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Wayne County Department of Health, Human & Veterans Services (HHVS), Environmental Health Section

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Wayne County Department of Health, Human & Veterans Services (HHVS), Environmental Health Section issues 11 permits we publish for Wayne County, last verified 2026-09-28. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.

What this agency issues

Permits required, with issuing agency, fee, renewal term and the date each record was last verified against its source
Mobile Food Establishment LicenseWayne County Department of Health, Human & Veterans Services (HHVS), Environmental Health Section$354–$424 a year per unit: no food prep $354, with food prep $424 (2024 EH Fee Schedule); plan review for a new mobile unit is charged separately, $590 with food prep or $400 with prepackaged food onlyannual2026-09-28
Public Swimming Pool Inspection (state license, county-performed inspection)only if it applies to youWayne County Department of Health, Human & Veterans Services (HHVS), Environmental Health Section$174–$294 Wayne County's inspection component only: Routine Inspection $294, Follow-up Inspection $174 (2024 EH Fee Schedule); the county's own page states this fee 'is separate from your State of Michigan License Renewal Fee'the underlying license is issued by the State of Michigan (EGLE) under MCL 333.12527, on an annual basis, with renewal licenses available for one-year, two-year or three-year periods depending on what the operator purchases; Wayne County's inspection fee is charged independently of that state license term2026-09-28
Special Transitory Food Unit (STFU) LicenseWayne County Department of Health, Human & Veterans Services (HHVS), Environmental Health SectionSTFU License (includes a $39 state fee and $5 education fee bundled in) $155; 501(c)(3) nonprofit rate $116; veteran rate with documentation $5; STFU Operational Inspection $90; STFU Plan Review $253 (2024 EH Fee Schedule).set by the Notice of Intent filed with Environmental Health at least four business days before the unit begins serving; Wayne County's page ties the license to that notice rather than to a separate calendar-year renewal date2026-09-28
Certified Food Manager (CFM) RequirementWayne County Department of Health, Human & Veterans Services (HHVS), Environmental Health SectionClass Registration $240; Recertification Class $100; Exam Only $54 — Wayne County Environmental Health's own training and testing fees for the state-mandated credential (2024 EH Fee Schedule).ongoing while the fixed food location operates; a certified manager renews through the accredited food-manager program's own recertification cycle, for which Wayne County offers a recertification class2026-09-28
Water Well Permitonly if it applies to youWayne County Department of Health, Human & Veterans Services (HHVS), Environmental Health SectionWell Evaluation $175; Well Permit for a residential 1-2 family building, including irrigation wells, $250; Residential Type III well $648; Site Evaluation tiered by projected gallons per day: under 1,000 GPD $300, 1,000-5,000 GPD $978, over 5,000 GPD $1,234 (a subsequent site evaluation at the same site is priced differently: $150, $1,748 and $1,748 respectively) — all from the 2024 EH Fee Schedule.one year to complete construction from permit issuance; a re-issuance fee applies if the permit expires before construction is complete2026-09-28
Food Service Establishment Plan ReviewWayne County Department of Health, Human & Veterans Services (HHVS), Environmental Health SectionNew construction: 0-30 seats $700, 31-50 seats $849, 51-100 seats $917, over 100 seats or commissary $1,015. Preconstruction review: 0-30 seats $257, over 30 seats $514. Revised plans (extensive resubmission) $1,000. Field review/report $289. Equipment added (up to three pieces) $564. Water heater added $296 — all one-time, per project (2024 EH Fee Schedule).one-time, per project2026-09-28
Temporary Food Establishment (TFE) LicenseWayne County Department of Health, Human & Veterans Services (HHVS), Environmental Health SectionTFE license, including a $4 state fee and $5 education fee bundled in, $249; 501(c)(3) school, athletic or religious organization (no state fee) $126; veteran with documentation (no state fee) $246; late fee for filing less than 10 days before the event $72; no application filed at the event $96 (2024 EH Fee Schedule).one-time, per event2026-09-28
On-Site Sewage (Septic) Permitonly if it applies to youWayne County Department of Health, Human & Veterans Services (HHVS), Environmental Health SectionSeptic Permit tiered by projected gallons per day: under 1,000 GPD $471, 1,000-5,000 GPD $375, over 5,000 GPD $1,114. Septic Repair, same tiers: $325, $840, $1,114. OSDS Evaluation $358. OSDS Evaluator Annual Registration $150. OSDS Transfer Evaluation $161 — all from the 2024 EH Fee Schedule.one year to complete construction from permit issuance2026-09-28
Food Service License (fixed establishment, annual)Wayne County Department of Health, Human & Veterans Services (HHVS), Environmental Health Section$214–$690 a year, by category (2024 EH Fee Schedule): seasonal/low-risk 0-30 seats $214 up to a fixed establishment over 150 seats at $690, plus 501(c)(3) nonprofit $280, specialty/coffee-shop-with-no-food-prep $393, multiple locations $380 plus $150 per satellite, and commissary $559; a $25 state fee and $5 education fee are bundled into the asterisked categoriesannual; renewal payment due on or before April 30 each year; late renewal adds $96 after April 30 and $161 after May 312026-09-28
Body Art Facility Inspection (state license, county-performed inspection)only if it applies to youWayne County Department of Health, Human & Veterans Services (HHVS), Environmental Health Section$146–$296 Wayne County's inspection/plan-review component only: Plan Review $296, Re-inspection or suspended-license re-inspection $146 (2024 EH Fee Schedule); the state license fee itself is set and collected by MDHHS, separately from this county componentthe underlying license is issued by the State of Michigan (MDHHS) under Public Health Code Part 131, effective for up to one year and expiring December 31; Wayne County's plan-review and re-inspection fees recur alongside that state license cycle rather than on a separate county term2026-09-28
Child/Adult Care Facility Inspection (state license, county-performed inspection)Wayne County Department of Health, Human & Veterans Services (HHVS), Environmental Health SectionFull Inspection $356; Re-inspection $174; Plan Review with food service $266; Plan Review without food service $149; Partial Inspection (well/septic only) $311 — Wayne County Environmental Health's inspection and plan-review fees (2024 EH Fee Schedule).per inspection cycle set by the state licensing agency (MiLEAP, MDHHS or LARA, depending on facility type) that requests it; the County's Child Care Centers & Adult Foster Care Facilities page describes an inspection performed at the state agency's request, not a county license term2026-09-28

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

Mobile Food Establishment License

A food truck, trailer or cart operating on a route in Wayne County needs an annual Mobile Food Establishment License from Environmental Health: $354 a year for a unit with no food preparation, or $424 for a unit that prepares food, under the 2024 EH Fee Schedule. Before licensing, the unit must have a Commissary Verification Form on file for the commissary that services it and a Mobile Route Sheet showing where it operates; Environmental Health checks the unit against that route sheet during inspection. A new mobile unit also pays a separate, one-time plan review fee of $590 if it prepares food or $400 if it serves only prepackaged food. This license is distinct from the Special Transitory Food Unit and Temporary Food Establishment licenses recorded separately, which cover a unit operating at a single semi-fixed location or at a one-off event rather than on a mobile route.

Public Swimming Pool Inspection (state license, county-performed inspection)

A fitness studio or gym operating a public swimming pool, spa or hot tub needs a state-issued public swimming pool license. Under MCL 333.12527, that license is issued by the State of Michigan's Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE), its agent, or a designated local health department — it is not a Wayne County license. Wayne County Health Department, acting as the state-designated local health department, performs the required inspection and reports to EGLE, and charges its own fee for that inspection separately from the state license fee: a Routine Inspection is $294 and a Follow-up Inspection is $174, under the 2024 EH Fee Schedule. EGLE issues these licenses annually, with renewal periods of one, two or three years available depending on what the pool operator purchases. A fitness studio with no pool, spa or hot tub has no obligation under this record.

Special Transitory Food Unit (STFU) License

A Special Transitory Food Unit (STFU) — a food unit that operates at a single semi-fixed location, distinct from a full mobile-route operation — must be licensed through Wayne County Environmental Health, with a Notice of Intent filed at least four business days before the unit begins serving. The 2024 EH Fee Schedule prices the standard license, which already bundles in a $39 state fee and a $5 education fee, at $155; a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization pays $116, and a veteran who provides documentation pays $5. A separate STFU Operational Inspection is $90 and an STFU Plan Review is $253. This license category is distinct from the Mobile Food Establishment License, which covers a unit operating on a route rather than at one semi-fixed location, and from the Temporary Food Establishment permit, which covers a one-off event.

Certified Food Manager (CFM) Requirement

Michigan's Food Law requires every fixed food-service establishment to employ at least one certified food safety manager who meets Conference for Food Protection/ANSI-accredited standards, under MCL 289.2129 — Wayne County's Food Manager Certification page restates this state requirement rather than creating a county rule of its own. A restaurant or coffee shop with a fixed location must have a certified manager on staff. Wayne County Environmental Health itself offers the training and testing route: a Class Registration is $240, a Recertification Class is $100, and taking the exam alone, for someone already trained elsewhere, is $54. MCL 289.2129 exempts temporary food service establishments, vending-machine locations and certain low-risk establishments from this mandate, so Wayne County's Temporary Food Establishment and Special Transitory Food Unit licensees are not required to have a certified manager for that specific operation.

Water Well Permit

A business built where public water is not available needs a well permit from Wayne County Environmental Health before drilling; a contractor typically pulls the permit on the property owner's behalf. The 2024 EH Fee Schedule prices a Well Evaluation at $175, a Well Permit for a residential one- or two-family building, including irrigation wells, at $250, and a Residential Type III well at $648; a Site Evaluation is tiered by projected water use — under 1,000 gallons per day $300, 1,000 to 5,000 gallons per day $978, and over 5,000 gallons per day $1,234 — with a different fee for a subsequent evaluation at the same site. The permit gives one year to complete construction from issuance, and a re-issuance fee applies if that year passes before the well is finished. This applies to any of the ten covered industries whose building lacks a public water connection, not only to the contractor performing the work.

Food Service Establishment Plan Review

Wayne County Environmental Health reviews plans and performs the pre-operational inspection before a restaurant, coffee shop or food truck commissary is newly built, remodeled, or changes ownership, anywhere in Wayne County outside Detroit. The 2024 EH Fee Schedule prices new-construction plan review at $700 for 0-30 seats, $849 for 31-50 seats, $917 for 51-100 seats and $1,015 for over 100 seats or a commissary; a lower preconstruction review is $257 for 0-30 seats and $514 for over 30 seats; a revised, extensive resubmission of plans is $1,000; a field review or report is $289; adding up to three pieces of equipment to an existing kitchen is $564; and adding a water heater is $296. Plan approval is required before the food-service license application is complete and before construction work proceeds. This is authorized under the same Michigan Food Law delegation that authorizes the underlying food-service license itself.

Temporary Food Establishment (TFE) License

A restaurant, coffee shop or food truck vending food at a one-off event — a festival, fair or similar temporary gathering — needs a Temporary Food Establishment (TFE) permit from Wayne County Environmental Health, with the application submitted at least 10 days before the event start date. The 2024 EH Fee Schedule prices the standard permit, bundling in a $4 state fee and a $5 education fee, at $249; a 501(c)(3) school, athletic or religious organization pays $126 with no state fee, and a veteran who provides documentation pays $246, also with no state fee. Filing less than 10 days before the event adds a $72 late fee, and vending at an event with no application filed at all adds a $96 fee. This permit is separate from the Special Transitory Food Unit license, which covers a semi-fixed single location rather than a one-off event, and from the Mobile Food Establishment License, which covers a unit operating on an ongoing route.

On-Site Sewage (Septic) Permit

A business built where no municipal sewer is available needs an on-site sewage (septic) permit from Wayne County Environmental Health, under the county's own On-Site Sewage Disposal System Evaluation and Maintenance Ordinance No. 99-527 — a genuine Wayne County ordinance rather than a state pass-through. Municipal sewer availability is confirmed before a septic permit is issued, and the permit applies only outside Detroit and outside any other area with municipal sewer. The 2024 EH Fee Schedule prices a new Septic Permit at $471 for under 1,000 gallons per day, $375 for 1,000 to 5,000 gallons per day, and $1,114 for over 5,000 gallons per day; a Septic Repair follows the same tiers at $325, $840 and $1,114; an OSDS Evaluation is $358; an OSDS Evaluator's own Annual Registration is $150; and an OSDS Transfer Evaluation is $161. The permit gives one year to complete construction from issuance.

Food Service License (fixed establishment, annual)

Wayne County's Environmental Health Section licenses fixed food-service establishments — restaurants and coffee shops — everywhere in Wayne County outside the City of Detroit; the county's own page states this scope directly, because Detroit businesses are licensed instead by the Detroit Health Department, a separate city-level authority out of scope here. Any fixed restaurant or coffee shop must hold this annual license before operating. The 2024 EH Fee Schedule prices it by seating and category: 0-30 seats $471, 31-50 seats $503, 51-100 seats $528, 101-150 seats $586, and over 150 seats $690, with a lower seasonal/low-risk 0-30-seat tier at $214, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit rate of $280, a specialty/coffee-shop-with-no-food-prep rate of $393, a multiple-locations rate of $380 plus $150 per satellite, and a commissary rate of $559; a $25 state fee and $5 education fee are already included in the asterisked categories. Renewal is due by April 30 each year, with a $96 late fee after that date and $161 after May 31. New applications and changes of ownership must be filed in person at Environmental Health; renewals are mailed pre-printed and can be paid online. Bake sales and prepackaged, non-potentially-hazardous food sales are exempt from this license and may instead need a state (MDARD) retail food establishment license.

Body Art Facility Inspection (state license, county-performed inspection)

A salon that offers tattooing, body piercing or permanent-makeup/microblading services needs a body art facility license — but that license is issued by the State of Michigan (MDHHS) under Public Health Code Part 131, not by Wayne County. Wayne County Environmental Health performs the local plan-review and inspection function the state requires before it will issue or renew that license, and charges its own fee for that role: a Plan Review is $296 and a re-inspection, including one tied to a suspended license, is $146, under the 2024 EH Fee Schedule. The state license itself runs for up to one year and expires December 31. A routine hair, nail or skin salon that offers no tattooing, piercing or permanent-makeup service has no obligation under this record at all — it is triggered only by actually offering body-art services.

Child/Adult Care Facility Inspection (state license, county-performed inspection)

Wayne County's own Child Care Centers and Adult Foster Care Facilities page assigns licensure to state agencies and gives the county only an inspection role, so the county issues no childcare license. A child care center, child caring institution, children's camp or adult foster care home is licensed by state agencies — MiLEAP, MDHHS or LARA, depending on the facility type — and Wayne County Environmental Health routinely inspects these facilities only as requested by that state regulatory agency, then bills its own inspection and plan-review fees for the work. The 2024 EH Fee Schedule prices a Full Inspection at $356, a Re-inspection at $174, a Plan Review that includes food service at $266, a Plan Review with no food service at $149, and a Partial Inspection covering only a well or septic system at $311. A childcare business's actual operating license remains a state matter throughout; Wayne County's role is limited to the inspection and plan-review fees charged when the state asks it to inspect.

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Sources

Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.

  1. Child Care Centers & Adult Foster Care Facilities — inspection performed as requested by the state regulatory agencyWayne County HHVS, Environmental Health · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
  2. Environmental Health Fee Schedule, effective January 16, 2024Wayne County HHVS, Environmental Health · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
  3. Environmental Health program overviewWayne County HHVS, Environmental Health · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
  4. Food Manager CertificationWayne County HHVS, Environmental Health · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
  5. Food Service Licensing — states the Environmental Health Section licenses food establishments 'outside of the City of Detroit'Wayne County HHVS, Environmental Health · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
  6. MCL 289.1101, Michigan Food Law, 2000 PA 92Michigan Legislature · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
  7. MCL 289.2129, Michigan Food Law — certified food safety manager requirementMichigan Legislature · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
  8. MCL 289.3101, Michigan Food Law — delegation of licensing/enforcement to local health departmentsMichigan Legislature · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
  9. MCL 325.1001, Michigan Safe Drinking Water Act, 1976 PA 399Michigan Legislature · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
  10. MCL 333.12527, Michigan Public Health Code Part 125 — public swimming pool licensingMichigan Legislature · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
  11. MCL 333.13101, Michigan Public Health Code Part 131 — Body Art FacilitiesMichigan Legislature · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
  12. Public Swimming Pools & Campgrounds — states the county's inspection fee 'is separate from your State of Michigan License Renewal Fee'Wayne County HHVS, Environmental Health · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
  13. Septic/On-Site Sewage — administered under Wayne County Ordinance No. 99-527Wayne County HHVS, Environmental Health · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
  14. Temporary Food, Campgrounds, STFU and Mobile food unit licensingWayne County HHVS, Environmental Health · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
  15. Water Well PermitsWayne County HHVS, Environmental Health · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28

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