Maple Ridge Township
Alpena County, Michigan
Last verified September 17, 2026
Maple Ridge Township is a jurisdiction in Alpena County, Michigan, 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
- (989) 356-0791
- Department Site
- Maple Ridge Township Building/Zoning Department (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
Maple Ridge Township6000 W. LaComb Road
Alpena, MI 49707
Use this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.
Additional Notes
Building Official: Don Gilmet; Zoning Administrator & Blight Officer: Ken Robb (names per the township's own official site; direct phone/email for each individually was not separately listed). Office hours Tue-Thu 10am-3pm. Downloadable Building, Electrical, and Zoning Permit applications are available on the Forms & Documents page. One secondary web search result (via alpenacounty.org) gave a differing phone/address (989-734-3555, PO Box 25, Rogers City, MI 49779 -- Rogers City is actually in Presque Isle County, not Alpena), which appears inconsistent and possibly mixed up with another entity; the figures from the township's own official mapleridge-alpenami.gov site are used here as the more reliable/official ones, with this discrepancy flagged as a hedge. Not to be confused with the separate, unrelated Maple Ridge Township in Delta County, Michigan.
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 — Maple Ridge 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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