Sanilac Township

Sanilac County, Michigan

Last verified September 17, 2026

Sanilac Township is a jurisdiction in Sanilac 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

Phone: (810) 622-8178 ext 4
Email: zoningadministrator@sanilactownship.org
Department Site: Planning & Zoning (Zoning Administrator) / Sanilac County Department of Construction and Land Use (opens in a new tab)

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

Permit Search

BS&A Online (opens in a new tab)

Certificate Holder Mailing Address

Sanilac County Department of Construction and Land Use
60 W. Sanilac Ave., Room 210
Sandusky, MI 48471

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

Additional Notes

Zoning Administrator is Art Schlichting (zoningadministrator@sanilactownship.org, (810) 622-8178 ext 4), confirmed via the township's own official site (sanilactownshipmi.gov), which also hosts a Land Use Permit Packet requiring local (township) approval to accompany the county building permit application. Actual building-code permits/inspections are issued by the Sanilac County Department of Construction and Land Use at 60 W. Sanilac, Sandusky, MI, (810) 648-4664, per county documents referenced from the township's own site. The BS&A Online portal listed (uid=725) is the township's own system; its scope (tax/assessing vs. permits) was not separately confirmed for this township, so treat as likely tax/assessing per the pattern seen in similarly-configured townships — hedge. Township Hall: 20 North Ridge Street, P.O. Box 631, Port Sanilac, MI 48469.

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 — Sanilac 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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