County Ordinances

Title 1 – General Provisions

• Chapter 1: Use and Construction (PDF)
• Chapter 2: Ordinance Enforcement by Citation (PDF)

Title 2 – Government and Administration

• Chapter 1: Bayfield County Board of Supervisors (PDF)
• Chapter 2: Rules of the Board of Supervisors (PDF)
• Chapter 3: County Board Committees; Commission and Boards (PDF)
• Chapter 4: Ethics Ordinance (PDF)
• Chapter 5: Property Assessed Clean Energy Financing (PDF)
• Chapter 6: Cut-Off Times for Filing and Recording Documents in the Bayfield County Register of Deeds Office (PDF)

Title 3 – Finance

• Chapter 1: Finance (PDF)
• Chapter 2: Collection of Delinquent Taxes (PDF)
• Chapter 3: County Sales Tax (PDF)

Title 4 – Records

• Chapter 1: Records Retention (PDF)
• Chapter 2: Access to Public Records (PDF)

Title 5 – Public Safety

• Chapter 1: Concealed Weapons (PDF)
• Chapter 2: Livestock Facilities Licensing (PDF)
• Chapter 3: Application of Liquid Livestock Manure Using Spray Irrigation Systems (PDF)
• Chapter 4: Moratorium on Livestock Facilities Licensing (PDF)
• Chapter 5: Animal Manure Storage (PDF)
• Chapter 6: Large-Scale Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (PDF)
• Chapter 7: South Fish Creek Watershed Animal Waste Storage and Management (PDF)
• Chapter 8: Human Health Hazards (PDF)
• Chapter 9: Captive Cervids in Bayfield County (PDF)
• Chapter 10: Enforcement of Orders Made by Local Health Officers (PDF)

Title 6 – Highways and Public Works

• Chapter 1: County Highways (PDF)

Title 7 – Animal Control

• Chapter 1: Regulation of Animals (PDF)

Title 8 – Address System

• Chapter 1: Countywide Address System (PDF)

Title 9 – Licensing

• Chapter 1: Regulation of Alarm Systems (PDF)
• Chapter 2: Lodging, Recreation Establishment, Food Protection, and Tattoo and Body Piercing Establishments (PDF)
• Chapter 3: Broadband Network Projects (PDF)
• Reference document "A" (PDF)

Title 10 – Motor Vehicles and Traffic

• Chapter 1: Traffic and Parking (PDF)
• Chapter 2: Snowmobiles (PDF)
• Chapter 3: All-Terrain Vehicles and Off-Road Motor Vehicle Operation (PDF)

Title 11 – Offenses

• Chapter 1: State Statutes Adopted (PDF)
• Chapter 2: Offenses by Juveniles (PDF)

Title 12 – County Lands and Forests

• Chapter 1: Bayfield County - Owned Land Regulations (PDF)
• Chapter 2: County Forests (PDF)
• Chapter 3: Tri-County Recreational Corridor (PDF)

Title 13 – Zoning Code

• Chapter 1: Zoning Code
  • Article A: Introduction and Definitions (PDF)
  • Article B: General Provisions (PDF)
  • Article C: Nonconforming Uses; Conditional Uses; Environmental Impact Analysis (PDF)
  • Article D: Zoning Districts (PDF)
  • Article E: Signs (PDF)
  • Article F: Administration and Enforcement (PDF)
• Chapter 2: Floodplain Zoning
  • Article A: Introduction (PDF)
  • Article B: General Provisions (PDF)
  • Article C: Floodway District (FW) (PDF)
  • Article D: Flood Fringe District (FF) (PDF)
  • Article E: General Floodplain District (GFP) (PDF)
  • Article F: Nonconforming Uses (PDF)
  • Article G: Administration (PDF)
  • Article H: Amendments (PDF)
  • Article I: Enforcement and Penalties (PDF)
  • Article J: Definitions (PDF)
  • Article K: Appendix (PDF)
• Chapter 3: Shoreland and Wetland Zoning
  • Article A: Statutory Authorization, Findings of Fact, Statement of Purpose and Title (PDF)
  • Article B: General Provisions (PDF)
  • Article C: Shoreland-Wetland Zoning District (PDF)
  • Article D: Administrative Provisions (PDF)
  • Article E: Penalties; Definitions (PDF)

Title 14 – Land Divisions

• Chapter 1: County Subdivision Control Code
  • Article A: Preamble (PDF)
  • Article B: General Provisions (PDF)
  • Article C: Survey and Recording Requirements (PDF)
  • Article D: Procedure for Dividing Land (PDF)
  • Article E: Design Standards (PDF)
• Chapter 2: Review of Condominium Plats
  • Review of Condominium Plats (PDF)

Title 15 – Sanitary and Private Sewage Code

• Chapter 1: Sanitary and Private Sewage Code
  • Article A: Introduction (PDF)
  • Article B: General Requirements (PDF)
  • Article C: Permits and Applications (PDF)
  • Article D: Inspections (PDF)
  • Article E: System Management and Maintenance (PDF)
  • Article F: Administration and Enforcement (PDF)

Title 16 – Environment

• Chapter 1: Nonmetallic Mining Reclamation
  • Article A: General (PDF)
  • Article B: Standards (PDF)
  • Article C: Permitting (PDF)
  • Article D: Administration (PDF)
  • Article E: Enforcement (PDF)
• Chapter 2: Aquatic Invasive Species (PDF)