Village of Pleasant Prairie
Kenosha County, Wisconsin
Last verified September 17, 2026
Village of Pleasant Prairie is a jurisdiction in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, with an online portal for searching and pulling active or historical building permits. Use the contact information below to reach the local building department, or the mailing address if the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.
Contact
Certificate Holder Mailing Address
Building Inspection DepartmentVillage of Pleasant Prairie
9915 39th Avenue
Pleasant Prairie, WI 53158
Use this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.
Additional Notes
DSPS delegated-authority list (Aug 2026, line 1646): Village of Pleasant Prairie is 'Delegated' with Municipality Contact (clerk) Jane Snell, 262-694-1400, Clerksoffice@plprairie.com — that is the Village Clerk's office, separate from the dedicated in-house Building Inspection Department used here as the primary permit contact (Village Hall, 9915 39th Avenue, Pleasant Prairie, WI 53158, 262-694-9304, buildinginspection@pleasantprairiewi.gov, fax 262-925-6786). The village was certified by DSPS in 2000 to perform its own commercial plan review/inspections and has state-certified in-house inspectors. It launched a new online permit portal in 2025 (pleasantprairiewi.gov/permitportal); the underlying platform appears to be a SmartGov Community portal (vlg-pleasantprairie-wi.smartgovcommunity.com) listed here as an alternate/likely-same system, not independently confirmed as distinct.
What You Need Before Applying for a Permit
Most building departments ask for the same core package before they'll issue a permit: a completed application naming the property owner and contractor, the contractor's state license number and proof of insurance (general liability, and workers' comp if employees are on the job), a notice of commencement or equivalent recorded filing for larger jobs where the state requires one, and scaled plans or a site plan for anything beyond minor repairs. Roofing, fence, pool, and solar permits typically have their own simplified checklists — Village of Pleasant Prairie's department (above) can confirm exactly what applies to your project.
Why this matters for insurance: permit history is one of the first things an underwriter or adjuster checks. Unpermitted work — a finished basement, an added bedroom, a rebuilt roof — can complicate a claim or even void coverage for that portion of the loss, and it routinely surfaces during a home inspection. Pulling the right permit up front, and keeping the closed-permit record on file, protects both the property's value and its insurability at resale.
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