A.
Descriptions. Zoning districts are provided as follows:
(1)
R-1 (MR) Mixed Residential District for single- and two-family dwelling
units.
(2)
R-2 (MF) Multifamily Residential District for three dwelling units
or more in a single building.
(3)
R-3 (HD) High-Density Residential District for high-density multifamily
development.
(4)
R-4 (SF) Single-Family Residential District for single-family dwelling
units only.
(5)
C-1 Central Commercial District for businesses in and near the central
business district.
(6)
C-2 Highway Commercial District for businesses outside the central
business district.
(7)
I-1 Light Industrial District.
(8)
I-2 Heavy Industrial District.
(9)
I-3 Mixed Industrial - Commercial District.
(10)
A-1 Agricultural District for crop production, pasture, and
idle lands.
(11)
P Preservation District for natural and cultural preservation
areas.
(12)
PUD planned unit developments involving innovative development
physical design standards.
(13)
MH Manufactured and Mobile Home Residence District.
(14)
SZ School Zone District.
B.
Boundaries. These districts are hereby established as shown on a
map titled "Prescott Zoning District Map" dated August 1989, as amended,
which is hereby adopted by reference as if fully set forth herein.
Such boundaries shall be construed to follow corporate limits, U.S.
Public Land Survey lines, lot or property lines, center lines of streets,
highways, alleys, easements and railroad rights-of-way or such lines
extended, unless otherwise noted on the zoning map.
C.
Vacation of public streets and alleys. Vacated lands shall be placed
in the same district as the abutting side to which the vacated land
reverts.
A.
A certified copy of the zoning map, as amended, shall be adopted
and approved with the text as part of this chapter and shall bear
upon its face the attestation of the Mayor and City Clerk and shall
be available to the public in the office of the City Clerk.
B.
Changes thereafter to the districts shall not be effective until
entered and attested on the certified copy.
Where uncertainty exists as to the boundaries of districts as
shown on the zoning map, the following rules shall apply:
A.
Boundaries indicated as approximately following the center lines
of streets, highways or alleys shall be construed to follow such center
lines.
B.
Boundaries indicated as approximately following platted lot lines
shall be construed as following such lot lines.
C.
Boundaries indicated as approximately following municipal boundaries
shall be construed as following municipal boundaries.
D.
Boundaries indicated as following railroad lines shall be construed
to be midway between the main tracks.
E.
Boundaries indicated as parallel to or extensions of features indicated
in the preceding shall be so construed. Distances not specifically
indicated on the zoning map shall be determined by the scale of the
map.
There shall be not more than one principal dwelling and a total
of three accessory structures and one children's play structure in
a residential district. A detached garage shall count as one accessory
structure. An accessory dwelling unit, with approval, may be counted
as one of the accessory structures.
A.
Purpose. The Mixed Residential District is intended to provide a
quiet, pleasant living area protected from traffic, congestion and
incompatible land uses. This District is designed to maintain compact
residential development near existing residential areas and presently
served or readily serviceable by public sewer and water.
D.
Conditional uses.
(1)
In home day-care centers and nursing homes.
(2)
Professional home offices, home occupations.
(3)
Bed-and-breakfast establishments.
(4)
Structures or alteration of natural terrain on slopes of 20% or greater.
(5)
Churches, schools, libraries, hospitals, community centers, cemeteries.
(6)
Municipal buildings.
(7)
Community-based residential facilities.
(8)
Public utility structures, provided they are enclosed in an eight-foot
or higher protection fence.
(9)
Duplexes (two dwelling units), as long as no more than three duplexes
are constructed in any one interior block with street delineations
or no less than 600 linear feet of street frontage starting at the
nearest cross street intersection. This includes conversion from single-family
units to two-family unit homes (duplexes).
E.
(Reserved)
F.
Prohibited uses. All uses not specifically permitted or other uses not specified and in accordance with § 635-9E.
I.
Minimum dwelling width: 22 feet.
J.
Minimum yards.
(1)
Front: 25 feet from City right-of-way line or in line with existing
houses.
(2)
Rear: 25 feet.
(a)
Principal structure: 25 feet.
(b)
Accessory structure: See § 635-87C(3)(a.1).
K.
Maximum building height: 35 feet.
M.
Minimum lot coverage. No more than 50% of the lot may be covered
by structures. No more than 70% of the total area of the lot can be
impervious.
N.
Percent slope. No structures or alteration of natural terrain shall
be permitted on slopes of 20% or greater, except as a conditional
use.
P.
External lighting. All exterior lighting shall minimize light pollution
by providing the minimum value of light necessary for comfort, safety,
and identification of features.
A.
Purpose. The Multifamily Residential District is intended to provide
a quiet, pleasant living area, protected from traffic, congestion
and incompatible land uses. This district is located in areas presently
served or readily serviceable by public water and/or sewer. For this
district, compact development near existing residential areas is encouraged.
D.
Conditional uses.
(1)
Professional home offices, home occupations.
(2)
Structures or alteration of natural terrain on slopes of 20% or greater.
(3)
Bed-and-breakfast establishments.
(4)
Churches, schools, libraries, hospitals, community centers, cemeteries.
(5)
Municipal buildings.
(6)
Day-care centers, nursing homes, community-based residential facilities.
(7)
Public utility structures, provided they are enclosed in an eight-foot
or higher protection fence.
E.
(Reserved)
F.
Prohibited uses. All uses not specifically permitted or other uses not specified and in accordance with § 635-9E.
H.
Minimum lot width: 100 feet.
I.
Minimum dwelling width: 22 feet.
J.
Minimum yards.
(1)
Front: 25 feet from public right-of-way.
(2)
Rear: 25 feet to lot line.
(a)
Principal structure: 25 feet to lot line.
(b)
Accessory structure: See § 635-87C(3)(a.1).
K.
Maximum building height: 35 feet.
M.
Maximum lot coverage. No more than 70% of the total area of the lot
can be impervious.
N.
Percent slope. No structure or alteration of natural terrain shall
be permitted on slopes of 20% or greater, except as a conditional
use.
P.
External lighting. All exterior lighting shall minimize light pollution
by providing the minimum value of light necessary for comfort, safety,
and identification of features.
A.
Purpose. The High-Density Residential District is intended to provide
an area where residential development involving the construction of
nine dwelling units or more may be built. Such a development shall
be well buffered and provide a pleasant living environment protected
from traffic, congestion and incompatible land uses. This District
is to be located in areas presently served or readily serviceable
by public water and/or sewer.
D.
Conditional uses.
(1)
Professional home offices, home occupations.
(2)
Structures or alteration of natural terrain on slopes of 20% or greater.
(3)
Business services provided specifically to serve the tenants and/or
owners of the dwelling units.
(4)
Bed-and-breakfast establishments.
(5)
Churches, schools, libraries, hospitals, community centers, cemeteries.
(6)
Municipal buildings.
(7)
Day-care centers, nursing homes, community-based residential facilities.
(8)
Public utility structures, provided they are enclosed in an eight-foot
or higher protection fence.
E.
(Reserved)
G.
Minimum lot area. A base of 32,000 square feet, plus:
(1)
Two thousand square feet of additional lot area for every additional
one bedroom dwelling unit above the base.
(2)
Two thousand five hundred square feet of additional lot area for
every additional two bedroom dwelling unit above the base.
(3)
Two thousand eight hundred square feet of additional lot area for
every additional three bedroom dwelling unit above the base.
I.
Minimum dwelling unit size: 500 square feet.
J.
Minimum dwelling width: 22 feet.
K.
Maximum building height: 35 feet.
L.
Maximum lot coverage. No more than 70% of the total area of the lot
can be impervious.
M.
Percent slope. No structures or alteration of natural terrain shall
be permitted on slopes of 20% or greater, except as a conditional
use.
O.
External lighting. All exterior lighting shall minimize light pollution
by providing the minimum value of light necessary for comfort, safety,
and identification of features.
A.
Purpose. The Single-Family Residential District is intended to provide
a quiet, pleasant living area of single-family homes protected from
traffic, congestion and incompatible land uses. This district shall
be located in areas presently served or readily serviceable by public
sewer and water.
D.
Conditional uses.
(1)
Professional home offices, home occupations.
(2)
Structures or alteration of natural terrain on slopes of 20% or greater.
(3)
In-home day-care centers, nursing homes.
(4)
Bed-and-breakfast establishments.
(5)
Churches, schools, libraries, hospitals, community centers, cemeteries.
(6)
Municipal buildings.
(7)
Public utility structures, provided they are enclosed in an eight-foot
or higher protection fence.
(8)
Day-care centers.
E.
(Reserved)
G.
Minimum lot area: 10,000 square feet per dwelling unit.
H.
Minimum lot width: 75 feet.
I.
Minimum dwelling width: 22 feet.
K.
Maximum building height: 35 feet.
L.
Minimum dwelling unit size: 575 square feet.
M.
Maximum lot coverage. No more than 70% of the total area of the lot
can be impervious.
N.
Percent slope. No structures or alteration of natural terrain shall
be permitted on slopes of 20% or greater, except as a conditional
use.
P.
External lighting. All exterior lighting shall minimize light pollution
by providing the minimum value of light necessary for comfort, safety,
and identification of features.
A.
Purpose. The Central Commercial District is established to delineate
areas appropriate for commercial uses in and near the central business
district or areas of similar compact development served or readily
serviceable by public sewer and water.
B.
Principal permitted uses. Business services, such as bakeries, barber
shops, bars, beauty shops, clinics, clothing stores, clubs, drugstores,
eating and drinking establishments, fish markets, florists, food lockers,
fruit and vegetable stores, gas stations, gift stores, grocery stores,
hardware stores, hotels, hobby shops, laundries, lodges, meat markets,
motels, inns, music stores, office supplies, optical stores, packaged
beverage stores, places of entertainment, professional, governmental
and business offices, retail stores, finance, real estate services,
personal service establishments and funeral homes, the preceding by
way of illustration and not exclusion.
C.
Accessory uses. Dwelling units as a part of the principal building
not to exceed 50% of the usable floor area, parking areas and garage.
Dwelling unit shall be on a floor other than the main floor.
D.
E.
(Reserved)
G.
Minimum lot width: 25 feet for fireproof construction, 45 feet for
non-fireproof construction.
H.
Minimum lot depth: 100 feet.
J.
Maximum building height: 35 feet.
K.
Percent slope. No structures or alteration of natural terrain shall
be permitted on slopes of 20% or greater, except as a conditional
use.
A.
Purpose. The Highway Commercial District is established to delineate
areas appropriate for commercial uses which are either oriented to
the highway user or intended as service to vehicles; delineate predominantly
retail shopping areas outside of central business district; define
standards for development of freeway interchanges; and locate this
district in areas served by or readily serviceable by public sewer
and water.
B.
Principal permitted uses. All principal permitted uses of the Central
Commercial District, plus manufactured and mobile home service and
sales, vehicle and equipment sales and service establishments; warehousing,
wholesaling and storage establishments.
E.
Maximum lot coverage. No more than 70% of the total area of the lot
can be impervious.
H.
Minimum lot width: 75 feet.
I.
Sanitary criteria. When, as determined by the Common Council, no
public sanitary sewer is available, no more than 75% of the minimum
lot area shall be on a slope greater than 12% of soil conditions unsuitable
for septic tanks. At least 25% of the lot area shall be under 12%
and with soil suitable for septic tanks.
J.
Percent slope. No structures or alteration of natural terrain shall
be permitted on slopes of 20% or greater, except as a conditional
use.
A.
Purpose.
The I-1 District is intended to provide for light industrial and manufacturing
in areas separated from other sections of the community. All residential
uses are prohibited.
B.
E.
Prohibited uses: residential housing or other uses not specified and in accordance with § 635-9E.
F.
Minimum lot area: 8,000 square feet.
G.
Maximum building height: 35 feet.
I.
Minimum lot width: 100 feet.
J.
Sanitary criteria. When, as determined by the Common Council, no
public sanitary sewer is available, no more than 75% of the minimum
lot area shall be on a slope greater than 12% of soil conditions unsuitable
for septic tanks. At least 25% of the lot area shall be under 12%
and with solid suitable for septic tanks. There is a five-acre minimum
lot size.
K.
Percent slope. No structures or alteration of natural terrain shall
be permitted on slopes of 20% or greater, except as conditional use.
A.
Purpose. The Heavy Industrial District is intended to provide an
area for manufacturing and industrial activities. It is also intended
to provide an area for a variety of uses which require relatively
large installations, facilities or land areas; which would create
or tend to create conditions of public or private nuisance, hazard
or other undesirable conditions; or which for these or other reasons
may require special safeguards, equipment, processes, barriers or
other forms of protection, including spatial distance, in order to
reduce, eliminate or shield the public from such conditions.
B.
Principal permitted uses.
(1)
Manufacturing
establishments, usually described as factories, mills or plants in
which raw materials are transformed into finished projects, and establishments
engaged in assembling component parts of manufactured products.
(2)
Wholesale
establishments and warehouses.
(3)
Highway
passenger and motor freight transportation.
(4)
Construction
trades, including building contractors, concrete plants, landscaping
and similar operations.
(5)
Light
industry and service uses.
(6)
Other
industrial and commercial activities of similar type and character.
C.
No more
than 70% of the total area of the lot can be impervious.
E.
Conditional uses. The following may be permitted as conditional uses
within the I-2 District. Such uses shall be subject to the consideration
of the Common Council and Plan Commission with regard to such matters
as the creation of nuisance conditions for the public or for the users
of nearby areas, the creation of traffic hazards, the creation of
health hazards, or other factors:
(1)
The outdoor storage of industrial products, machinery, equipment,
or other materials, provided that such storage is enclosed by a suitable
fence or other manner of screening.
(2)
Railroads, including right-of-way, railroad yards, and structures
normally incident to the operation of railroads, including station
houses, platforms, and signal towers, but not including warehouses
owned by companies other than railroad companies or road terminal
companies.
(3)
Public facilities and uses, including airports, airstrips and landing
fields.
(4)
Agriculture-related industry and service uses.
(5)
Structures or alteration of natural terrain on slopes of 20% or greater.
F.
Minimum lot area: 8,000 square feet.
G.
Maximum building height: 35 feet.
I.
Minimum lot width: 100 feet.
J.
Sanitary criteria. When, as determined by the Common Council, no
public sanitary sewer is available, no more than 75% of the minimum
lot area shall be on a slope greater than 12% of soil conditions unsuitable
for septic tanks. At least 25% of the lot area shall be under 12%
and with solid suitable for septic tanks. There is a five-acre minimum
lot size.
K.
Percent slope. No structures or alteration of natural terrain shall
be permitted on slopes of 20% or greater, except as conditional use.
A.
Purpose. The I-3 District is provided to accommodate those light
industrial uses and commercial uses compatible with one another and
often located separate from general retail business centers and that
will maintain high standards of site planning, architecture, and landscaping
design.
B.
Principle permitted uses.
(1)
Any principal use permitted within the I-1 District.
(2)
General retail stores.
(3)
Medical offices (including physicians, dental, chiropractic, physical
therapy, and optometry).
(4)
Legal.
(5)
Real estate offices.
(6)
Counseling.
(7)
Financial institutions (banks, credit unions, and brokerages).
(8)
Insurance.
(9)
Travel agency.
(10)
Business services (consulting, computer, and employment).
(11)
Accounting.
(12)
Engineering.
(13)
Post office.
(14)
Telephone/telecommunications operations.
(15)
Printing.
(16)
Educational functions (technical school, community colleges,
etc.).
(17)
Federal, state, or local government offices.
(18)
Office showrooms.
(19)
Funeral homes and crematoriums.
(20)
Hotel, motel, and inns.
(21)
Eating and drinking establishments.
(22)
Gas stations and automobile services.
(23)
Grocery stores.
(24)
Hardware stores.
(25)
Logistics.
(26)
Manufacturing.
(27)
Wholesaling.
C.
Accessory uses. Any use that is clearly accessory to any of the above
permitted uses except those that are unreasonably dangerous or generate
noise, light, smoke, air, or water pollution that would create a public
or private nuisance. Accessory uses include but are not limited to
day care within the company or business, warehousing up to 70% of
the gross floor area of the business, sales, showrooms, and demonstration
areas.
F.
Minimum lot area: 8,000 square feet.
H.
Minimum lot width: 100 feet.
I.
Percent slope. No structure or alteration of natural terrain shall
be permitted on slopes of 20% or greater, except as a conditional
use.
J.
No more
than 70% of the total area of the lot can be impervious.
A.
Purpose. This district includes large undeveloped tracts within the
City used for agricultural purposes in the past or at the present
time. It is assumed such land will be subject to rezoning as necessary.
B.
Principal permitted uses. Crop agriculture, forestry, greenhouses,
pasture, nurseries, orchards, truck farming, dairy farming, one-family
dwellings as part of farmstead.
D.
Conditional uses. Not permitted.
E.
(Reserved)
G.
Maximum building height: 35 feet.
I.
Minimum lot width: 160 feet.
J.
Minimum lot area: five acres.
K.
Sanitary criteria. When allowed by the Common Council, no more than
75% of the minimum lot area shall be on a slope greater than 12% of
soil conditions unsuitable for septic tanks. At least 25% of the lot
area shall be under 12% and with soil suitable for septic tanks.
L.
Percent slope. No structures or alteration of natural terrain shall
be permitted on slopes of 20% or greater.
A.
Purpose.
(1)
The Preservation District delineates those areas where substantial
development of the land in the form of buildings or structures is
prohibited due to:
(a)
Special or unusual conditions of topography, drainage, floodplain
or other natural conditions, whereby considerable damage to buildings
or structures and possible loss of life may occur due to the processes
of nature.
(b)
Shorelands and wetlands.
(c)
The lack of proper facilities or improvements resulting in the
land not being suitable for improvement at the present time.
(2)
The purpose of this district is to delineate areas subject to flooding
by adjacent lakes or streams and deemed suitable for development.
(3)
This district provides for the preservation and protection of scenic,
historic, scientific and biologically important areas and for the
protection of groundwater sources.
B.
Principal permitted uses: soil and water conservation, forestry under
professional guidance, floodplain, wildlife habitat, municipal park
and campground, drainage, water measurement and water control facilities,
grazing under professional guidance, accessory structures, such as
park buildings, orchards, utilities, wild crop harvesting, and City
park land.
C.
Accessory services: essential services.
D.
Conditional uses: not permitted.
E.
(Reserved)
F.
Prohibited uses or other uses not specified and in accordance with § 635-9E.
(1)
No
structures permitted, except those housing essential services accessory
to the principal or permitted uses.
(2)
Uses
involving dumping, filling, cultivation, mineral, soil or peat removal
or any other use that would disturb the natural fauna, flora, watercourses,
water regimen, natural land forms or topography.
(3)
All
uses not specifically permitted.
A.
Purpose.
(1)
The purpose of the Planned Unit Development Overlay District, when
used in conjunction with the requirements of the underlying zoning
district, is to permit flexibility in subdivision and site planning,
to promote the efficient utilization of resources, to preserve and
protect valuable site features, and to add desired amenities for the
neighborhood or area. The function of the Planned Unit Development
Overlay District is to promote the achievement of quality neighborhood
and site design while complying with the requirements of this chapter.
The intent of the Planned Unit Development Overlay District is to:
(a)
Create opportunities for flexible site planning and development options
where the standard lot configuration is not practical or desirable;
(b)
Provide flexibility in site and building design, placement of buildings,
use of open space, provision of circulation facilities and parking,
and other design considerations;
(c)
Encourage the preservation and enhancement of desirable site characteristics,
including open space areas, vegetation and critical natural areas;
(d)
Allow design, landscape or architectural treatments to create an
attractive and pleasing environment;
(e)
Support reductions in development costs and the costs of providing
ongoing maintenance; and
(f)
To allow and encourage the provision of special development amenities.
(2)
Definition. "Planned Unit Development (PUD)" is a site plan or subdivision
layout technique allowing buildings and structures with some or all
of the lots reduced below the minimum lot sizes and/or differing setback
standards than required by the underlying zoning district. While the
underlying zoning district establishes the allowed use and densities,
the Planned Unit Development Overlay District allows flexibility in
the general configuration of the subdivision or site plan area. Development
areas being proposed as a planned unit development require that the
planning for lots and the locations of buildings and structures be
achieved in a coordinated, functional, and unified manner.
B.
Principal permitted uses. The Planned Unit Development Overlay District
does not establish or identify any of the uses allowed within an area
or proposed development site. Rather, it is the underlying zoning
district which identifies and establishes the uses which are allowed,
either as a permitted, or as a conditional use.
C.
Authorization of a Planned Unit Development Overlay District.
(1)
Qualifying
districts. A Planned Unit Development Overlay District may be allowed
by the City Council as an overlay zoning district.
(2)
Procedure
for approval. A Planned Unit Development Overlay District may only
be authorized by the City Council, as an amendment to the City of
Prescott Zoning District Map, after receipt of a recommendation from
the Plan Commission. In evaluating the appropriateness of approving
a Planned Unit Development Overlay District, the City Council and
Plan Commission may consider but not be limited to the following factors:
(a)
The suitability of the properties for a Planned Unit Development
Overlay District designation;
(b)
That adequate public services and facilities exist or can be provided
to serve the proposed Planned Unit Development area;
(c)
A Planned Unit Development area will encourage greater efficiency
in the delivery of City-provided services;
(d)
The Planned Unit Development has the potential of providing additional
amenities for the residents of the area, or the residents of the City,
than would be achieved by a conventional development pattern;
(e)
Whether the establishment of a Planned Unit Development District
will have a negative affect on the rights, enjoyment and uses on nearby
and adjoining properties; and
(f)
The gain to the public health, safety and welfare and the overall
community benefit to authorizing a Planned Unit Development designation.
D.
Application. Applications for a Planned Unit Development Overlay
district shall provide the following information in addition to the
information generally required by the City for a Zoning District Map
amendment (rezoning) application.
(1)
Representative
architectural drawings and elevations of proposed dwellings, structures
and other buildings;
(2)
Concept
subdivision layout or site plan design, as the case may be, showing
the general locations of all buildings, structures, parking areas,
open space areas, streets and roads and other private and public
improvements;
(3)
Tables
showing the total number of acres in the proposed development identifying
the percentages of the total area devoted to each proposed use, including
residential structures, residential lots, parking areas, streets
and roads, parks, open space areas, and any other uses, and a tabulation
of the overall density for the development site;
(4)
Any
other information reasonably related to the application that the Plan
Commission and City Council may require to determine the appropriateness
of authorizing a Planned Unit Development Overlay District designation.
E.
Planned Unit Development designation. Following the receipt of a
Plan Commission recommendation, the City Council may authorize that
the City of Prescott Zoning District Map be amended to allow a Planned
Unit Development (PUD) Overlay District. If this occurs, the underlying
district designation shall be followed by the "PUD" identifier, i.e.,
if a single-family R-4 District is the underlying district, the revised
or amended district classification would be R-4 (PUD), indicating
the R-4 District as the underlying zoning district and the Planned
Unit Development District as the overlay zoning district.
The procedure for annexation of territory shall be as prescribed
in §§ 66.0217 through 66.0223, Wis. Stats., which are
incorporated by reference.
In all zoning districts municipal parks, municipal playgrounds,
and municipal recreation facilities shall be a permitted use.
City utilities will be only extended into and provided to those
areas which are within the corporate limits of the City of Prescott
at the time of the utility extension.
