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Critical Dune Area Permit Fees

Grassy Dune with lake in background
Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy

Critical Dune Area Permit Fees

$150

  • Decks with a cumulative area of 225 square feet or smaller.

$250

  • Removal of blow sand to maintain an existing use (5 year permit).
  • Installation of retaining walls or other erosion protection devices up to 100 feet in cumulative length.
  • Removal of more than two but less than ten trees, not related to a commercial logging activity.
  • Decks greater than a cumulative area of 225 square feet.
  • Maintenance of a path to the water's edge with handheld tools.
  • Request to modify an existing permit that has not expired.

$600

  • Additions, garages, gazebos, and storage buildings.
  • Retaining walls and erosion protection devices larger than 100 feet in cumulative length.
  • Parking areas not associated with a special use project.
  • New, replacement, or maintenance of utilities for a single-family home, including a septic system.
  • Removal of ten or more trees, not related to a commercial logging activity.
  • Expansion of any road or driveway.
  • Demolition or removal of a building.

$1300

All other uses not listed, including:

  • Construction of a single family home and associated infrastructure.
  • Construction of each additional home, cottage, or guest dwelling on one property.
  • Relocation of a single family home and associated infrastructure.
  • Construction of a driveway serving one single family home.

$2000

  • An industrial or commercial use where the area of impact will be no larger than 1/3 of an acre.

$4000

  • Construction of a road or driveway if the road or driveway has the potential to serve a multi-family development of more than two homes or to serve a special use project.
  • An industrial or commercial use where the area of impact will be larger than 1/3 of an acre.
  • A multifamily use of more than 3 acres.
  • A multifamily use of 3 acres or less if the density of use is greater than 4 individual residences per acre.
  • A project that would damage or destroy features of archaeological or historical significance.

$2000

  • Application for Special Exception (in addition to the above fees).

Critical Dune Permit Fees Document

Effective 10/3/2016