When your construction or demolition requires materials or machinery to be on or over streets, sidewalks, alleys or public grounds a Street Occupancy permit is necessary. This ensures the welfare and safety of the users of adjacent properties (City Ordinance 29.10).
Discuss your site and building plans with the Inspection staff when you apply for a construction or demolition permit. Start the process for a Street Occupancy Permit the same time you apply for the other permits.
Traffic Engineering
215 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd
Suite 109
Hours: Monday – Friday, 8:00 am – 4:30 pm
Phone: (608) 266-4761
Obtain a copy of the City of Madison Certificate of Insurance. Your insurance agent can place the mandatory coverage for the permit and complete the insurance certificate. Return this information to the Risk Manager for review and approval.
Finance Department
City-County Building
210 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Room 406
Madison, WI 53703
Phone: (608) 266-5965
Obtain the Street Occupancy Permit application from Traffic Engineering. Turn in the completed application form at the same counter.
Fill out the top portion of the permit and draw a sketch of the location and the obstruction (a separate drawing may be attached if needed). The “Special Requirement for Occupancy” area is for office use; you are not required to fill this out.
Traffic Engineering staff will review the application. A traffic control plan may be requested from the applicant if necessary.
Traffic Engineering staff calculate the fee. They will issue the permit after you pay the fee. If meter bags or “No Parking Anytime” signs are needed, the applicant will need to get these from Traffic Engineering’s front counter.
Construction can proceed once the appropriate barriers are erected.
