Burning Permits / Driveway Permits / Culverts / Mailbox Supports
You do not need a burn permit if there is at least three inches of snow on the ground
The following materials cannot be burned:
- Hazardous wastes
- Industrial solid wastes
- Demolition debris of commercial or institutional structures. (A Farm building is not a commercial structure.) Burning of any structure should be referred to a forest officer
- Salvage operations
- Motor vehicles
- Oils
- Rubber
- Plastics
- Chemically-treated materials
- Other materials which produce excessive, or noxious smoke, such as, but not limited to: tires, railroad ties, chemically-treated lumber, composite board, sheet rock, wiring, paint, or paint filters
- Garbage, defined as discarded material resulting from handling, processing, storage, preparation, serving, or consumption of food
- It is never permissible to burn household garbage
Please contact Wright County Planning and Zoning for permits not listed on this page. (763)682-7338
Burning Permits
An annual permit may be purchased on the DNR website.
A free 3 day permit can be issued from the Clerk's Office during regular business hours
All permits must be called in each day you burn. The activation number given by the automated system is required to be written on your permit each day you burn.
The Clerk's Office cannot issue running fire permits or daytime permits.
DRIVEWAY / R.O.W. PERMITS
Driveway/ and Road R.O.W. Work Permits are required and
can be purchased through the Township.
A permit is needed for any work in the Township Right-Of-Way
which is 33 feet from the center of the road.
(Paving, Culverts, mailboxes, Utility etc...)
Please contact our office 763-682-3499.
All work needs to be inspected and approved by the Township
before and after work is performed.
