Applications

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Because of various computer platforms and text/font formats, Adobe PDF is the only digital format available on the web. This will ensure accuracy and consistency for both the applicant and the City. You may also pick up a hard copy of the application in our office.

If mailing the application, please send it to: City of Ames, Department of Planning & Housing, PO Box 811, Ames, IA 50010-0811. Please remember that original signatures are required and that electronic and faxed submissions are not complete and will be returned.

For more information about the review process and schedule for these applications, please see our
Development Review Information page.

 *** UPDATED FEES IN EFFECT JULY 1, 2022 ***

(Current Fee Schedule Below)

 Application Packets (in alphabetical order)   

Fee 

Adaptive Reuse (Please contact our office for assistance)  $ 440.00
Annexation - Voluntary  $ 200.00
Appeal of a Decision of the Zoning Enforcement Officer  $   75.00
Certificate of Appropriateness

      N/A

Conditional Use Permit for an Alternate Method of Elevating a Residential Structure in the Floodway Fringe Overlay District  $ 165.00
Conditional Use Permit in the Floodway Overlay District  $ 165.00
Conditional Use Permit in the General Flood Plain Overlay District    

 $ 165.00

Conveyance Parcel Review                          N/A
Driveway Access and Paving $ 100.00
Exception for Height and Floor Area Ratio (FAR) in the DSC  $   75.00
Exception for Minor Area Modification  $   75.00
Exception to the Minimum Requirement for Two-Story Buildings in the CSC  $   75.00
Exception to Parking Area Dimensions  $   75.00
Exception for Commercial Parking Lot Landscape Area     $   75.00

Final Plat Approval of a Major Subdivision
  Hardware & Software Specs for CAD Drawings

 $ 330.00
Final Plat Approval of a Minor Subdivision
  Hardware & Software Specs for CAD Drawings
 $ 330.00
Flood Plain Development Permit (Please contact our office for assistance)

 $   75.00

Historic District

 N/A

Historic Landmark

 N/A

Historic Preservation Awards

 N/A

Home Daycare, Childcare Facilities (Please contact our office for assistance)  N/A
Home Occupation (Please contact our office for assistance) N/A
Joint Use Parking

 N/A

Kick-off Meeting

 N/A

Comprehensive Plan Map Change-Major (Please contact our office for assistance)  $ 550.00
Comprehensive Plan Map Change-Minor (Please contact our office for assistance)      $ 330.00
Comprehensive Plan Text Change (Please contact our office for assistance)  $ 330.00
Major Site Development Plan  $ 440.00
Major Site Development Plan Approval in an Environmentally Sensitive Area (O-E Zone)  $ 440.00
Major Site Development Plan in the "O-SFC"  $ 440.00
Major Site Development Plan - Residential Low Density Park Zone (RLP) Plan Amendment  $ 440.00
Master Plan - O-GNE (Northeast Gateway Overlay)  $ 400.00
Minor Site Development Plan  $ 220.00
Minor Site Development Plan - South Lincoln Neighborhood  $ 220.00
Parking Reduction for Affordable Housing N/A 
Planned Residence (F-PRD) Development - Rezoning (Please contact our office for assistance)  $ 330.00
Planned Residence (F-PRD) Development - Major Site Development Plan                      $ 440.00
Planned Residence (F-PRD) Amendments to the Approved Site Development Plan (Major)  $ 440.00
Planned Residence (F-PRD) Amendments to the Approved Site Development Plan (Minor) (Please contact our office for assistance)  $ 165.00
PUD (Planned Unit Development) Pre-application Conference N/A 
PUD (Planned Unit Development) Rezoning with Master Plan (See "Rezoning with Master Plan, below)  
PUD (Planned Unit Development) with Site Plan (Please contact our office for assistance)  
Plat of Survey

$ 100.00

Preliminary Plat Approval of a Major Subdivision
  Hardware & Software Specs for CAD Drawings

 $ 550.00
Public Art Easement N/A 

Relocation of a Structure

 $   75.00
Request for Reasonable Accommodation  $   75.00
Rezoning (Please contact our office for assistance)  $ 330.00
Rezoning with Master Plan (includes PUD Rezoning) (Please contact our office for assistance)
 $ 580.00
Rural Subdivisions (Please contact our office for assistance)  $ 750.00
Sketch Plan Pre-Application Conference

 N/A

Short-Term Rental Registration (Hosted Home Share or Home Share)          N/A

Solar Energy System Zoning Permit (SESZP)

- For residential rooftop systems, no permit is required
- For freestanding or wall mount systems, please contact our office for assistance

 N/A

Special Use Permits

 

 $165.00
without 
Site Plan

 

 

$385.00

with    
Site Plan

Supervised Transitional Home   (Please contact our office for assistance)

$ 150.00
Tax Abatement URA Packet

 N/A

Urban Renewal/Revitalization Area - Request for Designation for Commercial Development  $ 300.00
Urban Revitalization - Citywide  N/A
Urban Revitalization - Downtown Area

 N/A

Urban Revitalization - University Area

 N/A

Variance  $ 150.00
Variance - Flood Plain  $ 150.00
Village Residential (F-VR) Development  $ 400.00
Wireless Permit Application  $ 165.00
Zoning Confirmation Letter (per lot or parcel)  $ 120.00
Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment (Please contact our office for assistance)

 $ 220.00

Zoning Permit $ 165.00



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