For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions
shall be used. Words used in the present tense include the future;
the singular number includes the plural number; and the plural number
includes the singular number. The words "shall," "will," and "must"
are mandatory. The phrase "may not" means that the subject act is
prohibited.
A.
ALLEY
AREA, BUILDING
AREA, FLOOR
AREA, LOADING
AREA, LOT
ATTIC
BALCONETTES
BALCONY
BUILDING
BUILDING, MIXED-USE
BUILDING, MULTIUNIT
COVERED ENTRYWAY
DECK
DRIVEWAY
DWELLING
DWELLING UNIT
EFFICIENCY UNIT
ESSENTIAL SERVICES
FACADE
HOME OCCUPATION
HOUSEHOLD
(1)
(2)
(3)
LEGAL NONCONFORMITY
LOT COVERAGE
LOT LINE
LOT LINE, STREET
LOT WIDTH
LOT, BUILDABLE
LOT, CORNER
OCCUPIED BUILDING SPACE
PUBLIC AND SEMIPUBLIC BUILDINGS
SETBACK
SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM
STREET
STRUCTURE
STRUCTURE, ACCESSORY
STRUCTURE, EXISTING
STRUCTURE, NONCONFORMING
STRUCTURE, TEMPORARY
TRANSIENT
USE, ACCESSORY
USE, COMMERCIAL
USE, CONDITIONAL
USE, EXISTING
USE, LAWFUL
USE, NONCONFORMING
USE, PRINCIPAL
USE, RESIDENTIAL
USE, TEMPORARY
VISION SETBACK
WIND ENERGY SYSTEM
ZONING ADMINISTRATOR
General definitions.
A public or private right-of-way providing a secondary means
of vehicular access to abutting properties.
The total floor area of the first floor of a building as
measured from the exterior face of the walls. Areas of the building
not provided with surrounding walls, such as a carport, shall be included
in the building area if such areas are included within the horizontal
projection of the roof or floor above.
The gross area of all floor space within the building, not
including any parking area.
A space or berth on the same lot for the loading or unloading
of goods, wares or merchandise, having adequate ingress and egress
to a public street or alley.
The total area of land lying within the peripheral boundaries
of a parcel.
That portion of a dwelling used for storage or other nonhabitable
purposes which is located on the uppermost floor of the building.
False balconies, sometimes referred to as "Juliet balconies,"
consisting of a rail and door, either without an outdoor platform
or with an outdoor platform less than 18 inches in depth.
A roofed or unroofed platform that projects from the wall
of a building above grade more than 18 inches and that is enclosed
only by a parapet or railing.
Any structure built for the support, shelter or enclosure
of persons, animals, chattels, or property of any kind.
A commercially classified building containing a mix of use
groups, including, but not limited to, residential, commercial, civic
and institutional, or other.
A commercially classified building with a residential use
containing three or more dwelling units.
A covered entrance over a doorway without support structures
extending to the ground or floor.
An exterior structure that has no roof or sides that may
be enclosed by a parapet or railing and has a permeable floor which
allows the infiltration of precipitation.
Any private drive surface used for vehicular travel or parking
giving access from a public way to a building or buildings on abutting
property.
Any building, except temporary housing, which is wholly or
partly used or intended to be used for living or sleeping by human
occupants and includes any appurtenances attached thereto.
A combination of rooms, including habitable space, cooking
and bathing facilities, designed to be occupied by not more than one
household.
A dwelling unit located in a residential, multiunit or mixed-use
building consisting of one principal room and, in addition, consisting
of a kitchen facility and bathroom, which shall be exclusive of hallways
and closets provided therein.
Services provided by public and private utilities necessary
for the exercise of the principal use or service of the principal
building. These services include, but are not limited to, underground,
surface, or overhead gas, electrical, steam, water, sanitary sewerage,
stormwater drainage, and communication systems and accessories thereto,
such as, but not limited to, poles, towers, wires, mains, drains,
vaults, culverts, laterals, sewers, pipes, catch basins, water storage
tanks, conduits, cables, fire alarm boxes, police call boxes, traffic
signals, pumps, lift stations and hydrants.
The vertical surface of a building.
Any occupation conducted entirely within the principal building
by resident occupants of said building which is customarily incidental
to the principal use of the premises.
An individual, or any number of persons related by blood,
marriage, legal adoption or legal guardianship, or a group of not
more than three adults of any relationship plus any minor children
related by blood, adoption or documented responsibility living together
in a dwelling unit. Except as provided under § 62.23(7)(i),
Wis. Stats., the foregoing definition of "household" may not be used
or applied to prohibit or restrict the following:
A community living arrangement with a capacity of eight or fewer
persons as described and meeting the criteria under § 62.23(7)(i),
Wis. Stats., that is licensed, operated or permitted under the provisions
set forth in § 62.23(7)(i), Wis. Stats.
A foster home under the provisions of Ch. 48, Wis. Stats., whereby
a foster home license is issued, provided that the number of foster
children shall not exceed four, unless all are in the relationship
to each other of brother or sister.
An adult family home licensed under § 50.033(1m)(b),
Wis. Stats., and described in and subject to the provisions of §§ 50.01(1)(b)
and 62.23(7)(i), Wis. Stats, which provide that the number of additional
adults residing at such adult family home shall not exceed four, unless
all of the additional adults are siblings each of whom has a developmental
disability.
Any structure, land or water lawfully used, occupied, or
erected or platted at the time of the effective date of this chapter
or amendments thereto, which does not conform to the regulations of
this chapter.
The total area of the lot covered by either a principal building
or accessory structures, not including uncovered structures, such
as decks, patios, driveways, parking slabs and the like, in relation
to the total lot area.
The peripheral boundary of a parcel of land.
A line dividing a lot from a public right-of-way.
The distance between the side lot lines measured along the
front setback line or the frontage of a build-to zone as established
by this chapter.
A parcel of land having a street frontage occupied or intended
to be occupied by a principal building and sufficient in size to meet
the lot, width and area minimums, and open space requirements of this
chapter.
A lot abutting two or more streets at their intersection,
provided that the corner of such intersection shall have an angle
of 135° or less measured on the lot sides.
Interior building space occupiable by people, not including
storage, mechanical, utility, or garage space.
Structures principally of an institutional nature and serving
a public need, such as churches, hospitals, rest homes, schools, including
private academic schools and nursery schools, libraries, museums,
post offices, police and fire stations, public and private utilities
and other public services, but not including the operation of a public
bar, restaurant or recreational facility as a commercial enterprise.
The minimum horizontal distance between a lot line and the
nearest wall of the principal building facing such lot line.
Equipment which directly converts and then transfers or stores
solar energy into usable forms of thermal or electrical energy.
A public or private right-of-way providing primary vehicular
access to abutting properties.
Anything which is constructed or erected and which is fastened,
anchored or rests on a permanent foundation or on the ground for any
occupancy or use whatsoever.
A structure subordinate to the principal building located
on the same lot or parcel serving a purpose customarily incidental
to the principal building.
A building, structure, equipment, or premises and appurtenances
thereto completed or in the course of construction for which a permit
has been issued prior to the effective date of this chapter.
Any structure not conforming in respect to height, area,
street wall, building type, building design, parking, loading, or
distance requirements.
A structure designed for temporary protection of goods, materials,
chattels or other uses, not including human habitation, for a period
not to exceed 30 days, unless otherwise provided in the Village Code.
A reference to something of a temporary nature. When referring
to persons, the reference means someone who is not a permanent resident
but rather one who resides for a short time or stops for a brief period.
A use subordinate to the principal use of a lot or parcel
serving a purpose customarily incidental to the principal use.
Uses that provide a business service or involve the selling,
leasing or renting of merchandise to the general public.
A special class of uses which are deemed desirable for the
public welfare within a given zoning district or districts but which
are potentially incompatible with typical uses permitted within the
district(s) and which require restrictions or conditions tailored
to fit the special problems which the uses permit.
A use for which a permit has been issued prior to the effective
date of this chapter.
The approved use of a structure, land or water that conforms
to the Village's use regulations at the time of its establishment.
Any use associated with a structure, land or water which
does not conform to the use regulations of this chapter.
The primary purpose or function that a lot, building or tenant
space serves or is intended to serve.
Uses that provide for long-term residential occupancy by individual households or by groups of people living together in a non-household setting. See § 535-25C.
Uses of a temporary nature typically due to construction
or a seasonal nature.
An unoccupied triangular space at the street corner of a
corner lot as established hereinafter in this chapter.
Equipment and associated facilities that convert and then
store or transfer energy from the wind into usable forms of energy.
The Zoning Administrator of the Village of Shorewood or their
designee.
B.
BASEMENT
BUILDING HEIGHT
ESTABLISHED GRADE
FRONTAGE
GARAGE
PATIO
PORCH
PRIVATE CLUB
SETBACK, FRONT
SETBACK, REAR
SETBACK, SIDE
SETBACK, STREET SIDE
STOOP
STORY
TOWNHOUSE
YARD
YARD, FRONT
YARD, REAR
YARD, SIDE
YARD, STREET SIDE
Residential and public district definitions.
Any floor of a building, the ceiling of which is not more
than five feet above lot grade at any point of the building.
The vertical distance measured from the mean elevation of
the established grade of the frontage street to the highest point
of flat roofs, including parapets; to the mean height level between
the eaves and ridges of gable, gambrel, hip and pitch roofs; or to
the deckline of mansard roofs.
The grade of the street as established by ordinance at the
center line of the street.
The dimension of a lot abutting a public street measured
along the street line to which an address has been assigned.
An accessory building where private vehicles are kept for
storage purposes and wherein such use is accessory to the residential
use of the property on which it is located.
A hard-surfaced outdoor living area, usually on grade, located
generally adjacent to a building.
An elevated structure attached to the entrance of a building
without side walls, forming a covered approach or vestibule to a doorway.
A building or grounds used for regular or periodic meetings
or gatherings of a group of persons organized for a nonprofit purpose,
but not groups organized to render a service customarily carried on
as a business.
Figure 535-6-1
Yards and Setbacks
The minimum horizontal distance between the lot line adjacent
to the street upon which the principal building fronts and the nearest
point of the principal building facing such street. Refer to Figure
535-6-1.
The minimum horizontal distance between the rear lot line
and the nearest wall of a building or structure on a lot. Refer to
Figure 535-6-1.
The minimum horizontal distance between an interior side
lot line and the nearest wall of a building or structure on a lot.
Refer to Figure 535-6-1.
The minimum horizontal distance between the street side lot
line and the nearest wall of a building or structure on a corner lot.
Refer to Figure 535-6-1.
A solid, open platform located at the entrance of a building
with a staircase.
That portion of a building included between the upper surface
of any floor and the upper surface of the floor next above or, if
there is no floor above it, then the space between the floor and the
ceiling next above it. "Story" does not mean a cellar, basement, mezzanine,
balcony or attic.
A structure containing three or more single-unit attached
dwelling units with two or more common walls, extending from the basement
floor to the roof of each unit, with individual front and rear entries.
An open space that lies between a principal building and
the nearest lot line.
A space extending across the entire width of a lot, the depth
of which is the minimum horizontal distance between the front lot
line and the nearest wall of the principal building. On a corner street
lot, the front yard shall be the side on which the lot's address
is assigned. Refer to Figure 535-6-1.
A space extending across the entire width of the lot, the
depth of which is the minimum horizontal distance between the rear
lot line and the nearest wall of the principal building. This yard
shall be opposite the front yard. Refer to Figure 535-6-1.
A space extending from the front yard to the rear yard, the
width of which is the horizontal distance from the nearest point of
the side lot line to the nearest wall of the principal building. Refer
to Figure 535-6-1.
A space extending from the front yard to the rear yard, the
width of which is the horizontal distance from the nearest point of
the street side lot line to the nearest wall of the principal building.
Refer to Figure 535-6-1.
C.
BASEMENT
BASEMENT, VISIBLE
BUILD-TO ZONE
COURTYARD
FACADE, NON-PRIMARY
FACADE, PRIMARY
FACADE, REAR
FACADE, SIDE
FACADE, STREET
FRONTAGE, NON-PRIMARY
FRONTAGE, PRIMARY
FRONTAGE, STREET
GRADE
GREEN ROOF
LIGHT TRESPASS
LUMEN
LUMINAIRE
SHADOW LINE
STORY, GROUND
STORY, HALF
STREETSCAPE AREA
STREET WALL
STREET WALL, PRIMARY
YARD
YARD, INTERIOR
YARD, NON-PRIMARY
YARD, PRIMARY (FRONT)
YARD, REAR
YARD, SIDE
YARD, STREET
Commercial district definitions.
That portion of a building having more than three feet of
its floor-to-ceiling height below the average finished grade of the
adjoining ground and with a floor-to-ceiling height of 7.5 feet or
more. See Figure 535-22-31.[1]
A basement having more than three feet of its floor-to-ceiling
height above the average finished grade of the adjoining ground. See
Figure 535-22-31.
An area in which the street facade of a building must be placed, dictated by the minimum and the maximum distance a structure may be placed from the lot line. See § 535-22I(4).
Any open air, uncovered landscape, sidewalk, patio, terrace,
or deck area, enclosed on at least three sides and with a maximum
opening of 50% of any street facade.
A building facade generally parallel to and facing the right-of-way
line along a non-primary street.
A building facade generally parallel to and facing the right-of-way
line along a primary street.
Any facade of a building generally parallel to and facing
the rear lot line.
Any facade of a building generally parallel to and facing
a side or interior side lot line.
Any facade of a building generally parallel to and facing
any street right-of-way and including bays or minor walls perpendicular
to the facade. The facade may be a primary or non-primary facade,
depending on whether it is facing a primary or non-primary street,
respectively.
The portion of a lot or building abutting or directly adjacent
to a non-primary street right-of-way.
The portion of a lot or building abutting or directly adjacent
to a primary street right-of-way.
The portion of a lot or building abutting or directly adjacent
to a street right-of-way.
The elevation of finished ground level adjoining the building
or structure at all exterior walls or surfaces. Along a street facade,
"grade" refers to the elevation of the adjacent public streetscape
sidewalk.
The roof of a building that is partially or completely covered
with vegetation and a growing medium, planted over a waterproofing
membrane. It may also include additional layers, such as a root barrier
and drainage and irrigation systems.
Lighting that falls beyond the boundaries of the property
it is intended to illuminate; also known as "light spillover."
The measure of brightness from a light source, comparing
how bright a light source is.
The complete lighting assembly, less the support assembly.
For purposes of determining total light output from a luminaire, lighting
assemblies which include multiple unshielded or partially shielded
lamps on a single pole or standard shall be considered a single unit.
An architectural feature consisting of a typically decorative,
three-dimensional, linear element, horizontal or vertical, protruding
or indented at least 1.5 inches in depth from the exterior facade
of a building, and creating a shadow on the facade with light overhead,
and extending, with limited interruption, the length or height of
the designated story. Examples may include cast stone cornices or
lintels, pilasters, or stepped brick coursing.
Also called "ground floor." The story closest to the ground
level that does not meet the definition of a "basement."
See measuring of building height, § 535-22I(8)(g).
The area behind the back of curb designed for pedestrian
travel, including the sidewalk and buffer zone between the sidewalk
and street for street planting and/or street furnishings.
The portion of the building facade that is located generally
parallel to and facing the street right-of-way line, creating a vertical
edge or wall to the street.
The minimum amount of building facade required along and
generally parallel to a primary street frontage and built within the
build-to zone.
An actual (as opposed to required) open, unoccupied space
that exists on a lot between a building and a lot line.
On lots with multiple buildings, a yard between any buildings
that does not abut any lot line.
A street yard extending between the principal building and
a non-primary street right-of-way and lying between the primary yard
and the rear lot line.
A street yard extending along the full width of the lot and
lying between the principal building and a primary street right-of-way.
A yard extending along the full width of the lot and lying
between the rear of the principal building and the rear lot line.
A yard extending from the front yard to the rear yard and
lying between the side of the principal building and the side lot
line.
Any yard between the principal building and a street right-of-way.
[1]
Editor's Note: Figure 535-22-31 is included in § 535-22I(8)(g)[2].
