Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Town of Agenda, Wisconsin

Rules another office applies inside Town of Agenda

Town of Agenda does not set these itself; the county, a health district or the state does, and they apply to every address inside its limits.

• Building permitRequired

  A structure inside Agenda that is used, intended to be used, or designed for human habitation or human occupancy on a permanent or temporary basis and for which a sanitary permit is required.

  • The permit must be obtained from the Ashland County Zoning Administrator before construction, erection, assembly, or movement onto real estate.
  • Exempt structures are: a satellite hunting station, hunting stand, or hunting blind designed with openings for shooting; a warming or sleeping shack moved job-to-job for an ongoing bona fide logging, construction, or similar work activity; and a structure shielding people awaiting public transportation or a school bus.
  • Section I(B) applies in the Forestry and Recreation and Unrestricted districts, subject to Section VII exclusions.
  • Section VII excludes structures or real estate belonging to the United States or State of Wisconsin, real estate in incorporated cities or villages, real estate within the Bad River Indian Reservation, and real estate in the Town of La Pointe.

  “A building permit shall be obtained from the office of the Ashland County Zoning Administrator for any structure which is used, intended to be used, or designed to be used: [...] on either a permanent or temporary basis, for which a sanitary permit is required.”

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land inside the Town of Agenda, Ashland County, Wisconsin, outside incorporated villages and cities, is subject to Ashland County's use-district ordinance.

  • The ordinance divides Agenda into the Forestry and Recreation District and the Unrestricted District.
  • The ordinance excludes real estate in incorporated cities or villages, Bad River Indian Reservation boundaries, and the Town of La Pointe.
  • The County Board enforces the ordinance; this is a county-administered rule applying inside Agenda, not represented as an Agenda town ordinance.

  use districts: Forestry and recreation district; Unrestricted district

  “the territory included in the boundaries of the following towns, to-wit: Agenda, Ashland, Butternut, Gingles, Gordon, Jacobs, La Pointe, Marengo, Morse, Peeksville, Sanborn, Shanagolden, and White River are hereby divided into two classes of use districts as follows, to-wit: 1. Forestry and recreation district, and 2. Unrestricted district.”

• Who permits septicMixed (with conditions)

  Sanitary systems installed on property inside Agenda, where the Ashland County use-district ordinance applies.

  • State law requires a sanitary permit for any sanitary system installed on the property, and installation must be by a licensed Master Plumber.
  • Ashland County has agent status for sanitary review plans for holding tanks and conventional systems.
  • Mound and At-Grade Systems must be reviewed by the state.
  • Applicants submit the Ashland County Application for Permit with applicable fees to the County office.
  • Holding-tank plans under 3,000 GPD and non-pressurized in-ground soil-absorption plans go to the Zoning office for approval; holding tanks over 3,000 GPD or for commercial/industrial buildings, pressurized in-ground soil-absorption, At-Grade, and Mound System plans go to DSPS.
  • State law prohibits construction until all permits have been issued.

  holding tank threshold: < 3000 GPD (Plans for holding tanks under this threshold are submitted to the Zoning office for approval.)

  “Ashland County has agent status for Sanitary Review Plans for Holding Tanks and Conventional Systems. Mound and At-Grade Systems must be reviewed by the state.”

Each answer was extracted from an official source and independently re-checked against that source by a second reviewer. That is an evidence check, not legal advice. Rules change; confirm with the authority before you buy or build.