City of Zilwaukee

Saginaw County, Michigan

Last verified September 17, 2026

City of Zilwaukee is a jurisdiction in Saginaw 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) 755-0931
Department Site: City of Zilwaukee - Building Permits (opens in a new tab)

Source: zilwaukeemichigan.gov (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

City of Zilwaukee
319 Tittabawassee Rd
Saginaw, MI 48604-1263

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

Additional Notes

Confirmed via the City's official site (zilwaukeemichigan.gov), which hosts Building Permit and Plumbing Permit applications, and via Saginaw County's official 'Local Unit Contact List' PDF (saginawcountymi.gov, updated 6/4/2026), which lists the City's address, phone (989) 755-0931, fax (989) 755-2202, and office hours Mon-Fri 8am-5pm. The Michigan LARA Bureau of Construction Codes Statewide Jurisdiction List confirms Saginaw County has 'NO COUNTY PROGRAM' and the City of Zilwaukee is LOCAL (its own program) for building, electrical, mechanical, and plumbing codes. City Manager is Dawn Junemann (djunemann@zilwaukeemichigan.gov per the county contact list) but this is a general administrative contact, not confirmed as building-department-specific, so it is not listed as the permit dept email. No online permit portal/database was found on the official site. Direct WebFetch access to zilwaukeemichigan.gov pages returned HTTP 403 (likely bot-blocking), so page content was corroborated via search-engine snippets and the county's official PDF rather than a raw fetch of the site itself.

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 Zilwaukee'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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