Outagamie County, WI Ordinances (2026)

A gathering expected to draw 1,500 or more people for 18 or more consecutive hours anywhere in Outagamie County needs a special event permit filed at least 45 days ahead.

Any temporary food stand set up at an Outagamie County festival, carnival, or other special event must get its own food stand permit from the county health department before it can…

Groups that want to reserve an Outagamie County park area for an event must apply in advance to the County Clerk's office before using shared fireplaces, tables or benches.

Any new development, building repair, or change in use within Outagamie County's floodplain districts needs a land use permit from the county Zoning Administrator before construction…

Filling or grading near a navigable water in unincorporated Outagamie County needs a county permit once it crosses slope- and size-based thresholds within 300 feet of the shoreline.

Outagamie County requires two feet of freeboard above the regional flood elevation, the 'flood protection elevation', for new construction, fill and floodproofed structures in its…

Outagamie County requires a post-construction runoff permit before any land-disturbing construction, with exemptions for small single- and two-family home projects under one acre of…

Outagamie County adopts the state-set fee schedule for tourist rooming house, hotel, and motel permits by reference, with any fee increase needing health committee and finance…

Wis. Stat. §66.1014 preempts local STR bans for stays of 7 consecutive days or longer. Hosts renting more than 10 nights per year must hold a state Tourist Rooming House license from…

Within the Highway 41 corridor in the Town of Vandenbroek, Outagamie County bans flashing, intermittent or moving lights on billboards: the closest the county code comes to regulating…

Temporary window signs advertising a sale or special event at an individual commercial establishment are exempt entirely from Outagamie County's sign regulations under §54-355(c).

It's unlawful to dump garbage on any county street, alley or public place, or on private property without the owner's consent, and residents can't set out curbside trash they don't own.

Yard waste in Outagamie County must go through the county's yard waste recycling program or be delivered to the landfill for a fee: it can't be landfilled or burned without energy…

Outagamie County requires households, apartment buildings and businesses to separate 15 categories of recyclables, batteries, appliances, oil, yard waste, glass, paper and plastics…

Outagamie County has no curbside bulk pickup: major appliances like refrigerators and washers must be delivered to the county landfill for a fee and cannot be trashed as regular…

Outagamie County doesn't post A-B-C letter grades; instead its public health division can enter any licensed food establishment during operating hours to inspect, sample, and copy…

Outagamie County's minimum housing code makes the owner of a dwelling responsible for exterminating pest infestations, enforced through inspections by the county's environmental health…

Outagamie County's minimum housing code makes every rental dwelling owner responsible for exterminating any pest infestation, bed bugs included, inside and around the unit.

Outagamie County bans smoking and vaping inside, and within 20 feet of any entrance or exit of, any building or vehicle the county itself owns or leases.

Outagamie County bans possessing alcohol in any county park except Plamann Park, where a permit from park officials is required before liquor or malt beverages are allowed.

A home-based business in Outagamie County's AGD agricultural district can't generate more traffic than would normally be expected in an agricultural area, per Sec. 54-129(2)d.

Family child care homes are a permitted use in Outagamie County's RSF residential district but need a special exception permit in the AGD general agricultural district.

Outagamie County's AGD home-based business rule caps outside staff at two non-family employees and limits the operation to 30 percent of a building's floor area, with no separate…

A home-based business in Outagamie County's AGD agricultural district may post just one sign, non-illuminated and no larger than one square foot, mounted flat against the building wall.

The county's minimum housing code requires every dwelling unit to have a working smoke alarm, with one on each floor of a two-story or taller dwelling.

Wis. Stat. §167.10 requires a user's permit for nearly all consumer fireworks (firecrackers, bottle rockets, Roman candles, mortars, aerial repeaters). Permits issued by the mayor…

Keeping livestock, which the county zoning code defines to include poultry, is a permitted farm use only in Outagamie County's AED and AGD agricultural zoning districts, not a…

No one in Outagamie County may own, keep, or harbor a dog or other animal and let it run at large, off the owner's property and unsupervised, except for dogs actively engaged in legal…

Outagamie County caps single-family homes in the RSF district at 35 feet or 2½ stories under every sewer and platting scenario in the county's dimensional table.

Outagamie County's RSF single-family district sets minimum front, side and rear yard setbacks that shift with sewer service and subdivision-plat status, from 6-foot side yards to…

Outagamie County limits how much of an RSF lot a house can cover, from 30 percent inside a sewered subdivision plat down to 15 percent on unsewered, unplatted land.

Outagamie County closes all park lands and facilities between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. every night, unless the Parks Department issues a specific permit allowing after-hours access.

Outagamie County limits adult entertainment businesses to one per parcel, 1,500 feet apart, and 2,000 feet from homes, churches or schools in its CL commercial district.

Tattooists, body piercers, and their establishments must hold a county-issued permit and pay fees set under Wis. Stat. §§ 252.23 and 252.24, with any fee increase requiring finance…

Outagamie County allows a home-based auto, farm equipment, or small engine repair shop only as a special exception in the AGD agricultural district, and only where the owner or…

Along the Highway 41 corridor in the Town of Vandenbroek, Outagamie County blocks approval of new homes, schools and outdoor recreation sites where projected highway noise reaches 66…

Outagamie County requires a properly maintained muffler on every motor vehicle and bans intentional tire-squealing acceleration under its noise ordinance.

County code makes it unlawful to own, possess or harbor a dog or other animal that frequently or continuously creates an unreasonable noise disturbance for neighbors.

County code bans intentionally operating any sound source, including amplified equipment, in a way that creates a noise disturbance on private or public property, at any hour.

Food trucks selling in Outagamie County parks must qualify as a commercially licensed 'approved vendor,' signing the county's indemnification and insurance agreement before setting up.

Food trucks and mobile vendors can sell in Outagamie County parks only as approved vendors, confined to the specific areas the Parks Department designates for vending.

Outagamie County caps in-home accessory apartments at 600 square feet, requires the owner to live on-site, and limits occupants to two people who are elderly, disabled, or related to…

Outagamie County zoning caps detached sheds and other accessory buildings at one per lot beyond a garage, bars them from front yards, and requires 3-foot clearance from lot lines and…

Off-street parking areas in unincorporated Outagamie County must use a durable, dustproof surface, concrete, bituminous concrete, or sealed and treated compacted gravel, no bare dirt…

Outagamie County sets its own forfeiture schedule for state parking violations, including wrong-side parking and standing where prohibited, enforced on county roads.

Outagamie County zoning bars keeping any boat, boat trailer, utility trailer, camper or recreational vehicle in the front yard of a residential lot, in the unincorporated towns that…

Outagamie County bans overnight parking in its courthouse and justice center lots unless the county issues a dated permit, though night-shift employees are exempted.

In unincorporated Outagamie County, leaving a vehicle unattended and apparently abandoned on public or private property for more than 48 hours is a public nuisance that officers can…

Commercial and industrial buildings in unincorporated Outagamie County must provide off-street loading spaces sized by floor area, kept 30 feet from street intersections, with no…

Outagamie County requires a site plan and elevation drawing for accessory-scale solar systems, caps ground-mounted arrays at 15 feet, and applies standard zoning-district setbacks…

Outagamie County's industrial zoning districts bar any operation from producing glare or lighting visible beyond the district boundary: a performance standard enforced by the county…

In Outagamie County's residential zoning districts, fences, walls and hedges cannot top 3.5 feet in the front yard or 8 feet in any other required yard, and corner-lot fences must…

Cutting trees and shrubs within 35 feet of a navigable water's shoreline in unincorporated Outagamie County is restricted to a defined vegetative buffer zone, with removal allowed only…

Outagamie County's AED exclusive agricultural district zoning keeps highly productive farmland in production by limiting nonagricultural encroachment, and lets eligible landowners…

Outagamie County requires a building permit from the zoning administrator or town building inspector before any structure is built, altered, moved or enlarged, but only in…

Outagamie County declares any structure that is unsanitary, unhealthy, or unfit for human habitation a public nuisance, and the health officer can order the owner to abate it or have…