Village of Cambria
Columbia County, Wisconsin
Last verified September 17, 2026
Village of Cambria is a jurisdiction in Columbia 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.
Contact
- Phone
- 920-348-5443
- cambria@centurytel.net
- Department Site
- Cambria Village Office / Building Inspector (opens in a new tab)
Permit Search
No online permit database on file — contact the department directly by phone or email.
Additional Notes
Permit applications are submitted at the Village Hall (111 West Edgewater Street). Per the Wisconsin DSPS UDC-delegated-municipalities list (Aug 2026), the municipal contact is Clerk/Treasurer Lois Frank at the phone/email above; the DSPS commercial-delegation list separately names Mark Jankowski of General Engineering Co. (608-742-2169, gec@generalengineering.net) as the village's contracted commercial inspector. A web search also surfaced 'Ken Fennewald, Building Inspector, 608-697-8009' as a village building-inspector contact; this could not be fully cross-confirmed against the official DSPS lists (Fennewald does appear elsewhere in DSPS records as a General Engineering Co. inspector for other municipalities), so it is included here as a plausible but unverified lead rather than a confirmed fact.
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 Cambria'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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