[Amended 6-20-1995 by Res. No. 5614; 2-19-2002 by Res. No. 5979; 6-15-2004 by Res. No. 6126; 6-15-2004 by Res. No. 6127; 8-11-2004 by Res. No. 6138; 11-9-2004 by Res. No. 6147]
For the purposes of this chapter, the unincorporated area of Price County is hereby divided into the following zoning districts:
Recreational-Residential District
RR-1
Recreational Business-Residential District
RB-R
Rural Residential-Forestry Districts
RF-1 and RF-C
Commercial-Industrial Districts
CI-1, CI-C and CI-I
Conservancy District
C-1
Agriculture District
A-1
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
A. 
The locations and boundaries of these districts are shown on a County map and individual town maps officially designated "Detailed Zoning Maps, Price County, Wisconsin."
B. 
These maps, together with all explanatory matter and regulations thereon, are an integral part of this chapter. In the event of a conflict between zoning district boundaries shown on the Official Zoning Map, Price County, Wisconsin (County Map), and the Detailed Zoning Map, Price County, Wisconsin (Town Map), the latter shall govern and prevail. District boundaries are normally lot lines, section and quarter section lines, and center lines of streets, highways, railroads, or alleys. Questions regarding exact location of district boundaries shall be decided by the County Zoning Administrator. Decisions may be reviewed on appeal to the Board of Adjustment.
[Amended 2-16-2010 by Res. No. 2-10]
C. 
The official copies of the Official Zoning Map, Price County, Wisconsin, and Detailed Zoning Maps, Price County, Wisconsin, together with a copy of this chapter shall be kept at the County Zoning Office and shall be available for public inspection during office hours. These maps shall be certified by the Chairperson of the County Board and attested by the County Clerk. Any changes affecting zoning district boundaries or explanatory matter and regulations shall be made in accordance with the provisions of § 59.69, Wis. Stats.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
The purpose of this district is to protect the waters and shorelands of Price County and all other areas so designated on all zoning maps of Price County as RR-1, to provide for safe and orderly development throughout the unincorporated limits of Price County and to provide the residents therein the opportunity to enjoy the recreational advantages in Price County.
A. 
Permitted uses.
(1) 
One- and two-family dwelling units. Mobile homes over 320 square feet that meet the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Code shall be considered the equivalent of a one-family dwelling unit in this district. Those units meeting the HUD Code will have a HUD seal affixed to the structure certifying that it is a manufactured home defined under 42 U.S.C. §§ 5401 to 5426. This seal also signifies that the unit meets standards established in 24 CFR 3280 and 3282. These standards include general construction rules, firesafety, testing, thermal protection, plumbing, electrical, heating and cooling, and transportation.
B. 
Permitted accessory uses.
(1) 
All accessory buildings used in conjunction with the principal building permitted in the Recreational-Residential District.
(2) 
Essential services and utilities intended to serve the principal permitted use.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
(3) 
All barns, stables, or structures used to house one or more animal units must be located 100 feet from a lot line. "Animal unit" is defined in § 530-82.
(4) 
Horticulture and gardening.
[Added 2-17-2009 by Res. No. 10-09]
(5) 
Harvesting of wild crops such as marsh hay, ferns, moss, berries, tree fruits, and tree seeds.
[Added 2-17-2009 by Res. No. 10-09]
(6) 
Production of forest crops, including tree plantations.
[Added 2-17-2009 by Res. No. 10-09]
C. 
Conditional uses.
(1) 
Recreational-service-oriented uses such as resorts and motels, restaurants and cocktail lounges, marinas, sport shops and bait sales, and other recreational services which in the opinion of the County Land Use and UW Extension Committee are of the same general character or clearly incidental to a permitted use.
(2) 
Multifamily dwellings.
(3) 
Mobile home parks and campgrounds.
(4) 
Cluster and planned developments.
(5) 
Home occupation.
(6) 
Expanded home occupation.
[Added 6-19-2007 by Res. No. 24-07]
The purpose of this district is to provide for recreational businesses while protecting the waters and shorelands of Price County.
A. 
Permitted uses.
(1) 
One- and two-family dwelling units.
(2) 
Resort (rental cabins only or in combination with a restaurant that does not serve alcoholic beverages).
(3) 
Curio and souvenir shop.
(4) 
Cafe or restaurant without alcoholic beverages.
(5) 
Campground (recreational vehicle and tent camping).
(6) 
Boat sales, repair and service.
(7) 
Bed-and-breakfast.
(8) 
Sport/bait shop.
(9) 
Health and wellness spa.
B. 
Permitted accessory uses.
(1) 
Essential services and utilities intended to serve the principal permitted uses.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
(2) 
Customary accessory uses, provided that such uses are clearly incidental to the permitted use.
(3) 
Micro wind energy systems.
[Added 2-17-2009 by Res. No. 10-09]
C. 
Conditional uses.
(1) 
Cafe or restaurant serving alcoholic beverages.
(2) 
Bar or tavern.
(3) 
Resort (rental cabins in combination with a bar/restaurant that serves alcoholic beverages).
(4) 
Mini warehouse storage.
(5) 
Home occupation.
(6) 
Expanded home occupation.
(7) 
Brewery.
(8) 
Retail store.
(9) 
Multifamily dwellings.
A. 
Rural Residential-Forestry District (RF-1). This district provides for one-family and two-family year-round residential development and for the continuation of forest programs. It is intended to encourage forest management programs and at the same time allow large lot residential development in conjunction with the small farm and forestry section of Price County.
(1) 
Permitted uses.
(a) 
One- and two-family dwelling units.
(b) 
Signs subject to the provisions of Article XIV.
(c) 
Small wind energy systems.
[Added 2-17-2009 by Res. No. 10-09]
(2) 
Permitted accessory uses.
(a) 
All accessory buildings used in conjunction with the principal building permitted in the Rural Residential-Forestry District.
(b) 
Essential services and utilities intended to serve the principal permitted uses.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
(c) 
Horticulture and gardening.
(d) 
Customary accessory uses, provided that such uses are clearly incidental to the permitted use.
(e) 
Production of forest crops, including tree plantations.
(f) 
Harvesting of wild crops such as marsh hay, ferns, moss, berries, tree fruits, and tree seeds.
(g) 
All barns, stables, or structures used to house one or more animal units must be located 100 feet from the lot line. "Animal unit" is defined in § 530-82.
(3) 
Conditional uses.
(a) 
Home occupation.
(b) 
Expanded home occupation.
(c) 
Mobile home parks and campgrounds.
[Added 2-17-2009 by Res. No. 10-09]
(d) 
Large wind energy systems.
[Added 2-17-2009 by Res. No. 10-09]
(e) 
Telecommunications tower or antenna as defined in Chapter 527, Telecommunications Facilities, of the County Code.
[Added 2-17-2009 by Res. No. 10-09]
(f) 
Bed-and-breakfast.
[Added 2-17-2009 by Res. No. 10-09]
(g) 
Short-term rentals (less than 30 consecutive days).
[Added 2-17-2009 by Res. No. 10-09]
B. 
County Forestry District (RF-C). This district provides for the continuation of forest programs and related uses in those areas best suited for such activities. It is intended to encourage forest management programs and also to recognize the value of the forest as a recreational resource by permitting recreational activities compatible with sound forest management programs and to permit as a conditional use certain recreational activities which when adequately developed are not incompatible with the forest.
(1) 
Permitted uses.
All-terrain vehicle trails
Beaches
Boat landings
Game refuge or hunting and fishing area
Golf courses
Harvesting of wild crops such as marsh hay, ferns, moss, berries, tree fruits, and tree seeds
Hiking trails
Horse trails
Motorized bike trails
Mountain bike trails
Multiple use trails and wildlife refuges
Parking lots
Parks
Production of forest crops, including tree plantations
Ski trails
Small wind energy systems
[Added 2-17-2009 by Res. No. 10-09]
Snowmobile trails
Soil and water conservation programs
Wildlife flowages
(2) 
Permitted accessory uses.
(a) 
All accessory buildings used in conjunction with the principal building permitted in the County Forestry District.
(b) 
Essential services and utilities intended to serve the principal permitted uses.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
(c) 
Customary accessory uses, provided that such uses are clearly incidental to the permitted use.
(d) 
All barns and stables or structures used to house one or more animal units must be located 100 feet from the lot line. "Animal unit" is defined in § 530-82.
(3) 
Conditional uses.
Airports
Campgrounds
Cemetery
Dams/plants for the production of electric power and flowage areas
Forest-connected industries such as sawmills, debarking operations, chipping facilities, and similar operations
Green graveyards
Landfills
Large wind energy systems
[Added 2-17-2009 by Res. No. 10-09]
Public and private parks, playgrounds, and water sports areas
Quarrying, mining, and processing of products for these activities, subject to the provisions of Article XI
Recreation and youth camps
Riding stables
Shooting ranges
Telecommunications tower or antenna as defined in Chapter 527, Telecommunications Facilities, of the County Code
[Added 2-17-2009 by Res. No. 10-09]
Telephone, telegraph, power transmission towers, poles and lines, including transformers, substations, relay and repeater stations, equipment housing, and other necessary appurtenant equipment and structures, radio and television stations, transmission towers, fire towers, microwave radio relay towers, and pipelines
Utility towers
Year-round residence for caretakers of recreation areas
The location, operation, and maintenance of municipal sanitary landfills, solid waste disposal sites, sewage disposal plants, and privately owned domestic sewage treatment works and necessary appurtenant equipment/structures subject to the provisions of the Wisconsin Administrative Code
A. 
Commercial-Industrial District (CI-1). This district is intended to provide for the orderly and attractive grouping, at appropriate locations, of retail stores, shops, offices, and similar commercial establishments and is intended to provide for any manufacturing or industrial operation which, on the basis of actual physical and operational characteristics, would not be detrimental to the surrounding area or the County as a whole by any manner of noise, dust, smoke, odor, traffic, physical appearance or similar factor, and subject to such regulatory controls as will reasonably ensure compatibility in this respect.
(1) 
Permitted uses.
(a) 
Commercial establishments.
(b) 
Industrial establishments.
(c) 
Single-family residences, but only in connection with and accessory to another principal permitted use.
(d) 
Residential quarters for the owner, proprietor, commercial tenant, employee, or caretaker located in the same building as the business.
(e) 
Signs subject to the provisions of Article XIV.
(2) 
Permitted accessory uses.
(a) 
All accessory buildings used in conjunction with the commercial establishment or industrial establishment permitted in the Commercial-Industrial District.
(b) 
Off-street parking, loading, and storage area.
(c) 
Essential services and utilities intended to serve the principal permitted uses, including power supply and substations.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
(3) 
Conditional uses.
(a) 
Commercial establishments and industrial establishments of a potentially noxious, hazardous, or nuisance character.
(b) 
Junk or salvage yards, subject to the provisions of Article XII.
(c) 
Quarrying, mining, and processing of products for these activities, subject to the provisions of Article XI.
B. 
Commercial District (CI-C). This district is intended to provide for the distribution of goods and services and is intended to be used principally by the retail trades. Uses in the district are considered not to be detrimental to the surrounding area by reason of noise, dirt, smoke, odor, physical appearance, compatibility or other similar factors.
[Amended 6-20-2006 by Res. No. 37-06]
(1) 
Permitted uses.
Advertising, display manufacturing
Agricultural implements, distributor, display, repair, sales
Animal hospital
Archery range
Association (clubs and lodges), private
Athletic club
Athletic field
Automobile and truck sales, repair, parts, supplies, storage
Bait sales (live and artificial)
Baked foods, manufacturing, sales
Bank and trust company, loan company
Barber
Bar, cocktail lounge, tavern
Beauty shop
Bed-and-breakfast facility
Beverages, wholesale and storage
Bicycle, motorcycle, small engine, sale and repair, snowmobile
Billiard parlor
Boat and yacht club, marina
Boat sales, repair and service
Bowling alley, commercial
Broadcasting studio (radio, television)
Broker, real estate
Cafe, restaurant, supper club
Camper sales and service (trailers, etc.)
Campground, private (commercial)
Campground, public and camping resort
Camping resort
Camp, private
Carpenter shop, cabinetmaking, woodworking shop, etc.
Cemetery
Church, synagogue, shrine
Clinic, public and private
Clothing store
Community center, town hall
Convent, retreat house
Country club
Curio and souvenir shop
Driving range, golf
Dwelling, single-family
Fairgrounds
Farm-related single-family dwelling
Florist greenhouse and nursery (commercial)
Florist sales
Frozen food, cold storage locker
Funeral home
Garages (commercial)
Garages (private)
Gasoline or filling service station
Golf course, public or private
Golf, miniature
Grocery store
Hardware, sporting goods
Health center (commercial)
Home, old age, children, maternity, nursing, etc.
Hospital, public or private
Household occupation
Laundry, dry cleaning, pickup station
Liquor, off-sale
Mini warehouse storage
Mobile home sales and service
Multiple-family (greater than or equal to 3) dwellings such as apartments or multiunit condominiums
Museum, art, cultural, historical
Printing, lithograph, photo engraving, etc.
Professional office, engineer, doctor, attorney, dentist, etc.
Public and municipal building
Recreation-service-oriented facilities
Resort (rental cabins, lodging, food and related facilities)
Roadside park or wayside rest
Roadside produce stand (permanent structure)
School, commercial, beauty, business
School, public or private
Single-family dwellings and mobile homes when only occupied by owners or persons engaged in commercial activities on the site
Small wind energy systems
[Added 2-17-2009 by Res. No. 10-09]
Storage (campers, boats, mini storage, etc.)
Store, general retail goods
Swimming pool, private
Taxidermist
Tourist homes
Travel bureau
(2) 
Accessory uses. All accessory buildings used in conjunction with the principal building permitted in the Commercial District.
(3) 
Conditional uses.
[Amended 2-17-2009 by Res. No. 10-09]
Asylum, public and private
Auditorium, arena
Bottled gas, storage and distribution
Building contractor, equipment and material storage
Child-care center and play school
Collection station
College, public or private
Commercial entertainment facilities
Dog pound
Drive-in restaurant
Drive-in/outdoor theater
Fire tower
Game farm
Go-karts
Hotel, motel
Large wind energy systems
Mobile home park
Radio or television transmitting station and tower, telecommunications tower (commercial)
Riding stable
Rifle range
Sauna, steam bath (commercial)
Shopping center
Skate park
Swimming pool, public
Telecommunications tower or antenna as defined in Chapter 527, Telecommunications Facilities, of the County Code
Transportation terminals
C. 
Industrial District (CI-I). The purpose of the Industrial District is to provide an area for manufacturing and industrial operations that, on the basis of their physical and operational characteristics, would achieve desirable economic benefits for the community while at the same time not producing unreasonably detrimental impacts to the surrounding area such as noise, dirt, smoke, odor, traffic, physical appearance or other similar factors.
(1) 
Permitted uses.
Acoustical material, storage, manufacture
Armory
Bottling plant
Brewery
Bus line depot, garage, repair
Cement and concrete products manufacture, sales, storage
Clothing manufacture
Dairy products, manufacture, sales
Disposal plant, sewage
Electric light and power company substations
Electric light and power company yards
Express company, warehouse, garage
Feed, wholesale, sales and storage and fertilizer
Fish and meat, wholesale storage or curing
Fish hatchery, public or private
Ice, manufacture, sales and storage
Light industry
Pipe, culvert, sales and storage
Septic tank sales, service, manufacture
Storage warehouse (commercial, industrial)
Water reservoir systems and regulating facilities potable
(2) 
Accessory uses. All accessory buildings used in conjunction with the principal building permitted in the Industrial District.
(3) 
Conditional uses.
Abattoir (slaughterhouse)
Acid, ammonia, bleach, chlorine or soap manufacture
Airport, public or private, including seaplane base
Amusement park
Animal boarding facility
Arms, ammunition, manufacture, wholesale and storage
Asphalt and asphalt products, processing
Automobile and truck salvage and scrap yards, junk and salvage yards
Bones, distillation of
Disposal plant, incinerator
Drag strip, auto, motorcycle
Dump, solid waste disposal (landfill)
Eggs, poultry processing
Elevators, grain storage, etc.
Explosives, manufacture, storage and distribution
Farming (including livestock) all types and farm-related structures
Fat rendering
Fertilizer manufacture
Forge plant
Fur farm preparation and storage
Gasoline, fuel oil, bulk storage tanks and related facilities
Gelatin, glue or size manufacture
Gravel pit, crushing, screening and washing plant
Irrigation facilities, canals, dams, reservoirs, etc.
Machine shop, welding, metal fabrication and processing, welding shop
Mining, quarry, equipment, storage, rock crushing, etc.
Paper and wood products manufacture and storage
Paving-batch plant for cement, asphalt and related materials
Pipe, culvert, manufacture and storage
Public service, utility facilities and plants
Racetrack (automotive, horses, snowmobile)
Railroad yards
Salvage and scrap yards (automotive, truck, junk)
Sawmill and lumberyard
Smelting
Tire recapping, equipment and supplies including sales
Transfer stations (solid waste)
The purpose of this district is to conserve the wetlands, swamps, and lowlands where the groundwater is at or near the surface much of the year and is unsuitable for building purposes over most of the area. The lands in this district shall retain their natural state and shall not be filled for buildable sites and shall be used for the propagation of wildlife. However, areas that meet the minimum requirements of Chapter SPS 385, Wisconsin Administrative Code, without filling can be used for building purposes. The Conservancy District is designated as C-1 on all zoning maps of Price County.
A. 
Permitted uses. Principal building where it is possible to meet the requirements of the Wisconsin Administrative Code and the minimum lot requirements of the Wisconsin Administrative Code without filling.
B. 
Accessory uses. All accessory buildings used in conjunction with the principal building permitted in the Conservancy District.
C. 
Conditional uses. Conditional uses shall not be permitted in this area for commercial establishments or industrial establishments but may be issued for home occupations carried on in an accessory building other than the dwelling.
This district is intended to provide for exclusive farming-type activities and for the continuation of forestry programs in those areas best suited for such developments and to protect such areas from the encroachment by incompatible nonfarm and nonforestry uses.
A. 
Permitted uses.
(1) 
A one-family or two-family farm residence and a single additional mobile home or dwelling but only when occupied by owners, members of their immediate families and/or persons engaged in farming activities on the premises.
(2) 
Nonfarm residence.
(3) 
Signs subject to the provisions of Article XIV.
(4) 
Public and semipublic uses, including but not limited to the following: public and private schools, churches, public parks and recreation areas, hospitals, rest homes, and homes for the aged, fire and police stations, and historic sites.
(5) 
Small wind energy systems.
[Added 2-17-2009 by Res. No. 10-09]
B. 
Permitted accessory uses.
(1) 
All agricultural land uses, buildings and activities, including the growing of field crops, truck crops, dairying, livestock raising, poultry farming, hog raising, and so on.
(2) 
Cemeteries.
(3) 
Essential services and utilities intended to serve a permitted principal use.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
(4) 
Forest management programs.
(5) 
Roadside stands for the sale of agricultural products, provided that sufficient off-street parking space for customers is furnished.
(6) 
Horticulture and gardening.
[Added 2-17-2009 by Res. No. 10-09]
(7) 
Harvesting of wild crops such as marsh hay, ferns, moss, berries, tree fruits, and tree seeds.
[Added 2-17-2009 by Res. No. 10-09]
C. 
Conditional uses.
(1) 
Vacation farms and other farm-oriented recreational uses such as riding stables, game farms, and fishing ponds.
(2) 
Agricultural processing industries and warehouses, slaughterhouses, rendering and fertilizer plants.
(3) 
Other industry and commercial services or businesses.
(4) 
Home occupations.
(5) 
Expanded home occupations.
(6) 
Large wind energy systems.
[Added 2-17-2009 by Res. No. 10-09]
(7) 
Telecommunication tower or antenna as defined in Chapter 527, Telecommunications Facilities, of the County Code.
[Added 2-17-2009 by Res. No. 10-09]
(8) 
Short-term rentals (less than 30 consecutive days).
[Added 2-17-2009 by Res. No. 10-09]
(9) 
Bed-and-breakfast.[2]
[Added 2-17-2009 by Res. No. 10-09]
[2]
Editor's Note: Original § 7.8, Miscellaneous requirements, which immediately followed this section, was repealed at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).