Clam Lake Township
Wexford County, Michigan
Last verified September 17, 2026
Clam Lake Township is a jurisdiction in Wexford 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
Permit Search
No online permit database on file — contact the department directly by phone or email.
Certificate Holder Mailing Address
8809 East M-115Cadillac, MI 49601
Use this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.
Additional Notes
Township Zoning Administrator (Cindy Warda, 231-775-5401 ext. 6) issues the required zoning approval before a building permit application is submitted; the building permit itself is then handled by the Wexford County Building Department (confirmed on wexfordcounty.org: phone 231-779-9465, 401 North Lake St., Cadillac, MI 49601 — county page displayed an obfuscated placeholder email, so email left null). This two-step township-then-county process is a hedge based on the township site plus general county-guide sources, not a single explicit official statement. Clam Lake Township also has a BS&A Online portal (bsaonline.com/?uid=1923) but it covers only assessing/tax/property-sale records, not building permits, so it was not used as the currentDatabase field.
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 — Clam Lake 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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