A. 
In order to carry out the purpose and provisions of this chapter, the following zoning districts in §§ 285-13 through 285-21 and their purposes are hereby established, and may be known by the accompanying abbreviations.
WR Waterfront Residential District
R Residential District
RR Rural Residential District
MH Manufactured Home District
MHP Manufactured Home Park District
A/W/OS Agricultural/Woodlands/Open Space District
B Business District
I Industrial District
I/SP Institutional/Semi-Public District
B. 
Permitted and conditional uses are identified for each district in § 285-22.
C. 
Regulations for each district, including lot size, setbacks, and building height, are identified for each district in § 285-23.
D. 
Parking requirements for each land use are within Article XII of this chapter.
The boundaries of the aforesaid districts are hereby established as shown on the map entitled "Zoning Map for the Town of Wescott, Shawano County, Wisconsin," which map is made a part of this chapter and is on file and viewable in the Town of Wescott Town Hall. All notations and references shown on the District Map are as much a part of this chapter as though specifically described herein. Changes to the District Map must be made only as described in Article XVII of this chapter. When uncertainty exists with respect to the boundaries of the various zones as shown on the Zoning Maps, the following rules shall apply:
A. 
The district boundaries, unless otherwise indicated, are street or highway center lines, lines parallel or perpendicular to such street, highway lines, the shore line of lakes or streams, lot or alley lines, section lines, quarter-section lines, or quarter-quarter section lines, and when the designation on the district map indicates that the various districts are approximately bounded by any of the above lines, such lines shall be construed to be the district boundary line.
B. 
When the width or lengths of boundaries are not clear, the scale of the map shall determine the approximate dimensions.
C. 
When uncertainty exists as to the precise location of the floodplain zone boundary line, the floodplain boundary maps shall govern, in general, and the zoning text shall govern specifically.
D. 
The Board of Appeals, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, shall hear and decide the precise location of a zone boundary line when such line cannot otherwise be determined.
A. 
To accommodate lots platted when cottages were first built on the shores of bodies of water in the Town of Wescott. Many of these lots are narrow and are accessible only by private (cottage) roads.
B. 
A common occurrence in this district is the existence of rental cottages due to the tourism industry in Wescott. Seasonal cottage rental will be permitted. Changes to the building footprint of an existing cottage will require a conditional use permit.
A. 
To accommodate existing and future low-density residential development.
B. 
Residential development shall be placed on the landscape in a fashion that allows the concentration of local services while minimizing the consumption of agricultural land, forested land, and open space.
A. 
To facilitate a unified development of transient stands or a manufactured home subdivision that include legally described lots under single ownership or are rented by a single owner or corporation.
B. 
This district is not meant to regulate individual manufactured homes that can be built on platted lots, subject to § 285-25I of this chapter.
A. 
To accommodate business development that serves the general area or tourism-oriented areas.
B. 
Business land uses will be buffered from residential or other conflicting land uses.
A. 
To accommodate industrial development with a variety of lot sizes that is generally light intensity (in terms of noise, dirt, smoke, odor, physical appearance, traffic generated, etc.).
B. 
Industrially zoned areas shall be in areas that are well-served by the transportation system and provide buffering techniques that will minimize conflict with adjacent land uses.
A. 
This district includes Town- or county-owned properties and/or facilities, public parks, fire stations, schools, performing arts facilities and publicly owned cemeteries.
B. 
Semipublic uses include churches or church cemeteries, campgrounds or camp resorts open to the public, campgrounds associated with either a church denomination or educational institution; outdoor public recreation facilities; and airports.