For the purposes of this chapter, the following
definitions shall be used:
Having a common property line or district line.
A subordinate use or building or portion of the main building,
customarily incident to and located on the same lot with the main
use or building. An automobile trailer or other vehicle or part thereof
or building on wheels used as a temporary or permanent dwelling shall
not be considered as an accessory building or use.
A vehicle or truck trailer parked so as to be seen from a
public right-of-way, attached to or located on which is any sign or
advertising device for the basic purpose of providing advertisement
of products or directing people to a business activity or event. Not
considered advertising vehicle signs are mobile signs or business
vehicles that contain typical business signage, are actively used
for business purposes, and are parked in an approved parking space
that either serves the advertised business or another property where
actively receiving or providing goods or services.
[Added 6-9-2015]
A special public right-of-way affording only secondary access
to abutting properties. An alley is not considered a street.
A sign that provides special information, such as price,
hours of operation, parking rules, or warnings, or that indicates
entrances or provides directions to or within a particular lot or
building. Examples of such signs include directories of tenants in
buildings, "no trespassing" signs, menu boards, and development entrance
signs. It does not include any sandwich-board signs.
[Added 6-9-2015]
A sign that is directly affixed via sewing, painting, or
similar method to a nonrigid, removable awning or canopy that is legally
mounted to the facade of a building.
[Added 6-9-2015]
A story partly underground but having at least 1/2 of its
height above the mean level of the adjoining ground. A basement shall
be counted as a story for the purpose of height measurement if the
vertical distance between the ceiling and the mean level of the adjoining
ground is more than five feet, or if used for business purposes or
if used for dwelling purposes by other than a janitor or servant or
his family.
An off-premises advertising sign, either freestanding or
attached to a building, and usually in a large format, which is used
to display information not related to the use or ownership of the
establishment or property upon which it is located.
[Amended 6-9-2015]
A tract of land bounded by streets or by a combination of
streets and public parks or other recognized lines of demarcation.
Any structure having a roof supported by posts, columns or
walls used or intended to be used for the shelter or enclosure of
people, animals, equipment, machinery or materials.
The maximum horizontal projected area of a building and its
accessory buildings, excluding only open steps, uncovered terraces
and cornices projecting not more than 30 inches.
The Village Administrator or his/her designee.
[Amended 3-8-2005]
A line parallel to the street, intersecting the foremost
point of the building, excluding uncovered steps.
The main structure on a lot of record which houses the principal
use of the premises.
A commercial establishment engaged in the purchase and sale
of goods and services (not including manufacturing or industrial establishments).
A story having more than 1/2 of its height below the mean
level of the adjoining ground.
A map or plan of record of a land division, not a subdivision,
meeting all the requirements of § 236.34, Wis. Stats., and
of this chapter.
A sign that displays words, lines, logos, graphic images,
or symbols that can manually, automatically, or by computer program
change to provide different information, including computer signs,
reader boards with changeable letters, LCD and other video display
signs, and time-and-temperature signs.
[Added 6-9-2015]
A building used by a group of doctors, dentists or other
licensed professionals for the examination or treatment of persons
on an outpatient or nonboarding basis only.
A building owned, leased or hired by a nonprofit association
of persons who are bona fide members paying dues, the use of which
is restricted to said members and their guests.
The master plan for guiding and shaping the growth and development
of the Village, including all of the component parts, as prepared
by the Plan Commission and adopted by the Village Board.
Uses of a special nature as to make impractical their predetermination
as a permitted use in a district.
Any lawful use of a building or lot which complies with the
provisions of this chapter.
Any person, firm, partnership, corporation, association,
estate, trust or other legal entity requesting review or action on
a development.
A land division, subdivision or planned development.
A total site plan for an area under the control of a developer
at the time of submission for review. Such plan specifies and illustrates
the location, relationship and nature of all uses, easements, streets,
pedestrian paths, common open space and other public ways.
An enclosed outdoor area intended for the exercising and/or
containment of dogs and similar animals.
A detached building designed or used exclusively as a residence
or sleeping place, but does not include boarding or lodging houses,
motels, hotels, tents, cabins, or mobile homes.
A detached building designed or intended to be used by two
or more families living independently of each other.
A detached building designed, arranged or used for and occupied
exclusively by one family.
A building or portion thereof designed or used exclusively
as the living quarters for one or more persons living, sleeping, cooking
and eating on the same premises as a housekeeping unit.
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
gas, electrical, 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, lift stations, and hydrants,
including buildings accessory to the essential use.
One or more persons occupying a dwelling unit as a single,
nonprofit housekeeping unit, who are living together as a bona fide
stable and committed living unit, being a traditional family or the
functional equivalent thereof, exhibiting the generic character of
a traditional family.
[Amended 3-8-2005]
Any construction of wood, metal, wire mesh, masonry, or other
material erected for the purpose of assuring privacy or protection.
For residential uses, the sum of the gross horizontal
areas of the several floors of a dwelling unit, including attached
and detached garages, walkout basements (50% of floor area), sheds
and other accessory buildings on the lot (exclusive of porches and
balconies), measured from the exterior faces of the exterior walls
or from the center lines of walls or partitions separating dwelling
units.
For uses other than residential, the area measured
from the exterior faces of the exterior walls, or from the center
lines of walls or partitions separating such uses, including all floors,
lofts, balconies, mezzanines, cellars, basements, and similar areas
devoted to such uses.
Except for single-family dwellings, no fully enclosed underbuilding
parking area shall be included in the calculation of floor area, provided
that the ceiling of such parking area is no higher than five feet
above the predevelopment grade of the directly adjoining land.
[Added 4-11-2017]
The numerical value obtained by dividing the floor area within
a building or buildings on a lot by the area of such lot. The floor
area ratio as designated for each district, when multiplied by the
lot area in square feet, shall determine the maximum permissible floor
area for the building or buildings on the lot.
A self-supporting sign resting on or supported by means of
poles, standards, or any other type of base on the ground.
[Added 6-9-2015]
An accessory structure intended for storage of motor vehicles.
[Amended 3-8-2005]
The vertical distance from the mean elevation of the undisturbed
natural grade along the front of the building, sign, or other structure
to the highest point of the structure, exclusive of chimneys. On lots
with a change in grade elevation of greater than 10%, as measured
from the front property line to the rear property line, height for
structures shall be calculated as follows: maximum height of a structure
shall be determined by locating the mean distance of the natural grade
between the front building line and the rear building line (i.e.,
the building envelope).
[Amended 3-8-2015;6-9-2015]
Use of a portion of a dwelling within a residential district
for an accessory use, of a business or commercial nature, of a dwelling
unit which is carried on by the person or persons residing in that
unit.
A surface which does not allow water to be absorbed so it
may percolate into deeper ground. Such surfaces include those constructed
of stone, brick, asphalt, concrete, tile, terrazzo, gravel composite,
or any other paving material, used for parking, driveways, patios,
terraces, walkways, and the like, as well as areas covered by buildings,
decks, porches, swimming pools, and tennis courts.
A sign designed to give any artificial light directly through
any transparent or translucent material from a source of light originating
within such sign, including "backlit plastic" signs, illuminated awnings
with or without messages, and neon and related illumination systems.
[Added 6-9-2015]
A complete off-street space or berth on the same lot for
the loading or unloading of freight carriers, having adequate ingress
and egress to a public street or alley.
A parcel of land occupied or to be occupied by one main building
or use with its accessories and including the open spaces accessory
to it. No area shall be counted as accessory to more than one main
building or use and no area necessary for compliance with the yard
or open space requirements for one main building or use shall be included
or counted in the calculation of the open space accessory to any other
main building or use.
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 duly recorded lake or river.
A lot of which at least two adjacent sides abut for their
full lengths upon a street, provided that the interior angle at the
intersection of such two sides is less than 135°. A lot abutting
upon a curved street or streets shall be considered a corner lot if
the tangents to the curve at its point of beginning within the lot
or at the points of intersection of the side lot lines with the street
line intersect at an interior angle less than 135°.
The mean horizontal distance between the front lot line and
the rear line of a lot, measured within the lot boundary.
A lot other than a corner lot.
In the case of any lot having frontage upon Lake Mendota,
the front line of the lot shall be that boundary of the lot along
a public street, and if such lot is a corner lot, the front line of
the lot shall be the shorter lot boundary along a public street. In
all other cases, the Building Inspector shall determine which is the
front of the lot.
That lot line which is opposite and most distant from the
front lot line. In the case of an irregular or triangular-shaped lot,
a line 10 feet in length entirely with the lot, parallel to and most
distant from the front lot line, shall be considered to be the rear
lot line for the purposes of determining depth of rear yard. In cases
where none of these definitions is applicable, the rear lot line shall
be designated by the Building Inspector.
[Amended 3-8-2005]
The boundary of a lot which extends from the front lot line
to the rear lot line.
The property lines bounding the lot.
A lot which is recorded in the office of the County Register
of Deeds.
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.
The horizontal distance between the side lot lines of a lot,
measured at right angles to the lot depth, said measurement to be
made at the rear line of the required front yard or, when approved
by the Plan Commission, at the required setback line where noted on
the plat or land division map and such setback is greater than the
required front yard.
A parcel of land composed of one or more lots of record,
occupied or to be occupied by a principal building(s) or principal
use(s) along with permitted accessory buildings or uses, meeting all
the zoning requirements of the district in which it is located.
A type of freestanding sign where the bottom edge of the
sign area is located within one foot of a ground-mounted base or pedestal
or within one foot of the ground surface.
[Added 6-9-2015]
A use, building or structure existing at the time of adoption
of this chapter, or any amendment thereof, and which does not conform
to the provisions of this chapter.
[Amended 3-8-2005]
The map indicating the location, width and/or extent of existing
and proposed streets, highways, parkways, parks and playgrounds as
adopted by the Village pursuant to § 62.23(6), Wis. Stats.
A sign that directs attention to a business, commodity, service, or entertainment conducted, sold, or offered on a premises other than the premises where the sign is displayed. Off-premises advertising signs include off-premises "billboards" but do not include signs advertising public or nonprofit events within the Village where approved under § 225-92A(3).
[Added 6-9-2015]
A type of sign permanently affixed to an outside wall of
a building. This type of sign includes awning signs, projecting signs,
and wall signs but does not include window signs.
[Added 6-9-2015]
Contiguous lands under the control of a subdivider not separated
by streets, highways or rights-of-way.
A structure or an open space other than a street or alley
used for temporary parking of more than four self-propelled vehicles
and available for public uses, whether free, for compensation, or
as an accommodation for clients or customers.
A graded and surfaced area of not less than 180 square feet
in area, either enclosed or open, for the parking of a motor vehicle,
having adequate ingress and egress to a public street or alley other
than a driveway.
A map of a subdivision.
The main or primary use of a property or building as specified
or permitted by the regulations of the district in which it is located.
A type of on-building sign that is mounted at any angle other
than parallel to the wall on which it is mounted and/or extends beyond
18 inches from the wall.
[Added 6-9-2015]
Any public street, highway, walkway, drainageway, greenway,
parkway or part thereof.
A building designed or used exclusively as a permanent living
quarters, excluding mobile homes.
[Amended 3-8-2005]
The minimum distance from a particular lot line that a building
or other structure may be constructed, erected or maintained. Setback
requirements shall be as herein set forth for specific zoning districts,
except that for corner lots in residence districts, both street yards
shall meet the minimum front yard requirements and the remaining two
yards shall meet the minimum side yard requirements of that particular
zoning district.
[Amended 4-11-2017]
A detached accessory structure used for the storage of garden
equipment and materials whose use is incidental and subordinate to
that of the primary or dominant use of the principal building or structure.
Any words, letters, figures, numerals, phrases, sentences, emblems, devices, designs, logos, trade names, trademarks, or illustrations affixed to or appearing directly or indirectly upon a building, structure, or piece of land and that directs attention to an object, product, place, activity, person, institution, organization, or business. It does not include murals, except where they serve an advertising purpose for an existing business, activity, or product. Regulations for various types and configurations of signs are found in Article XVIII.
[Amended 6-9-2015]
In the case of a sign placed within a frame, sign area consists
of the entire surface area of the sign on which sign copy could feasibly
be placed. In the case of an on-building sign on which the message
is fabricated together with the background that borders or frames
that message, sign area shall be the total area of the entire background.
In the case of an on-building sign on which a message is applied to
a background that provides no border or frame (such as individual
letters applied to a building face or awning), sign area shall be
the combined areas of the smallest rectangles that can encompass the
complete message (e.g., business name, business logo) of the sign.
[Added 6-9-2015]
That portion of a building included between the surface of
any floor and the surface of the floor next above it or, if there
is no floor above it, then the space between such floor and the ceiling
next above it. A cellar shall not be counted as a story for purposes
of height measurements.
A story under a gable, hip or gambrel roof, the wall plates
of which on at least two opposite exterior walls are not more than
two feet above the floor of such story.
A public or private thoroughfare which may either provide
the principal means of pedestrian and/or vehicular access to abutting
property or may provide for the movement of pedestrian and/or vehicular
traffic, or both.
Any change in the supporting members of a structure, such
as foundations, bearing walls, columns, beams, or girders.
Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires
more or less permanent location on the ground, including but not limited
to buildings, fences, or permanent signs.
[Amended 6-9-2015]
Any structure exceeding two feet in height, other than a
building or fence.
A legally created lot that met any applicable lot dimensional
requirement when it was created but does not meet the minimum dimensional
requirements applicable to the zoning district that are listed in
this chapter; also referred to a "legal nonconforming lot."
[Added 7-10-2018]
A sign designed and intended to be displayed for a certain
limited period of time, such retailers' signs temporarily displayed
for the purpose of informing the public of a "sale" or special offer,
commercial real estate and construction signs, and people dressed
and/or carrying signs to advertise a commercial activity outdoors.
Not included among temporary advertising signs are sandwich-board/pedestal
signs, window signs, changeable-message signs, political signs, or
any sign in a residential zoning district.
[Added 6-9-2015]
The use of a 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.
[Amended 3-8-2005]
Public and private facilities such as water wells, water
and sewage pumping stations, water storage tanks, 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 treatment plants,
municipal incinerators, warehouses, shops, and storage yards.
A type of on-building sign mounted parallel to and directly
on a building facade or other vertical building surface and not projecting
more than 18 inches beyond the edge of any wall or other surface to
which it is mounted.
[Added 6-9-2015]
An opening in the wall or roof of a building that is fitted
with glass or other transparent material in a frame to admit light
or air and allow people to see out. For purposes of this chapter,
each window unit that can be separately installed from another window
unit is considered a separate window.
[Added 6-9-2015]
A type of sign mounted on or within an exterior window, visible
from the outdoors, and with a primary intent either to advertise a
business or a product within the premises or to serve as an auxiliary
or directional sign.
[Added 6-9-2015]
The open space between a lot line and a building line in
which no structure may be located, except as provided in this chapter.
A yard extending along the full width of the front lot line
between a street right-of-way line and the front yard building setback
line as established by a zoning district.
A yard extending along the full width of a rear lot line
between a rear lot line and the required rear yard building setback
line, inclusive of all yards that do not qualify as front and side
yards.
[Amended 3-8-2005]
A yard extending from the front lot line between the front
yard building setback line and the rear yard building setback line.
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 principal structure. Corner lots shall have
two such yards.
An area or areas within the corporate limits for which the
regulations and requirements governing use, lot and bulk of buildings
and premises are uniform.
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Editor's Note: The following definitions which
appeared in this section were deleted 3-8-2005: "apartment"; "arterial
street"; "canopy or marquee"; "child day-care center"; "collector
highway"; "community facility"; "day-care center"; "day-care provider";
"government building"; "minor structure"; "railroad right-of-way";
"shopping center"; and "smoke unit."
