Fees & Permits
In accordance with Big Stone County Ordinances, permits are required outside the corporate limits of municipalities for:
- All new construction
- All structures moved and all structures replaced
- All individual on-site sewage treatment systems
- Excavations in excess of fifty cubic yards or ten cubic yards in shore land areas
Click on our permit viewer (below) to complete your permit.
- Find your parcel- Click It
- Pick the permit you need
- Follow the instructuions given with permit

Fee Schedule
You can click on the Permit File below to download your form, or obtain any permit from the Environmental Office.
Permit Name | Permit File | Fee |
Accessory/Ag Structures & Additions | Accessorybldgpermitform.pdf | $50.00 |
Residential Dwellings or Commercial | bldgpermitform.pdf | $100.00 |
Sewage Treatment Systems – New Construction | BSCsewerpermit.pdf | $200.00 |
Replacement Systems & Holding Tanks | BSCsewerpermit.pdf | $100.00 |
Excavation/Land Alteration | landalterationform.pdf | $100.00 |
Aggregate Permit | miningpermitapplication.pdf | $100.00 |
Conditional Use Permit Applications (Includes Recording Fee) | conditionalusepermitform.pdf | $500.00 |
Conditional Use Application Requiring Special Meeting | SpecialMeetingconditionalusepermit.pdf | $625.00 |
Amendment to Ordinance Application | ordinanceamendmentpermit.pdf | $500.00 |
Rezoning Applications | rezoningpermit.pdf | $500.00 |
Subdivision Application (For the first 5 lots; $25/lot thereafter | conditionalusepermitform.pdf | $500.00 |
Variance Application | variancepermit.pdf | $350.00 |
Any Permit After the fact | - | $200.00 |
WCA - Boundary and Type Determination | - | $100.00 |
WCA - Replacement Plan Decision | - | $500.00 |
WCA - Banking Plan Application Decision | - | $500.00 |
WCA - Appeal of LGU Decision | - | $350.00 |