Fargo
City of Fargo Planning and Development Department
In short
City of Fargo Planning and Development Department issues 1 permit we publish for Fargo, last verified 2026-09-14. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conditional Use Permit / Board of Adjustment Varianceonly if it applies to you | City of Fargo Planning and Development Department | A conditional use permit is $185.00 and a Board of Adjustment variance is also $185.00. Related applications on the same schedule: a zoning map amendment, growth plan amendment, planned unit development, institutional master plan or Land Development Code text amendment at $300.00 each; a minor plat at $350.00 and a major plat or vacation at $600.00; a residential protection standards waiver, written interpretation or house moving permit at $185.00; and a zoning confirmation letter at $60.00 whether requested on paper or online. Annexation, appeals of a Planning Commission or Board of Adjustment decision, appeals of an administrative decision and certificate of appropriateness applications are all charged at $0.00. | one-time per application | 2026-09-14 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
Conditional Use Permit / Board of Adjustment Variance
Read from the Planning Department's own current land use and zoning applications page. The conditional use permit is the application most likely to reach the ten industries covered here — a childcare centre, drive-through restaurant, auto repair use or similar in a district where the use is conditional rather than permitted outright. Worth noting for cost planning: Fargo charges nothing at all for appeals, whether of an administrative decision, a Planning Commission decision or a Board of Adjustment decision, and nothing for annexation or a certificate of appropriateness. The $60.00 zoning confirmation letter is the cheapest way for a prospective tenant to establish in writing that an intended use is allowed at an address before signing a lease.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Fargo
- Phone
- (701) 241-1474
Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- Planning and Development — land use and zoning applications and their fees, including the $185.00 conditional use permit, the $185.00 Board of Adjustment variance and the $60.00 zoning confirmation letterCity of Fargo Planning and Development Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-14
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