Environmental Rules in Middleton, WI (2026)
1 verified environmental rules for Middleton, Wisconsin, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
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Flood Zones
The City of Middleton regulates floodplain development through Chapter 24 (Floodplain Zoning) of the Middleton Municipal Code, in conformance with Wis. Stat. Sec. 87.30 and Wisconsin Administrative Code Chapter NR 116, plus 44 CFR Parts 59-72. The Yahara River and Pheasant Branch Creek are the primary regulated waterways. Middleton's floodplain ordinance was recodified with assistance from the Wisconsin DNR following FEMA's Dane County Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) and Flood Insurance Study (FIS) updates. The ordinance establishes Floodway, Floodfringe, and Flood Storage Districts, and requires the lowest floor of habitable structures in the floodfringe to be elevated to the flood protection elevation - regional flood elevation plus 2 feet of freeboard.
Flood Zone Regulations (Middleton, WI)
Heavy RestrictionsWis. Stat. § 87.30(1)(a) — Floodplain zoning, State powers
If any county, city or village does not adopt a reasonable and effective floodplain zoning ordinance within one year after hydraulic and engineering data adequate to formulate the ordinance becomes available, the department shall, upon petition of an interested state agency or a municipality or upon its own motion as soon as practicable and after public hearing, determine and fix by order the l...
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