Zoning Office

If you are looking for a form or additional information on a subject be sure to visit our Forms and Documents page.

Programs and Services:

Land Use Ordinance

• Ordinance governing unincorporated areas of Barron County.
• Land Use Ordinance
• Land Use Ordinance Amendments - Approved 05/15/2023
• 2024 Proposed Land Use Ordinance Amendments

Farmland Preservation Plan - 2015

Barron County has participated in the Farmland Preservation Program for more than 30 years, since the adoption of the Farmland Preservation Plan in 1979. In 2009, the Working Lands Initiative became state law and with the new law came changes to the Farmland Preservation program. These changes required Barron County to update the previous Farmland Preservation Plan by the end of 2015. Read more to view the new Farmland Preservation Plan which will guide the protection of farmland in the county for the next 10 years.

Document scanning

• Improving accessibility to documents and creating an archive of records were the goals of this office project. All permits, Zoning Committee decisions, and Board of Adjustment decisions are now available.

Floodplain Ordinance and Maps

• The Zoning Office enforces the Floodplain Ordinance for the County.

Process Applications and Issue Permits

• Information on the rules and the the forms for the issuance of permits

Land Division

• Review and approval of land divisions per Sections 17.50-17.55 of the Barron County Land Use Ordinance.

Sanitary Maintenance Program

• This program documents the periodic maintenance of privately owned wastewater treatment systems commonly referred to as a septic system.

Non-Metallic Mining Operations - NR 135

• This program documents the size of existing and new non-metallic mining operations, commonly referred to as gravel pits.

Zoning Forms & Documents

Shoreland Documents

All Forms and Documents

Administrator

Barron County Government Center
335 E Monroe Ave, Room 2104
Barron , WI 54812

(715) 537-6375
(715) 537-6847 (fax)

Hours

Office Personnel

David Gifford, Zoning Administrator
Marshall Black , Compliance Technician
Jeff Martino , Zoning Technician
Mark Stanley , Zoning Technician (Sanitary-POWTS)
Kim Russell-Collins , Administrative Secretary
Rachel Ault , Land Services Associate

To contact the Zoning Office by email, click on one of the above names.

NEW

ATTENTION: If your construction project is on a waterfront lot OR on a lot entirely within 300 feet of the water, you will need to complete the Impervious Surface Calculation Worksheet prior to submitting a Land Use Permit application. Your calculation results may determine that a Mitigation Plan be completed prior to the issuance of your Land Use Permit.