Olmsted County Public Health Services license fees

2026 fees and definitions

Type of establishment	Fee	Definition
Food Establishment	High Risk, > 3,000 square feet, $1,490 High Risk, < 3,000 square feet, $1,168 Medium Risk, $1,042	An establishment that stores, prepares packages, serves, vends, or otherwise provides food and/or beverage for human consumption. A Food Establishment license includes the ability to provide catering and commissary services.
Limited Food Establishment	$700	A food establishment that provides one or more of the following: a. prepackaged food that receives heat treatment and is served in the package; b. frozen pizza that is heated and served; c. a continental breakfast such as rolls, coffee, juice, milk and cold cereal; d. any beverage such as soft drinks, coffee, alcoholic or nonalcoholic drinks; e. cleaning for eating, drinking, or cooking utensils when the only food served is prepared off site; or f. primarily provides beverages that consist of combining dry mixes and water or ice for immediate service to the consumer. Must use equipment and utensils that are nontoxic, durable, and retain their characteristic qualities under normal use conditions.
Caterer / Commissary	$700	A caterer prepares, transports, or serves food to a location other than the Commissary for immediate consumption. A commissary is a food establishment where food, containers, or supplies are kept, handled, prepared, packaged, and stored.
Seasonal Food Establishment	$400	A food establishment which is closed five (5) consecutive months of the year or more. A Seasonal Food Establishment license includes the ability to provide catering and commissary services.
Seasonal Temporary Food Stand	$331	A food establishment that is disassembled and moved from location to location, remaining no more than twenty-one (21) consecutive days in one place.
Mobile Food Unit	$331	A food establishment that is a vehicle-mounted unit either motorized or trailered, operating no more than twenty-one (21) consecutive days annually at any one (1) place.
Food Cart	$331	A non-motorized vehicle self-propelled by the operator. Food Cart shall be synonymous with "Push Cart."
School or Charity (501-C3) Food Service	Base Kitchen, $548 Limited Prep, $344 Serving/Feeding Site, $235	A full kitchen and/or commissary. The majority of foods are prepared off-site but provides limited food prep such as grilled foods or salad bar. All food prepared off-site; serving kitchen or satellite facilities only.
School Concession Stand	$331	A food and beverage service establishment located in a school, on school grounds, or within a school-owned athletic complex, that is operated in conjunction with school-sponsored events. A school kitchen or school cafeteria is not a school concession stand.
Special Event Food Stand	$30	A food and beverage service establishment that is used in conjunction with celebrations and special events, and which operates for no more than ten (10) total days in the current calendar year.
Special Event Mobile Food Unit or Cart	$50	A mobile food unit or cart that is used in conjunction with celebrations and special events, and which operates for no more than ten (10) total days in the current calendar year.
Special Event Recreational Camping Area	$185	A recreational camping area which operates no more than two (2) times annually for no more than fourteen (14) consecutive days.
Day Care Center with Food Prep	$600	Any child-care facility which meets the requirements for licensing by the Minnesota Department of Human Services under Minnesota Rules Chapter 9503 which provides care of six or more children for periods of more than 3 hours but less than 24 hours. The term includes, but is not limited to, nursery schools, hospital centers, after school programs, and child day care centers. Day Care Center with Food Prep: A day care facility where food is prepared and served on-site.
Day Care Center with Limited Food Prep	$350	Day Care Limited - A daycare facility where food preparation is limited to snacks or catered foods only. On-site preparation of potentially hazardous foods as defined in the Minnesota Food Code (4626.0020 subp 62) is not permitted. Snacks are foods that require limited, on-site food handling or service including, but not limited to, fruits, cereals, prepackaged bakery products, candy and chips. Catered foods must not require additional preparation or heating at the day care center.
Bed and Breakfast	$180	A private home where sleeping accommodations are offered for one or more nights for transient use to no more than eighteen (18) persons and includes a single meal per day served on the premises.
Boarding	$331	A food and beverage service establishment where food or beverages, or both, are furnished to five or more regular boarders, whether with or without sleeping accommodations, for periods of one week or more.
Manufactured Home Park (MHP)	$300 base fee, plus $10 per site.	Any site, lot, field or tract of land upon which two or more occupied manufactured homes are located, either free of charge or for compensation, and includes any building, structure, tent, vehicle or enclosure used or intended for use as part of the equipment of the manufactured home park.
Recreational Camping Area (RCA)	Year Round: $300 base fee, plus $10 per site. Seasonal (closed for 5 consecutive months): $150 base fee, plus $5 per site.	Any area, whether privately or publicly owned, used on a daily, nightly, weekly, or longer basis for the accommodation of five or more tents or recreational camping vehicles free of charge or for compensation.
Lodging - Camper Cabin	$10	A permanent rustic enclosure with walls and a floor that does not include a kitchen or bath; is located in a state park administered by the commissioner of natural resources, at a resort as defined under section 157.15, subdivision 11, or at a recreational camping area as defined under section 327.14, subdivision 8; and is intended to be a place where sleeping accommodations are furnished to the public.
Hotel / Motel Lodging	Smoke-free: $182 base fee, plus $5 per room. Smoking-allowed: $252 base fee, plus $5 per room	Any building, structure or enclosure, or any part thereof, kept, used as, maintained as, advertises as, or held out to the public to be an enclosure where sleeping accommodations are furnished to the public and furnishing accommodation for periods of less than one (1) week.
Lodging	$182, plus $5 per room	A place where sleeping accommodations are furnished to the public as regular roomers, for periods of one week or more, and having five or more beds to let to the public OR a place located within 10 miles of a hospital or medical center, where sleeping accomodations are furnished to the exclusively to patients, their families, and caregivers while the patient is receiving or waiting for health care treatments or procedures, for periods of one week or more, and where no supportive services are provided.
Public Swimming Pool	Year-round, > 50,000 gallons, $600 Year-round, <50,000 gallons, $400 Seasonal (closed for 5 consecutive months), >50,000 gallons, $300 <50,000 gallons, $200	A structure, chamber, or tank containing an artificial body of water for swimming, diving, relaxation, or recreational use including special purpose pools, wading pools, and spa pools.
Retail Food at Lodging, MHP, and RCA	$100	A grocery or convenience store located at a Lodging establishment, MHP, RCA, or Youth Camp.
Youth Camp	$200	A camp established and maintained where both food and beverage service and lodging facilities are provided for ten (10) or more minors and is operated continuously for a period of five (5) days or more each year for educational, recreational, or vacation purposes.
Vending Machines	High/Medium risk foods, $19 per machine Low risk foods, $10 per machine Bulk nuts, $6 per machine	A self-service device that dispenses unit servings of food in bulk or in packages without the necessity of replanishing the device between each vending operation.
Tobacco Retail Sales	$326 base fee, plus $165 per cash register and $85 per tobacco vending machine	A retail establishment that stores and sells tobacco, tobacco-related devices, electronic delivery devices, nicotine and lobelia delivery products.
Cannabis Retail Sales - Initial Registration	Microbusiness with a retail endorsement, $0 Mezzobusiness with a retail endorsement, $500 Cannabis Retailer, $500 Medical Cannabis Combination Business, $500 Lower-potency Hemp Edible Retailer, $125	A retail establishment that stores and sells cannabis, cannabis-related devices, and lower-potency hemp edibles.
Cannabis Retail Sales - Renewal Registration	Microbusiness with a retail endorsement, $1,000 Mezzobusiness with a retail endorsement, $1,000 Cannabis Retailer, $1,000 Medical Cannabis Combination Business, $1,000 Lower-potency Hemp Edible Retailer, $125	A retail establishment that stores and sells cannabis, cannabis-related devices, and lower-potency hemp edibles.

2026 additional fees

Service	Fee	Definition
Cannabis Retail Lottery Entry Fee	$100	A fee to be eligible for entry into the Cannabis Retail Sales Registration Lottery.
Establishment Late Fee	5% for the first month or partial month late, an additional 10% for each additional month or partial month late.	A late fee will be assessed if payment, signed renewal form and completed worker’s compensation insurance form are not received by the due date.
Special Event / Mobile Food Unit Late Fee	$30	A late fee will be assessed if the application is received three calendar days or less before the event.
Plan Review	$500 deposit, $85 per hour	The construction or remodeling of a licensed establishment, or the replacement or installation of equipment in a licensed establishment.
Follow-Up Inspection Fee	$85 per hour	Additional regulatory follow-up inspections.