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Excavation Permits
Monticello Public Works is currently accepting excavation permit requests online.
Contractor Requirements 48 Hours Prior to Excavation
A. Certificate of Liability Insurance
- Certificate must be on file at Monticello Public Works.
- $1,000,000 minimum, general liability
- $ 500,000 minimum, automobile liability
- $ 100,000 minimum, worker's compensation
- City of Monticello shall be listed as Certificate Holder
B. License & Permit Bond
- License and Permit Bond on file at Monticello Public Works in the amount of $15,000 OR Minnesota Pipelayer's Bond
C. Excavation Permit Application
- Contact Monticello Public Works ahead to schedule an inspection
- Fee: $105 per permit (This fee may have already been included in the building permit fees paid at City Hall.)
- Sign the permit at Monticello Public Works OR request permit via email. A signed permit by the applicant must be emailed to Public Works before work begins
- Copy of permit will be issued
- Contractor should read and understand all regulations
Sewer Service Requirements
- Required Pipe: SDR 26 or Schedule 40
- All joints rubber gasketed or primed and glued
- Contractors must pressure test at 4 pounds per 4 minutes
- Cleanouts are required if service is more than 75 feet
- Cleanout required every 75 feet
- Sewer services will not be buried until properly inspected by City staff
Water Service Requirements
- 1-inch minimum, K-Copper or PE4710 Blue with clear core SDR-7 (tracer wire required on all PE water services installed to city specifications)
- Contractor to flush residential service line with fresh water by opening/closing curb stop
- Contractor to hydrostatically pressure test residential service line with fresh water and a sanitized pump to 150 psi for not less than 15 minutes prior to the arrival of the City inspector
- Contractor must hydrostatically pressure test all commercial services at 150 pounds for 2 hours
- Water services will not be buried until properly inspected by City staff
- Contractor will set the standpipe to final final
- Contractor shall place a steel fence post alongside standpipe to mark the standpipe
Water Meter Installations
Pick up water meter at Public Works
- Contractor or plumber responsible to pick up the meter and meter connections
- Contractor to provide the property address for meter installation and payment will be verified
- Contractor to inform Public Works when water needs to be turned on
- Contractor to set meter prior to water turn on
Please direct additional questions to the Monticello Water Department by calling (763) 271-3274 or the Monticello Public Works Department by calling 763-295-3170.