Board of Review
Town Hall - 5621 Town Hall Road, Delavan
Thursday July 22nd from 2-4 pm
Board of Review functions like court and is required to evaluate evidence based on facts. You or your representative must provide factual evidence that your property is inequitably assessed. The burden of proof is solely on the taxpayer.
The assessor’s value is presumed correct by State Law until proven otherwise.
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PO Box 415
Menasha WI 54952
Phone: 920-749-8098
Toll Free: 1-800-770-39272020 Guide to Property Owners
Building Inspector - Joe Mesler
Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursday from 1pm-3pm
Cell Phone: 262-215-3711
Fax: 262-728-3473
Contact Building Inspector Assistant - Bonnie
Driveway Permit Process:
Step 1 - Fill out the Driveway Permit
Step 2- Send in or drop off the Drive Way Permit at the Town Hall.
Step 3 - Once we receive your completed permit, it is given Designated Town Official. Within approximately 24-48 hours, Tom will travel to your home to look at the property/driveway.
Step 4 - When Designated Town Official gives the “okay, “ the resident is responsible to come to the town hall and/or send in the Permit Charges that will include a Driveway Bond (refundable after the job is completed, the procedures are followed correctly, and the final driveway is approved) and/or other fees.
Driveway Bond - $1,000 (refundable)
The Driveway Bond is refundable upon completion of the following: a) notice to the Town Clerk that the Project is Finished b) Inspection by Designated Town Official c) Town Board Approval
Utility-Right-of-Way - $100 (non-refundable) - For New Driveways
Utility-Boring in Right-of-Way - $300 (non-refundable) - For Re-pavement of Driveway
Step 5 - Once the job is complete, the resident should contact the Town Clerk at the Town Hall at 262-728-3471 or [email protected], alerting us that the job is complete.
Step 6 - Designated Town Official will travel out to your property and inspect the driveway.
Step 7 - If all is good, our Designated Town Official will contact our Treasurer, who will reimburse you for your $1,000 bond. A check will be sent to you in the mail.
The following are the Steps for Becoming an Official Short Term Rental Owner in the Town of Delavan.
- Register online for a State of Wisconsin seller's permit at tap.revenue.wi.gov/btr. Click on the previous link to complete that process.
- Complete the Tourist Rooming House License Application (Department of Agriculture - DOA)
- One Time Fee $300
- Annual Fee $110
- To obtain a Tourist Rooming House License through DATCP, call (608) 224-4923 or email their licensing specialists.
- Complete the Walworth County Short Term Rental Application - $200 (Renewal) $500 (New)
- Complete the Town of Delavan Short Term Licensing Application - $100
- Complete the Town of Delavan Room Tax Permit - $10
- Complete the Town of Delavan General Business Registration Application: $25
- Complete the Town of Delavan Business Directory Application
- Make Payment to the Town of Delavan for the appropriate Short Term Rental/Room Tax Fees ($100, $25, $10).
- Before the Town of Delavan can approve your Town of Delavan Room Short Term Rental License you are required to show proof of the following:
- State of Wisconsin Seller's Permit License
- Tourist Rooming House License
- Walworth County Short Term Rental License
- Before the Town of Delavan can approve your Town of Delavan Room Short Term Rental License you are required to show proof of the following:
- Pay your quarterly Room Taxes, using our Room Tax Calculation Form, to the Town of Delavan
- If, you use VRBO or another entity that pays the Municipality Room Tax, you must still report your individual room tax information to the Town of Delavan each quarter. Please contact that entity for that report.
Near the end of each quarter, Short Term Rental owners should contact VRBO, airBnB, etcc, unless you are tracking everything on your own, and get a statement/numbers from them, showing what you paid. You still need to report this income to the Town of Delavan (see explanation above). So the easiest way to do that is to just use the Room Tax Calculation Form and send it to the Town of Delavan. You wouldn’t need to send the money to the Town of Delavan, because it was already collected by VRBO.
Under 2017 Wisconsin Act 59, a lodging marketplace providing short-term residential lodging must register with the Wisconsin Department of Revenue (DOR) for a license to collect taxes imposed by the state related to a short-term rental and to collect room taxes imposed by a Wisconsin municipality.
The application for the license, Form 231, Lodging Marketplace Application, is available on our website at revenue.wi.gov (search "Form 231"). See page two of the application for definitions.
If the lodging marketplace is engaged in business in Wisconsin, it must also:
- Register for a seller's permit at tap.revenue.wi.gov/btr, if it does not already have one
- Contact each Wisconsin municipality in which it makes short-term rentals to determine if additional registration is required
- Collect Wisconsin sales and use taxes from the occupant and forward to DOR
- Collect applicable Wisconsin municipal room taxes from the occupant and forward to the municipality
- Notify the owner of the short-term rental that the taxes have been collected and forwarded.
- A list of lodging marketplaces licensed by DOR will be posted on our website.
Short Term Rental Room Tax - Doesn't the VRBO collect the Town of Delavan Room TAX?
VRBO and "some" other entities now collect and submit for the State, County and the Town of Delavan.
However, Short Term Rental owners still need to report your information to the Town of Delavan because VRBO and "some" other entities do not send us individual statements from each homeowner. They only give us a “lump sum” statement of all of the short term rental owners. So, the Town of Delavan still needs an individual report from you, which you can get from VBRO. If you have any other questions let me know.
Highlight from our Short Term Room Tax Ordinance 397
Each license holder is obligated to complete, sign and file a quarterly room tax return and remit the applicable room tax to the Town as required by the provisions of section 3.10 of this code. Such quarterly room tax return must be signed by the license holder regardless of whether or not the license holder contracts with a third party such as VRBO, Home Away or Air BnB, or other market place provider to administer such rental or collect such tax
When are our Quarterly Room Taxes due to the Town of Delavan?
Quarterly Taxes are Due By
1st Quarter - April 30
2nd Quarter - July 31
3rd Quarter- October 31
4th Quarter - January 31
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The Town of Delavan is renovating their Community Park Building, which will become the future Waters Edge on Delavan Lake Building, which will be a premier, on-the-lake, wedding and event venue, accommodating groups of up to 250.
Waters Edge on Delavan Lake has begun booking for events starting in September of 2021. Please follow us on Facebook for more news and information on the ongoing construction.
Please stop by our Waters Edge Website to learn more about this incredible venue!
Please contact our Executive Event Coordinator, Becky Dreyer, at [email protected] or via phone at 262.208.4577 to reserve Waters Edge for your special event.