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

Town of Barnes’s own rules

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land inside the Town of Barnes, Bayfield County, Wisconsin, where Bayfield County zoning districts and amendatory ordinances apply.

  • The cited action changed a Town of Barnes parcel from Residential-Three to Residential-One under Bayfield County Amendatory Ordinance 2024-03.

  “Bayfield County Amendatory Ordinance 2024-03; Petition to Change District Boundaries of a parcel owned by Laura K Waterhouse and Sarah A Carlson, Town of Barnes”

Rules another office applies inside Town of Barnes

Town of Barnes 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

  Excavation of a basement or footings for construction inside the Town of Barnes, Bayfield County, Wisconsin.

  • A county land-use permit and a building permit from a state inspector must have been obtained before excavation; beginning without them could result in a penalty fee.

  “is prohibited until a land use permit, and a building permit (i.e. state inspector) have been obtained.”

• Who permits septicCounty (with conditions)

  Private onsite wastewater treatment systems inside the Town of Barnes, Bayfield County, Wisconsin.

  “The Bayfield County Planning and Zoning Office is the designated agency [...] for [...] all private on-site wastewater treatment systems in the county.”

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.