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

Town of Oxford’s own rules

• Building permitRequired

  Construction, installation, repair, reconstruction, removal, demolition, or remodeling of public or private buildings or structures inside the Town of Oxford, including residential construction.

  • The requirement applies unless the project is exempt under the ordinance.
  • Commercial or industrial work costing no more than $5,000, including labor, within a 12-month period is exempt.
  • Public or quasi-public work costing no more than $5,000, including labor, within a 12-month period is exempt.
  • Residential work costing no more than $5,000, including labor, within a 12-month period is exempt.
  • A public or private building or structure may be exempt when the Town Board waives it in writing and costs, including labor, do not exceed $5,000.
  • Buildings or structures exempted or preempted by state or federal law or regulation, or by a county or extraterritorial ordinance, are exempt.
  • Re-siding, reroofing, finishing interior surfaces, cabinetry installation, and repairs deemed minor by the Building Inspector are exempt.
  • Accessory buildings under 480 square feet and normal HVAC, plumbing, and electrical repairs are exempt.
  • The permit must be obtained before work begins; after proper completion, an Occupancy Permit must be sought and obtained from the Town.

  residential-work exemption threshold: <= 5000 USD (Including labor costs within a 12-month period) · accessory-building exemption area: < 480 square feet

  “Any person, unless exempt under this Ordinance, who constructs, installs, repairs, reconstructs, removes, demolishes, or remodels any public or private building or structure in the Town, including building, heating, ventilating, plumbing or electrical work or service, or who causes the same to occur, shall seek and obtain from the Town a Town Building Permit prior to commencing, or causing the commencement of, construction, removal, demolition, installation, repair, reconstruction or remodeling project.”

Rules another office applies inside Town of Oxford

Town of Oxford does not set these itself; the county, a health district or the state does, and they apply to every address inside its limits.

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land inside the Town of Oxford, Marquette County, Wisconsin, where the County's general zoning ordinance applies and is administered by Marquette County.

  • The County ordinance is effective in a town only when the County has received Town Board approval and after County Board passage and publication.
  • Marquette County's Planning and Zoning page lists Oxford's effective adoption date for the General Zoning Ordinance as October 20, 2015.

  “Harris (April 3, 1974) Oxford (October 20, 2015)”

• Who permits septicCounty (with conditions)

  Private onsite wastewater treatment systems inside the Town of Oxford, Marquette County, Wisconsin.

  • Marquette County Planning and Zoning administers and enforces its private sanitation system (POWTS) ordinance in townships that have adopted county zoning.
  • The County lists Oxford as having adopted the General Zoning Ordinance effective October 20, 2015.

  “Zoning duties include the administration of the County’s general zoning, floodplain, shoreland, private sanitation system (POWTS), subdivision, tourist rooming house, and wireless communication facilities ordinances. These ordinances are administered and enforced in those townships that have adopted county zoning.”

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.