn
• Waterfowl Management

Public Works: Utilities

• Sanitary sewer service repairs
• Utility permits and inspections
• Water meter installation

City handouts | City permits and forms

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