In accordance with the authority granted by §§ 60.61, 60.62, 61.35, 62.23, 295.14 and Chapter 91 of the Wisconsin Statutes and for the purpose listed in § 62.23(7)(c) of the Wisconsin Statutes, and having been granted village powers pursuant to § 60.10 of the Wisconsin Statutes, the Town Board of Wescott, Shawano County, Wisconsin, does hereby ordain these zoning regulations.
The purpose of this chapter is to adopt minimum requirements to promote the health, safety, morals, prosperity, aesthetics, and general welfare of the Town; to aid in implementing the Town of Wescott Comprehensive Plan, to regulate and restrict the height, number of stories and size of yards, the density of population, location and use of buildings, structures and land for agriculture, trade, industry, residence or other purposes; and for said purposes to divide the Town into districts of such number, shape and area as are deemed best suited to carry out the said purposes.
No land shall hereafter be used; and no building or structure or part thereof shall hereafter be used, located, erected, moved, reconstructed, extended, enlarged, converted, or structurally altered without full compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
It is not the intent of this chapter to repeal, impair, or interfere with any existing private covenants or public ordinances, except that it shall apply whenever it imposes more severe restrictions on land use.
Should any section, clause or provisions of this chapter be declared by courts to be invalid, the same shall not affect the validity of the ordinance as a whole or any part thereof, other than the part so declared to be invalid.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with any of the provisions of this chapter are hereby repealed.
The provisions of this chapter shall be interpreted and applied as minimum regulations, shall be construed in favor of the Town, and shall not be deemed a limitation or repeal of any power granted by the Wisconsin Statutes.
This chapter shall be known as and may be cited as the "Zoning Ordinance, Town of Wescott, Shawano County, Wisconsin."