Village of Summit

Waukesha County, Wisconsin

Last verified September 17, 2026

Village of Summit is a jurisdiction in Waukesha 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

Phone: 262-490-4141
Email: villageofsummit@att.net
Department Site: Building Inspector (opens in a new tab)

Source: villageofsummitwi.gov (opens in a new tab)

Permit Search

Village of Summit Forms & Permits (opens in a new tab)

Certificate Holder Mailing Address

Mike Sindorf, Building Inspector
Village Hall, 37100 Delafield Road
Summit, WI 53066

Use this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.

Additional Notes

This is the well-known Milwaukee-area suburb (Waukesha County) — verified independently and NOT to be confused with the three unrelated Towns of Summit in Douglas, Juneau, and Langlade counties. Building Inspector Mike Sindorf has served since 2001; his firm is named inconsistently across official/secondary sources as 'Maney-Miller Inspectors, LLP' (per one village page) and 'Municipal Inspectors, LLC' (per another listing) — phone/email/fax are consistent across both mentions, only the firm name varies, so that detail is flagged rather than asserted. Office hours Tue-Thu ~2-4pm or by appointment; fax 262-567-4115; inspection requests must be phoned in, not emailed/texted.

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 Summit'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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