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

Town of Wrightstown’s own rules

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land inside the Town of Wrightstown limits (Brown County, WI). The Town administers its own Zoning Ordinance, which sets the R-1 and A-R districts described in this record.

  • The zoning ordinance book is linked on the Town page as 'zoning ordinance book updated (revised 6/14/23)'. That is a revision stamp, not an adoption or effective date, so effective_at is null.
  • The Town page lists zoning maps adopted 11-10-2010 and 6-30-2015 and a 2025 map. Which map governs a given parcel was not checked.

  “article vii a-r agricultural-residential the following regulations shall apply in a-r district:”

• Zoning districtsPublished (with conditions)

  Zoning district maps for land inside the Town of Wrightstown

  • The Town page lists a 2025 zoning map and maps adopted 6-30-2015 and 11-10-2010. The 2025 map is the most recent one listed. Its PDF was linked but not opened.

  “town zoning map 2025 town zoning map (adopted 6-30-2015) town's zoning map (adopted 11-10-2010)”

• Minimum dwelling sizeSpecified

  Residential dwellings in agricultural-residential district A-R, inside the Town of Wrightstown

  • The two-story minimum in this district was cut off in the extracted text and is not recorded here.

  minimum ground floor area, one-story dwelling: >= 1400 square feet (ground floor area of a one-story dwelling)

  “minimum size of a residential dwelling shall be one thousand four hundred (1,400) square feet ground floor area for a one (1) story dwelling. two story, first floor nine hundred (900) square feet, second floor, five hundred (500) square feet.”

• Minimum lot sizeSpecified

  Agricultural-residential district A-R, inside the Town of Wrightstown

  • Lots created under the A-R district must also meet the state soil-test and subdivision rules in the subdivision claim.

  minimum lot area: >= 2 acres · minimum zoning lot frontage: >= 200 feet

  “d. lot requirement 1. area - two (2) acres minimum. 2. zoning lot frontage - two hundred (200) feet minimum.”

  One more reviewed finding on this topic

  • Specified — Main single-family residential district R-1, for lots served by public sewer, inside the Town of Wrightstown

    “lot requirements with public sewer 1. area - fourteen thousand (14,000) square feet minimum. 2. zoning lot frontage - one hundred (100) feet minimum.”

• SetbacksSpecified

  Principal structures in main single-family residential district R-1, inside the Town of Wrightstown

  • The extracted table runs its cells together. Column order follows the table header 'front yard side yard rear yard corner side'.
  • Accessory buildings in R-1: front 25 feet from right-of-way, side 10 feet, rear 10 feet, corner side 25 feet from right-of-way.
  • Other exceptions in the ordinance's general provisions were not read.

  front yard (principal), from right-of-way: >= 25 feet · side yard (principal), 1-story: >= 10 feet (each side; 2-story requires 15 feet) · side yard (principal), 2-story: >= 15 feet (each side) · rear yard (principal): >= 25 feet · corner side yard (principal), from right-of-way: >= 25 feet

  “principal structure 25 feet minimum from right-ofway 1 story - 10 feet minimum each side; 2 story - 15 feet minimum each side 25 feet minimum 25 feet minimum from right-ofway”

  One more reviewed finding on this topic

  • Specified — Principal structures in agricultural-residential district A-R, inside the Town of Wrightstown

    “side yard principal structure 50 feet minimum from right-of-way 25 feet minimum rear yard 25 feet minimum corner side 50 feet minimum from right-of-way front yard”

• Building heightSpecified

  Residential dwellings and other structures in agricultural-residential district A-R, inside the Town of Wrightstown

  • Exceptions in Article IV subsection e (height regulations) apply and were not read.

  maximum height, residential dwellings: <= 35 feet (except as provided by Article IV subsection e) · maximum height, other structures: <= 25 feet

  “2. residential dwellings - thirty five (35) feet maximum, except as provided by article iv, subsection e, height regulations. 3. other structures, twenty-five (25) feet.”

  One more reviewed finding on this topic

  • Specified — All structures in main single-family residential district R-1, inside the Town of Wrightstown

    “height regulations 1. f. all structures - thirty five (35) feet maximum, except as provided by article iv, subsection e, height regulations.”

• Subdividing landRegulated (with conditions)

  Land divisions by certified survey map or county plat inside the Town of Wrightstown

  • Plats must follow the state rules for subdivisions not served by public sewers (ILHR 85, as adopted by reference in the ordinance).
  • The ordinance adds a limit on the number of lots allowed in one such division; the extracted text was cut off before that limit was stated.

  “all new land divisions not served by public sewer created by certified survey map or county plat shall have a state acceptable soil test done for each proposed lot.”

• Building in a floodplainRequired

  Development and land divisions in floodplain areas inside the Town of Wrightstown

  • The town ordinance adopts the state and Brown County shoreland-floodplain standards by reference; the county ordinance text was not opened.
  • Floodplain and floodway lines must be shown on final plats and maps.

  “the development shall be in accordance with the floodplain management standards of the floodplainshoreland management section, wisconsin department of natural resources, and the brown county shoreland floodplain ordinance. b. floodplain lines and where calculated floodway lines, shall be shown on all final plats and maps.”

Still unanswered

We looked and could not find an official answer yet. Silence is not permission; ask Town of Wrightstown or Brown County directly.

• Building permit — Building permits for new homes inside the Town of Wrightstown
• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-builder exemption for a homeowner building their own home inside the Town of Wrightstown
• Building code adopted — Building code adoption for new homes inside the Town of Wrightstown
• Inspections — Building inspections for new homes inside the Town of Wrightstown
• Certificate of occupancy — Certificate of occupancy for new homes inside the Town of Wrightstown

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.

Off-grid gear

Going off-grid in Town of Wrightstown means bringing your own water and power. The kit we’d start with:

• Water Crystal Quest Filter any source — well, rain, or creek — to drinking-clean.
• Power Bluetti Solar generators and home battery backup for living off the grid.
• Septic Soil percolation test kit Run your own perc test before paying an engineer — the first thing a septic office asks about.
• Water Well water test kit Bacteria, nitrates, hardness — know what the well on a parcel is really pumping.

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