Bed and Breakfast (B&B) License

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What is a Bed and Breakfast (B&B)?

A "Bed and Breakfast" is any place of lodging that provides 8 or fewer rooms for rent to no more than a total of 20 tourists or other transients for more than 10 nights in a 12-month period, is the owner's personal residence, is occupied by the owner at the time of rental, and in which the only meal served to guests is breakfast.

Applying for a Bed and Breakfast (B&B) License

Follow the steps below to start obtaining your license:

1. CHECK WITH YOUR LOCAL MUNICIPALITY
Contact your local municipality or zoning to check to see if there are any requirements that you will need to meet.

2. SAFE WATER SOURCE
If you are on a private well, you will need to have a bacteria water sample taken by an approved lab to show that your water is safe. This will need to be done annually moving forward.

Approved water testing labs: http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/wells/privatewelltest.html

3. FILL OUT APPLICATION
Click on the link below to obtain the license application. Fill out recreational license applications. Select the Bed and Breakfast category and indicate how many rooms you will be renting.

Sheboygan County Public Recreational License Application

4. SUBMIT APPLICATION
Application can be submitted to environmental.health@sheboygancounty.com, brought into the Sheboygan County Health and Human Services office, or mailed to our office at 1011 N 8th Street, Sheboygan, WI 5308.

5. PAY FOR LICENSE
See payment options available here.

6. SETTING UP PRE-INSPECTION
Once we receive this information and payment you will be assigned a sanitarian. Your assigned sanitarian will reach out to you to go through all of your information that you have submitted and then schedule the pre-inspection.

7. GETTING YOUR LICENSE
If during your pre-inspection, your establishment meets all code requirements you will be issued a license.

Preparing for Operation and Inspection

Each year our department will attempt to complete a routine inspection of your licensed establishment. Our department will schedule this inspection with you.

Below are links for your reference to help get yourself ready for the pre-inspection and continuing operations:

Questions and Resources

Do you have questions about lodging establishments in Sheboygan County? Contact us at(920) 459-3207 or email at environmental.health@sheboygancounty.com.

4/2/2025

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