Winnebago County
Winnebago County Community Development Department, Planning & Zoning Division
In short
Winnebago County Community Development Department, Planning & Zoning Division issues 1 permit we publish for Winnebago County, last verified 2026-10-23. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoning Clearance / Permit (Unincorporated Winnebago County)only if it applies to you | Winnebago County Community Development Department, Planning & Zoning Division | The base zoning clearance fee is not published in the fee documents posted on the Community Development Permits & Forms page; contact Planning & Zoning at (815) 319-4350. Commercial signs $45 each; fees double when work starts before the zoning clearance is issued (Ord. 2019-CO-049) | expires 60 days after issuance if no building permit has been issued or construction has not started (application form) | 2026-10-23 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
Zoning Clearance / Permit (Unincorporated Winnebago County)
The Community Development Permits & Forms page lists a "Zoning Clearance/Permit (jurisdictional based)", and Exhibit A of Ord. 2016-CO-073 states that "Building Permits are NOT inclusive of zoning permits when/if required". The Planning & Zoning page states that the division serves "all development in unincorporated Winnebago County" and that within village and municipal limits the governing village or municipality provides the planning, zoning and subdivision service. The base zoning clearance fee is not published in the fee documents posted on the Permits & Forms page; contact Planning & Zoning, 404 Elm Street, Room 403, (815) 319-4350. Ord. 2019-CO-049, adopted May 23, 2019, sets commercial sign zoning fees at $45 each and doubles fees when work begins before the clearance. The application form states that a clearance expires 60 days after issuance if no building permit has been issued or construction has not started.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Winnebago County
- Phone
- (815) 319-4350
Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- Ordinance 2016-CO-073, Exhibit A (Building Permit Fee Schedule)Winnebago County Board · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-24
- Ordinance 2019-CO-049, to Adopt Certain Fee Schedule Updates for Building and Planning and Zoning Permits and ServicesWinnebago County Board · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-24
- Permits & FormsWinnebago County Community Development Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-24
- Planning and Zoning DivisionWinnebago County Community Development Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-24
- Zoning Clearance/Permit ApplicationWinnebago County Planning & Zoning Division · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-24
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