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

Rules another office applies inside Town of Roxbury

Town of Roxbury 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 sewage systems serving land inside Roxbury town.

  • Dane County Chapter 46 governs sanitary permits before a town may issue a covered building permit.

  “Pursuant to s. 66.036, Wis. Stats., building permits issued by any municipality for the construction of any structure not served by a public sewer and requiring connection to a private sewage system shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of this section.”

• Septic permitRequired

  New Roxbury-town structures requiring installation of a private sewage system.

  • Applies where the structure is not served by public sewer and requires a private sewage system.

  “A city, village or town may not issue a building permit for construction of a new structure that requires the installation of a private sewage system unless a sanitary permit for the installation of the private sewage system has been obtained by the owner.”

• Septic inspectionRequired

  Private sewage systems inside Roxbury town.

  • All other private sewage systems are on a three-year inspection program; technology-specific systems have an inspection cycle appropriate to the component.

  standard inspection cycle: per 3 years (All other private sewage systems; component-specific systems use an appropriate cycle under SPS 383.54(4).)

  “All other private sewage systems shall be placed on a three-year inspection program in conformance with Wis. Admin. Code s. SPS 383.54(4).”

• Off-grid sanitationLimited

  Domestic wastewater management on land inside Roxbury town that uses a private sewage system.

  • Water-carried domestic waste must enter a septic or treatment tank unless exempted by Wisconsin Administrative Code chapter SPS 383 or Dane County Chapter 46. Holding tanks are allowed only if no other permitted POWTS option exists.

  “Holding tanks shall only be allowed when there are no options for any other type of POWTS as permitted under this chapter, sec. SPS 383.61, Wis. Admin. Code or Ch. 145, Wis. Stats.”

• Mandatory utility hookupConditional

  Structures in Roxbury town for which public sewer is available.

  • The local sanitary district determines whether public sewer is available; where connection is required, private sewage use must be discontinued within the period required by the sewer district or division.

  “The local sanitary district shall determine whether public sewer is available.”

• Permit feesPublished (with conditions)

  Dane County private-sewage-system permits and inspections for properties inside Roxbury town.

  • This claim concerns County private-sewage fees, not Town building-permit fees.

  POWTS installation inspection block: 199 USD (Each inspection block required for installation.) · preliminary on-site soil inspection: 227 USD (Fee does not reduce or offset a permit-issuance fee.)

  “There shall be a county fee of $227.00 for the preliminary on-site inspections of soils by the department as provided for in sections 46.10, 46.14(4)(c), and 46.45.”

Still unanswered

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

• Building permit — Building work inside Roxbury town.
• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-built residential work inside Roxbury town.
• Inspections — Building work inside Roxbury town.
• Certificate of occupancy — Occupancy of structures inside Roxbury town.
• Minimum dwelling size — Residential districts inside Roxbury town.

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.