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

Town of Utica’s own rules

• Building permitRequired

  Buildings and structures moved, built, enlarged, altered, or demolished within the Town of Utica.

  • A permit must first be obtained from the Town Building Inspector before covered work begins.
  • The code does not require a permit for repairs or minor alterations that do not change occupancy area, structural strength, fire protection, exits, lights, or ventilation and cost no more than $1,000; it also excepts moving into or within town structures constructed to be moveable.
  • A permit lapses if operations do not commence within six months; residential permits lapse 24 months after issuance and other non-residential permits lapse 18 months after issuance.
  • Each applicant must also comply with applicable Winnebago County and Wisconsin laws, rules, and regulations.

  minor-repair cost threshold: <= 1000 USD (Only where repairs or minor alterations do not change occupancy area, structural strength, fire protection, exits, lights, or ventilation.) · commencement deadline: <= 6 months (Building operations must commence within six months of permit issuance.) · residential permit lapse: 24 months (Measured from date of issuance.) · non-residential permit lapse: 18 months (Measured from date of issuance.)

  “No building or structure or any part thereof shall hereafter be moved, built, enlarged, altered, or demolished within the Town (except as hereinafter provided) unless a permit therefore shall first be obtained by the owner, or his agent, from the Building Inspector.”

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Structures, land, water, and air within all areas of the Town of Utica, Winnebago County, Wisconsin.

  • The Town's zoning code requires a zoning permit before development or structural work unless an exception in the ordinance applies; it excepts one minor structure per lot.
  • The county states that Utica maintains its own zoning jurisdiction for issuing zoning permits only.
  • Winnebago County also has shoreland jurisdiction in rural and unincorporated shoreland areas for zoning, sanitary, and erosion-control permits.

  “The provisions of this Ordinance shall apply to all structures, land, water and air within all areas of the Town of Utica, Winnebago County, Wisconsin.”

Rules another office applies inside Town of Utica

Town of Utica 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)

  Private onsite wastewater treatment systems, including septic systems and holding tanks, inside Utica town; the Town's code specifically requires a County Sanitary Inspector permit before a Town building permit where public sewer is unavailable.

  • Where public sewer is unavailable, the Town may not issue a building permit until sanitary plans are approved and the County Sanitary Inspector has issued a sanitary permit.
  • For an addition, reconstruction, enlargement, or conversion of a principal structure, no Town building permit may issue when sanitary facilities do not comply with the Winnebago County Sanitary Ordinance and Chapter ILHR 83 of the Wisconsin Administrative Code.
  • Barns, silos, and similar principal uses in the A-1 Agriculture District are exempt from the sanitary-facilities requirement stated in the Town code.

  “The Winnebago County Planning and Zoning Department regulates all Private Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems (POWTS), better known as septic systems and holding tanks.”

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.