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Mission Statement

Dane County Zoning strives to protect natural resources, maintain community character and promote sustainable economic development while balancing public and private needs.

Zoning and Plat Review Responsibilities

Dane County has regulatory authority over many construction and development activities in the unincorporated areas of the County. Unincorporated areas are lands within the boundary of a town, and outside of a city or village. Dane County does not have authority over activities in cities and villages.

The County has six main regulatory review and approval processes for construction and land development activities. These processes include the following:

• Zoning Permits
• Rezoning
• Conditional Use Permits - New Conditional Use Permit Procedures Now in Effect
• Variances
• Erosion Control & Stormwater Management
• Land Divisions

Contact Information

Zoning Division phone numbers: (608) 266-4266 and (608) 266-9083

Documents

All documents are in Adobe Acrobat format unless otherwise specified.

• Zoning District Fact Sheets
• New Board of Adjustment Handbooks (UWEX)
• Find your Zoning (731KB)
• Zoning Division Fee Schedule
• Zoning District Matrix (164KB)
• 2008 Zoning and Land Regulation Committee Schedule
• 2008 Board of Adjustment Schedule
• Information regarding repairs to houses in the 100-year floodplain (109KB)

Customer Service Survey

If you have recently visited the Zoning Office, then we would like to hear how your experience was. Please complete this Customer Service Survey to let us know how we can improve our service. Thank you for your feedback!

Revised: September 29, 2008