City of Glendale
Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Last verified September 17, 2026
City of Glendale is a jurisdiction in Milwaukee 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
Permit Search
Certificate Holder Mailing Address
Tod Doebler, Building InspectorGlendale City Hall
5909 N Milwaukee River Pkwy
Glendale, WI 53209
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 City of Glendale in Milwaukee County (a Milwaukee suburb) - unrelated to the Town of Glendale in Monroe County (see separate entry) and unrelated to Glendale, CA/AZ/etc. which surface in generic searches. The city contracts inspection services to SafeBuilt (262-420-4732, wiinspections@safebuilt.com; local manager Lisa Held, lheld@safebuilt.com). Wisconsin DSPS's delegated-agent list names Karl Warwick as Administrator (414-228-1714, k.warwick@glendalewi.gov) and Collin Johnson as the delegated inspector (414-228-1708, c.johnson@glendale-wi.gov); the city's own current webpage instead names Tod Doebler as Building Inspector at the same phone number (414-228-1708) with a different email, and a separate DSPS document pairs Karl Warwick with tdoebler@safebuilt.com. These discrepancies likely reflect staffing changes over time between the DSPS filing and the present; Tod Doebler/SafeBuilt is treated here as the current primary contact since it comes from the city's live website.
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 — City of Glendale'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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