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

Rules another office applies inside Town of Richford

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

• Building permitRequired

  Placement or construction of buildings, structural alterations, additions, decks, retaining walls, patios and other improvements on land inside Richford town (an unincorporated Waushara County town), administered by the Waushara County zoning office

  • Permit exemption applies only to buildings under 150 square feet AND under $2,000 market value, per the county page.
  • Decks, retaining walls, patios, and other improvements also require land use permits, per the county page.
  • Land use permits are issued by the county, not by Richford town, on the cited county page; a Richford town zoning ordinance was not located.
  • Dimensional and setback rules are not established by this claim.

  exemption size threshold (both conditions required): < 150 square feet (also less than $2,000 market value)

  “Land Use permits are required from the Waushara County Zoning Office”

  One more reviewed finding on this topic

  • Required — New 1 or 2 family dwellings inside Richford town, permitted under the Uniform Dwelling Code through Waushara County

    “A permit under the UDC is required for new one- and two-family dwelling units.”

• Building code adoptedAdopted

  Uniform Dwelling Code as applied inside Richford town through Waushara County

  • The county page shows the UDC is administered through Waushara County for Richford, which is not an exception town.
  • The UDC is a state code; the state adoption source was not opened, so inheritance is recorded as state-inherited and not independently verified.

  “The Uniform Dwelling Code (UDC) is administered through Waushara County”

• InspectionsRequired

  Permitted work on new 1 or 2 family dwellings inside Richford town, with inspections run through Waushara County under the UDC

  • Inspection requirement is stated together with the permit requirement on the county page; the inspection schedule was not opened.
  • Richford town is not among the listed exceptions.

  “The following inspections are required on new one- and two-family dwellings.”

• Who permits septicCounty (with conditions)

  Sanitary permit for a new dwelling inside Richford town, listed among Waushara County land-use permits

  • The county page lists the sanitary permit with county-run land use and UDC permits; it does not name the office that issues the sanitary permit, so this is a county attribution that needs confirmation.
  • State POWTS rules still apply to the system design.

  “Septic System requirements are administered by the County Zoning Office and apply in all areas of the county not served by municipal sewer.”

• Septic permitRequired

  Construction of a new dwelling on land inside Richford town, which requires a sanitary permit in addition to a UDC building permit and land use permit

  • Applies to a new dwelling or an alteration to an existing dwelling, per the county page.
  • Construction may proceed only after the sanitary permit is issued.

  “The construction of a new dwelling [...] will require a sanitary permit”

Still unanswered

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

• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-builder exemption from UDC permit for a dwelling inside Richford town
• Certificate of occupancy — Certificate of occupancy for a new dwelling inside Richford town
• Local zoning — Whether Richford town adopts and administers its own zoning ordinance for land inside Richford town
• Zoning districts — Zoning district map and schedule for land inside Richford town
• Minimum dwelling size — Minimum dwelling size in the main single-family residential district inside Richford 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.