City of Milan

Washtenaw County, Michigan

Last verified September 17, 2026

City of Milan is a jurisdiction in Washtenaw 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: (734) 439-1501
Email: shaunag@milanmi.gov
Department Site: City of Milan Building, Zoning & Planning Department (opens in a new tab)

Source: milanmi.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 Milan Building, Zoning & Planning Department
147 Wabash Street
Milan, MI 48160

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

Additional Notes

The City of Milan physically straddles Monroe and Washtenaw counties, but per this project's convention it is assigned to Washtenaw County. The city handles its own building/zoning permitting (no evidence of county delegation); no online permit-search/application portal (BS&A, MyGov, etc.) was found on the official site — only downloadable permit application PDFs and the municode ordinance library were referenced. A second contact, antoinettes@milanmi.gov (Office Generalist), was also listed on the department page. Coincidentally, Milan Township (a separate government, Monroe County) is also headquartered at a location it lists simply as 'Milan Zoning' with the same 147 Wabash Street address in some third-party aggregation — unconfirmed whether that's a stale/incorrect scrape or an actual shared office; treat with caution since the township's own official page did not list an address.

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 Milan'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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