BUILDING PERMIT.

Madison General Ordinances § 29.08

in effect

29.08 - BUILDING PERMIT. (1) When plans are required for approval they shall be submitted in duplicate and work shall not be started until plans are approved. The plans submitted shall be prints that are clear, legible and permanent. Complete foundation and footing plans may be submitted for approval prior to submitting the building plans if the plot plan, itemized structural loads, complete foundation or footing design calculations and schematic floor plans are included showing exits, loading areas, windows and other pertinent information. Permit fees for foundation and footing permits shall be charged at a rate set forth in Section 29.09(3)(b), MGO. If the application, plans and specifications are in conformity with the requirements of this code and all other laws or ordinances applicable thereto, the Director of the Building Inspection Division shall, upon receipt of the required fee, grant a building permit for said work and shall sign, date and endorse in writing or by rubber stamp both sets of plans and specifications as "approved". (2) One such approved set of plans and specifications shall be retained by the Director of the Building Inspection Division. Such approved plans and specifications shall not be changed, modified or altered without written permission from the Director of the Building Inspection Division. (3) With every permit issued, the Director of the Building Inspection Division shall issue to the applicant an appropriate card properly filled out evidencing issuance of the permit. It shall be the duty of such applicant to place such card in a conspicuous place on the premises where the building is to be erected, the card to be unobstructed from public view and available for the inspectors to mark. (4) Building permits shall lapse and be void unless the work authorized thereby is commenced within six (6) months from, and completed within twenty four (24) months of the date issued. Building permits shall be eligible for an extension of a period of twelve (12) months from the date of expiration. Building permits shall be eligible for a maximum of two (2) extensions. The fees for such extension shall be one-half (½) of the original permit inspection fee. Upon lapse of a permit a new permit must be obtained pursuant to all the requirements of the code then in force. (5) If the Director of the Building Inspection Division shall find at any time that the above-mentioned ordinances, laws, orders, plans and specifications are not being complied with, they shall revoke the building permit by written notice served on the general contractor, if there be one, or the general contractor's representative on the job, or if there be no general contractor then on the person in charge of the work as to which the error or violation has occurred, and upon the owner, such service to be either personal or by mailing a copy of said notice to the address of said person as known to the Director of the Building Inspection Division, and shall likewise be posted a copy of said notice at the site of the work. When any such permit is revoked it shall be unlawful to do any further work upon such building until a new permit is issued, excepting such work as the Director of the Building Inspection Division shall order to be done as a condition precedent to the issuance of a new permit, or which the Director of the Building Inspection Division may authorize as reasonably necessary to protect work already done on the job, existing property, adjoining property and the public. (6) The issuance or granting of a permit or approval of plans or specifications shall not be deemed or construed to be a permit for, or an approval of, any violation of any of the provisions of this code. No permit presuming to give authority to violate, or to fail to comply with, the provisions of this code, shall be valid except insofar as the work or use which it authorizes is lawful. If errors shall, subsequent to the issuance of a permit, be discovered in the application, plans, specifications or execution of the work, the Director of the Building Inspection Division may require the correction of said errors in said application, plans, specifications or constructions and may rescind the permit and prevent building operations being further carried on thereunder when in violation of this code or of any ordinance of the City of Madison. (Rpld. and Recreated by ORD-21-00024, 3-26-21)

Source: City of Madison, Wisconsin, Madison General Ordinances (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/wi/madison/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COORMAWIVOIICH20--31_CH29BUCO_GEADPR_29.08BUPEFetched: 11/1/2026