When Is a Permit Required?
- Work or emergency repairs within public way
- Any work within public way requiring lane closures shall require a traffic control plan approved by Milwaukee County prior to issuance of a permit
- Construction of a driveway or street entrance intersecting any public way
- Closure of an existing driveway or street or revision to an existing driveway (such as a change in width or surface material) intersecting any public way
- Change in land use, additions to an existing development, changes in traffic pattern, volumes of an existing driveway or street entrance intersecting a public way
- Tree planting or any other landscaping within the public way
- Temporary occupancy of public way
- Special events held within the public way
- Encroachments, obstructions, special privileges on the public way
- Abandoning existing facilities within public way
- Connection to storm sewers or ditches within the public way
- Transporting an oversize load on any portion of a county trunk highway
Only property owners, public and private facility owners or their contractors performing said work are allowed to apply for a permit. Permits shall be issued only to said property owners, public and private facility owners or their contractors performing said work.
Permit Fee Increase Notice Effective January 1, 2024