Maximum lot coverage and impervious-surface limits for general zoning are set by your city, village, or unincorporated town. Rock County directly limits impervious surface only within its shoreland districts, where NR 115 caps hard-surface coverage near navigable water.
General lot-coverage ratios (building footprint or total impervious area as a share of the lot) are municipal or town zoning standards, not county. Rock County's binding coverage authority is shoreland zoning under NR 115: impervious surfaces within the shoreland zone are limited (commonly to 15 percent of the lot within 300 feet of the water, with mitigation allowed up to 30 percent), and a 35-foot vegetative buffer landward of the ordinary high-water mark must generally be preserved. These limits apply within 1,000 feet of a lake or 300 feet of a stream. Outside shoreland and floodplain areas, ask your local zoning administrator for the lot-coverage maximum.
Municipal zoning enforces general coverage limits. Exceeding shoreland impervious-surface caps or disturbing the buffer draws county enforcement, mitigation orders, and forfeitures.
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Milton, WI
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Milton, WI
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Milton, WI
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Milton, WI
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Milton, WI
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Milton, WI
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