Ordinances

The Dane County Ordinances are available online in Adobe Acrobat format (.pdf). This allows you to download the Ordinances and view or print them exactly as they appear in their original printed form. The ordinances are ordered by title. Click on a title below to jump to the ordinances it contains.

Introduction

• Title Page, Table of Contents : Updated 4/30/2019
• Chapter 11: Shoreland, Shoreland-Wetland and Inland- Wetland Regulations : Updated 11/30/2022

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General Provisions - Title 1

• Chapter 1: Creating a Code of Ordinances for Dane County : Updated 12/31/2022
• Chapter 2: Use of Citations for Certain Ordinance Violations : Updated 8/31/2022
• Chapter 3: Construction, Effect and Publication of Ordinances : Updated 8/28/2004

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County Board of Supervisors - Title 2

• Chapter 6: Self organization : Updated 12/31/2021
• Chapter 7: County Board Rules : Updated 12/31/2022
• Chapter 8: Regulation of Lobbying : Updated 8/28/2002
• Chapter 9: Ethics Code : Updated 6/30/2022

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Zoning - Title 2a

• Chapter 10: Zoning : Updated 3/31/2023
• Chapter 10 Appendix : Updated 1/31/2019
• Chapter 12: Zoning Fees : Updated 9/30/2021
• Chapter 13: Minimum Standards for Water Quality : Updated 8/28/2002
• Chapter 14: Erosion Control and Stormwater Management : Updated 11/30/2022

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County Administration - Title 3

• Chapter 15: Administrative Agencies : Updated 7/31/2023
• Chapter 16: : Updated 4/30/2017
  • Subchapter I Records Control Ordinance
  • Subchapter II Open Meetings Ordinance

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Flood Plain Regulations - Title 3a

• Chapter 17 Flood Plain Zoning : Updated 10/31/2020

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Personnel - Title 4

• Chapter 18: Civil Service Ordinance : Updated 7/31/2023
• Chapter 19: Affirmative Action Ordinance : Updated 1/31/2021
  • Subchapter I Non-discrimination and Affirmative Action in County Employment
  • Subchapter II Non-discrimination and Affirmative Action by Contractors
• Chapter 20: Expense Account Ordinance : Updated 3/31/2023

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Finance - Title 5

• Chapter 24: County Sales and Use Tax Ordinance : Updated 3/2/2005
• Chapter 25 : Updated 4/30/2020
  • Subchapter I Purchasing and Contracting
  • Subchapter II Highway Contracts
• Chapter 26 : Updated 7/31/2017
  • Subchapter I Sale of Tax Deed Lands
  • Subchapter II Property Assessed Clean Energy Financing
  • Subchapter III Investment Policy
• Chapter 27: Internal Auditor : Updated 9/7/2004
• Chapter 28: Real Property Transactions : Updated 12/31/2020
• Chapter 29: Budget Ordinance : Updated 10/31/2022

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Human Services - Title 6

• Chapter 30: Miscellaneous Human Services Ordinance : Updated 3/31/2023
  • Subchapter I Program Administration
  • Subchapter II Eligibility for Interim Assistance Non-Medical and Medical Benefits
  • Subchapter III Non-Medical Benefits
  • Subchapter IV Medical Benefits
  • Subchapter V Recovery Process
  • Subchapter VI Severability; Effective Date
• Chapter 31: Fair Housing : Updated 10/31/2015
• Chapter 32: Statutory Offenses

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Public Safety and Order - Title 7

• Chapter 33: Sophisticated E9-1-1 Telephone System : Updated 1/31/2015
• Chapter 34: Public Peace and Order : Updated 8/31/2022
• Chapter 35: Maintenance and Board of Prisoners : Updated 12/31/2021
• Chapter 36: Emergency Planning : Updated 9/7/2004
• Chapter 37: Alarm Regulation : Updated 1/31/2012
• Chapter 39: Alcohol Beverage Control : Updated 10/31/1995

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Public Works -Title 8

• Chapter 40: Public Works Ordinance : Updated 7/31/2023
  • Subchapter I Public Works Administration
  • Subchapter II Minimum Wage Ordinance
• Chapter 41: Solid Waste Management : Updated 11/30/2022

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Health and Sanitation - Title 9

• Chapter 45: Relating to Private Water Systems : Updated 1/31/2020
• Chapter 46: Private Sewage System Ordinance and Health Ordinance : Updated 7/31/2023
• Chapter 47: Animal Control : Updated 1/31/2020
• Chapter 48: Regulation of Tatooing and Body Piercing : Updated 11/30/2022
• Chapter 49: Agriculture Performance Standards and Manure Management : Updated 10/31/2019
• Chapter 50: Discharge of Pollutants to the Waters of Dane County : Updated 11/30/2021

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Parks, Recreational and Cultural Affairs - Title 10

• Chapter 53: County Parks : Updated 10/31/2014
• Chapter 54: Alliant Energy Center Ordinance : Updated 12/31/2021

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Licensing and Regulations - Title 11

• Chapter 59: Regulation of Large Assemblies : Updated 1/20/2004
• Chapter 60: Domestic Partnership Registry : Updated 3/8/2010
• Chapter 61: Nonresident Solicitors : Updated 7/31/2013
• Chapter 62: Miscellaneous Fees : Updated 12/31/2022

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Regional Airport - Title 12

• Chapter 67: Airport Regulations : Updated 3/31/2023
• Chapter 68: Airport Standards : Updated 8/31/2021

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Motor Vehicles - Title 13

• Chapter 69: Dane County Traffic Ordinance : Updated 1/31/2023
• Chapter 70: Dane County Parking Ramp Ordinance : Updated 1/31/2020
• Chapter 71: Regulation of Icebound Inland Waters : Updated 7/31/2011
• Chapter 72: Regulation of Boating on Yahara Lakes : Updated 4/30/2014

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Planning and Development - Title 14

• Chapter 74: Non-metallic Mining : Updated 2/29/2008
• Chapter 75: Land Division and Subdivision Regulations : Updated 7/31/2001
• Chapter 76: Naming Roads and Numbering Buildings : Updated 3/7/2008
• Chapter 78: Special Regulations of Structures and Trees in the Vicinity of the Dane County Regional Airport : Updated 5/18/2011
• Chapter 79: County Trunk Highway Access Control : Updated 7/31/2023
• Chapter 80: Establishing Regulations for Lawn Fertilizer and Coal Tar Sealcoat Products Application and Sale : Updated 10/31/2018
• Chapter 82: Miscellaneous Planning and Development Ordinance : Updated 12/31/2022
  • Chapter 82 Attachment 1: Ordinance Map

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Index

• Index to the Code of Ordinances

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