[Amended 11-2-2006; 5-26-2015; 5-22-2017; 8-28-2017; 8-24-2020; 7-28-2025; 2-23-2026]
For the purpose of this chapter, certain words or phrases shall have meanings that either vary somewhat from their customary dictionary meanings or are intended to be interpreted to have a specific meaning. Any words not defined in this section shall be presumed to have their customary dictionary definitions.
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B. ACCESSORY USE OR STRUCTURE ALLEY ANTENNA/DISH, COMMERCIAL ANTENNA/DISH, RESIDENTIAL APPROVAL AUTHORITY ARBORETUM BASEMENT BILLBOARD BLOCK BOARDINGHOUSE BUILDING BUILDING, ACCESSORY BUILDING AREA BUILDING COVERAGE BUILDING FACADE BUILDING FASCIA BUILDING HEIGHT
BUILDING PERMIT BUILDING, PRINCIPAL CARPORT (BUILDING) CARTAGE FACILITY CERTIFIED SURVEY MAP CHANNEL COMMISSION COMMON OPEN SPACE CONDITIONAL USES CONDOMINIUM COUNTY CUL-DE-SAC DAY-CARE CENTER DISTRICT, BASIC DISTRICT, OVERLAY DRIVE-IN ESTABLISHMENT DRIVEWAY DWELLING DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING UNIT EASEMENT ELDERLY HOUSING ELECTROPLATING ESSENTIAL SERVICES EXTRACTIVE OPERATION FAMILY FENCE, BARBED WIRE FENCE, MESH FENCE, OPEN FENCE, SOLID FILL OPERATION FLOOD FLOOD-FRINGE FLOODPLAIN FLOOR AREA FREEWAY FRONTAGE GARAGE, PRIVATE GARAGE, PUBLIC OR COMMERCIAL HOME OCCUPATION HORTICULTURE LANDSCAPED AREA LITHOGRAPHING LOT LOT, CORNER LOT, DOUBLE FRONTAGE LOT WIDTH MANUFACTURED HOUSING MASTER PLAN MOBILE HOME MOTEL MOTHER TRACT NATURAL FLOW OF SURFACE WATER NONCONFORMING USE OR STRUCTURE OBSTRUCTION OPERABLE VEHICLE ORDINARY HIGH-WATER MARK OUTLOT PARCEL PARKING LOT PARKING STRUCTURE PARTIES IN INTEREST PERSON PETROLEUM REFINING PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION PLANTING SCREEN PLAT PLAT, FINAL PLAT, PRELIMINARY POLE OR POST-FRAME PRINCIPAL STRUCTURE PROFESSIONAL HOME OFFICES PUBLIC UTILITY AND SERVICE USES REAR YARD REPLAT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SETBACK SHORELANDS SIGN SIGN, ABANDONED SIGN AREA SIGN, AUXILIARY SIGN, AWNING SIGN, CANOPY/MARQUEE SIGN, CHANGEABLE MESSAGE SIGN, COMMUNITY INFORMATION SIGN CONTRACTOR SIGN CONTRACTOR, ELECTRIC SIGN COPY AREA SIGN, DOUBLE-FACED SIGN, ELECTRIC SIGN, FLASHING SIGN, FREESTANDING SIGN, FREEWAY-ORIENTED SIGN, GROUND/MONUMENT SIGN, GROUP OR DIRECTORY SIGN HEIGHT SIGN INSPECTOR SIGN, INSTRUCTIONAL OR INFORMATIONAL SIGN, LEGAL NONCONFORMING SIGN, NONCONFORMING SIGN, OFF-PREMISES SIGN, ON-PREMISES SIGN, PORTABLE SIGN, PROJECTING SIGN, READER BOARD SIGN, ROOF SIGN, SANDWICH SIGN STRUCTURE SIGN, SWINGING SIGN, TEMPORARY SIGN, WALL/BUILDING SIGN, WINDOW STORY STREETS(1) (a) (b) (c) (2) (a) (b) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) STREET YARD or SETBACK SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS STRUCTURE STRUCTURE, SEASONAL SHADE STRUCTURE, TEMPORARY STRUCTURE, TEMPORARY EVENT SUBDIVIDER SUBDIVISION(1) (2) SURETY BOND SWALE TOWER TURNING LANE USE, PRINCIPAL UTILITIES UTILITY EASEMENT UTILITY SHED VISION TRIANGLE VISION TRIANGLE, CLEAR AREA WATER DRAINAGE CHANNEL WETLANDS WISCONSIN ADMINISTRATIVE CODE WOODLANDS YARD ZONING PERMIT
Specific words and phrases. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
A use or detached structure subordinate to the principal use of a structure, land, or water and located on the same lot or parcel serving a purpose customarily incidental to the principal use or the principal structure.
A special public right-of-way affording only secondary access to abutting properties.
A communications device designed to receive or send a broadcast as part of a commercial operation.
A communications device designed to receive or send a broadcast for a residential structure.
The Village of Rothschild Village Board and the Board of Appeals.
A place where trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants are cultivated for scientific and educational purposes.
That portion of any structure that is located below lot grade or a room(s) with a ceiling that is less than four feet above lot grade. Basement floor areas shall not be used to compute minimum floor areas as required by this chapter.
An off-premises advertising sign, other than directional signs as defined herein.
A tract of land bounded by streets or by a combination of one or more streets and public parks, cemeteries, railroad rights-of-way, bulkhead lines, shorelines of waterways, or corporate boundary lines.
A building other than a hotel or restaurant where meals or lodging is regularly furnished by prearrangement for compensation for four or more persons not members of a family, but not exceeding 12 persons and not open to transient customers.
Any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls.
See "accessory use or structure."
The total area bounded by the exterior walls of a building at the floor levels, but not including basements, utility rooms, garages, porches, breezeways, and unfinished attics.
Area of the gross acreage of a site occupied by a building.
The exterior wall of a building exposed to public view or that wall viewed by persons not within the building.
A relatively narrow vertical surface which is projected, cantilevered or supported on columns or element other than a wall below.
The vertical distance measured from the mean elevation of the finished lot grade along the street yard face of the structure to the highest point of the roof. On a corner lot, the height is the mean vertical distance from the average natural grade at the building line from the higher of the two grades.
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A permit issued by the Building Inspector/Zoning Administrator, or designated person, for construction, moving, alteration, or addition to any use, structure, or structure and use in combination upon compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
The building or structure on a lot in which is conducted the principal use as permitted on such lot by the regulations of the district in which it is located.
An open-sided permanent shelter for a vehicle usually consisting of a roof built out from the side or projecting from the side of a building and supported by posts.
A warehouse or terminal used to implement the transport of goods.
A map of a land division, not a subdivision, prepared in accordance with Ch. 236, Wis. Stats., and in full compliance with the applicable provisions of this chapter. A certified survey map has the same legal force and effect as a subdivision plat.
A natural or man-made watercourse of perceptible extent, with a definite bed and banks to convey and conduct continuously or periodically flowing water. Channel flow is that water which is flowing within the limits of the defined channel.
The Planning and Zoning Commission of the Village of Rothschild.
A parcel or parcels of land or an area of water or a combination of land and water within the site designated for a planned unit development and designed and intended for the use or enjoyment of residents of the planned unit development. Common open space may contain such complementary structures and improvements as are necessary and appropriate for the benefit and enjoyment of residents of the planned unit development. Common open space shall not be publicly owned.
Uses of a special nature as to make impractical their predetermination as a principal use in a district.
A form of real property ownership under which a declaration of condominium has been recorded pursuant to Ch. 703, Wis. Stats.
Marathon County, Wisconsin.
Minor street closed at one end with turnaround provided.
An establishment providing care and supervision for four or more persons under the age of seven and licensed by the State of Wisconsin pursuant to § 48.65, Wis. Stats.
A part or parts of the Village for which the regulations of this chapter governing the use and location of land and buildings are uniform.
Overlay districts provide for the possibility of superimposing certain additional requirements upon a basic zoning district without disturbing the requirements of the basic district.
A type of use that offers goods or services directly to customers waiting in parked motor vehicles.
That portion of a parcel or property intended to be used for delineated access, paved or unpaved, from the abutting access street.
A building designed or used exclusively as a residence or sleeping place, but does not include boardinghouses or lodging houses, motels, hotels, tents, cabins or mobile homes.
A detached building designed for or occupied exclusively by one family.
A group of rooms constituting all or part of a dwelling which are arranged, designed, used, or intended for use exclusively as living quarters for one family.
An interest that entitles its holder to a specific limited use on land owned by another person.
Residential development designed to meet the needs of and reserved exclusively for senior citizens.
The process of plating with an adherent continuous coating by electrodeposition.
Services provided by public and private utilities necessary for the exercise of the principal use or service of the principal structure. These services include underground, surface, or overhead electrical, gas, steam, water, sanitary sewerage, stormwater drainage, and communication systems and accessories thereto, such as poles, towers, wires, mains, drains, vaults, culverts, laterals, sewers, pipes, catch basins, water storage tanks, conduits, cables, fire alarm boxes, police call boxes, traffic signals, pumps, lift stations, and hydrants.
The removal of rock slate, gravel, sand, topsoil, or other natural material from the earth by excavation, stripping, leveling or other process.
One or more persons related by blood or marriage, or not more than four unrelated persons, occupying the premises and living together as a single household unit. This definition also includes children placed in foster homes pursuant to Ch. 48, Wis. Stats., as being treated as if they were related by blood or marriage to other members of the family unit.
An enclosing or dividing framework for land, yards, or gardens consisting of two or more wires twisted together with sharp hooks or points, or single wire furnished with barbs.
An enclosing or dividing framework for land, yards, or gardens consisting of a network of cloth, metal wires, or the like.
A structure of rails, planks, stakes, strung wire, or similar material erected as an enclosure, barrier, or boundary. Open fences are those with more than 50% of their surface area open for free passage of light and air. Examples of such fences include chain link, picket, and rail fences.
A structure of rails, planks, stakes, strung wire, or similar material erected as an enclosure, barrier, or boundary. Solid fences are those with 50% or less of their surface area open for free passage of light and air. Examples of such fences are stockade, board-on-board, board and batten, basket weave, and louvered fences.
The addition of rock slate, gravel, sand, topsoil, or other natural material from the earth.
Refer to Chapter 572, Floodplain Zoning.
Refer to Chapter 572, Floodplain Zoning.
Refer to Chapter 572, Floodplain Zoning.
The total area of all floors of a building as measured to the outside surfaces of exterior walls and including halls, stairways, elevator shafts, attached garages, porches, and balconies. Basement floor areas shall not be used in computing floor areas.
An expressway with full control of access and with fully grade-separated intersections. Abutting property has no direct access, such as Interstate Highway 39/51 and Highway 29.
The smallest dimension of a lot abutting a public street measured along the street right-of-way line. For lots abutting a lake or stream, the smallest dimension measured along the shoreline.
A structure primarily intended and used for the enclosed storage or shelter of the private motor vehicles of the families resident upon the premises. Carports are considered garages.
Any garage other than a private garage.
An occupation, profession, activity, or use that is clearly a customary, incidental, and secondary use of a residential dwelling unit and which does not alter the exterior of the property or affect the residential character of the neighborhood.
The science and art of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers or ornamental plants.
The area of a site which is planted and continually maintained in vegetation, including grasses, flowers, herbs, garden plants, native or introduced ground covers, shrubs, bushes, and trees.
The process of printing from a plane surface (as a smooth stone or metal plate) on which the image to be printed is ink-receptive and the blank area ink-repellant.
A parcel of land on which a principal building and its accessory buildings may be placed, together with the required open spaces, provided that no such lot shall be bisected by a public street, and shall not include any portion of a public right-of-way. No lands dedicated to the public or reserved for roadway purposes shall be included in the computation of lot size for the purposes of this chapter. (See also "parcel.")
A lot abutting two or more streets at their intersection, provided that the corner of such intersection shall have an angle of 135° or less, measured on the lot side.
A parcel of land, other than a corner lot, with frontage on more than one street or with frontage on a street and a navigable body of water. Double frontage lots, for the purpose of this chapter, shall be deemed to have two front yards and no rear yard.
The mean horizontal distance between the side lot lines measured within the lot boundaries or the minimum distance between the side lot lines within the buildable area of the lot.
A factory-build single-family structure that is built to the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974. It is transportable in one or more sections and is used as a place of human habitation but is not constructed with a permanent hitch or other device allowing transport of the unit, other than for the purpose of delivery to a permanent site, and does not have wheels or axles permanently attached to its body or frame.
A plan or elements thereof for guiding and shaping the growth or development of the Village and which has been adopted by the Village of Rothschild and whose preparation is authorized by the Wisconsin Statutes. Devices for the implementation of these plans, such as zoning, official maps, subdivision control ordinances, and capital improvement programs, shall also be considered a part of the Master Plan.
A structure, transportable in one or more sections, which is built on a permanent chassis and is designed to be used with or without a permanent foundation when connected to required utilities. For the purpose of this chapter, it does not include recreational vehicles or travel trailers.
A series of attached, semiattached, or detached sleeping units for the accommodation of transient guests.
A parcel of land that is, or at any time in the previous 20 years was, in the same ownership. Contiguous parcels in the same ownership are considered to be one parcel for the purposes of this definition, even though the separate parcels may have separate tax identification numbers or were acquired at different times or from different persons. See § 590-164E for further discussion of "in the same ownership."
The direction of stormwater flowing over the surface of the land under existing site conditions.
Any structure, land, or water lawfully used, occupied, or erected at the time of the effective date of this chapter or amendments thereto which does not conform to the regulations of this chapter or amendments thereto. Any such structure conforming in respect to use but not in respect to frontage, width, height, area, yard, parking, loading, or distance requirements shall be considered a nonconforming structure and not a nonconforming use.
An obstacle, impediment, or hindrance.
A motorized transport which is functional, licensed and registered with the State of Wisconsin.
The point on the bank or shore up to which the presence and action of surface water are so continuous as to leave a distinctive mark, such as by erosion, destruction or prevention of terrestrial vegetation, predominance of aquatic vegetation, or other easily recognized characteristics. The high-water mark, being the highest discernible watermark, shall mark the point of jurisdiction and regulation on rivers, lakes and streams.
A parcel of land, other than a lot or block, so designated on a plat or certified survey map but not presently deemed either of standard lot size or suitability.
A land ownership upon which one or more structures may be placed, together with the required open spaces.
A ground surface area containing six or more parking spaces open to the public. Such spaces may be for rent or a fee.
A structure containing six or more parking spaces open to the public. Such spaces may be for rent or a fee.
Includes all abutting property owners, property owners of opposite frontages, and other persons who express interest.
An individual, group of individuals, partnership, firm, corporation, association, state, county, village, township, sanitary district, or other government corporation.
The purifying of oils.
An area of land controlled by a single owner, corporation, or any other legal entity to be developed as a single entity for a number of buildings. The plan is unique in its mixture of land uses and open spaces and not specifically provided for by applying customary block, lot, and density requirements of this chapter or Village subdivision or zoning ordinances.
The Village of Rothschild Planning and Zoning Commission.
A combination of plants that cover at least 50% of the face surface area between the ground and five feet high when planted.
The map and related documents, which are intended to be recorded with and referenced, of a subdivision or minor land division showing the division of the land into lots, blocks, outlots, streets or other required information.
The map or plat which is prepared for recordation in the Register of Deeds' office.
A map showing the salient features of a proposed subdivision submitted to an approving authority for purposes of preliminary consideration.
The method of building construction whereby a building has sides consisting of corrugated metal panels supported by vertical poles secured in the ground to serve as both the foundation and framework of the building. For purposes of this Code, post-frame shall be considered the same as pole construction.
The building or structure on a lot in which is conducted the principal use as permitted on such lot by the regulations of the district in which it is located.
Residences of clergymen, architects, landscape architects, professional engineers, registered land surveyors, lawyers, real estate agents, artists, teachers, authors, musicians, or other recognized professions used to conduct their professions.
Uses include Village, county and state structures not permitted or regulated elsewhere in this Code, emergency service facilities, such as fire stations, wastewater treatment plants, electric utility substations, municipal water reservoirs, booster stations, wells or treatment facilities, telephone exchanges, communication towers, and related utility and public service land uses.
A yard extending across the full width of the lot, the depth of which shall be the minimum horizontal distance between the rear lot line and a line parallel thereto through the nearest point of the principal structure. This yard shall be opposite the street yard or one of the street yards on a corner lot.
The process of changing, or the map or plat which changes, the boundaries of a recorded subdivision plat or part thereof. The legal dividing of a large block, lot, or outlot within a recorded subdivision plat without changing exterior boundaries of said block, lot, or outlot is not a replat.
The process of studious inquiry or examination combined with the act, process, or result of developing.
The minimum horizontal distance from the right-of-way of the traveled way or the right-of-way line, as specified, and the nearest point of a building or proposed building, or any projection thereof, including uncovered steps.
All lands, water and air located within the following distances from the normal high-water elevation of navigable waters as defined in § 281.31(2)(d), Wis. Stats.: 1,000 feet from a lake, pond or flowage; 300 feet from a river or stream or to the landward side of the floodplain, whichever distance is greater.
Any words, letters, figures, numerals, phrases, sentences, emblems, devices, designs, trade names, or trademarks by which anything is made known and which are used to advertise or promote an individual, firm, association, corporation, profession, business, commodity, or product and which are visible from any public street or highway. The sign structure is considered as part of the sign.
A sign is abandoned or discontinued if for a period of 12 months or longer it is composed of obsolete advertising matter or is without advertising matter or is in need of substantial repair, or the name of the owner or business does not appear thereon.
Refer to "sign copy area."
A sign which provides special information, such as price, hours of operation, or warning, and which does not include brand names or information regarding product lines or services. It may contain a business logo. Examples of such signs include directories of tenants in buildings, "No Trespassing" signs, menu boards, and signs which list prices of gasoline, up to one price listing sign per type of fuel, which must be displayed on a single structure.
A type of building-mounted sign that projects from the building.
Any sign attached to or constructed in, on or under a canopy or marquee sheltering the entrance and/or entrance approaches of a theater, auditorium, fairground, museum or other use which advertises present and scheduled events.
A sign whereby copy change is accomplished by means of manual, electric or electronic devices, such as time and temperature signs or message center signs. A changeable message sign may be included as part of another sign.
A sign which may have changeable copy and which is limited to the display of information of interest to the general community regarding scheduled public events and public activities.
Any person, partnership or corporation engaged in whole or in part in the business of construction, erection and/or maintenance of signs.
A person, partnership, or corporation which, in the normal course of business, frequently installs and maintains electric signs.
The entire geometric area in square feet within a single, continuous perimeter, composed of squares or rectangles, which encloses the extreme limits of the advertising message, announcement, or decoration, except for incidental artistic extension.
A sign with copy on two faces that are back to back, facing in opposite directions. Two back-to-back reader board signs are also double-faced signs.
Any sign containing internal electrical wiring which is attached to or intended to be attached to an electrical energy source.
Any sign which contains an intermittent or flashing light by means of animation or externally mounted intermittent light source, not including changeable message signs.
A totally or partially independent sign resting on or supported by means of poles, standards, or any other type of base on the ground. This type of sign includes monument signs and pylon signs.
Any sign located with the sign positioned for primary reading from a freeway.
A sign erected on its own foundation at ground grade rather than one or more freestanding supports or uprights and not attached to any building.
A sign displaying the collective name of a group of uses, such as the title of a shopping center, office park, or industrial park and its tenants. No sales or price information shall be permitted. Portions of the sign containing names of individual tenants shall be considered as part of the area of a group sign. Group signs shall only be permitted within developments serving two or more nonresidential tenants.
The vertical distance measured from the average grade where the sign is to be viewed to the highest point on the sign.
The Building Inspector/Zoning Administrator, or designated person, of the Village of Rothschild shall be charged with the responsibly to see that the signage in the Village is installed and maintained in compliance with this chapter.
On-premises signs which designate entrance, exit, parking area, telephone, rest room, etc.
A sign that met the regulations of this chapter when it was originally erected but no longer conforms to these regulations.
A sign that does not meet code regulations now or when it was originally erected.
A sign which directs attention to a business, commodity, service, or entertainment conducted, sold, or offered elsewhere than upon the premises where the sign is displayed. Off-premises advertising signs include billboards.
A sign which directs attention to a business, commodity, service, or entertainment conducted, sold, offered, or manufactured upon the premises where the sign is located.
Any sign, with or without wheels, not attached to the ground or permanently attached to a building or structure.
A type of building-mounted sign, other than a wall sign, which is attached to and projects more than one foot generally perpendicular from a structure or building face. A sign, normally double-faced, which is attached to a building facade. The area of a projecting sign shall be calculated on the basis of each square foot within the total area of all faces of the sign viewable from one direction of travel.
A type of sign containing a changeable message.
A sign erected upon, against or above a roof.
A hinged or unhinged A-frame portable sign which is generally temporary in nature and placed near the roadway.
Any device or material which supports, has supported, or is capable of supporting a sign in a stationary position, including decorative covers.
A sign installed on an arm, mast or spar that is not permanently fastened to an adjacent wall or upright pole.
A sign or advertising display intended to be displayed for a certain period of time (as permitted by § 590-173). Included in the definition of "temporary sign" are retailers' signs temporarily displayed for the purpose of informing the public of a sale or special offer. If a sign display area is permanent but the message displayed is subject to periodic changes, that sign shall not be considered as temporary.
A type of building-mounted sign mounted parallel to a building facade or other vertical building surface.
A sign installed on a window for the purpose of viewing from outside the premises.
That portion of a building included between the surface of a floor and the surface of the floor next above it or, if there is no floor above it, then the surface between the floor and the ceiling next above it. A basement having 1/2 or more of its height above grade shall be deemed a story for the purposes of height regulation.
Public ways for vehicular or pedestrian and vehicular traffic.
ARTERIAL STREETS AND HIGHWAYSRoadways which provide for rapid movement of concentrated volumes of traffic over relatively long distances between activity areas (i.e., freeways and expressways).
PRINCIPAL ARTERIALSStreets serving the major interstate and interregional traffic corridors. These routes provide the highest level of mobility under a high degree of access control.
PRIMARY ARTERIALSStreets serving major regions or connecting several significant cities and intercommunity corridors within the metropolitan area. These routes provide for a high degree of mobility under a high degree of access control.
STANDARD ARTERIALSStreets which most commonly provide for intermediate-length trips, thus serving through traffic to the primary and principal arterials from lower activity areas not served by such routes.
COLLECTOR STREETSStreets which provide for moderate speed movements within large areas. They are basically local streets which usually, because of more directness of routing and higher usage than other local streets, receive higher volumes of traffic to be distributed from or collected toward nearby arterial streets.
CONNECTORSStreets which perform a semiarterial function as well as serving as distribution and land access streets.
DISTRIBUTORSStreets which gather and distribute traffic from and to the local streets and adjacent lands.
LOCAL STREETSStreets designed for low speeds and volumes which provide access from low traffic generating areas to collector and arterial streets.
MARGINAL ACCESS STREETS (FRONTAGE STREETS)Minor streets auxiliary to and located on the side of an arterial street for control of access and for service to the abutting development.
ALLEYSSpecial rights-of-way affording only secondary access to abutting properties.
CUL-DE-SAC STREETSStreets closed at one end with turnaround provided.
DEAD-END STREETSStreets closed at one end without turnaround.
A yard extending across the full width of the lot, the depth of which shall be the minimum horizontal distance between the existing or proposed street or highway line and a line parallel thereto through the nearest point of the proposed or existing structure. Corner lots shall have two such yards.
Water flowing over the surface of the land.
Any change in the supporting members of a structure, such as foundations, bearing walls, columns, beams, or girders.
Any erection or construction, such as buildings, towers, masts, poles, booms, signs, decorations, carports, machinery, pools, decks, satellite dishes, fences, and equipment.
A freestanding, open-sided outdoor decorative shade structure or fixture designed for extended seasonal use, typically of more substantial and rigid construction, which may be anchored or weighted for seasonal stability, and which is not designed, configured, or used for the storage of vehicles, equipment, or materials.
Any erection or construction of an original design or intent for use in a temporary manner. Temporary structures include but are not limited to: a steel or plastic framed and fabric-material-covered building, a metal-covered open-walled structure, hoop shed, hoop house, hoop barn, hoop shelter, canvas building, tarp shed, arch building, fabric tensioned structure, tent, tent garage, or metal carport.
A lightweight or fabric-covered, portable structure intended for short-term, non-permanent use, including pop-up tents, canopies, tarp-covered frames, and temporary carports, not designed for seasonal installation or permanent anchoring.
Any person or persons engaged in the act of subdividing land.
A division of a lot, parcel, or tract of land by the owner thereof, or the owner's agent, for the purpose of transfer of ownership or building development where the act of division creates:
All area calculations are to be exclusive of any dedications, right-of-way easements, or reservations (see also "land division").
A bond guaranteeing performance of a contract or obligation through forfeiture of the bond if said contract or obligation is unfulfilled by the subdivider.
A lower lying or depressed and often wet stretch of land.
A ground-mounted communications device designed to receive and/or send broadcasts.
An existing or proposed connecting roadway between two arterial streets or between an arterial street and any other street. Turning lanes include grade-separated interchange ramps.
The main or primary use of property or structures as permitted on such lot by the regulations of the district in which it is located.
Public and private facilities such as water wells, water and sewage pumping stations, water storage tanks, water lines, mains and pipes, sanitary sewer lines, mains, and pipes, storm sewer mains, power and communication transmission lines, electrical power substations, static transformer stations, telephone and telegraph exchanges, microwave radio relays and gas regulation stations, but not including sewage disposal plants, municipal incinerators, warehouses, shops, and storage yards.
An easement to place, replace, maintain, or move utility facilities.
An auxiliary structure built for storage not exceeding 144 square feet in total floor area.
Refer to § 590-85.
Refer to § 590-85.
A watercourse of perceptible extent, with definite bed and banks to confine and conduct continuously or periodically flowing water. Channel flow thus is that water which is flowing within the limits of the defined channel.
Those areas where water is at, near, or above the land surface long enough to be capable of supporting aquatic or hydrophytic vegetation and which have soils indicative of wet conditions.
The rules of administrative agencies having rule-making authority in Wisconsin, published in a loose-leaf, continual revision system as directed by § 35.93 and Ch. 227, Wis. Stats., including subsequent amendments to those rules.
Land covered with woody vegetation.
An open space on the same lot with a structure, unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward except for vegetation. The street and rear yards extend the full width of the lot.
A permit issued by the Village Building Inspector/Zoning Administrator, or designated person, for construction, moving, alteration, or addition to any use, structure, or structure and use in combination upon compliance with the provisions of this chapter.