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Permit Fees and Refunds.

Milwaukee Code of Ordinances § 115-4.5
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115-4.5. Permit Fees and Refunds. 1. PERMIT FEES. a. Fees for permits issued under this chapter are as specified in ch. 81. b. Agencies of the U.S. government and the state of Wisconsin are exempt from paying fees for permits issued under this chapter. 2. DOUBLE FEES. a. Where work is started, or the public way occupied without first obtaining a permit as required by this chapter, the fees specified shall be doubled, but the payment of such double fees shall not relieve any person from fully complying with all the regulations of this chapter in the execution of the work, nor from any other penalties prescribed in this chapter. b. If application for a permit is sent through the U.S. mail, the official date of such application shall be deemed to be 2 days before its receipt in the office of the commissioner, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. 3. REINSPECTION FEE. Any person holding an expired permit for excavation or installation work which was not completed by the expiration date of the permit shall, in addition to a fee for a new permit to complete the work, also pay the applicable inspection fees of s. 81-50 for all department of public works inspection services performed after expiration of the permit. 4. REFUNDS. a. Requests for refunds shall be made in writing by the original permittee within 30 days of the issuance of the permit. b. Any person requesting a refund for an unused permit shall be charged 20% of the permit fee with a minimum processing fee of $20 except that no refund shall be made when the permit fee is $20 or less. c. Any person requesting a refund for a permit which was issued in error by the commissioner shall be entitled to a full refund of the permit fee. d. No refund shall be made on a permit that has lapsed and been declared void. e. Refunds shall be paid upon certification by the commissioner to the city comptroller who shall charge the refunds to the appropriate revenue accounts and shall annually inform the common council of the amount of fees refunded and the persons to whom refunds were made.
Source: City of Milwaukee Legislative Reference Bureau, Milwaukee City Charter and Code of Ordinances (city.milwaukee.gov master PDFs)URL: https://city.milwaukee.gov/ImageLibrary/Groups/ccClerk/Ordinances/Volume-1/CH115.pdf#page=4Fetched: 10/26/2026

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