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

Town of Fredonia’s own rules

• Building permitRequired

  Any building or structure, or part thereof, built within the Town of Fredonia.

  • The owner or agent must obtain the permit from the Building Inspector before construction begins.
  • Construction commencement includes beginning excavation or constructing forms for cement work.
  • The ordinance directs readers to Chapter 110, Building Code, of the Town Code.

  “No building or structure, or any part thereof, shall hereafter be built within the Town unless a permit therefor shall first be obtained by the owner or his agent from the Building Inspector. No construction shall be commenced prior to the issuance of such permit.”

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Uses, structures, lands, water, and air within the unincorporated limits of the Town of Fredonia, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin.

  • The zoning chapter requires compliance with applicable Town, County, and State regulations.

  “Jurisdiction. The jurisdiction of this chapter shall apply to all uses, structures, lands, water and air within the unincorporated limits of the Town.”

Rules another office applies inside Town of Fredonia

Town of Fredonia 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)

  Unsewered development inside the Town of Fredonia, which is within Ozaukee County.

  • Ozaukee County Land & Water Management administers the County Sanitation and Health Ordinance for unsewered development.
  • For holding tanks in the Town, the Town Code requires a permit from the State Department of Commerce and/or the Ozaukee County Department of Land and Water Management.

  “The Land & Water Management Department administers the Sanitation and Health Ordinance (Chapter 9) of the Ozaukee County Code of Ordinances. Sanitary regulations apply to all unsewered development within the county.”

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.