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Town of Rome, WI
Adams County
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New Laws (6) Index
A. 
The B-2 District is intended to provide areas for light manufacturing and related activities that do not require or discharge large volumes of water and do not create substantial smoke, odor, noise, vibration or dust. The District is also intended to locate the enumerated businesses and industries in areas that are buffered from residential areas. With regard to sexually oriented businesses, the Town also relies on the intent and findings set forth in §§ 110-1 and 110-2 of the Code of the Town of Rome.
B. 
This district shall not include any area located within the Alpine Village Business Park.
A. 
Dry cleaning and dyeing establishment.
B. 
Forestry.
C. 
Light assembly.
D. 
Lithographing.
E. 
Pattern shop.
F. 
Printing.
G. 
Sexually oriented business as defined in § 110-3 of the Code of the Town of Rome.
H. 
Signs, subject to the requirements of Article XXV.
A. 
Machine shop.
B. 
Metal finishing shop.
C. 
Pallet factory.
D. 
Manufacture and sale of machinery and equipment.
E. 
Millwork production.
F. 
Sawmill.
G. 
Communication towers, provided the specific conditional use requirements in Article XXIV are satisfied.
A. 
Lot requirements.
(1) 
Frontage: minimum 150 feet.
(2) 
Area: minimum two acre.
(3) 
Depth/width: maximum 4:1.
B. 
Roadway setback.
(1) 
State highway (whichever is greater).
(a) 
From center of roadway: minimum 110 feet.
(b) 
From lot line: minimum 50 feet.
(2) 
County road (whichever is greater).
(a) 
From center of roadway: minimum 83 feet.
(b) 
From lot line: minimum 50 feet.
(3) 
Town road (whichever is greater).
(a) 
From center of roadway: minimum 83 feet.
(b) 
From lot line: minimum 50 feet.
C. 
Building setback (from the furthest building projection).
(1) 
Side: minimum 40 feet.
(2) 
Rear: minimum 40 feet.
(3) 
Waterfront: minimum 150 feet.
D. 
Other requirements.
(1) 
Building height: maximum 35 feet.
(2) 
See Article XXVI, Design Standards.
(3) 
See Article XXV, Signs and Billboards.
(4) 
Storage.
(a) 
Temporary semitrailer parking and portable container units are permitted in all yards of this district, except that no parking shall be closer than 60 feet to a property line. Duration of any storage cannot exceed 30 days, extensions may be granted, but not to exceed 90 days.
(b) 
Outdoor storage in conjunction with the business must be screened from public right-of-way and residential property.
A. 
Intent. The intent of this chapter is the same as the intent set forth in § 110-1 of this Code.
B. 
A sexually oriented business may not be operated within:
(1) 
Five hundred feet of a church, chapel, synagogue, or regular place of religious worship;
(2) 
Five hundred feet of a school; public or private preschool, elementary, middle or high school; or youth recreational center, or library;
(3) 
Five hundred feet of a licensed day-care center, clinic or hospital;
(4) 
Five hundred feet of a public park;
(5) 
Five hundred feet of the LD and all residential districts;
(6) 
Five hundred feet of any licensed bar or tavern;
(7) 
Five hundred feet of another sexually oriented business;
C. 
A sexually oriented business may not be operated in the same building, structure, or portion thereof, containing another sexually oriented business.
D. 
The public display by window, sign or any other means of explicit materials, pictures, depictions and performances is prohibited.
E. 
For the purpose of this chapter, measurement shall be made in a straight line, without regard to intervening structures or objects, from the nearest portion of the building or structure used as a part of the premises where a sexually oriented business is conducted, to the nearest property line or boundary of a property enumerated above.