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Assessor

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• Know who the City Appraisers are and what are their credentials
• Know how to identify an Appraiser from the City Assessor's Office
• Know if I have to let the Assessor onto my property
• Know what market value is
• Know how to appeal my classification and/or value
• Know how to homestead my property
• Know why my assessed value can change without an inspection
• Know how new construction is assessed
• Know how to calculate the property tax on my homestead project
• Know how the homestead credit works
• Know how to split and/or combine parcels
• Know how to update taxpayer names
• Know how to update title holder names
• Know who collects property related special assessments and taxes
• Know how to get survey information on my property
• Know how to find out if there is a lien on a property
• Know how my taxes are divided among local governments
• Know the time relationship between the assessment and the budget
• Know about the law that limits how much the assessor can raise my value
• Know how to get data compilations
• How the Disabled Veteran's Market Value Exclusion works
• Know what parts of town are being inspected and revalued this year

Attorney

• Does the City Attorney's Office represent private citizens?
• What is the difference between the Duluth City Attorney's Office and the St. Louis County Attorney's Office?
• Is the Duluth City Attorney's Office able to give me legal advice?
• Will you answer simple legal questions and/or explain the law as it relates to a particular issue?
• Who accepts Service of Process on the City?
• How do I complain about a consumer good that I purchased?
• How can I obtain copies of the City Ordinances?

City Clerk

• Apply for a Business License
• Apply for a Building Permit

Communications

• Contact the City of Duluth

Engineering

• Find Project construction documents for City of Duluth sponsored street improvements
• Pave my existing alley or construct an alley in a platted alley right-of-way.
• Know the clearance of certain bridges in town
• Know about 2009 construction areas in the City of Duluth
• Find out about prevailing wages in the city of Duluth
• Apply for a driveway apron
• Install a culvert for my driveway
• Replace my existing driveway culvert
• Find Development Review Committee meetings and minutes
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• Find Special Assessment Board meetings and minutes
• Obtain an accessible parking sign
• Apply for an excavation permit
• Know about miscellaneous or occupy permits
• Obtain a permit for oversized loads (transportation permit)
• Move a mobile home
• Find a Duluth truck route map
• Move sand off of Park Point
• Obtain a residential parking permit
• Establish a new residential parking area
• Extend a sanitary sewer to serve my property
• Extend a storm water main to serve my property
• Extend a water main to serve my property
• Develop property with multiple structures, streets, utilities
• Have a sidewalk repaired
• Find information about city streets
• Find my property lines
• Report a signal not working

Fire

• Get fire code questions answered
• Know the rules about recreational fires
• Know how to make a solid waste complaint
• Know how to get a permit for a bonfire, fireworks, blasting, etc.
• Schedule a fire station tour
• Know when and where carseat clincs are held
• Schedule a fire presenataion for my event
• Know what fireworks are legal
• Find fire related product recalls

Human Resources

• Apply for Employment

Parks & Recreation

• Reserve a Park Facility

Public Works & Utilities

• Apply for Utility Service
• Learn about stormwater
• Learn how my stormwater fees are used
• Learn about Duluth’s streams
• Learn about rain gardens
• Learn about stormwater safety
• Learn why the beaches are closed
• View Duluth’s annual stormwater report
• Report a stormwater problem
• Reduce my stormwater fee
• Apply for a fill permit
• Buy a rain barrel!
• Do my part to protect Duluth’s streams and Lake Superior