Sharon Township

Washtenaw County, Michigan

Last verified September 17, 2026

Sharon Township is a jurisdiction in Washtenaw County, Michigan, 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

Department Site: Washtenaw County Building Department (opens in a new tab)

Source: washtenaw.org (opens in a new tab)

Permit Search

Washtenaw County Permitting, Inspections & Requests Online Portal (opens in a new tab)

Search Permit Records (Washtenaw County) (opens in a new tab)

Certificate Holder Mailing Address

Sharon Township Zoning Administrator
18010 Pleasant Lake Rd
Manchester, MI 48158

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

Additional Notes

Sharon Township keeps its own Zoning Administrator (Brady Heath, 734-704-1018, fax 734-704-1019) at the address above, per the township's official site (sharontownship.org), which explicitly states the township refers residents to the Washtenaw County Building Department for building permits/inspections. A building-department phone number (734-222-3900) and address (415 W Michigan Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48103) appear consistently across several third-party directories, but could not be directly confirmed in the text captured from washtenaw.org pages, so the phone field was left null - flagged here as a likely-accurate but unconfirmed hedge. The township's own general office line is (734) 428-7002, 17250 Bethel Church Rd, Manchester, MI 48158 (separate from the zoning administrator's address).

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 — Sharon Township'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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