Application for a Building Permit

BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATION

You may print, complete, and return this page with the required documents and payment to the Woodbury County Planning & Zoning Office, 620 Douglas Street, Sioux City, IA 51101. Before formally submitting your application, please schedule a pre‑application meeting with Planning & Zoning staff at 712‑279‑6609. Further directions are below the application on this page.

Application

In accordance with the Woodbury County Zoning Ordinance, the undersigned hereby applies for a building permit:

Landowner's name: 

Phone:

Mailing address:

City:

Zip:

Structure will be built at (address):

Occupied by:

Quarter/quarter:

Section:

Civil township:

Subdivision:

Block:Lot(s):

Name of contractor:

Phone:

Address of contractor:

Anticipated start date of construction (month/day/year):

Type of structure:

Dimensions (Length, Width, & Height): 

Will this be used for business purposes?

Structure's value: 

Size of parcel in acres: 

Remarks: 

Please read carefully.
I, the undersigned, hereby understand and state that the land and building listed herein shall not be occupied or used in whole or in part for any purpose whatsoever until the structure has been completed and reported as such to the County Office of Planning and Zoning; and to do so constitutes a violation of the Woodbury County Zoning Ordinance subject to misdemeanor charges. I further state that I have read the foregoing application and attachments and know the contents therein, and the facts contained are true and accurate.

Signature:  

Date: 

Notary Public in and for Woodbury County, Iowa:  

After the application has been approved and the permit issued, the permit becomes null and void if construction has not commenced within 120 days and in any event one year. 

Notice to applicants

Prior to returning the application for a building permit, please do the following:

• Contact Siouxland District Health Department about sewage system and well regulations and permits. They can be reached at 279-6119.
• Determine your parcel's zoning designation. Contact the Woodbury County Planning and Zoning office at 712-279-6609

Locating the edge of the road right-of-way

• Call the Woodbury County Engineer's Office at 279-6484 in the Sioux City area, or 712-873-3215 with the legal description to obtain right-of-way information. The Community & Economic Development Department cannot advise of right-of-way location.
• Show the width of the right-of-way on the site-plan drawing for the building permit. This width, obtained from the County Engineer, is measured from the center of the road toward your property. This area, called road right-of-way, is the easement or fee title purchased by the state or the county for roadways, road maintenance, road improvements, and other reasons. Setbacks required by the Zoning Ordinance are measurements to be added to the right-of-way width and do not include the right-of-way.

Negligence in locating the correct edge of the right-of-way can be extremely costly to the property owner.

Keep in mind:

• The right-of-way is not the center of the road.
• The right-of-way is not the edge of the road.
• The right-of-way is not necessarily the fence line.
• Your right-of-way location may not be the same as your neighbor's and may not be the same width across your entire parcel.

• Call the Woodbury County Engineer's Office at 279-6484 in the Sioux City area, or 712-873-3215 for information regarding installation of driveways/entrances.
• The property owner is responsible and liable for locating the correct edge of the road right-of-way and all other property lines, and for showing correct measurements on the site-plan for a building permit.
• Only after the site-plan is submitted for approval can zoning staff advise if your construction will comply with zoning regulations. Include dimensions, including building height, on your site plan.
• Verbal information is not approval to proceed. You are required to apply, include the applicable fee, and obtain an approved permit prior to beginning any type of construction in Woodbury County.

Site plan instructions

Please do not hesitate to call 712-279-6609 if you have any questions. 

Refer to the setback reference sheet for your zoning district when planning your project. The site plan does not have to be to scale but should include the following:

• Indicate which way is north.
• Show where the road is that goes past the parcel and name it.
• Show the County Right-Of-Way (distance from the center of the road to the beginning of your lot line; typically around 33 feet and ending at your property's fence line).
• Indicate any field entrances or drives leading into the parcel.
• Show any buildings or structures currently on land. Label “Existing” and/or “New”.
• Show length, width, and height of new building or addition.
• Indicate septic system and direction leach field flows.
• Show where well is located.
• Indicate with arrowed lines the distance on each side from house to lot line.
• Indicate with arrowed lines the distance on each side from accessory structure to lot line.
• Show there is a minimum of 10 feet between buildings.

When your site plan is complete, please return it with the completed building permit application and applicable fee. Be sure to sign where indicated before a Notary.

Woodbury County Community & Economic Development
620 Douglas St., 6th Floor
Sioux City, IA 51101