Zoning Office

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

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.

• 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.

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

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

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

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

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