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

Town of Loyal’s own rules

• Building permitRequired

  Construction, alteration, remodeling, or relocation of a building or structure valued at $1,000.00 or more inside the Town of Loyal, Clark County, Wisconsin.

  • The permit threshold is construction, alteration, remodeling, or relocation valued at $1,000.00 or greater.
  • The application is on forms provided by the Town Clerk, follows payment of any applicable fee, and must show compliance with the Town Code and other applicable Town regulations.
  • Where applicable, state building permits and county sanitary permits and regulations also apply.
  • A zoning permit is valid for no more than 12 months; construction, alteration, remodeling, or relocation must commence within 365 days unless extended by the Town Board.
  • Fees may be set and amended from time to time by the Town Board; the code's listed zoning permit (building permit) fee is $10.00 and an after-the-fact application has a double permit fee.

  project-value threshold: >= 1000 USD (Construction, alteration, remodeling, or relocation of a building or structure.) · zoning permit (building permit) listed fee: 10 USD (Permit fees may be set and amended from time to time by the Town Board.)

  “Any construction [...] which is $1,000.00 or greater in value needs building permit.”

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Structures, land, air space, and surface and subsurface waters inside the Town of Loyal, Clark County, Wisconsin.

  • Lands within 1,000 feet of a lake, within 300 feet of a stream, or landward of a floodplain are also regulated by Clark County relating to shorelands and floodlands.
  • Where Town code and another agency's regulation apply, the more restrictive individual regulation applies.

  “within the Town of Loyal, Clark County, Wisconsin.”

Rules another office applies inside Town of Loyal

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

• Who permits septicCounty (with conditions)

  Private onsite wastewater treatment systems and nonplumbing sanitation systems inside the Town of Loyal, Clark County, Wisconsin.

  • The Clark County POWTS article applies to the entire geographical area of Clark County and is not subject to approval or disapproval by a town, city, or village.
  • Every POWTS requires a separate application and sanitary permit.
  • A state sanitary permit is required before a POWTS may be installed, replaced, or modified; it is not required for manhole risers, manhole covers, baffles, filters, pumps, valves, controllers, or meters.
  • A county sanitary permit is required before constructing or installing a nonplumbing sanitation system and before reconnecting a POWTS.
  • A sanitary permit for a POWTS or nonplumbing sanitation system expires two years after issuance if it has not been installed, modified, or reconnected and approved; renewal requires written application before expiration, a renewal fee, and compliance with requirements in effect at renewal.

  sanitary permit expiration: 2 years after issuance (Applies when the POWTS or nonplumbing sanitation system has not been installed, modified or reconnected and approved.)

  “This article applies to the entire geographical area of the county. [...] Every private on-site wastewater treatment system (POWTS) shall require a separate application and sanitary permit.”

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.