Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Town of Red River, Wisconsin

Town of Red River’s own rules

• Building permitRequired

  Buildings, structures, and land use or occupancy inside the unincorporated limits of the Town of Red River, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin.

  • A building permit is required unless specifically exempted by §10.0210 and subject to compliance with applicable local, county, state, and federal regulations.
  • Exemptions are: accessory buildings with labor-and-material value not exceeding $5,000 that conform to the ordinance's setback, yard, and open-space requirements; interior improvements or alterations not exceeding $5,000 that do not affect a structural change in use or encroach on a yard or open space; and exterior maintenance repairs below $5,000 that do not offset a structural change in use, encroach on required yard or open space, or otherwise violate the ordinance.
  • For new residential dwellings, the application requires a Dyckesville Sanitary District Sewer Lateral Installation Permit or, if municipal sewer service is unavailable, a proposed sewage-disposal plan including the County permit for a private onsite wastewater treatment system or other appropriate disposal means.
  • The Zoning Administrator grants or denies the permit in writing; it expires in six months unless substantial work has commenced, and a conflicting permit is null and void.
  • A fee receipt from the Town Clerk must accompany the application.

  building or structure market-value threshold: > 5000 USD (Applies where a building or other structure is erected, moved, or structurally altered.) · accessory-building labor-and-material threshold: > 5000 USD (Applies to an accessory building requiring a permit.) · interior-improvement labor-and-material threshold: > 5000 USD (Applies to interior improvements requiring a permit.) · exterior-maintenance cost or fair-market-value threshold: >= 5000 USD (Applies to exterior maintenance repairs requiring a permit.)

  “No building, structure, or land shall hereafter be used or occupied, and no building or structure or part thereof shall hereafter be erected, enlarged, constructed, reconstructed, moved, or structurally altered without the issuance of a Building Permit, unless specifically exempted in section 10.0210, and without full compliance with the provisions of this Ordinance and all other applicable local, county, state, and federal regulations.”

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land uses, structures, and development inside the unincorporated limits of the Town of Red River, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin.

  • The Town Board adopted and administers Chapter 10, titled the “ZONING ORDINANCE, TOWN OF RED RIVER, WISCONSIN.”
  • The Town Zoning Administrator is the administrative and enforcement officer for the ordinance.
  • The ordinance incorporates future zoning-map changes adopted by Town Board ordinance.

  “For the purpose of this Ordinance, the Town of Red River, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin, is hereby divided into the following zoning districts:”

Rules another office applies inside Town of Red River

Town of Red River 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 non-plumbing sanitation systems inside the Town of Red River, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin.

  • Kewaunee County's sanitary ordinance applies to all geographic areas within Kewaunee County, including land inside Red River town.
  • Buildings or other domestic-wastewater sources intended for human habitation or occupancy and not served by public sanitary sewer must have an approved compliant holding or treatment-and-dispersal system.
  • For a new residential dwelling in Red River where municipal sewer service is unavailable, the Town requires a proposed sewage-disposal plan that includes a copy of the permit issued by the Kewaunee County Zoning Administrator for installation of a private onsite wastewater treatment system, or other appropriate disposal means.
  • No person may install or perform work to a POWTS unless the property owner holds a valid state sanitary permit.
  • County sanitary permits are required before reconnecting or repairing a POWTS, except for adding manhole risers or replacing manhole covers, manhole risers, baffles, or pumps; a county permit is required before constructing or erecting a non-plumbing sanitation system.

  “The requirements of this ordinance shall apply to all geographic areas within Kewaunee County. [...] Application for a sanitary permit shall be made on forms specified by the Kewaunee County Zoning Department.”

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.