For purposes of this chapter, certain terms used herein shall
be interpreted as follows:
A subordinate building or portion of the main building, the
use of which is incidental to the permitted use of the main building.
A use incidental to the principal use of a building.
The creation of one new parcel which is one acre or larger in area and which is 20 acres or smaller in area which is to be used for agricultural purposes as specified in Chapter 90, the Town Subdivision Ordinance.
A lot or yard where three or more unlicensed motor vehicles
or the remains thereof are kept for the purpose of dismantling, sale
of parts, sale as scrap, storage or abandonment.
A story partly or wholly underground which, if occupied for
living purposes, shall be counted as a story.
The Town of Hudson Board of Adjustment, which shall also
be the Board of Appeals.
A building other than a hotel, where meals, or lodging and
meals, are furnished for compensation for three or more persons not
members of a family, not open to transients, in contradistinction
to hotels and restaurants.
A structure used, designed or intended for the protection,
shelter, enclosure or support of persons, animals or property. A freestanding
structure or group of structures joined by a common wall. When a building
is divided into separate parts by a division wall without openings,
extending from the ground up, each part shall be deemed a separate
building.
The vertical distance from the base point elevation as defined
in this chapter to the highest point of a flat roof, to the deckline
of a mansard roof, or to the average height of the highest gable of
a gambrel, hip or pitch roof.
Any premises established for overnight habitation by persons
using equipment designed for the purpose of temporary camping and
for which a fee is charged.
A line connecting the points on highways from which setback
distances shall be measured, at any point on the highway.
A common farm bird raised for its edible eggs or flesh.
All arterial highways classified as freeways or expressways
are hereby designated as Class A highways.
All highways classified as primary, standard and minor arterials
and not further classified as a freeway or expressway are hereby designated
as Class B highways.
All highways classified as high or low collectors are hereby
designated as Class C highways.
All highways not included in the aforementioned classifications
except for interior roads in major subdivisions are hereby designated
as Class D highways.
Local roads within a major subdivision may be designated by
the Town Board at its discretion as Class E highways.
An association of persons for some common purpose but not
including any groups organized primarily to render a service which
is customarily carried on as a business.
The Town Plan Commission of the Town of Hudson.
Streets in cities and villages that connect state trunk highways
as defined in § 84.02(11), Wis. Stats.
Parcels or sections of the Town of Hudson for which the regulations
governing the use of land and buildings are uniform as defined in
this chapter.
A building or portions thereof designed for and used by more
than two families. Classification of a residential structure shall
be determined by its present or projected occupancy and design and
not by the characteristics of ownership and tenancy such as condominium
arrangements.
A detached building designed for or occupied exclusively
by one family.
A detached or semidetached building designed for and occupied
exclusively by two families.
The body of persons who live together in one dwelling unit
as a single housekeeping entity.
Horses, cows, pigs, sheep, chickens, goats, steers and other
animals similarly associated with a rural setting, not including dogs,
cats and other domestic animals.
The area within the exterior wall lines of a building, provided
that the floor area of a dwelling shall not include space not usable
for living quarters, such as attics, basements or utility rooms, garages,
breezeways, unenclosed porches or terraces.
All the property abutting on one side of a road or street
between two intersecting roads or streets or all of the property abutting
on one side of a street between an intersecting street and the dead
end of a street.
When the rear lot line of a corner lot coincides with part
or all of the side lot line of another lot in the same block, reversed
frontage exists.
An accessory building or space for storage only of not more
than three private motor driven vehicles.
A building or portion thereof used for the housing or care
of motor vehicles for the general public or where any such vehicles
are equipped or repaired for remuneration or kept for hire or sale.
A gainful occupation conducted by members of the family only,
within their place of residence, such as handicrafts, dressmaking,
millinery, laundering, preserving and home cooking.
The point upon which two highway center lines, as herein
established, or a highway center line and the center line of a railway
right-of-way, meet.
An open area where waste, used or secondhand materials are
bought, sold, exchanged, stored, baled, packed, disassembled or handled,
including but not limited to scrap iron and other metals, paper, rags,
rubber, tires and bottles. A junkyard includes an auto wrecking yard,
but does not include uses established entirely within enclosed buildings.
Any place where four or more of any single type of domestic
animals, over three months of age, are owned, boarded, bred and offered
for sale, but not including livestock in relation to a farm, or veterinary
clinics.
A building other than a hotel or motel where lodging only
is provided for compensation.
A parcel of land occupied or designed to provide space necessary
for one main building and its accessory buildings or uses, including
the open spaces required by this chapter, and abutting on a public
street or other officially approved means of access. A lot may be
a parcel designed in a plat or described in a conveyance recorded
in the office of the Register of Deeds, or any part of a large parcel
when such part complies with the requirements of this chapter as to
width and area for the district in which it is located. No land included
in any street, highway, access easement or railroad right-of-way shall
be included in computing lot area.
A detached single-family dwelling unit designed for long-term
occupancy; and containing sleeping accommodations, flush toilet, a
tub or shower bath, and kitchen facilities; with plumbing and electrical
connections provided for attachment to outside systems; which is designed
to be transported on its own wheels.
An area or premises on which is provided the required space
for the accommodation of mobile homes, together with necessary accessory
buildings, driveways, walks, screening and other required adjuncts.
A building or group of buildings containing rooms which are
offered for compensation for the temporary accommodation of transients,
and where there is no permanent occupancy of any unit except by the
owner, his agent or employees.
A multifamily residence shall be any residence consisting
of three or more dwelling units within the same structure.
A building or premises lawfully used or occupied at the time
of the passage of this chapter or amendments thereto, which use or
occupancy does not conform to the regulation of this chapter or amendments
thereto. A building or use for which a valid special exception permit
has been issued is not a nonconforming use.
A lot where automobiles are parked or stored temporarily,
but not including the wrecking of automobiles or other vehicles or
storage for the purpose of repair or wrecking.
A freestanding structure and/or multitenant building sharing
common walls.
The office of a doctor, of medicine or dentistry, practitioner,
minister, architect, landscape architect, professional engineer, lawyer,
author, musician or other recognized profession.
The removal of mineral aggregates, topsoil or other natural
materials from the earth by excavating, stripping or any other mining
process.
The breaking down of entire shipments into smaller parcels
for reshipping.
A structure having a ground area of not more than 300 square
feet, not permanently fixed to the ground, readily removable in its
entirety, not fully enclosed and to be used solely for the sale of
farm products produced on the premises (or adjoining premises).
Any building, structure or premises or other place used for
the dispensing, sale or offering for sale of any motor fuel or oils,
having pumps and storage tanks; also where battery, tire and similar
services are rendered, but not including buildings or premises where
such business is incidental to the conduct of a public garage used
for the repair or storage of motor vehicles.
The minimum horizontal distance between a building and street
or lot line. Distances are to be measured from the most outwardly
extended portion of the structure at ground level.
Lines established adjacent to highways, lot lines, lakes
and streams or other places for the purpose of defining limits within
which any or certain buildings, structures or uses may not be constructed,
maintained, or carried on, except as shown herein. "Within a setback
line" means between the setback line and the highway, lake or stream
to which the setback line is adjacent.
A sewered lot is one served by a municipal sewer system or
a municipal-type sewered system constructed in accordance with all
requirements of Wisconsin laws and all applicable administrative regulations.
The use of property, including the use and location of buildings,
the size of lots and the dimensions of required yards, otherwise not
a permitted use under the terms of this chapter, which is allowed
by reason of special provisions of this chapter and for which a special
exception permit may be issued by the Town Board, under conditions
specified in this chapter.
The vertical distance between the surface of any floor and
the floor next above it, or if there is no floor above it, the space
between such floor and the ceiling next above it.
A story under any roof except a flat 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 affords a primary
means of access to abutting property.
The edge of street along a parcel. An interior lot has one
street frontage and a corner lot has two such frontages.
A dividing line between a street and the abutting lot.
Any change in the supporting members, such as bearing walls,
columns, purlins, rafters, beams or girders, footings and piles.
Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires
a permanent location on the ground or attached to something having
a permanent location on the ground.
A movable structure not designed for human occupancy which
may be used for the protection of goods or chattels.
The putting of a building or structure in a particular situation,
whether this is by original construction or erection or by moving
a building or structure to the particular situation.
A vehicular portable structure designed as a temporary dwelling
for travel, recreation and vacation use, which does not fall within
the definition of a mobile home.
An area or premises on which is provided the required space
for the accommodation of travel trailers, together with necessary
accessory buildings, driveways, walks, screening and other required
adjuncts.
A departure from the terms of this chapter as applied to a specific building, structure or parcel of land, which the Board of Adjustment may permit, pursuant to § 105-32G of this chapter.
An unoccupied triangular space at the intersection of highways
or streets within railroads. Such vision clearance triangles shall
be bounded by the intersecting highway, street or railroad right-of-way
lines and a setback line connecting points located on such right-of-way
lines by measurement from their intersection as specified in the Highway
Setback Ordinance for St. Croix County.
An open space on the same lot with a building, unoccupied
and unobstructed from the ground upward except as otherwise provided
herein.
A yard extending the full width of the lot between the front
lot line and the nearest part of the main building, excluding uncovered
steps.
An open space, unoccupied except for accessory buildings,
extending from the rear lot line of the main building for the entire
width of the lot, excluding such projections as are permitted hereinafter.
A yard or open space on each side of the main building extending
from the side wall of the building to the side lot line, and from
the front yard to the rear yard. When an accessory building is constructed
as part of the main building or constructed on one side of the main
building, the side yard requirements shall be the same for the accessory
building as required for the main building.
