Community Development FAQ

A Home Occupancy Permit is required for a business operated wholly within the principal residential building or within a building accessory only by the residents occupying the premises and one additional non resident on the premises.

• No article or service shall be sold or offered for sale on the premises.

• The home occupation shall not normally generate customer or client traffic to the residential premises.

• The home occupation shall not include the conducting of any retail or wholesale business on the premises, nor the removal of sand, gravel, stone, topsoil, or peat moss for commercial purposes

• The home occupation shall not include outside storage o materials or other operational activity resulting in offensive noise, vibration, smoke, dust, heat, or glare which may create a nuisance or be otherwise incompatible with the surrounding residential area.

• The permit fee is $60, which may be paid by cash or check.

The fee for a Zoning Verification Letter is $60 (paid by cash or check). Requests should be sent to the Department of Community Development/Planning.

A short term rental is "the use of a dwelling for consideration, other than for long-term rental, by someone other than its owner )as defined in the Wisconsin Uniform Dwelling Code) or the people with whom the owner maintains a common household.  Short-term rentals shall only be allowed on the terms set forth in section 58-422 of the City of Mequon Ordinance Code.

The Short-Term Rental Permit should be completed and submitted to the Planning department for review.  There is a $60.00 fee per permit.

• Shall only be used as an accessory use to the principal residential use of the property in designed district.

• Owner of the dwelling must obtain a short term rental permit prior to the dwelling being allowed to be used for short-term rental.

• Any permit may be revoked by the Common Council if:

(a) Property taxes are overdue.

(b) The owner otherwise owes money to the city beyond any applicable due date.

(c) If there ar any uncorrected municipal land use violations.

(d) If the property is a nuisance property.

• The owner shall be responsible for the conduct of all renters and shall be subject to citation for municipal violations to the same extent as such renters.
• A parcel may not be used for short-term rental while it is being used for long-term rental and may not have more than one short-term rental use at any time.
• The maximum number of people occupying a dwelling at any time during a short-term rental shall not exceed the number of occupants allowed under Chapter 10.
• A short-term rental occupancy period shall be the shorter of the following periods: (1) the period specified in a written or oral rental agreement for such rental; or (2) the period in which substantially the same people occupy the dwelling without material interruption.
• Each short-term rental occupancy period shall be for a minimum of tow consecutive nights. Single night rentals shall not be allowed.

Sign Ordinance is here.

You can make a specific map request by contacting the Department of Community Development at 262.236.2908.

Fees apply.