ATCP 51.10(3)(a) (a) The political subdivision is authorized to adopt the local standards under other applicable law.

ATCP 51.10(3)(b) (b) The political subdivision enacted the standards by local ordinance, before the livestock facility operator filed the application for local approval.

ATCP 51.10(3)(c) (c) The political subdivision enacted the standards based on reasonable and scientifically defensible findings of fact adopted by the political subdivision’s governing authority.

ATCP 51.10(3)(d) (d) The findings of fact under par. (c) clearly show that the standards are needed to protect public health or safety.

ATCP 51.10 Note Note: See s. 93.90 (3) (ar), Stats.

ATCP 51.10(4) (4) Ordinance provisions filed with department. Within 30 days after a political subdivision enacts an ordinance provision under sub. (2) or (3), the political subdivision shall file a copy of the ordinance provision with the department. Failure to file the ordinance provision with the department does not invalidate the ordinance provision. The political subdivision shall file the ordinance provision, by mail or e-mail, at the following applicable address:

Wisconsin Department of Agriculture,
Trade and Consumer Protection
Agricultural Resource Management Division
Bureau of Land and Water Resources
P.O. Box 8911
Madison, WI 53708-8911
E-mail: [e-mail]

ATCP 51.10 History History: CR 05-014: cr. Register April 2006 No. 604, eff. 5-1-06; correction in (4) made under ss. 13.92 (4) (b) 6. and s. 35.17, Stats., Register May 2020 No. 773.

ATCP 51.12 ATCP 51.12 Livestock structures; location on property.

ATCP 51.12(1) (1) Property line and road setbacks; general. Livestock structures shall comply with local ordinance requirements related to setbacks from property lines and public roads, except that no local setback requirement may do any of the following:

ATCP 51.12(1)(a) (a) Require a livestock structure to be set back more than 100 feet from any property line or public road right-of-way, except as provided in sub. (2), if the livestock facility will have fewer than 1,000 animal units.

ATCP 51.12(1)(b) (b) Require a livestock structure to be set back more than 200 feet from any property line, or more than 150 feet from any public road right-of-way, except as provided in sub. (2), if the livestock facility will have 1,000 animal units or more.

ATCP 51.12(1)(c) (c) Prevent the use of a livestock structure that was located within the setback area prior to the effective date of the setback requirement.

ATCP 51.12(1)(d) (d) Prevent the expansion of a livestock structure that was located within the setback area prior to the effective date of the setback requirement, other than an expansion toward the property line or public road to which the local setback applies.

ATCP 51.12 Note Note: Many local jurisdictions have established basic property line and road setback requirements by ordinance. Setbacks vary depending on local circumstances, and often reflect years of local experience. Subsection (1) honors local setback requirements, provided that the setbacks do not exceed the limits specified in sub. (1).

ATCP 51.12(2) (2) Manure storage structure; setback. A waste storage structure may not be located within 350 feet of any property line, or within 350 feet of the nearest point of any public road right-of-way, unless one of the following applies:

ATCP 51.12(2)(a) (a) The location of the waste storage structure complies with a local ordinance that specifies a shorter setback that is specific to waste storage facilities or waste storage structures.

ATCP 51.12(2)(b) (b) The waste storage structure existed prior to May 1, 2006. This paragraph does not authorize an expansion, toward a property line or public road right-of-way, of a waste storage structure that is located within 350 feet of that property line or public road right-of-way.

ATCP 51.12(2)(c) (c) The waste storage structure is a single new waste storage structure constructed no closer to the relevant property line or public road than a waste storage structure that existed on the same tax parcel prior to May 1, 2006, provided that the new structure is no larger than the existing structure and is located within 50 feet of the existing structure.

ATCP 51.12 Note Note: See definition of “waste storage structure” in s. ATCP 51.01 (44).

ATCP 51.12(3) (3) Navigable waters and wetlands. A livestock facility shall comply with an applicable shoreland or wetland zoning ordinance that is enacted within the scope of authority granted under s. 59.692, 61.351 or 62.231, Stats.

ATCP 51.12 Note Note: Essentially all navigable waters are now protected by ordinances that require building setbacks of 75 feet or more (depending on the ordinance). Zoning restrictions, if any, typically apply to new or enlarged structures. A zoning ordinance applies for purposes of sub. (3) if it is enacted within the scope of statutory authority under s. 59.692, 61.351 or 62.231, Stats., even if it is also enacted under other authority.

ATCP 51.12(4) (4) Floodplain. A livestock facility shall comply with an applicable floodplain zoning ordinance that is enacted within the scope of statutory authority under s. 87.30, Stats.

ATCP 51.12 Note Note: County or local zoning ordinances currently apply to many, but not all, waterways (not all waterways have mapped floodplains). Zoning restrictions, if any, typically apply to new or enlarged structures. A zoning ordinance applies for purposes of sub. (4) if it is enacted within the scope of statutory authority under s. 87.30, Stats., even if it is also enacted under other authority.

ATCP 51.12(5) (5) Wells.

ATCP 51.12(5)(a) (a) Wells in a livestock facility shall comply with chs. NR 811 and 812.

ATCP 51.12(5)(b) (b) Except as provided in par. (c), new or substantially altered livestock structures shall be separated from existing wells by the distances required in chs. NR 811 and 812, regardless of whether the livestock facility operator owns the land on which the wells are located.

ATCP 51.12(5)(c) (c) Paragraph (b) does not prohibit the alteration of a livestock structure that existed on May 1, 2006, unless that alteration reduces the distance between the livestock structure and an existing well.

ATCP 51.12 Note Note: DNR rules under chs. NR 811 and 812 spell out well construction and well location standards to protect water supplies. Violation of well setback requirements in ch. NR 811 or 812 may prevent use of a well. DNR may grant appropriate variances, as provided in chs. NR 811 and 812.