Village of Whitefish Bay

Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Last verified September 18, 2026

Village of Whitefish Bay is a jurisdiction in Milwaukee 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, or the mailing address if the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.

Contact

Phone
414-962-6690
Email
joestreich@whitefishbaywi.gov
Department Site
Whitefish Bay Building Services Department (opens in a new tab)

Source: wfbvillage.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

Joel Oestreich (Lead Building/Commercial Inspector)
Village of Whitefish Bay Building Services
5300 N. Marlborough Dr.
Whitefish Bay, WI 53217

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 well-known, distinct Milwaukee-area suburb of Whitefish Bay (Milwaukee County) - confirmed via its own dedicated Building Services department page, not a generic/wrong-Whitefish-Bay listing. Lead Building/Commercial Inspector: Joel Oestreich (joestreich@whitefishbaywi.gov); Associate Building Inspector: Mike Belsha (mbelsha@whitefishbaywi.gov). Office hours 8-10am; inspection hours 7-8am, 10-11:30am, 1:30-3pm weekdays; permits applied for at least 24-48 hours before inspection. NOTE - domain inconsistency observed: department staff emails use @whitefishbaywi.gov, while Wisconsin DSPS's UDC delegated-municipality list separately lists the Village Clerk (Caren Brustmann, the 'Opt-Out' delegation contact) at a different-looking domain, c.brustmann@wfbvillage.org, and the village's own site is wfbvillage.gov - could not fully reconcile whether all three domains are legitimately in concurrent use or if one is stale; the Building Services email above was taken directly from the department's own current webpage. No online permit portal was found; permits appear to use a downloadable PDF application (wfbvillage.gov/DocumentCenter/View/111/Building-Permit-PDF) rather than a web portal, so currentDatabaseUrl is left null.

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 Whitefish Bay'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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