Building permits and land rules in the Town of Seven Mile Creek, Wisconsin

At a glance

Building permit

Required for a new one- or two-family dwelling¹

Building code

Wisconsin Uniform Dwelling Code⁵

Building inspections

Required for new one- and two-family dwellings⁶

Local zoning

Town-wide zoning could not be confirmed; county shoreland rules and mapped floodplain zoning still apply⁴⁷

Septic permit

Required through Juneau County for covered private sewage work⁸

Owner-builder

Available to a qualifying owner-occupant without waiving the permit⁹

RV or tiny home

Ask the town clerk; the confirmed county RV rule is limited to campgrounds in floodplain districts¹⁰

Who to call

Contact details are copied from each office’s official page and were checked against it on October 10, 2026.

Do you need a building permit in the Town of Seven Mile Creek, Wisconsin?

Yes. A UDC building permit is required for a new one- or two-family dwelling in the Town of Seven Mile Creek, including a stick-built, modular or manufactured-home installation.¹ Wisconsin's Uniform Dwelling Code supplies the construction standard for those homes.⁵ The town appears on Wisconsin's delegated-jurisdiction list, so begin with the Town of Seven Mile Creek rather than assuming Juneau County issues the home-building permit.¹¹ The state directs applicants to contact a delegated municipality directly, and the application must include the permit application, contractor information, plans, required data and fee.² Permit requirements for an addition or alteration are not established here, so describe the exact project when you ask the town where to file.

Who handles building permits in the Town of Seven Mile Creek?

The Town of Seven Mile Creek is listed by Wisconsin DSPS as a delegated UDC jurisdiction for building permits and inspections.¹¹ The published state table leaves the municipal contact and inspector fields blank, so ask the town clerk for the current permit issuer and inspector before submitting plans. Wisconsin requires inspections of a new one- or two-family dwelling, and the applicant must notify the inspector named on the UDC permit when work is ready.⁶ Juneau County does not replace the town's UDC role: the county office separately handles sanitary permits and county shoreland and floodplain controls.³⁷ For land near water or in a mapped floodplain, contact Juneau County Sanitation & Zoning at the published phone or email before construction.¹²

Does the Town of Seven Mile Creek have zoning?

We could not confirm a town zoning ordinance, zoning map or statement that the Town of Seven Mile Creek has no general zoning. Ask the town clerk about the parcel's use, minimum dwelling size, building height, accessory dwellings and agricultural-building rules before relying on a site plan. Juneau County regulates mapped floodplain areas countywide through floodway, floodfringe and general floodplain districts.⁴¹³ Covered floodplain development requires a county land-use permit before work starts.¹⁴ County shoreland rules also apply near lakes, flowages and navigable rivers or streams.¹⁵ In that shoreland jurisdiction, the general building setback is at least 75 feet from the ordinary high-water mark.¹⁶ A lot without public sewer generally needs at least 20,000 square feet and 100 feet of water-edge frontage; a sewered lot generally needs 10,000 square feet and 65 feet of water-edge frontage.¹⁷¹⁸

How do septic permits work in the Town of Seven Mile Creek?

Juneau County issues the sanitary permit for covered private sewage work inside the Town of Seven Mile Creek.⁸ A building that will use private sewage must have its sanitary permit before any local building permit is issued.¹⁹ Plan review comes first, and the reviewing authority depends on the proposed system.²⁰ Juneau County has delegated plan-review responsibility for qualifying at-grade and mound systems with capacity of 1,000 gallons per day or less; other designs may go to Wisconsin DSPS, and plan reviews may also be submitted to DSPS.²¹²² The permit issuer also handles the required POWTS construction and installation inspection.²³ Only 0.5% of Juneau County soils avoid severe limits for a conventional drain field, so make the site and soil evaluation an early purchase contingency.²⁴

Can you live in an RV or tiny home in the Town of Seven Mile Creek?

We could not confirm a Town of Seven Mile Creek rule that allows or prohibits living in an RV on private land, nor could we confirm a town rule for temporary private-land camping. Ask the town clerk about occupancy and placement before moving an RV onto a parcel. County floodplain campground rules do not answer the private-land question; they apply to campgrounds in regulated floodplain districts.²⁵ We also could not confirm a local tiny-home occupancy rule, minimum dwelling size or zoning district schedule. A tiny home designed as a new dwelling may still fall within Wisconsin's UDC permit framework, while a manufactured-home installation is expressly included in the new-home permit requirement.¹ Wastewater remains a separate issue: a private sewage installation or modification needs a Juneau County sanitary permit, and nonstandard sanitation should be discussed with the county before purchase.⁸

Building a home in the Town of Seven Mile Creek: what are the steps?

1. Ask the Town of Seven Mile Creek for the current UDC permit issuer and inspector, because the town is the delegated jurisdiction but the state table does not publish those contacts.¹¹

1. Ask Juneau County Sanitation & Zoning whether shoreland or mapped floodplain controls affect the parcel before finalizing the house location.¹²⁴

1. Arrange POWTS plan review and obtain the Juneau County sanitary permit before seeking the local building permit for a home using private sewage.¹⁹

1. Submit the UDC application, contractor information, plans, required data and fee through the authority identified by the town.²

1. Do not start construction until the building permit is issued, and call the inspector listed on the permit as each required inspection stage is ready.⁶

1. Before drilling a new ordinary private well, obtain the required Wisconsin DNR well-construction notification number.²⁶

Watch-outs

• The state lists the Town of Seven Mile Creek as delegated for UDC work but publishes no municipal permit contact or inspector, so confirm the current filing route with the town clerk.¹¹
• Do not treat the absence of a confirmed town zoning document as permission for an RV, tiny home or unrestricted building placement; the confirmed county RV rule is limited to campgrounds in floodplain districts.¹⁰
• County shoreland and mapped floodplain approvals can apply in addition to the town's UDC building permit, and shoreland lot-size rules differ depending on public-sewer service.⁷¹⁷¹⁸
• Starting covered septic work before obtaining the sanitary permit can trigger twice the permit fees and enforcement.⁸

Sources

1. UDC (Uniform Dwelling Code / One- and Two-Family Dwellings) (Town of Seven Mile Creek), quoted and re-checked
2. UDC (Uniform Dwelling Code / One- and Two-Family Dwellings) (Town of Seven Mile Creek), quoted and re-checked
3. Chapter 15 Private Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems Ordinance (Town of Seven Mile Creek), quoted and re-checked
4. Juneau County Floodplain Zoning Ordinance, quoted and re-checked
5. UDC (Uniform Dwelling Code / One- and Two-Family Dwellings) (Town of Seven Mile Creek), quoted and re-checked
6. UDC (Uniform Dwelling Code / One- and Two-Family Dwellings) (Town of Seven Mile Creek), quoted and re-checked
7. Sanitation & Zoning, quoted and re-checked
8. Chapter 15 Private Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems Ordinance (Town of Seven Mile Creek), quoted and re-checked
9. Instructions for Submitting a UDC Permit Application (Town of Seven Mile Creek), quoted and re-checked
10. Juneau County Floodplain Zoning Ordinance, quoted and re-checked
11. Town of Seven Mile Creek UDC permitting jurisdiction (dsps.wi.gov)
12. Juneau County Sanitation & Zoning Department (co.juneau.wi.gov)
13. Juneau County Floodplain Zoning Ordinance, quoted and re-checked
14. Juneau County Floodplain Zoning Ordinance, quoted and re-checked
15. Juneau County Shoreland Zoning (co.juneau.wi.gov)
16. General Shoreland Zoning Provisions, quoted and re-checked
17. Juneau County Code, Appendix A, Sec. 3.1 — Lots not served by public sanitary sewer, quoted and re-checked
18. Juneau County Code, Appendix A, Sec. 3.2 — Lots served by public sanitary sewer, quoted and re-checked
19. Requirement for Plan Review Prior to Issuing Local Permits, quoted and re-checked
20. Private Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems (POWTS) (Town of Seven Mile Creek), quoted and re-checked
21. Delegated Agents for Private On-Site Wastewater Treatment System (POWTS) Plan Review, quoted and re-checked
22. Juneau County POWTS Plan Review Delegation Letter, quoted and re-checked
23. Private Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems (POWTS) (Town of Seven Mile Creek), quoted and re-checked
24. Share of soils USDA rates "not limited" for a conventional septic drain field (SSURGO). A strict rating: the median county is about 6% and a tenth of counties are 0%, so a low figure means most lots need a site evaluation or an engineered system, not that septic is impossible. Cite it only with that caveat: Bolthole Index county data
25. Juneau County Floodplain Zoning Ordinance, quoted and re-checked
26. Well and heat exchange notification (Wisconsin statewide rule), quoted and re-checked

Written October 10, 2026 from the rules quoted below, each taken from an official source and re-checked by an independent reviewer. This is research, not legal advice: rules change, so confirm with the office before you buy or build.