Grant County, WI Ordinances (2026)

In unincorporated Grant County, Wisconsin, the shoreland zoning chapter adopted by the County Board bars any construction that results in a structure taller than 35 feet within 75 feet…

In unincorporated Grant County, Wisconsin, every building and structure in the shoreland must sit at least 75 feet from the ordinary high-water mark of any navigable water unless an…

In unincorporated Grant County, Wisconsin, the County allows up to 15% impervious surface on the portion of a lot or parcel within 300 feet of the ordinary high-water mark. An owner…

In unincorporated Grant County, Wisconsin, Chapter 316 requires a permit from the Zoning Administrator or Board of Adjustment/Committee before any new development in the regulated…

In unincorporated Grant County, Wisconsin, Grant County Code § 206-11 bars anyone from operating, parking, stopping or leaving standing a motor vehicle while a radio or other electric…

In unincorporated Grant County, Wisconsin, noise from a small wind energy system cannot exceed 50 dB(A) in the daytime and 45 dB(A) at night, measured at the outside wall of a…

Grant County Code § 206-13 prohibits consuming alcoholic beverages or possessing an open container of alcohol while on eight named sets of county grounds in Grant County, Wisconsin…

Grant County Code § 206-16.2 bars anyone in Grant County, Wisconsin from occupying, owning, renting or leasing a building where nuisance activity is allowed, including three or more…

Grant County Code § 231-1 bans smoking, including electronic delivery devices, in vehicles or buildings owned or leased by Grant County, Wisconsin, and in the immediate 25 feet outside…

Grant County Code § 206-15 forbids a dog owner in Grant County, Wisconsin from negligently or otherwise permitting a dog to run at large or be untagged. A dog is at large when it is…

Grant County Code § 206-15.1 prohibits any owner in Grant County, Wisconsin from negligently or otherwise permitting livestock to run at large. The code defines livestock to include…

Grant County, Wisconsin bans keeping any vicious dog or other vicious animal under Chapter 88, Article I, enforced in unincorporated Grant County by Sheriff's Department officers and…

In unincorporated Grant County, Wisconsin, grass or weeds more than 10 inches high on a parcel within 1,000 feet of a residence count as a public health nuisance under Grant County…

Grant County exempts vegetation intentionally cultivated or maintained to reproduce ecosystems naturally existing in Wisconsin from the 10-inch grass and weed limit in § 191-5J. Four…

In unincorporated Grant County, Wisconsin, the land from the ordinary high-water mark to a minimum of 35 feet inland is a vegetative buffer zone where vegetation removal is prohibited…

In unincorporated Grant County, Wisconsin, public health nuisance complaints go to the Grant County Health Department, whose staff must investigate every potential complaint and decide…

A tournament or assembly of more than 100 persons in a Grant County park needs a permit from the Grant County Park Commission, and so does exclusive use of a picnic or play area. Under…

Chapter 97 of the Grant County Code requires a County Clerk license for any assembly of 2,000 or more people that continues overnight or for 18 or more consecutive hours. The license…

Grant County Code § 200-12 bars sleeping, camping or lodging in any county park except in places designated as overnight, tourist or trailer camps, and then only under Park Commission…

Grant County Code § 200-6 bars anyone from making or kindling a fire in a Grant County park except in places provided for it, and subject to the regulations prescribed. The rule covers…

Grant County bars possessing or using fireworks without a fireworks user permit from the mayor, village president or town chairperson where the use occurs. Sales are limited to permit…

Grant County Code § 206-12 bars depositing solid waste on or along any highway, in the waters of the state, or on any other public or private property, and § 206-17C sets a forfeiture…

Grant County's Public Health Nuisance Ordinance, § 191-5J, bans accumulations of trash, garbage, rotting timber, scrap metal and fecal matter, and any condition that promotes rats…

In unincorporated Grant County, Wisconsin, the pasturing of livestock, the cultivation of agricultural crops and silviculture are allowed in the Shoreland-Wetland District without a…

Grant County's public health nuisance ordinance excludes odors and animal wastes common to ordinary and approved agricultural practices from the nuisance definitions in § 191-5B and §…

Grant County treats a dilapidated building as a public health nuisance under § 191-5I when it is dangerous, unsafe, unsanitary or unfit for use and no precautions against entry have…

In Grant County, grass or weeds more than 10 inches high above the ground on any parcel within 1,000 feet of a residence are a public health nuisance under Chapter 191, and the…

In unincorporated Grant County, Wisconsin, the flood protection elevation is two feet of freeboard above the regional flood water surface profile. Under § 290-27, a new home in the…

In unincorporated Grant County, Wisconsin, every plat and subdivision must provide for the adequate disposal of surface water, either to a natural drainage course or to a storm sewer…

In unincorporated Grant County, Wisconsin, a permit is required for filling or grading within 300 feet landward of navigable water, where surface drainage runs toward the water, on any…

Chapter 290 regulates every area in unincorporated Grant County, Wisconsin, covered by the regional or base flood on the FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Map or other DNR-approved maps…

In unincorporated Grant County, Wisconsin, an accessory structure in the flood-fringe must be constructed on fill with its lowest floor at or above the regional flood elevation…

In Grant County, Wisconsin, a vehicle left unattended on any property without the owner's permission, or on public property or a public highway, for more than 48 hours is deemed…

Grant County, Wisconsin, requires a boat landing trailer parking permit to park a boat, canoe or vehicle trailer at the Wyalusing and O'Leary landings and any other County-owned…

In unincorporated Grant County, Wisconsin, a small solar energy generating facility needs two approvals: a Conditional Use Permit, which § 236-4 requires in all zoning districts, and a…

Chapter 250 of the Grant County Code ties tobacco retail to the state license: a retailer is any person licensed under § 134.65(1), Wis. Stats. The chapter bars sales to anyone under…

In unincorporated Grant County, Wisconsin, lighting rules attach to specific uses. A small wind energy system can be artificially lighted only if the Federal Aviation Administration…