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

Town of Eden’s own rules

• Building permitRequired

  Buildings, structures, and mobile homes in the Town of Eden that are erected, enlarged, moved, or altered to change their outside dimensions or use.

  • The required approval is a Town land-use permit.
  • For this section, a portable structure is defined as one not set on a concrete slab or footing, or a structure less than 144 square feet in area.
  • No land-use permit is issued until the Building Inspector has satisfactory proof that the premises fully comply with the Fond du Lac County Subdivision.

  “Any building, structure or mobile home hereafter erected, enlarged, moved, or altered so as to change the outside dimensions or the use of that building shall require a land use permit.”

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land in the Town of Eden, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, under the Town of Eden Zoning Ordinance.

  • The ordinance divides the Town into Residential, Farmland Preservation, General Agricultural, Business, and Industrial districts.
  • District boundaries are established on the map entitled "Zoning Map for the Town of Eden, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin," which is on file with the town clerk.

  “For the purposes of this ordinance, the Town of Eden, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin is hereby divided into 5 districts as follows:”

Rules another office applies inside Town of Eden

Town of Eden 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 on land in the unincorporated Town of Eden that is not served by public sewer.

  • The Town zoning ordinance requires lots not served by public sewer to provide sufficient lot area to comply with the Fond du Lac County Sanitary Code and applicable Administrative Code provisions.
  • Fond du Lac County Code Enforcement administers the county POWTS Ordinance.

  “The Fond du Lac County Code Enforcement Office implements a POWTS maintenance program in accordance with Wisconsin Administrative Code SPS 383 and in accordance with the Fond du Lac County POWTS Ordinance-Chapter 58 Article II of the Fond du Lac County Code of Ordinances.”

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.