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Chapter 23 - Zoning Code
Section 23.04 - Definitions and Rules
(1) Rules.
In the construction of this ordinance, the rules and definitions contained in this article shall be observed and applied, except when the context clearly indicates otherwise. In further amplification and for clarity of interpretation of the context, the following definitions or work use shall apply:
(a) Words used in the present tense shall include the future; and words used in the singular number shall include the plural number, and the plural the singular.
(b) The word "shall" is mandatory and not discretionary;
(c) The word "may" is permissive;
(d) The word "lot" shall include the words "piece", "plots", and 'parcel"; the word "building" includes all other structures of every kind regardless of similarity to buildings; and the phrase "use for" shall include the phrases "arranged for", "designed for", "intended for", "maintained for", and "occupied for".
A ZONES - Those areas shown on a municipality's "Official Floodplain Zoning Map" which would be inundated by the "base flood" or "regional flood" as defined herein. These areas may be numbered as A0, A1 to A30, A99, or be unnumbered A Zones. The A Zones may or may not be reflective of flood profiles, depending upon the availability of data for a given area.
ACCESSORY BUILDING OR USE is a building, use, or activity which is conducted or located on the premises or immediately across the street from the principal use served, clearly incidental to, subordinate in purpose to, and clearly operated and maintained solely for the comfort, convenience, necessity, or benefit of the occupant, employee, customer, or visitor of or to the principal use. The accessory use may not be located on a parcel where the principal use is not permitted. Any accessory use which is not on the site of, or is across the street from, the principal use must be reviewed and approved by the Common Council.
AGRICULTURE is the use of land for agricultural purposes, including farming, pasturage, agriculture, horticulture, floriculture, viticulture, and the necessary accessory uses for packing, treating, or storing the produce; provided, however, that the operation of any such accessory uses shall be secondary to that of the normal agricultural activities and shall contain a minimum of ten (10) acres in size.
AIRPORT, PUBLIC is any airport which complies with the definition contained in Section 114.013(3), Wisconsin Statutes, or any airport which serves or offers to serve common carriers engaged in air transport.
AIRPORT HAZARD means any structure or tree or use of land which obstructs the air space required of the flight of aircraft in landing or taxiing off at the airport or is otherwise hazardous to such landing or taking off of aircraft.
ALLEY - a public or private right-of-way primarily designated to serve as secondary access to the side or rear of those properties whose principal frontage is on a street.
APARTMENT - a room or suite of rooms located in a multiple dwelling or a series of detached units including apartment motels, which shall include bath and kitchen accommodations, intended or designed for use as an independent residence by a single family or individual.
APARTMENT, FLAT - a floor or story in a building; an apartment on one floor.
APARTMENT BUILDING - a multiple family dwelling originally designed and constructed to accommodate three (3) or more apartments, designed with more than one (1) dwelling unit connecting to a common corridor or entranceway, in contrast to single or two family dwellings converted for multiple family use or attached row dwelling (party wall type) as defined herein.
APARTMENT HOTEL - is a hotel in which at least 90 percent of the hotel accommodations are occupied by guests on a week-to-week or longer time period basis.
APARTMENT HOUSE - See: "Dwelling, Multiple".
AUTOMOBILE SALVAGE YARD - See Junk or Salvage Yard.
BALCONIES - a platform that projects from the wall of a building and is enclosed by a parapet or railing, which is large enough to be used for leisure time activities excluding jump balconies, used for fire exit purposes.
BASE FLOOD - a flood having one percent change of being equaled or exceeded in any given year. See also "Regional Flood".
BASE FLOOD ELEVATION - an elevation equal to that which reflects the height of the base flood as defined above.
BASEMENT - is that portion of a building below the first or ground floor level with its entire floor below exit discharge grade.
BAZAAR - a fair for sale of goods.
BED AND BREAKFAST ESTABLISHMENT - is any place of lodging that provides 4 or fewer rooms for rent, is the owners personal residence and is occupied by the owner at the time of rental and in which the only meal served to guests is breakfast. Guests shall not exceed seven consecutive days of occupancy.
BILLBOARD - see Sign, Advertising/Billboard/Off-Premise
BLOCK - is a tract of land bounded by streets, or by a combination of streets and public parks, cemeteries, railroad rights-of-way, shorelines of waterways, municipal boundary lines.
BOULEVARD - the space between the sidewalk and the curb or the equivalent space where sidewalk and/or curb are not installed.
BUILDING - is any structure built, used, designed, or intended for the support, shelter, protection, or enclosure of persons, animals, chattels, or property of any kind, and which is permanently or temporarily affixed to the land or on the surface or bed of a lake or stream. When a building is divided into separate parts, each part may ;be deemed by the Zoning Administrator as a separate building. See Illustration
BUILDING AREA - shall be the area dedicated to above grade living space and shall not include the basement, garage, enclosed porches, decks or other non-living spaces not dedicated to year-round occupancy.
BUILDING DETACHED - is a building surrounded by open space on the same lot. See Illustration
BUILDING HEIGHT - is the vertical distance from the grade to the highest point of the coping of a flat roof or to the deck line of a mansard roof or to the average height of the highest gable, pitch or hip roof. See Illustration
BUILDING LINE/STREET SETBACK LINE - minimum horizontal distance between an existing or proposed street right-of-way and the nearest point of a structure. The street setback of any lot or parcel abutting on a street shown as a proposed future street on the City's "Official Street Map" shall be measured from the proposed right-of-way line of different from the existing right-of-way line if different from the existing actual right-of-way line.
BUILDING WIDTH - shall be measured at the minimum width of the main portion of the building and shall not include additions and shall be exclusive of garages, porches, decks.
BULKHEAD - is a structure or partition to resist pressure or to shut off water
BULKHEAD LINE - a geographic line along a reach of a navigable body of water that has been adopted by a municipal ordinance and approved by the Department of Natural Resources pursuant to Sec.. 30.11 Wisconsin Statutes and which allows complete filling on the landward side, except where such filling is prohibited by the floodway provisions of this ordinance.
CANOPY - is a roof-like structure projecting from a wall and supported in whole or in part by vertical supports from the ground, and erected primarily to provide shelter from the weather. The provisions of this ordinance concerning canopies shall apply only to canopies located on lands outside of street rights-of-way.
CELLAR - that part of a building having more than one-half of its height below the average grade of the adjoining ground.
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE - a certification by the Zoning Administrator that a structure, use, or development is in compliance with all provisions of this ordinance.
CHANNEL - a natural or artificial watercourse with definite bed and banks to confine and conduct the flow of water.
CLINICS - a building or buildings used by two or more physicians and/or dentists, osteopaths, chiropractors and allied professions for outpatient care of persons requiring such professional service.
CLUB OR LODGE, PRIVATE (NON-PROFIT) - is a non-profit association or persons, who are bonafide members paying dues, which owns, hires, or leases a building, or portion thereof; the use of such premises being restricted to members and their guests. The affairs and management of such "private club or lodge" are conducted by a board of directors, executive committee, or similar body chosen by the members. It shall be permissible to serve food, meals and beverages on such premises.
CONDITIONAL USE - See: Use, Conditional
CONDOMINIUMS - individual ownership of a unit in a multi-unit structure (as an apartment building).
CONSERVATION STANDARDS - guidelines and specifications for soil and water conservation practices and management enumerated in the Technic al Guide prepared by the USDA Soil Conservation Service for Portage County adopted by the County Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisors, and containing suitable alternatives for the use and treatment of land based upon its capabilities.
CONVALESCENT HOME/REST HOME/NURSING HOME - a building or structure having accommodations and where care is provided for invalid, inform, aged, convalescent, or physically disabled or injured persons, not including insane and other mental cases, inebriate, or contagious diseases.
DANCE STUDIO - is a place for the instruction of dance by qualified instructors in an organized setting. The emphasis for the operation of the dance studio is primarily one of education and not recreational or fitness-related in nature.
DAY CARE CENTER OR CENTER - any place which receives at any one time, for compensation, 4 or more children for care and supervision for less than 24 hours a day without the attendance of a parent, relative, or legal guardian. All such facilities shall comply with HHS Chapter 55; ILHR Chapter 60, and all other applicable municipal or state codes.
a) Family Day Care Center - a center where care and supervision is provided for 4 to 8 children regardless of age.
b) Large Group Day Care Center - a center that provides care and supervision for more than 8 children regardless of age.
DEVELOPMENT - any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate, including but not limited to, construction of or additions or substantial improvements to buildings, other structures, or accessory uses, the placement of mobile homes, mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation or drilling operations, and deposition of materials.
DORMITORY - a building other than a hotel or apartment hotel where for compensation and by pre-arrangement for definite periods lodging, meals, or lodging and meals are provided for 20 or more persons.
DWELLING - is a building, or portion thereof, designed or used exclusively for residential occupancy, including single family dwellings, two-family dwellings, multiple family dwellings, and apartment hotels.
DWELLING UNIT - a house, apartment, group of rooms, or a single room occupied or intended for occupancy as separate living quarters. Separate living quarters are those in which the occupants do not share living facilities with any other persons in the structure and which quarters have direct access from the outside of the building or through a common wall. The occupants may be a single family or any group of related or unrelated persons who share living arrangements.
DWELLING, ATTACHED - (Group, Row or Townhouse) a dwelling joined to one or more other dwellings by party wall or walls.
DWELLING, DETACHED - a dwelling entirely surrounded by open space, said open space, said open space being on the same zoning lot as the dwelling.
DWELLING, EFFICIENCY - See Dwelling Unit.
DWELLING, MULTIPLE - a dwelling containing 1) three or more dwelling units, and/or 2) a dwelling unit with any number of persons in excess of one family.
DWELLING, SINGLE FAMILY - a detached dwelling containing accommodations for and occupied by one (1) family only.
DWELLING, TWO FAMILY - a dwelling designed exclusively for occupancy by two (2) families living independently of each other and occupied by two (2) such families only.
ELECTRONIC AMUSEMENT PARLORS - any premises operated by any organization, whether incorporated or not, which is the owner, lessee, or occupant of a building whose primary purpose or object of its existence or operation is that of providing "electronic amusement devices" to the public at retail, and/or any premises operated by any organization, incorporated or not, which is the owner, lessee, or occupant of a building, the majority of whose gross receipts are derived from the providing of "electronic devices" to the public at retail.
ENCROACHMENT - any fill, structure, building, accessory use, use or development in the floodway.
ENCROACHMENT (FLOODWAY) LINES - are limits of obstruction to flood flows. These lines are on both sides of and generally parallel to the stream. The lines are established by assuming that the area landward (outside) of the encroachment lines will be ultimately developed in such a way that it will not be available to convey flood flows.
EQUAL DEGREE OF HYDRAULIC ENCROACHMENT - the effect of any encroachment into the floodway must be computed by assuming an equal degree of hydraulic encroachment on the other side of a river or stream for a significant hydraulic reach. This computation assures that property owner up, down, or across the river or stream will have the same rights of hydraulic encroachment. Encroachments are analyzed on the basis of the effect upon hydraulic conveyance not upon the distance the encroachment extends into the floodway.
EXTENDED MEDICAL CARE FACILITIES - refers to those medical facilities designed to accommodate inpatients in need of length recuperative periods requiring nursing attention and periodic medication.
FAMILY - an individual, or two or more person related by blood, marriage, adoption, foster child arrangement, or similar legal relationship and functioning as a single housekeeping entity, or such individual or person plus one individual not having such similar legal relationship but functioning as a part of the single housekeeping entity.
FARMER=S MARKET - an area designated by the municipality to be used by producers of farm products for sale of such products.
FENCE - a structure providing enclosure or serving as a barrier, but not protecting against the elements.
FIELD CROPS - the growing of crops such as vegetables, fruit trees, and grain and the packaging or storage of the products produced on the premises.
"FLOOD" OR "FLOODING" - a general and temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of normally dry land areas from the overflow of inland waters, or the unusual and rapid accumulation or run-off of surface waters from any source.
FLOOD FRINGE DISTRICT - the flood fringe is that portion of the flood plain outside of the floodway, which is covered by flood waters during the regional flood; it is generally associated with standing water rather than rapidly flowing water.
FLOOD HAZARD BOUNDARY MAP - a map prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency designating areas of special flood hazard within a given community. Flood hazard areas are designated as A Zones. Said map forms the basis for both the regulatory and insurance aspects of the National Flood Insurance Program.
FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY - a technical engineering examination, evaluation, and determination of the city flood hazard areas. It provides maps designating those areas affected by the regional flood elevations as well as floodway lines. The flood hazard areas are basis for both the regulatory and the insurance aspects of the National Flood Insurance Program.
FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY MAP - a map prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, designating areas of special flood hazard and flood insurance rate zones for a given community. Flood hazards and insurance rate zones are designated as A Zones. Said maps form the basis for the regulatory and/or the insurance aspects of the National Flood Insurance Programs.
FLOOD PLAIN - the flood plain is the land which has been or may be hereafter covered by flood water during the regional flood. The flood plain includes the floodway and the flood fringe. For the purposes of the Flood Insurance Program, the flood plain as herein defined includes all A Zones on the official flood boundary and floodway map, or flood insurance rate map for the City of Stevens Point.
FLOOD PROFILE - a graph or a longitudinal profile showing the relationship of the water surface elevation of a flood event to location along a stream or river.
FLOOD PROOFING - any combination of structural and nonstructural additions, changes or adjustments which reduce or eliminate flood damage to unimproved or improved real estate, water and sanitary facilities, structures and their contents.
FLOOD PROTECTION ELEVATION - the flood protection elevation shall correspond to a point two feet of freeboard above the water surface profile associated with the regional flood and the official floodway lines. Also See: FREEBOARD
FLOODWAY DISTRICT - the floodway is the channel of a river or stream and those portions of the flood plain adjoining the channel required to carry and discharge the flood water or flood flows associated with the regional flood.
FREEBOARD - "freeboard' is a factor of safety usually expressed in terms of a certain amount of feet above a calculated flood level. Freeboard compensates for the many unknown factors that contribute to flood heights greater than the height calculated. These unknown factors include, but are not limited to, ice jams, debris accumulation, wave action, obstruction of bridge openings and floodways, the effects of urbanization on the hydrology of the watershed, loss of flood storage areas due to development and aggradation of the river or stream bed.
GARAGE, PRIVATE - is a detached accessory building or portion of a main building housing the automobiles of the occupants of the premises.
GASOLINE SERVICE STATION - any building or premises used for the retail sale of liquefied petroleum products for the propulsion of motor vehicles and other items customarily associated with the sale of such products; for the rendering of services to motor vehicles and the making of repairs to motor vehicles except those of a major type. Repairs of a fender, clutch, transmission, differential, axle, spring, and frame repairs; major overhauling of engines requiring the removal of engine cylinder head or crankcase pan; or complete recapping or retreading of tires. Automobile service stations shall not include the sale or storage of junkers, shall not include premises offering major automobile repairs, automobile wrecking, automobile sales or automobile laundries.
GARDEN APARTMENT - any of various multi-unit dwellings having considerable lawn or garden space.
GARDEN PLOTS - a parcel used for the growing of vegetables, flowers, etc. used for human consumption but not for commercial sale.
GRADE - is the average level of the finished surface of the ground adjacent to the exterior walls of the building or structure.
GROSS FLOOR AREA - the square feet of floor space within the outside line of walls and includes the total of all space on all floors of a building. It does not include porches, garages, or space in a basement or cellar when said basement or cellar space is used for storage or incidental uses.
GROUND FLOOR - is that level of a building on a sloping or multi-level site which has its floor line at or not more than three (3) feet above exist discharge grade.
GROUP HOME - a facility wherein one to eight physically, mentally, or emotionally handicapped individuals are provided with room, board, ordinary care and supervision in a family environment; the operator is not legally related to the individuals for whom care is being provided; and the facility is operated by a person(s) required to be licensed by the State of Wisconsin and in conformance with State Statutes. A "group home" is neither a halfway house nor a nursing home .
GUEST, PERMANENT - is a person who occupies or has the right to occupy a hotel or motel or apartment hotel accommodation as his domicile and place of permanent residence.
HALFWAY HOUSE/REHABILITATION CENTER/HOME FOR ADJUSTMENT - a facility for the rehabilitation of person who are prisoners, former prisoners, or juvenile offenders, in a controlled environment with supervision, treatment, or counseling provided on-site on an interim basis after referral from a public agency or institutional facility.
HOME OCCUPATION/PROFESSIONAL OFFICE - is any occupation or profession carried on by a member of the immediate family residing on the premises provided that such occupation is incidental to the use of the premises for residential purposes and does not affect any substantial change in the external arrangement of the building or in the character of the neighborhood; no substantial amount of stock in trade is kept of commodities sold; no more than one person beyond the immediate family may be employed in said home occupation. A professional person may use his residence for consultation, emergency treatment, or performance of religious profession. Home occupations are not permitted which involve the presence of any kind of animal, rodent, or aquatic life on the premises as an essential part of such home occupation.
HOSPITAL - "hospital" may be a public or private, profit or non-profit institution for the reception and treatment of the physically or mentally handicapped, sick or injured, and shall be distinguished by its in-patient facilities. It may also be an institution sanctuary for the reception of the aged, or for the physically or mentally ill, retarded, infirm or deficient. Permitted accessory uses shall include cafeterial, gift and floral shops, sale of medical and surgical specialties and supplies, crutches, artificial members and appliances, training in the patient services pharmacies and similar uses; provided, however, that any such accessory use is so related to the principal use as to be in fact an integral part of the total purpose and is incorporated within the same building or building complex, and provided further that the floor area occupied by all accessory uses does not exceed one-third of the total floor area. Whether or not a questionable use is "similar" or an "integral" part of the total purpose shall be subject to determination by the Board of Appeals. Hospital related x-ray and laboratory facilities shall not be considered accessory uses in computation of area occupancy.
HOTEL - is an establishment which is open to transient guest, as compared to a boarding rooming, or lodging house, and is commonly known as a hotel in the community in which it is located; and which provides customary hotel services such as maid service, the furnishing and laundering of linens, telephone and secretarial or desk service.
HYDRAULIC REACH - a designated length of river, stream or lake where the storage of flood water therein has been taken into account to reduce the regulatory flood discharge. Major man-made or natural changes in the river character, limits of political jurisdiction, or a change in the flood-routing technique used to determine the storage and translation of a flood wave through the area of interest may be used to define the end of a hydrologic reach (e.g. a dam may be considered a major man-made change in the river character or a change from channel routing to reservoir routing may be considered a major change in the flood-routing technique).
INDUSTRIAL PARK - is a special or exclusive type of planned industrial area designed and equipped to accommodate a community of industries, providing them with all necessary facilities and services in attractive surroundings among compatible neighbors. Industrial parks may be promoted or sponsored by private developers, community organization, or governmental organizations.
JUNK (OR SALVAGE) YARD - is an open area where waste or scrap materials are bought, sold, exchanged, stored, baled, packed, disassembled, or handled, including, but not limited to, scrap iron and other metals, paper, rags, rubber tires, and bottles. A "junk or salvage yard" includes an auto wrecking yard, but does not include uses established entirely within enclosed buildings.
LAND USE - any development as defined herein
LAND USE PERMIT - refers to the written approval of the Zoning Administrator certifying that the applicants= plans and proposed use comply with all applicable provisions of this ordinance.
LOADING AREAS - any area where trucks are parked, maneuvered, or loaded or unloaded of materials or equipment.
LOADING SPACE - an off-street space or berth on the same lot with a building, or contiguous to a group of buildings and abutting on or affording direct access to a public street or alley, for the temporary parking of a commercial vehicle while loading or unloading cargo. No part of any public street or right-of-way shall be a part of or used as loading spaces.
LOT - is a parcel of land which is either a "lot of official record" or a "zoning lot". Every building or use shall be located on a single lot of official record and there shall not be more than one main building on one lot of official record except that the Plan Commission may authorize more than one main building on one lot of official record after their review and approval of such a proposal.
LOT OR PLAT OF OFFICIAL RECORD - a parcel of land or subdivision of parcels which would be recorded in the office of the Portage County Register of Deeds, or a single lot or parcel described by meters and bounds or by a certified survey map, the description of which has been recorded.
LOT AREA, GROSS - is the area of a horizontal plane bounded by the front, side and rear lot lines, but not including any area occupied by the waters of a lake or river.
LOT DEPTH - is the mean horizontal distance between the front lot line and the rear lot line of a lot, measured within the lot boundaries. See Illustration
*LOT LINE, FRONT - shall be that boundary of a lot which is along an existing or dedicated public street or, where no public street exists, is along a public way. The owner of a corner lot may select either street lot line as the front lot line. In the case of the land-locked or partially land-locked land, the front lot line shall be that lot line that faces the access to the lot.
*LOT LINE, REAR - shall be that boundary of a lot which is most distant from and is, or is most nearly, parallel to the front lot line. If there be an alley abutting on a rear yard, the rear lot line shall be the center line of such alley. In case of irregular or triangular lots, where none of the line bounding the rear of the lot are at an angle of less than 45 degrees to the front lot line, the rear lot line shall be a line 15 feet long, within the lot, parallel to the front lot line or the main chord thereof, and at the maximum distance from the front lot line.
*LOT LINE, SIDE - shall be any boundary of a lot which is not a front lot line or a rear lot line.
LOT WIDTH - is the horizontal distance between the side lot lines of a lot, measured at the narrowest width within the first 30 feet of lot depth immediately in back of the front yard setback line. See Illustration
LOT, CORNER - a lot located at the intersection of two (2) streets or a lot bounded on two (2) sides by a curving street two (2) chords of which form an angle of one hundred twenty (120) degrees or less measured on the lot side. See Illustration
LOT, INTERIOR - is a lot other than a corner or reversed corner lot. See Illustration
LOT, REVERSED CORNER - is a corner lot, the street side lot line of which is substantially a continuation of the front lot line of the first lot to its rear. See Illustration
LOT, THROUGH - is a lot having a pair of opposite lot lines along two more-or-less parallel public streets, and which is not a corner lot. On a "through lot", both street lines shall be deemed front lot lines. See Illustration
LOT, ZONING - is a single tract of land which (at the time of filing for a Land Use or Building Permit) is designated by its owner or developer as a tract to be used, developed, or built upon as a unit, under the ownership and/or legal control of the person or persons applying for the Land Use and/or Building Permit(s). A zoning lot shall be large enough to meet the various yard, area and setback requirements of this ordinance.
MANUFACTURED HOME - shall mean a structure certified and labeled as a manufactured home under 42 USC Secs 5401 to 5426, or its successors, which when placed on the site:
a. The Building Inspector may require a plan to be certified by a registered architect or engineer to ensure proper support for the home,
b. is installed in accordance with manufacturers instructions,
c. is properly connected to utilities.
MOBILE HOME LOT - a parcel of land rented or sold for the exclusive use of the occupants of a single mobile home, only in a mobile home park.
MOBILE HOME PARK - a tract of land designed, maintained, or intended for the purpose of supplying a long term location or accommodations for one or more mobile homes, and upon which any mobile home, coach, or mobile home coaches are parked, and shall include all buildings used or intended for use as a part of the equipment thereof, whether or not a charge is made for the use of the mobile home park facilities. Mobile home parks shall not include automobile or mobile home sales lots on which unoccupied mobile homes are parked for the purpose of inspection, display, and sale.
MOTEL - a combination or group of two (2) or more detached, semi-detached or connected permanent dwellings occupying a building site integrally owned and used as a unit to furnish overnight transient living accommodations.
NON-CONFORMING USE - is any use of land, buildings, or structures, lawful at the time of enactment of this ordinance, which does not comply with all of the regulations of this ordinance or of any amendment hereto governing use of the zoning districts in which such use is located.
NURSING HOME/CONVALESCENT HOME/REST HOME - a building or structure where care and accommodations are provided for invalid, infirm, aged, convalescent, or physically disabled or injured persons. This definition does not include persons who are insane or suffer other mental diseases, are inebriate or persons with contagious diseases. A "Nursing Home" is neither a group home nor a halfway house.
OFFICIAL FLOOD PLAIN ZONING MAP - that map adopted and made part of this ordinance, which has been approved by the Department of Natural Resources and Federal Emergency Management Agency and which delineates those areas which will be inundated by the base or regional flood. This map may be a Flood Hazard Boundary Map, Flood Insurance Study Map, or other approved county flood plain map.
OFFICIAL LETTER OF MAP AMENDMENT - official notification from the Federal Emergency Management Agency that a Flood Hazard Boundary Map or Flood Insurance Study Map has been amended.
OFF-PREMISE SIGN/BILLBOARD - sign, off-premise/billboard is a sign constructed or maintained for advertising by means of posters, pictures, pictorial or reading matter, when such sign is supported by uprights or braces, placed upon the ground or affixed to the wall or roof of a building, structure, or trailer, describing the products or services not sold or produced (as a primary business) on the premises where the sign is located.
ORDINARY HIGH WATER MARK - the highest point on the bank of a normal stage channel at which the water level has been for a sufficient period of time to lease a distinguishable make including stream bands, limits of vegetation or other obvious indicators.
PARKING LOT - is a building or premises containing one or more vehicle parking spaces excluding parking for single and two family residences.
PARKING SPACE - an unobstructed and clearly marked 162 sq. ft. area not counting turning, ingress and egress areas as determined by the Zoning Administrator. Each such parking space shall be located off the public street but accessible thereto. A loading space is not a parking space. See Illustration
PATIO HOUSE - a single family residence constructed lot-line-to-lot-line and oriented about a central court.
PERSON - means any individual, firm, association, corporation or body politic and includes any receiver, assignee, or similar representative thereof.
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT - is a parcel of land or contiguous parcels of land of a size sufficient to create its own environment, controlled by a single landowner or by a group of landowners in common agreement as to control, to be developed as a single entity, the environment of which is compatible with adjacent or planned land uses and zoning districts and which allows compatible mixed land uses. The developer or developers may be granted relief from specific land use regulations and design standards and may be awarded certain premiums in return for assurances of an overall quality of development, including any specific features which will be of exceptional benefit to the community as a whole.
PROFESSIONAL OFFICE - the office of a doctor, practitioner, dentist, minister, architect, landscape architect, professional engineer, lawyer, author, musician, or other recognized profession. Also See: Home Occupation, Professional Office.
PUBLIC WAY - is any sidewalk, street, alley, mall, highway, or other public thoroughfare.
REACH, HYDRAULIC - a hydraulic reach along a river or stream is that portion of the river or stream extending from one significant change in the hydraulic character of the river or stream to the next significant change. These changes are usually associated with breaks in the slope of the water surface profile, associated with breaks in the slope of the water surface profile, and may be caused by bridges, dams, expansion and contraction o the water flow, and changes in stream bed slope or vegetation.
REGIONAL FLOOD - the regional flood is a flood determined to be representative of large floods known to have generally occurred in Wisconsin and which may be expected to occur on a particular stream because of like physical characteristics. The floor frequency of the regional flood is once in every 100 years; this means that in any given year, there is a 1% chance that the regional flood may occur or be exceeded. During a typical 30-year mortgage period, the regional flood has a 26% chance of occurrence.
REHABILITATION CENTER - See "Halfway House"
REST HOME - See "Convalescent Home"
SETBACK - the minimum horizontal distance between the property line and the nearest point of a building.
SHOPPING CENTER - a retail center designed for the purpose of retailing and providing a wide range of goods and services of both the "convenience" and the "shoppers or durable" nature such as apparel, furniture, and banking and financial services, for a trade area comprised of the entire community and extending beyond such center may include a number of separate businesses and stores within one or more structures under the ownership and management by one or more individual business and/or by a separate developer or corporation.
SIGN, OFF-PREMISE BILLBOARD - a sign constructed or maintained for such sign is supported by uprights or braces, placed upon the ground or affixed to the wall or roof of a building, structure, or trailer, describing the products or services not sold or produced (as a primary business) on the premises where the sign is located.
STORAGE CAPACITY OF A FLOOD PLAIN - the volume of space above an area of flood plain land that can be occupied by flood water of a given stage at a given time, regardless of whether the water is moving.
STORY - is that part of a building between any floor and the floor next above, and if there be no floor above, then the ceiling above a basement is a story if it is six (6) feet or more above the level from which the height of the building is measured, or if it is used for business purposes, or if it contains any dwelling units other than one (1) dwelling unit for the caretaker of the premises.
STORY, HALF - a space under a sloping roof which has the line of intersection of roof decking and wall face not more than three (3) feet above the top floor level, and in which space not more than two-thirds (2/3) of the floor area is finished off for use. A half-story containing independent apartment or living quarters shall be counted as a full story.
STRUCTURE - any man-made object or object placed by man with form, shape, and utility, either permanently or temporarily attached to, placed upon or set into the ground, stream, bed or lake bed, which includes, but is not limited to such objects as roofed and walled buildings, gas or liquid storage tanks, bridges, dams, and culverts.
TEMPORARY BUILDINGS - shall include but not be limited to manufactured homes, mobile homes, relocatable structures, or other temporary tents or structures. No business shall be carried on in a temporary structure except when used as a temporary building as provided for in this ordinance.
TEMPORARY HOUSING - housing which is intended to house individuals or families in a single facility who have no other housing available. Housing is intended to be provided for a period of six months or less. Temporary housing shall be managed by an agency who shall provide supervision during all hours of operation. Temporary housing residents shall not include individuals participating in a work release, institutional or any Department of Corrections program.
TOWNHOUSE - is a multiple family dwelling which is one or two stories in height, usually with the living room, dining room, and kitchen on the ground floor, with sleeping rooms on the second floor. Townhouses provide flexibility by allowing several ground floor, single family dwelling units to be constructed in one structure around a street or court. This type of construction provides low-lot coverage with concentrated dwelling units often in combination with unified open space for use by the townhouse residents.
TRAILER - means a movable or portable unit to be towed on its own chassis and which is used for recreational purposes, and is not designed for permanent or long-term residence.
TRUCK GARDEN/TRUCK FARM - a farm devoted to the production of vegetables or other field products as cash crops.
UNIVERSITY SERVICES - means university-run services necessary for the operation of the university but not directly involved in instruction such as heating plant, maintenance, central stores, security, university vehicle fleet, university printing, etc.
USE - "use" of property is the purpose or activity for which the land or building thereon is designed, arranged, or intended, or for which it is occupied or maintained.
USE, ACCESSORY - See Accessory Use.
USE, CONDITIONAL - is a use, either public or private, which because of its special characteristics, cannot be allowed as a permitted use in a particular district or districts. After due consideration in each case of the impact of such use upon neighboring land, such "conditional use" may or may not be granted, subject to the terms of this ordinance and the intent of the respective district.
USE, PERMITTED - is the main use of land or buildings as distinguished from a subordinate or accessory use. A "principal use" may be "permitted" or "conditional".
UTILITIES - any public or private water supply, or waste collection and/or disposal system, including but not limited to septic systems, private and public wells, and their attendant facilities, public sewage collection system, and treatment facilities.
VARIANCE - a modification or variation of the provisions of this ordinance, as applied to a specific piece of property, except that modification in the allowable uses within a district shall not be considered a variance. Variances can be considered and granted by the Zoning Board of Appeals only.
YARD - is an open space on the same zoning lot with a building or structure, unoccupied and unconstricted from its lowest level to the sky. A "yard" extends along a lot line, and to a depth or width specified in the yard requirements for the zoning district in which such zoning lot is located. See Illustration
YARD, CORNER SIDE - is a side yard which adjoins a public street. See Illustration
YARD, FRONT - is a yard extending along the full length of the front lot line between the side lot lines. See Illustration
YARD, INTERIOR SIDE - is a yard which is located immediately adjacent to another zoning lot or to an alley separating such side yard from another zoning lot. See Illustration
YARD, REAR - a yard extending the full width of the lot between the rear lot line and the nearest part of the main building, excluding uncovered steps; provided that if there be an alley abutting on a rear yard, the rear lot line shall be the center line of such alley. In case of irregular or triangular lots, where none of the lines bounding on the rear of the lot are at an angle of less than 45 degrees to the front lot line, the rear lot line shall be a line 15 feet long, within the lot, parallel to the front lot line of the main chord thereof, and at the maximum distance from the front lot line. See Illustration
YARD, TRANSITIONAL - is that yard which must be provided on a zoning lot in a Commercial district which adjoins a zoning lot in a Residence district, or that yard which must be provided on a zoning lot in an Industrial district which adjoins a zoning lot in either a Residence or Commercial district. See Illustration
*ZONES - all zones established by this ordinance are as shown on the City's Official Zoning Map, which is incorporated herein by reference thereto. Zoning districts apply to all lands in the City except public right-of-way improved for public travel.
ZONING ADMINISTRATOR - is the officer and assistants designated by the City Council as the officer responsible for enforcing and administering all requirements of this Zoning Ordinance.
ZONING LOT - See Lot, Zoning.
(* = See Charts)
Illustrations: The illustrations contained in this part are provided solely to clarify the intent of textual provisions.
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