Wisconsin § 145.195 - Building on unsewered property.
Full text of Wisconsin Wisconsin Statutes § 145.195 — Building on unsewered property., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 145.195. Building on unsewered property.
145.195(1) (1) No county, city, town or village may issue a building permit for construction of any structure requiring connection to a private on-site wastewater treatment system unless a private on-site wastewater treatment system satisfying all applicable regulations already exists to serve the proposed structure or all permits necessary to install a private on-site wastewater treatment system have been obtained. 145.195(2) (2) Before issuing a building permit for construction of any structure on property not served by a municipal sewage treatment plant, the county, city, town or village shall determine that the proposed construction does not interfere with a functioning private on-site wastewater treatment system. The county, city, town or village may require building permit applicants to submit a detailed plan of the owner’s existing private on-site wastewater treatment system. 145.195 History History: 1977 c. 258 ; 1999 a. 150 s. 87 ; Stats. 1999 s. 145.195; 2007 a. 147 ; 2011 a. 146 ; 2015 a. 197 s. 51 . 145.195 Note NOTE: Chapter 258, laws of 1977 , which created this section, contains a prefatory note. 145.195 Cross-reference Cross-reference: See also ch. SPS 383 , Wis. adm. code. 145.195 Annotation An onsite inspection of an existing private sewage system must be made before a building permit may be issued for any type of construction requiring a connection to that system. 75 Atty. Gen. 38 .
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What does Wisconsin Statutes § 145.195 cover?
Section 145.195 ("Building on unsewered property.") is part of the Wisconsin Statutes, the codified statutory law of Wisconsin. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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