Only the following uses and their essential services may be
allowed in any district:
A. Permitted uses. Permitted uses, being the principal uses, specified
for a district.
B. Accessory uses. Accessory uses and structures as specified are permitted
in any district but not until their principal structure is present
or under construction.
C. Conditional uses.
(1) Conditional uses and their accessory uses are considered as special uses requiring, for their authorization, review, public hearing and approval by the City Council in accordance with Article
V of this chapter, excepting those existent at time of adoption of the Zoning Code.
(2) Proposed change from permitted use in a district to conditional use shall require review, public hearing and approval by the City Council in accordance with Article
V of this chapter.
(3) Conditional use(s), when replaced by permitted use(s), shall terminate. In such case(s), the reestablishment of any previous conditional use(s) or establishment of new conditional use(s) shall require review, public hearing and approval by the City Council in accordance with Article
V of this chapter.
(4) Conditional uses authorized by City Council resolution shall be established
for a period of time to a time certain or until a future happening
or event at which the same shall terminate.
D. Temporary uses. Temporary uses, such as real estate sales field offices
or shelters for materials and equipment being used in the construction
of a permanent structure, may be permitted by the Zoning Administrator.
E. Uses not specified in code.
(1) Uses not specified in this chapter which are found by the City Council
to be sufficiently similar to specified permitted uses for a district
shall be allowed by the Zoning Administrator.
(2) Uses not specified in this chapter and which are found sufficiently similar to specified conditional uses permitted for a district may be permitted by the City Council after consideration and recommendation by the City Council, public hearing and approval in accordance with Article
V of this chapter.
The regulations contained herein relating to the height of buildings
and the size of yards and other open spaces shall be subject to the
following exceptions:
A. Churches, schools, hospitals, sanitariums and other public and quasi-public
buildings may be erected to a height not exceeding 60 feet nor five
stories, 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, water towers, ornamental
towers, spires, wireless, television or broadcasting towers, masts
or aerials, microwave radio relay structures, telephone, telegraph
and power poles and lines and necessary mechanical appurtenances are
hereby excepted from the height regulations of this code and may be
erected in accordance with other regulations or codes of the City.
C. Residences in the residence districts may be increased in height
by not more than 10 feet when all yards and other required open spaces
are increased by one foot for each foot that such building exceeds
the height limit of the district in which it is located.
D. Buildings on through lots and extending from street to street may
have waived the requirements for a rear yard by furnishing an equivalent
open space on the same lot in lieu of the required rear yard, provided
that the setback requirements on both streets shall be complied with.
E. Every part of a required yard shall be open to the sky, unobstructed,
except for accessory buildings in a rear yard, and the ordinary projections
of sills, belt courses, cornices and ornamental features projecting
not more than 24 inches.
F. Open or enclosed fire escapes and fire towers may project into a
required yard not more than five feet and into a required court not
more than 3 1/2 feet, provided that they are so located as not
to obstruct light and ventilation.
G. Where a lot has an area less than the minimum number of square feet
per family required for the district in which it is located and was
of record as such at the time of the passage of this Code of Ordinances,
such lot may be occupied by one family.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
No lot, yard, parking area, building area or other space shall
be reduced in area or dimensions 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. No part of a yard or other open space provided about any building
for the purpose of complying with the provisions of this code shall
be included as a part of a yard or other open space required for another
building.
The following special provisions establish miscellaneous regulations
which have not been specifically provided for in other portions of
this chapter, yet are applicable to all zoning districts unless otherwise
indicated:
A. Special requirements for lake and river frontage lots.
(1) The setback for buildings and parking lots shall be at least 25 feet
from the ordinary high-water mark of a lake or river unless those
improvements are to be located on property annexed by the City after
May 7, 1982. The setback for those improvements after May 7, 1982,
shall be administrated under the provisions of the Polk County Shoreland
Protection Zoning Ordinance, which includes the general shoreland
and wetland regulations.
[Amended 2-3-2021 by Ord. No. 1-2021]
(2) Notwithstanding §
450-14A(1), the setback for buildings and parking lots for all lots in subdivisions (major or minor) created after the original effective date of this subsection shall be at least 60 feet from the ordinary high-water mark of a lake or river.
B. Single-family dwelling minimum width. A single-family dwelling, excluding
a manufactured home when located in a mobile home park, shall have
a minimum width of 24 feet.
C. Wastewater
Treatment Facility Buffer Zone.
[Added 2-7-2024 by Ord. No. 02-2024]
(1) In
accordance with Wis. Adm. Code § NR 110.15(3)(d), a 500-foot
setback is required from the City Wastewater Treatment Facility (WWTF)
for buildings occupied or intended for residential use and from land
which is actively being developed for commercial or residential use.
(2) Existing residential and commercial structures will be considered existing nonconforming structures and shall comply with §§
450-54 and
450-55 of the Zoning Ordinance.
(3) Existing residential and commercial uses will be considered existing nonconforming uses and shall comply with §§
450-53 and
450-54 of the Zoning Ordinance.