Permit Applications

Planning

• Addressing/911
• Administrative Appeals
• Comprehensive Plan Amendments
• Conditional Use
• Objecting Plat Review (Preliminary and Final)
• Plats & CSMs (Preliminary and Final)
• Rezoning (County and Town)
• Special Exception
• Special Exception Airport
• Variances

Zoning

• Airport- Pond and Stormwater Management Facility
• Airport Zoning
• Erosion Control
• Sanitary
• Shoreland Zoning- Accessory Structure
• Shoreland Zoning- Filling and Grading
• Shoreland Zoning- Principal Structure
• Stormwater

2026 Fee Schedule(PDF, 143KB)

Credit card payments will have a 2.5% processing fee. E-check payments will have a fee of $1.50 per payment.

Checks can be mailed or dropped off to the Development & Land Services office at 320 S. Walnut St., Appleton, WI 54911.

Use the applicable checklist/quick guide to ensure you submit the required documentation with your application:

• Erosion Control/Stormwater Small Project Checklist(PDF, 1MB)
• Erosion Control/Stormwater Large Project Checklist(PDF, 1MB)
• Special Exception Quick Guide(PDF, 531KB)
• Shoreland Zoning Quick Guide(PDF, 2MB)

First-time user? Use the guide to register for a CityView Permit Portal account.

• Guide: CityView New User Registration(PDF, 511KB)

The links list local businesses that can help prepare required documentation. These listings are a helpful resource; listings are not endorsements.

• Erosion Control Suppliers(PDF, 457KB)
• Licensed Master Plumbers(PDF, 466KB)
• Licensed Soil Testers(PDF, 464KB)
• Surveyors and Engineers(PDF, 464KB)
• Waste Haulers(PDF, 462KB)
• Wetland Delineators(PDF, 128KB)

The step-by-step guides show how to submit Planning and Zoning permit applications:

Planning Applications

• Final Certified Survey Map (CSM)(PDF, 184KB)
• Subdivision Plat(PDF, 130KB)
• Rezoning Application- County(PDF, 498KB)
• Rezoning Application- Town(PDF, 633KB)

Zoning Applications

• Erosion Control and/or Stormwater Application(PDF, 387KB)
• Sanitary Permit- Drain Field Replacement Only or Mound Core Out Application(PDF, 676KB)
• Sanitary Permit- Holding Tank Application(PDF, 674KB)
• Sanitary Permit- Mound, At-Grade, or Conventional Application(PDF, 676KB)
• Sanitary Permit- Reconnect Application(PDF, 674KB)
• Sanitary Permit- Renewal Application(PDF, 658KB)
• Sanitary Permit- Replace a Septic Tank Application(PDF, 675KB)
• Shoreland Zoning Permits(PDF, 2MB)
• Zoning Application(PDF, 391KB)

Planning Permit Documents

• Applicant Authorization Form(PDF, 947KB)
• Town Recommendation Form(PDF, 2MB) 

Zoning Permit Documents

• Airport Stormwater Management Guidelines(PDF, 24KB)
• Shoreland Vegetation Buffer(PDF, 110KB)
• Stormwater Facilities Maintenance Agreement(PDF, 443KB)