Grand Forks
City of Grand Forks Planning and Zoning Department
In short
City of Grand Forks Planning and Zoning Department issues 2 permits we publish for Grand Forks, 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 Adjustments Applicationonly if it applies to you | City of Grand Forks Planning and Zoning Department | From the current resolution-set schedule: a conditional use permit is $200.00, a Board of Adjustments application $120.00, a Board of Appeals application $150.00, a conventional rezoning $300.00 and a subdivision variance $70.00. Site plan review is $85.00 for improvements of $5,000 or less and $300.00 above that. Planned unit development concept, amendment and detailed development plans are $300.00 each. Major subdivisions are $700.00 and minor subdivisions $400.00. A vacation of street, alley or public ground is $300.00, a zoning letter $75.00, a change of address $30.00 and an outside seating permit $100.00 initially with a $25.00 renewal where nothing changes. | one-time per application | 2026-09-14 |
| Veterinary Practice — State Practitioner License (Grand Forks)only if it applies to you | City of Grand Forks Planning and Zoning Department | No fee | not applicable | 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 Adjustments Application
The Code's own zoning fee figures are stale and are not used here. City Code 18-1103, adopted by Ordinance 4252 in 2008, still prints a conventional rezoning at $150.00, a conditional use permit at $163.00, major subdivisions at $650.00, a zoning variance at $80.00 and vacations at $190.00 — every one of them displaced by the current resolution-set schedule recorded above. The current resolution-set figures are the ones shown here. One conditional use provision reaches the industries covered here directly: a child care centre requires a conditional use permit, and 18-0208(3)(B) conditions it on the applicant submitting 'evidence of application to the North Dakota Department of Human Services for license to operate a child care center as required by North Dakota Century Code Section 50-11.1' — so the city approval and the state license are sequenced rather than independent.
Veterinary Practice — State Practitioner License (Grand Forks)
The City's Doing Business in Grand Forks page lists no veterinary license, so there is no local license fee. A veterinary practice appears in the Grand Forks code only as a zoning use: 18-0204 defines 'Small animal clinic,' which 18-0215 allows in the B-1 and B-2 districts. The state statute, N.D.C.C. § 43-29-06, states that 'An individual must have a license or temporary license issued by the board to practice veterinary medicine,' and chapter 43-29 sets out no license for the premises. One adjacent activity is treated differently: animal daycare and boarding are separate zoning uses allowed in B-3 and I-1, and the City's own page says only that 'Anyone wishing to operate an Animal Daycare or Boarding Business in Grand Forks should contact the Planning Department at (701) 746-2661.' No license fee for such a business is published: the City's own Doing Business in Grand Forks page lists every business license type it issues by name, more than thirty of them, from Airport Limousine to Towing, and 'Animal Daycare,' 'Boarding' and 'Kennel' appear in none of them. Combined with the complete 2026 fee list carrying only individual pet licenses (a $20.00 unaltered or $5.00 altered dog or cat tag) and no commercial boarding line, the City's published sources treat animal daycare or boarding as a zoning approval only, with no separate operating fee. A veterinary clinic that boards animals should still confirm its zoning district with Planning, but should not expect a license fee to follow from doing so.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Grand Forks
- Phone
- (701) 746-2661
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.
- Apply for a Business License — the City's own current page stating that Grand Forks requires a license only for specific enumerated business types and that there is no general business license for most businessesCity of Grand Forks · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-14
- City of Grand Forks 2026 List of Fees, published January 7, 2026 (internally titled 'Proposed 2026 Fee List for budget book') — the consolidated license and permit schedule carrying food establishment, mobile food, contractor, sign, zoning, fire, pool, body art and alcohol fees in prior-year and 2026 columnsCity of Grand Forks · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-14
- Grand Forks City Code, codified through Ordinance No. 4934, adopted December 15, 2025 (Supp. No. 34) — Chapter XXI Article 7 (food and drink establishments), Article 29 (general contractors, including the $2,000 threshold at 21-2902), Article 5 (outdoor advertising and sign permits), 21-0106 (fees set by resolution, one-year term expiring December 31) and 18-0507 (certificate of occupancy)City of Grand Forks · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-14
Other offices serving Grand Forks
The full permit list for this jurisdiction
Industry permit lists that include this agency
North Dakota jurisdictions
Commercial Compliance Hub publishes information, not legal advice. Requirements change — confirm anything you rely on with the issuing agency before you file.