Administrative overview · FIPS 55015
Calumet County permit authority
The first compliance decision is jurisdictional: identify the office with statutory authority over your parcel, then use its filing and inspection sequence to keep the project moving.
Jurisdictional status
County
This county profile is the primary starting point for unincorporated-area permitting.
Responsible agency
Calumet County Planning, Zoning and Land Information Department
For a project in or near Calumet County, this office is the identified point of contact for permit intake, statutory code enforcement, plan review coordination, and inspection release conditions. Confirm the parcel’s boundary and project type before relying on the county lane.
Direct contact
920-849-1442; Code Administrators: 920-849-1493 ext. 2304 or ext. 2306
Call before mobilizing if the project has a boundary, occupancy, fire, septic, or utility question.
Permit counter
Calumet County Planning, Zoning and Land Information Department, 206 Court Street, Chilton, WI 53014
Operating hours
Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Review expectation
Ask the agency for its current review estimate
Compliance workbench
Choose the next project decision.
Apply online
Open the verified digital gateway, application form, and review timeline.
Open guide →Fees & penalties
Understand fee schedules, enforcement exposure, and stop-work liabilities.
Open guide →Codes & exemptions
Read the code framework, minor-work exemptions, and inspection lane.
Open guide →Agency website
Visit the primary public source for current notices and contact changes.
Open guide →Source trail
Official sources for this profile
Use these direct agency or licensing links to confirm current instructions before you file, pay, or schedule work. External pages control if their information differs from this directory.
Project questions
Frequently asked questions for Calumet County
Who handles permitting for this jurisdiction?
Calumet County Planning, Zoning and Land Information Department is the identified county-level authority for this profile. Confirm that the property is in its service area before filing.
How should I begin an application?
No verified online portal was located in the reviewed public materials. Contact 920-849-1442; Code Administrators: 920-849-1493 ext. 2304 or ext. 2306 and request the current application route before preparing a final submittal.
How long might review take?
A typical review timeline was not verified. Ask the agency for its current completeness and review estimate.
How are inspections scheduled?
Submit the signed zoning application with a dimensioned site plan, floor plan or building profile, and fee. County Code Administrators conduct lot and other on-site inspections and investigations to verify compliance; call 920-849-1442 or the assigned Code Administrator at 920-849-1493 ext. 2304 or 2306 to coordinate. Contact the applicable municipality or its contracted building inspector separately for UDC and structural/trade inspection stages.
Which codes and exemptions should I review?
Calumet County Chapter 82 General Zoning, amended April 15, 2025 and current through January 13, 2026; Chapter 52 Shoreland Zoning throughout unincorporated Calumet County; Chapter 51 Floodplain; county sanitation/POWTS, nonmetallic-mining reclamation, and wind-energy requirements. Chapter 82 general zoning applies in the towns of Brillion, Charlestown, New Holstein, and Woodville. Structural building-code and Wisconsin Uniform Dwelling Code SPS 320-325 permits are administered separately by the applicable town, village, city, contracted inspector, or Wisconsin DSPS; a county zoning permit is not a substitute for those approvals. Chapter 82 does not require a regular zoning permit for a structure less than six inches above grade if all setback and impervious-surface requirements are met. Other narrow exemptions include installations at or below grade, utility poles/wires and related equipment without permanent foundations, noncommercial solar panels attached to a permitted structure, flags, certain public-safety, temporary, residential-identification and farm signs, and restoring a structure destroyed by a governor-declared natural disaster after county inspection verifies eligibility. These exemptions do not waive shoreland, floodplain, sanitary, erosion-control, municipal building, UDC, electrical, plumbing, or HVAC rules.