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

Rules another office applies inside Town of Kendall

Town of Kendall 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 septicMixed (with conditions)

  Private onsite wastewater treatment systems serving land inside Kendall town; DSPS administers the statewide program and directs applicants to the local municipality or county covering the project location for permits.

  • A local permit is conditional on approved plan review.
  • State-owned POWTS applications are submitted to DSPS.
  • The applicable local permit issuer for Kendall town was not independently confirmed from an accessible Lafayette County source.

  “see the local municipality or county covering your project location. however, a local permit is conditional on an approved plan review.”

• Septic permitRequired

  Installation or construction of a private onsite wastewater treatment system serving land inside Kendall town.

  • Plans must be submitted for installation or construction and for replacement or addition of treatment, holding, and dispersal components.
  • A local permit is conditional on approved plan review.
  • Single- or two-family systems using an approved component manual and gravity distribution to an in-ground distribution cell, and qualifying holding tanks, must be submitted to the local government unit with jurisdiction.

  “Plans must be submitted for installation or construction of a POWTS and replacement and addition of POWTS treatment, holding, and dispersal components.”

• Septic inspectionRequired

  Construction and installation of a private onsite wastewater treatment system serving land inside Kendall town.

  • Inspection is required in accordance with the plan-review conditional approval letter.
  • The permit identifies the inspector or agency to contact.

  “inspection of powts construction and installation is required in accordance with the plan review conditional approval letter. contact the inspector or agency identified on your powts permit.”

• Building in a floodplainLimited

  Development in mapped floodplain areas inside Kendall town.

  • The requirement applies to mapped FEMA base-flood-risk areas and DNR-mapped flood-storage areas.
  • Local floodplain ordinances manage development and must meet NFIP and Wisconsin Administrative Code chapter NR 116 minimum requirements.
  • Whether a particular Kendall parcel is in mapped floodplain was not determined.

  “floodplain ordinances regulate all development in the floodplain. development in the floodplain is defined in 44 cfr 59.1 as any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate, including but not limited to buildings or other structures, mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation or drilling operations or storage of equipment or materials.”

• Permit processPartial

  POWTS permitting for projects inside Kendall town.

  • The state page directs applicants to the local municipality or county covering the project location.
  • A local permit is conditional on approved plan review.
  • The precise Kendall/Lafayette submission process remains unconfirmed.

  “see the local municipality or county covering your project location. however, a local permit is conditional on an approved plan review.”

Still unanswered

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

• Building permit — Building work inside Kendall town.
• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-built dwellings inside Kendall town.
• Building code adopted — Residential construction inside Kendall town.
• Inspections — Building work inside Kendall town.
• Certificate of occupancy — New or altered dwellings inside Kendall 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.