Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Town of Spring Valley, Wisconsin

Town of Spring Valley’s own rules

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land inside the Town of Spring Valley limits (Rock County, WI): rezoning, conditional use permit and variance requests are decided by the Town of Spring Valley on its own request form

  • The town form asks whether a request is consistent with the town's comprehensive plan and future land use map, and whether the area is in a state-certified farmland preservation zoning district.
  • Requests must state the current zoning and future zoning of the area.
  • The form is revision-dated 05-2016 and the town's zoning ordinance text itself was not opened; the town Ordinances & Resolutions page timed out during research.
  • Rock County involvement is limited to the land division process and county overlay districts listed on the form.

  “i, as the undersigned, am a landowner applying for a re-zoning/cup/variance in the town of spring valley, in unincorporated rock county, or am serving as the primary contact for said landowner.”

• Permit processPartial

  Filing a Town of Spring Valley rezoning, conditional use permit or variance request. The town building permit process is not covered.

  • Map must be prepared at a convenient scale not to exceed 200 feet to the inch, with pages numbered in sequence.
  • Fee amount is not stated on the form; the form only refers to the request fee.
  • Request is submitted by mail or hand delivery to the Town of Spring Valley office at 17310 Footville Brodhead Road, Brodhead, WI 53520.
  • Building permit applications: the town forms page says they are obtained from the building inspector, but it does not state the process.

  hard copies of request form: 4 copies (plus four copies of the map and the request fee) · map scale maximum: <= 200 feet per inch

  “please send via postal mail, or hand-deliver, four (4) copies of this request form, four (4) copies of the re-zoning/cup/variance map, and the request fee to:”

Rules another office applies inside Town of Spring Valley

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

• Subdividing landRegulated (with conditions)

  Land inside the Town of Spring Valley (unincorporated Rock County) where a rezoning, conditional use permit or variance also requires a land division

  • Applies only when the town request form answer to question 5 is yes.
  • The land division is handled through the Rock County land division process, not the town.
  • Rock County's land division ordinance itself was not opened.

  “if you answered yes, you will need to complete the rock county land division process.”

Still unanswered

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

• Building permit — New construction inside the Town of Spring Valley
• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-builders inside the Town of Spring Valley
• Building code adopted — New construction inside the Town of Spring Valley
• Inspections — New construction inside the Town of Spring Valley
• Certificate of occupancy — Occupancy of new buildings inside the Town of Spring Valley

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.