Sauk County, WI Building Setbacks & Zoning: Structure Height Limits (2026)

The Sec. 7.094 dimensional table sets a maximum height of 35 feet for principal buildings and 20 feet for accessory buildings in the Single Family Residential, Multiple Family Residential and Rural Community districts. In the Exclusive Agriculture, Resource Conservancy and Agriculture districts the principal height limit rises to 45 feet and the accessory limit rises to 75 feet, reflecting the taller barns and grain facilities common on farm parcels. Commercial, Recreational Commercial and Industrial districts allow both principal and accessory structures up to 50 feet.

Sec. 7.094(11) lets any dwelling exceed its district's height limit by up to 10 feet, provided every required yard and open space is widened by one foot for each foot of extra height. Sec. 7.094(12) gives churches, schools, hospitals and other public buildings the same trade-off up to 75 feet, and Sec. 7.094(13) lets farm structures exceed 75 feet if front, side and rear yards grow by one and one-half feet for every additional foot above 75 feet. These bonus provisions only apply where a town has adopted the county's zoning ordinance; unincorporated parcels in towns that never adopted Sauk County zoning, and land inside Baraboo, Reedsburg, Wisconsin Dells, Lake Delton, Sauk City, Prairie du Sac and the county's other incorporated cities and villages, are governed by those separate local codes instead.