Village of Pewaukee

Waukesha County, Wisconsin

Last verified September 17, 2026

Village of Pewaukee is a jurisdiction in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, which does not currently list an online permit database — contact the department directly by phone or email. 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: 262-691-5660
Department Site: Village of Pewaukee (permits/inspections handled by City of Pewaukee Building Services under contract) (opens in a new tab)

Source: villageofpewaukee.com (opens in a new tab)

Permit Search

No online permit database on file — contact the department directly by phone or email.

Certificate Holder Mailing Address

Kevin Bierce (City of Pewaukee), shared Building/UDC Inspector
262-533-2500
bierce@pewaukee.wi.us

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

Additional Notes

CRITICAL: the Village of Pewaukee and City of Pewaukee are legally distinct, separate Waukesha County governments despite sharing the same name -- verified separately, and this record is for the Village only. Per the Village's own website, 'The Village contracts with the City of Pewaukee for building permits and inspections' -- applicants physically go to the City of Pewaukee's Inspections Department (2nd floor of City Hall, W240N3065 Pewaukee Road) to obtain permits and pay fees, even though this is Village of Pewaukee property. Wisconsin DSPS's August 19, 2026 delegated lists name Village Clerk Scott Gosse as the municipal contact and Kevin Bierce (of the City of Pewaukee) as the shared inspector, confirming the contracted-inspection arrangement; however DSPS's own listed phone numbers for the Village (715-344-7684) and for Bierce in that specific row (715-315-2491) use a '715' area code that is inconsistent with the Village's actual '262' area code published on its own site -- likely a data-entry error in the DSPS source, so the Village's own published phone (262-691-5660) is used here instead.

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 Pewaukee'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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