The jurisdiction of this chapter shall include all lands and waters within the corporate limits of the Village of Fremont.
No structure shall hereafter be used and no structure or part thereof shall hereafter be located, erected, moved, reconstructed, extended, enlarged, converted or structurally altered without a zoning permit, and without full compliance with the provisions of this chapter and all other applicable Village, county and state regulations.
A. 
General restrictions. No land shall be used or structure erected where the land is held unsuitable for such use or structure by reason of flooding, concentrated runoff, inadequate drainage, adverse soil or rock formation, unfavorable topography, low bearing strength, erosion susceptibility or any other feature likely to be harmful to the health, safety, prosperity, aesthetics and general welfare of the Village. The Zoning Administrator, in applying the provisions of this subsection, shall, in writing, recite the particular facts upon which he bases his conclusion that the land is not suitable for certain uses. The applicant shall have an opportunity to appeal a finding of such unsuitability to the Board of Zoning Appeals if he so desires. Thereafter, the Zoning Administrator may affirm, modify or withdraw his determination of unsuitability.
B. 
Minimum frontage. All lots shall abut upon a street and each lot shall have a minimum frontage of 60 feet.
C. 
Principal structure. All principal structures shall be located on a lot, and only one principal structure shall be located, erected or moved onto a lot.
D. 
Street access. No zoning permit shall be issued for a lot which abuts a public street dedicated only to a portion of its proposed width and located on that side thereof from which the required dedication has not been secured.
The following use restrictions and regulations shall apply:
A. 
Principal uses. Only those principal uses specified for a district, their essential services, and those uses enumerated below shall be permitted in a designated district.
B. 
Accessory uses. Accessory uses and structures are permitted in any district, but not until the principal structure is present or under construction. Residential accessory uses shall not involve the conduct of any business trade or industry, except as specifically provided in this chapter. Residential accessory uses include incidental repairs, storage, parking facilities, gardening, servant's quarters not to rent, private swimming pools and private emergency shelters. There shall be no more than two accessory uses per lot without the consent of the Plan Commission.
C. 
Conditional uses. Conditional uses and their accessory uses are considered as special uses requiring review, public hearing and approval by the Village Board in accordance with Article V, Conditional Uses, of this chapter.
D. 
Unclassified or unspecified uses. Unclassified or unspecified uses may be permitted by the Plan Commission, provided that such uses are similar in character to the principal uses permitted in the district.
Except as otherwise provided in this section, the height of any building hereafter erected, converted, enlarged or structurally altered shall be in compliance with the regulations established herein for the district in which such building is located.
A. 
Churches, schools, hospitals, sanitariums and other public and semipublic buildings may be erected to a height not exceeding 60 feet, provided the front, side and rear yards required in the district in which such building is to be located are each increased at least one foot for each foot of additional building height above the height limit otherwise established for the district in which such building is to be located.
B. 
Chimneys, cooling towers, elevator bulkheads, fire towers, monuments, penthouses, stacks, scenery lofts, tanks or broadcasting towers, masts or aerials, telephone, telegraph and power transmission poles and lines, microwave radio relay structures and necessary mechanical appurtenances are hereby excepted from the height regulations of this chapter and may be erected in accordance with other regulations or ordinances of the Village.
On a corner lot in any district, nothing shall be erected, placed, planted or allowed to grow in such a manner as to materially impede vision between a height of 2 1/2 feet above the center line grades of the intersecting streets in the area bounded by the street lines of such corner lot and a line joining points along said street lines 25 feet from the point of the intersection.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original § 17.09(7), Mobile homes, which immediately followed this section, was repealed at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II). See § 560-22, Mobile Home Residential District, and Ch. 382, Mobile Homes and Mobile Home Parks, of this Code.
No lot, yard, parking area, building area or other space shall be reduced in area or dimension so as not to meet the provisions of this chapter. No part of any lot, yard, parking area or other space required for a structure or use shall be used for any other structure or use.
In addition to other setback requirements, the side yard of a corner lot abutting the street shall be a minimum of 25 feet.
No residential, commercial or industrial construction shall be permitted within 500 feet of the property limits of the Wolf River Sewage Commission Wastewater Treatment Facility in accordance with § NR 110.15(3)(d)1.a, Wis. Adm. Code.
A. 
Application. Applications for a zoning permit shall be made to the Zoning Administrator on forms furnished by the Zoning Administrator and may include the following, where applicable. In case of simple extensions, alterations, repairs or restorations, the Zoning Administrator may waive any or all of the requirements hereunder and accept, in lieu thereof, a simple sketch by the applicant with explanatory data found sufficient by the Zoning Administrator to adequately identify and explain the proposed construction and use.
(1) 
Names and addresses of the applicant or owner of the site and the architect, professional engineer or contractor.
(2) 
Description of the subject site by lot, block and recorded subdivision or by metes and bounds; address of the subject site; type of structure; existing and proposed operation or use of the structure or site; number of employees; and the zoning district within which the subject lies.
(3) 
Plat or survey showing the location, boundaries, dimensions, elevations, uses and size of the following:
(a) 
Subject site.
(b) 
Existing and proposed structures.
(c) 
Existing and proposed easements.
(d) 
Streets and other public ways.
(e) 
Off-street parking, loading and driveways.
(f) 
Existing highway access restrictions.
(g) 
Existing and proposed street, side and rear yards.
(4) 
When required, the application for a zoning permit shall also contain copies of approved plans by the Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original § 17.10(e), which immediately followed this subsection, was repealed by Ord. No. 95-4.
(5) 
Additional information as may be required by the Plan Commission, the Village Board or the Zoning Administrator.
B. 
Other requirements.
(1) 
All new residential structures shall be served by the public sewer system.
(2) 
No basement shall be used by itself as a residence.
C. 
Grant or denial. The zoning permit applied for shall be granted or denied in writing by the Zoning Administrator within 30 days. Any permit issued in conflict with the provisions of this chapter shall be null and void.