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

Rules another office applies inside Town of Wautoma

Town of Wautoma 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, or additions in unincorporated areas of Waushara County townships, which the county page lists as all 18 townships without naming the Town of Wautoma; treated as applicable to the Town of Wautoma because the town is unincorporated and is one of the county's townships, but this is not stated by name on the page

  • Exempt only if the building, alteration, or addition is less than 150 square feet in area AND less than $2,000 in market value, per the county page's wording.
  • Land use permits are not required in the Town of Warren for land more than 1,000 feet from a lake or 300 feet from a stream.
  • Decks, retaining walls, patios, and other improvements also require land use permits per the county page.
  • City and village limits are excluded; the Town of Wautoma itself is not a city or village.

  exemption area threshold: < 150 square feet (also requires market value below $2,000) · exemption market value threshold: < 2000 USD (also requires area below 150 square feet)

  “land use permits are required from the waushara county zoning office in all unincorporated areas (outside of city and village limits) of all 18 townships, except those lands in the town of warren which are greater than 1,000 feet from a lake or 300 feet from a stream.”

  One more reviewed finding on this topic

  • Required — New dwelling construction or alteration of an existing dwelling in unincorporated areas covered by the Waushara County land use permit requirement, including the Town of Wautoma if it is among those townships

    “the construction of a new dwelling or any alteration to an existing dwelling will require a sanitary permit and udc building permit in addition to a land use permit.”

• Septic permitRequired

  New dwelling construction or alteration of an existing dwelling in unincorporated areas covered by the Waushara County land use permit requirement, including the Town of Wautoma if it is among those townships

  • Sanitary permit is required in addition to a land use permit for new dwelling construction or alteration of an existing dwelling.
  • The county page does not state the sanitary permit's technical requirements (soil, system design, setbacks) or the issuing office; not verified here.

  “the construction of a new dwelling or any alteration to an existing dwelling will require a sanitary permit and udc building permit in addition to a land use permit.”

Still unanswered

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

• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-builder exemption for dwellings inside the Town of Wautoma
• Building code adopted — Building code adoption for new dwellings inside the Town of Wautoma
• Inspections — Building inspections for new dwellings inside the Town of Wautoma
• Certificate of occupancy — Certificate of occupancy for new dwellings inside the Town of Wautoma
• Local zoning — Whether the Town of Wautoma adopts and administers its own zoning ordinance for land inside the 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.