Wyoming, MI Building Safety: Building Permits (2026)

The City of Wyoming, Kent County, Michigan, adopted the current Michigan Building Code and Michigan Residential Code by reference under 1972 PA 230 and 1999 PA 245 (Wyoming Code of Ordinances § 10-56), substituting 'city' wherever the state text says 'name of jurisdiction' and setting fees by council resolution rather than in the printed code. That adoption supplies the technical rules for when construction work needs a permit; the city's own Zoning Ordinance controls when the city will actually let that permit go forward. Under Article 5 of Chapter 90, most new buildings and additions first go through site plan or sketch plan review: full site plan review before the planning commission for construction on parcels of two acres or more, and administrative sketch plan review by the city planner or building official for smaller projects and single-family accessory structures (Table 90-502).

Section 90-503(6) lets an applicant submit the building permit application at any time while that review is underway, but bars the building official from issuing the permit until the site plan, sketch plan or special use approval is final, and requires the applicant to hand over every other federal, state, county, city or utility permit before substantial development activity starts. Site plan approval itself expires, and a new application is required, if construction covering at least 25 percent of the new floor area has not begun within two years (§ 90-503(7)).

Once a permit is issued, the property owner must keep the site maintained exactly as the approved plan describes, including landscaping, drainage and building exterior, or be treated as violating the article and maintaining a nuisance per se (§ 90-503(8)).