Areas of potential flooding shown on the City's "Flood Insurance Rate Maps" which would be inundated by the regional flood as defined herein. These numbers may be numbered as A0, A1 to A99, or be unnumbered A Zones. The A Zones may or may not be reflective of flood profiles, depending on the availability of data for a given area.
An action to give up one's rights or interests in property.
Having a common border with or being separated from such common border by an alley or easement, other than publicly dedicated and approved rights-of-way.
A means of vehicular or non-vehicular approach or entry to or exit from property, a street, or highway.
A vehicular access route which is above the regional flood elevation and which connects land located in the floodplain to land which is outside the floodplain, such as a road with its surface above the regional flood elevation and wide enough to accommodate wheeled vehicles.
A small, independent residential dwelling unit located on the same lot as a principal dwelling unit. Internal accessory dwelling units are a partitioned area within the principal dwelling. Attached accessory dwelling units are defined as an accessory structure attached to a principal dwelling unit, while detached accessory dwelling units are defined as accessory structures detached from the principal building.
The use of a structure on the same lot or tract as the principal structure, used for the accessory retail sale of goods or items produced on the premises.
A structure which is subordinate to and serves a principal structure or use located on the same lot, is subordinate in area, extent, and purpose to the principal structure or use served, and contributes to the comfort, convenience, or necessity of occupants of the principal structure or use served.
A use which is subordinate to and serves the principal structure or use located on the same lot, is subordinate in area, extent, and purpose to the principal structure or use served, and contributes to the comfort, convenience, or necessity of occupants of the principal structure or use served.
Nearby, but not necessarily touching or abutting.
An establishment having a significant portion of its sales or stock in trade one (1) or more of the following or derives a substantial portion of its interior business or advertising to the sale or rental for any form of consideration from one (1) or more of the following:
Books, magazines, periodicals, printed matter, photographs, films, motion pictures, video cassettes, slides, or other visual representations which are distinguished or characterized by their emphasis on matter depicting, describing, or relating to specified anatomical activities or areas.
Instruments, devices, or paraphernalia, which are designed for use or marketed primarily for stimulation of human genital organs or for sadomasochistic use or abuse of the user or others.
An establishment may have other principal business purposes that do not involve the offering for sale, rental, or viewing of materials depicting or describing specified sexual activities or anatomical areas and can still be categorized as an adult bookstore, adult novelty store, or adult video store. Such other business purposes will not serve to exempt such establishments from being categorized as an adult bookstore, adult novelty store, or adult video store so long as one of its principal business purposes is offering the sale or rental of some form of consideration the specified materials, which depict or describe specified anatomical activities or specified anatomical areas.
A person or firm duly authorized by the property owner to submit applications on his, her, their, or its behalf.
All of the growing of crops in the open and the raising and feeding of livestock and poultry; including farming, farm buildings, and farm dwellings; truck gardens; flower gardens; apiaries; aviaries; mushroom growing; nurseries; orchards; forestry; dairying; greenhouses; and commercial vegetables. Specific agricultural uses are further defined in Section 15-3-04 of this Ordinance.
Any area of land or water which is used, or intended for use, for the landing and take-off of aircraft; and any appurtenant areas which are used or intended for use as airport buildings or other airport structures or right-of-way, together with all airport buildings and structures located thereon.
A public way, not more than thirty (30) feet wide, which affords only a secondary means of access to abutting property.
Any change which would tend to prolong the life of the supporting members of a building or structure, such as bearing walls, columns, beams, or girders.
Clock towers, water towers, buildings, signs, electric transmission and distribution structures, bell steeples, light poles and similar mounting structures that camouflage or conceal the presence of antennas.
Any structure, land, or combination thereof used, designed, or arranged for the boarding, breeding or care of animals.
The use of land for dairying, animal raising, and pasturage and the necessary accessory uses; provided, however, that such accessory uses shall be secondary to that of normal animal husbandry activities.
Any exterior transmitting or receiving device mounted on a tower, building or structure and used in communications that radiate or capture electromagnetic waves, digital signals, analog signals, radio frequencies (excluding radar signals), wireless telecommunications signals or other communication signals, which may include omni-directional (rod), directional (panel) or parabolic (disc) antennas.
The grouping of antennas that encompasses both the transmitters and receivers of the telecommunications provider.
A structure which is attached to an alternative tower structure and which is designed to support an antenna at a height sufficient to permit effective receipt or transmission of wireless communications.
No antenna support structure, including any antenna or other device attached thereto, shall extend more than twenty (20) feet above the highest point of the structure to which the antenna support structure is attached.
The Common Council, Plan Commission, the town wherein the plat is located, and each adjoining city or village in whose extraterritorial plat approval jurisdiction of the subdivision lies and any other governmental agency with applicable approval jurisdiction pursuant to Ch. 236, Wis. Stats.
See WETLAND, ARTIFICIAL.
Small-scale businesses that produce artisan goods or specialty foods, primarily for direct sales to consumers, such as artisan leather, glass, wood, paper, ceramic, textile and yarn products, specialty foods and baked goods. This land use includes the design, processing, fabrication, assembly, treatment and packaging of products; as well as the incidental storage, sales and distribution of such products.
A small-scale workshop located as an accessory use that produces artisan goods or special specialty foods, primarily for direct sales to consumers, such as artisan leather, glass, wood, paper, ceramic, textile and yarn products, specialty foods and baked goods. The land use includes the design, process, fabrication, assembly, treatment, and packaging of products as well as the incidental storage but not the sale of products.
An open area, other than a street, used for the display or sale of new or used automobiles for sale or rental, and where no minor repair work is done such as the incidental repair of automobiles to be displayed and sold on the premises.
Engine rebuilding or major reconditioning of worn or damaged motor vehicles or trailers; collision service, including body frame or fender straightening or repair; and painting of vehicles.
Incidental repairs, replacement of parts, and motor service to automobiles but not including any operations specified under Automotive Repair, Major.
A root-like cover which projects from the wall of a building and overhangs the wall or building.
The lines that connect a provider's towers/cell sites to one (1) or more cellular telephone switching offices, and/or long distance providers, or the public switched telephone network.
An establishment or part of an establishment open to the general public primarily devoted to the selling or serving of alcoholic beverages and in which the service of food is only incidental to the consumption of such beverages.
A story wholly underground; or a story of a building, the floor line of which is below lot grade and the ceiling of which is not more than one (1) foot above lot grade; the lot grade being the front center of the garage floor elevation set at time of Building Permit, or the street centerline, whichever is the highest elevation.
Any room other than a living room, dining room, family room, kitchen, bathroom, or utility room, for the purpose of this Ordinance, shall be considered a bedroom. Dens, studies, etc. and similar areas which may be used as bedrooms shall be counted as bedrooms for the purposes of this Ordinance.
A pathway designed specifically to satisfy the physical requirements of bicycling.
A tract of land bounded by streets or, in lieu of a street or streets, by public parks, cemeteries, railroad rights-of-way, bulkhead lines or shorelines of waterways or corporate boundary lines of municipalities.
Reference to "Zoning Board of Appeals" shall refer to the Board of Zoning and Building Appeals of Franklin, Wisconsin.
A production-oriented establishment primarily engaged in brewing fermented malt beverages including beer, ale, malt liquors, and nonalcoholic beer (brewery), manufacturing and bottling wine on the premises (winery), or manufacturing, by distillation, intoxicating spirits on the premises (distillery) primarily for sale and not including the consumption on-premises.
A brewery, microbrewery, winery, or distillery in which customers may sample, purchase and consume wine, beer or spirits on the premises.
An area measured horizontally from the perimeter of a delineated wetland, or the ordinary high water mark of a lake, stream, or river, within which the establishment of native or other suitable perennial vegetation and trees will have the impact of reducing stormwater runoff, sedimentation, and temperature, thereby protecting and improving water quality, flood resilience, and aquatic habitat conditions.
An area of land within the boundaries of a lot or site, generally adjacent to and parallel with the property line, either consisting of natural existing vegetation or using trees, shrubs, fences, and/or berms, designed to limit continuously the view and/or sound from the lot or site to adjacent lots or sites. Bufferyards are typically defined by a delineated easement graphically indicated on the face of the Site Plan, Landscape Plan, Certified Survey Map, Subdivision Plat, or Condominium Plat. Bufferyards may be required between zoning districts and/or land uses to eliminate or minimize conflicts between them as set forth in Section 15-5-03 of this Ordinance.
The space remaining on a zoning lot after the minimum yard setback requirements of this Ordinance have been complied with.
Those building elevations that face upon a road or parking area between the building and the road.
The vertical distance measured from the mean elevation of the finished lot grade along the building frontage to the highest point of the roof.
A building separated on all sides from the adjacent open space, or from other buildings or other structures, by a permanent roof and by exterior walls, pierced only by windows and normal entrance or exit doors.
A non-accessory building in which the principal use of the lot on which it is located is conducted.
Term used to indicate the size, height, area, density, intensity and location of structures. (See Article 3 of this Ordinance.)
An occupation, employment, or enterprise which occupies time, attention, labor, and materials, or wherein merchandise is exhibited or sold, or where services are offered other than home occupations.
A standard trunk diameter measurement for trees of up to four (4) inches in diameter at breast height (dBH), as defined below, measured at six (6) inches above the root flare.
An area rented to the public for transient occupancy or lodging a camping unit.
The use of a site for automated or manual washing and cleaning of passenger vehicles, recreational vehicles, or other light duty equipment.
Land used or intended to be used for the burial of human or animal remains and dedicated for such purposes, including columbaria, crematoriums, and mausoleums.
A plat or map prepared for a Minor Land Division as defined below and prepared and recorded as set forth in § 236.34 of the Wisconsin Statutes (also see definition for "Minor Land Division").
A natural or artificial watercourse of perceptible extent which periodically or continuously contains moving water, or which forms a connecting link between two (2) bodies of water. It has a definite bed and banks which confine the water.
Those floodplains normally occupied by a stream of water under average annual high-water flow conditions while confined within generally well-established banks.
The City Attorney of the City of Franklin, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.
The City Clerk of the City of Franklin, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. For application purposes, the term "City Clerk" may include the City Clerk's designee.
The City of Franklin Engineer.
The City of Franklin Forester.
Publication of a public hearing notice under the provisions of Chapter 985 of the Wisconsin Statutes in a newspaper of circulation in the affected areas. Publication is required on two (2) consecutive weeks, the last at least seven (7) days prior to the public hearing.
A development pattern or design technique in which lots or buildings are concentrated in specific areas on a site allowing the remaining land to be used for recreation, open space, and/or the preservation of natural resources.
A building or group of buildings that are used for business or personal storage, warehouse and office, where individual owners or tenants control individual units. On-site amenities may include lobbies, meeting rooms, kitchen areas and restrooms.
The provision of multiple antennas of more than one (1) commercial wireless communication service provider or government entity on a single tower or structure.
Inflammable and combustible materials shall mean and include oils and oil lights, sweepings from garage floors, barrels, boxes or other containers containing oil or other similar liquids, rags, clothes, paper, shavings, paper or cardboard boxes or cartons, grease, paints, varnish, or other similar substances, any of which are likely to be readily inflammable or combustible.
The Franklin City Plan Commission, to be consistent with § 62.23(1) of the Wisconsin Statutes creating a City Plan Commission.
The Common Council of the City of Franklin, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.
A town, municipality, or a group of adjacent towns and/or municipalities having common social, economic, or physical interests.
A site where any kind of plant, including flowers, is grown, and several individuals or households cultivate the site. The site may be divided into individual allotments, or gardeners may work together to cultivate the entire property. The land may be publicly or privately owned. The plants are grown for personal use by the gardeners or for donation.
The following facilities licensed, operated or permitted under the authority of Wisconsin State Statutes: child welfare agencies under § 48.60, group foster homes for children under § 48.02(7m), and community-based residential facilities under § 50.01; but does not include day care centers, nursing homes, general hospitals, special hospitals, Chapter 980 Wis. Stats., supervised release and crimes against children sex offender uses, prisons, and jails. The establishment of a community living arrangement shall be in conformance with §§ 46.03(22), 59.97(15), 62.23(7)(i), and 62.23(7a) of the Wisconsin State Statutes.
A facility where organic matter that is derived primarily from off site is to be processed by composting and/or is processed for commercial purposes. Activities of a composting facility may include management, collection, transportation, staging, composting, curing, storage, marketing, or use of compost.
A document or series of documents prepared by the City Plan Commission and duly adopted by said Commission setting forth policies for the future development or redevelopment of the City of Franklin pursuant to Chapter 62.23 of the Wisconsin Statutes. The Master Plan shall also include neighborhood and subarea plans, proposals for future land use, open space, streets and transportation, urban redevelopment, and public facilities. Devices for the implementation of these plans, such as zoning, official map, land division and building line provisions, design guidelines, and capital improvement programs shall also be considered a part of the master plan. The master plan can also be termed the "Comprehensive Plan" and/or "Comprehensive Master Plan."
See COMPREHENSIVE MASTER PLAN.
A use allowed only through a Conditional Use Permit in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance.
Any or all work or operations necessary or incidental to the erection, demolition, assembling, installing, or equipping of buildings, or any alterations and operations incidental thereto. The term "construction" shall include land clearing, grading, excavating, and filling and shall also mean the finished product of any such work or operations.
The excavation of or installation of foundation footings or grading other than for the installation of materials for road construction.
Contractors' office or trailer and equipment shed(s) when accessory to a construction project, provided that no such use will contain any sleeping or cooking accommodations and is strictly limited to a period not to exceed the duration of the active construction phase of the associated project.
In contact with one (1) or more sides.
The distance from the trunk that equals one (1) foot for every one (1) inch of a tree's diameter.
The growing of crops such as vegetables, fruit trees, and grain and the packaging or storage of the products produced on the premises.
A local street with only one (1) outlet and having an appropriate turn-around for the safe and convenient reversal of traffic movement.
A vertical or sloping edge of a roadway.
The A-weighting scale of sound measurement as expressed in decibels.
A structure attached to or closely adjacent to any dwelling unit that is:
The transfer of property interests from private to public ownership for a public purpose. The transfer may be of fee simple interest or of a less than fee simple interest, including an easement.
The quotient of the total number of dwelling units on a site divided by the base site area of a site.
The legal or beneficial owner or owners of a lot or of any land included in a proposed development, including the holder of an option or contract to purchase or other persons having enforceable proprietary interests in such land.
A financial deposit to the City by an applicant to pay for administrative and consulting fees incurred by the City in the process and/or reviewing a proposal or application, in addition to the filing fee set forth in the Fee Schedule. The deposit amount and types of applications that require a developer's deposit are set in the Fee Schedule. The disbursal of leftover developer's deposit monies shall occur after a decision has been made on the application by the approving authority. The City may require replenishment of developer's deposit if the monies have been depleted before a decision has been made on the application.
The hourly rate for administrative and consulting fees shall be calculated as follows: (1) for in-house planners, the average of all planning staff wages plus benefits as calculated by the Finance Department, which rate the City may update on a yearly basis; (2) for outside consultants, the then applicable hourly rate as has been set by Common Council Resolution. |
The carrying out of any building activity, the making of any material change in the use or appearance of any structure or land, or the dividing of land into parcels by any person. Any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate, including, but not limited to, construction of or additions or substantial improvements to buildings, other structures, or accessory uses, mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation or drilling operations, or disposition of materials.
The following activities or uses shall be taken for the purposes of these regulations to involve "development":
A reconstruction, alteration of, or material change in the external appearance of a structure on land or water; or
A change in the intensity of use of land, such as an increase in the number of dwelling units in a structure or on land or an increase in the floor area or number of businesses, manufacturing establishments, or offices; or
Alteration of a shore or bank of a pond, river, stream, lake, or other waterway; or
Commencement of drilling (except to obtain soil samples), mining, or excavation on a parcel of land; or
Demolition of a structure; or
Clearing of land as an adjunct of construction, including clearing or removal of vegetation, any significant disturbance of vegetation, or any soil manipulation; or
Deposit of refuse, solid or liquid waste, or fill on a parcel of land.
The following operations or uses shall not be taken for the purpose of these regulations to involve "development":
Work by a highway or road agency or railroad company for the maintenance of a road or railroad track if the work is carried out on land within the boundaries of the right-of-way; or
Work by any utility, and other persons engaged in the distribution or transmission of gas or water, for the purposes of inspecting, repairing, renewing, or constructing on established rights-of-way sewers, mains, pipes, cables, utility tunnels, power lines, towers, poles, tracks, or the like (exclusive of the activities requiring a Conditional Use Permit as per the requirements of this Ordinance); or
The maintenance, renewal, or alteration of any structure, where only the interior or the color of the structure or the decoration of the exterior of the structure is affected; or
The use of any structure or land devoted to dwelling uses for any purpose customarily incidental to enjoyment of the dwelling; or
A change in the ownership or form of ownership of any parcel or structure; or
Work involving the landscaping of a detached dwelling; or
Work involving the maintenance of existing landscaped areas and existing rights-of-way such as setbacks and other non-natural planting areas; or
Agricultural land uses such as planting, growing, cultivating, and harvesting crops; growing and tending gardens; or harvesting trees planted and grown for commercial purposes.
An agreement by which the City and the subdivider agree in reasonable detail as to all of those matters which the provisions of these regulations permit to be covered by the Subdivider's Agreement and which shall not come into effect unless and until an Irrevocable Letter of Credit or other appropriate surety has been issued to the City.
The diameter of the trunk of a tree of four (4) inches or greater in diameter, measured in inches at a point four and one-half (4.5) feet above ground line.
The Director of Inspection Services of the City of Franklin, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.
A facility located within an enclosed building primarily oriented to the storage and shipping of packaged materials or goods for a single business or a single group of businesses.
Any receptacle used for the purpose of collecting clothing, donated by the public, on an ongoing basis and as part of the regular activity of the operator, which is a charitable organization.
See CRITICAL ROOT ZONE.
A commercial establishment designed or intended to enable a customer in a motor vehicle parked on or moving through the premises to transact business.
A paved area used for ingress or egress of vehicles allowing access from a street to a lot or site, use, building, or other structure or facility.
A building or portion thereof, but not including a house trailer or mobile home, designed or used exclusively for residential occupancy, including single-family dwelling units, duplex dwelling units, and multifamily dwelling units, but not including hotels, motels, or lodging houses.
One (1) or more rooms in a residential structure which are arranged, designed, used, or intended for permanent residence by one (1) household and which includes complete kitchen facilities permanently installed.
A row or structure of up to two (2) attached, single-family dwellings joined to one another at one (1) or more sides by a party wall or walls. Each dwelling has a dedicated exterior entrance.
A single residential building with multiple dwelling units stacked vertically and horizontally. The building has a common external entrance and units are accessed through internal entrances.
A planned residential development with more than two (2) multifamily dwelling buildings on a lot.
A detached building used as one (1) dwelling unit.
A row or structure of three (3) or more attached, single-family, dwellings joined to one another at one (1) or more sides by a party wall or walls. Each dwelling has a dedicated exterior entrance.
The area of land set aside or over or through which a liberty, privilege, or advantage in land, distinct from ownership of the land, is granted to the public or some particular person or part of the public.
A type of protective covenant the boundary lines of which are graphically depicted on the face of a Certified Survey Map, Preliminary Plat, Final Plat and/or Condominium Plat used to conserve and preserve a Natural Resource Feature that is protected under the provisions of this Ordinance.
Public, private, parochial, charitable, or nonprofit junior college, college, or university, other than trade or business schools, including instructional and recreational uses, with or without living quarters, dining rooms, restaurants, heating plants, and other incidental facilities for students, teachers, and employees.
The equipment for charging electric-powered vehicles and the space on a site designated for its use.
See NATURAL RESOURCE ENHANCEMENT.
Establishments primarily engaged in the sale or rental of tools, trucks, tractors, construction equipment, agricultural implements, and similar industrial equipment, and the rental of mobile homes. Included in this use type is the incidental storage, maintenance, and servicing of such equipment.
The detachment and movement of soil, sediment or rock fragments by water, wind, ice, or gravity.
See SERVICES, ESSENTIAL.
On-site extraction of surface or subsurface mineral products or natural resources. Typical uses are quarries, borrow pits, sand and gravel operation, mining, and soil mining. Specifically excluded from this use is grading and removal of dirt associated with an approved site plan or subdivision or excavations associated with, and for the improvement of, a bona fide agricultural use.
The unincorporated area within one and one-half (1.5) miles of a fourth-class city or a village and within three (3) miles of all other cities. Wherever such statutory extraterritorial powers overlap with those of another city or village, the jurisdiction over the overlapping area shall be divided on a line all points of which are equidistant from the boundaries of each community so that not more than one community exercises extraterritorial powers over any area.
Federal Aviation Administration.
An area which is used for the growing of the usual farm products such as vegetables, fruit trees, and grain, and for the packing or storage of the products produced on the premises; as well as for the raising thereon of the usual farm poultry and farm animals such as horses and cattle, as secondary to crop raising. The term shall not include the commercial feeding of garbage or offal to swine or other animals, the commercial feeding of animals on open lots where no feed is raised on the premises, or the commercial feeding of poultry broilers, or laboratory animals, such as mice, rats, rabbits, etc.
The seasonal selling or offering for sale at retail of home-grown vegetables or produce, occurring in a pre-designated area, where the vendors are generally individuals who have raised the vegetables or produce or have taken the same on consignment for retail sale.
Federal Communications Commission.
The federal agency that administers the National Flood Insurance Program.
An artificially constructed barrier resting on or partially buried in the ground and rising above ground level, erected for the purpose of providing a boundary or as a means of protection, or to prevent uncontrolled access, or for decorative purposes or to screen from viewers in or on adjoining properties and streets the property or lot upon which the fence is erected. Invisible fences designed to contain household pets within a property shall be excluded from the definition of fences for the purposes of this UDO.
The final map, drawing or chart on which the subdivider's plan of subdivision is presented for approval and which, if approved, will be submitted to the Milwaukee County Register of Deeds.
An establishment whose principal use or purpose is the provision of financial services, including, but not limited to, bank facilities for tellers, automated teller machines, credit unions, savings and loan institutions, and currency exchange establishments. This use shall not include establishments whose primary purpose is to accept applications, originate, underwrite, process or service residential or commercial loans secured by mortgage on real property.
A lot not fronting or abutting a public roadway and where access to the public roadway is limited to a narrow private right-of-way.
The gross floor area of structures shall be the sum of the gross horizontal areas of the floors of such structures measured from the exterior faces of exterior walls or from the centerline of party walls separating two (2) buildings. Gross floor area shall include:
Basement space if at least one-half (0.5) of the basement story height is above the adjoining grade;
Elevator shafts and stairwells at each floor;
Floor space used for mechanical equipment where the structural headroom exceeds seven and one-half (7.5) feet; except equipment, open or enclosed, located on the roof; i.e., bulkheads, water tanks, and cooling towers;
Attic floor space where the structural headroom exceeds seven and one-half (7.5) feet;
Interior balconies and mezzanines;
Enclosed porches, but not terraces and breezeways;
Accessory structures.
A motorized vehicle or trailer equipped to cook, prepare, and/or sell food.
A permanently established area designed to accommodate multiple food trucks and offering food and/or beverages for sale to the public as the main use of the property and functioning as a single business.
An area with largely closed canopy wherein the branches and foliage of trees interlock overhead to provide extensive and nearly continuous shade.
A major highway having no intersections at grade and having fully controlled access.
All the property fronting on one (1) side of a street between the nearest intersecting streets or between a street right-of-way, waterway, or other similar barrier.
An establishment used for undertaking services such as preparing human dead for burial or cremation, display of the deceased and performing human funeral services.
An accessory structure or an accessory portion of the principal structure which is intended for and used to store the private passenger vehicles of household or households on the premises, and in which no business, service, or industry connected directly or indirectly with automobile vehicles is carried on; provided that not more than one-half (0.5) of the space may be rented for the private vehicles of persons not resident on the premises, except that all the space in a garage of one- or two-car capacity may be so rented. Such a garage shall not be used for more than one (1) commercial vehicle and the load capacity of such vehicle shall not exceed one-half (0.5) ton.
A facility offering the sale of goods, products, or materials directly to a consumer. This shall include, but not be limited to, establishments that sell appliances, books, clothing, computers, electronics, eyeglasses, floral arrangements, furniture, groceries or specialty foods, hardware, jewelry, leather goods, medical supplies, office supplies, pets, toys, and music sale. The term shall not include restaurants or personal service establishment.
An establishment primarily engaged in rendering services to individuals and business establishments which services cannot be categorized into one of the other defined service use categories in this Chapter. The services are typically provided without the retail sale of products or which such product sales are incidental to the service-driven purposes of the establishment, such as a beauty salon, day spa, medical massage establishment, or barber shop.
A facility owned, operated, or occupied by a governmental agency to provide a governmental service to the public.
The elevation of the established street in front of the building, measured at the center of such front. Where no street grade has been established, the City Engineer shall establish such street grade or its equivalent for the purpose of this UDO.
A shallow channel usually set along a curb or the pavement edge of a road for purposes of catching and carrying off runoff water.
An establishment where patients are admitted for special study and treatment by two (2) or more licensed physicians practicing medicine together and their professional associates.
The vertical distance measured from the mean elevation of the natural lot grade along the fence to the highest point on the fence, excluding fence posts and supports. Fence posts and supports may protrude an additional six (6) inches above the highest point on the fence.
A helistop that also includes all necessary passenger and cargo facilities, helicopter maintenance and overhaul, fueling service, storage, tie-down areas, hangars, and other necessary buildings and open spaces. Heliports include any of the uses of helistops.
An area designated for the landing and taking off of helicopters for the purpose of picking up or discharging passengers or cargo, not including fueling or service facilities.
Any business or commercial activity that is conducted, or proposed to be conducted, from property that is zoned for residential use and is clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling unit for residential purposes.
An establishment providing for the sale or rental of building supplies, construction equipment, or home decorating fixtures and accessories. This term includes a lumber yard or a contractors' building supply business and may include outdoor storage or tool and equipment sales or rental. This term does not include an establishment devoted exclusively to the retail sale of paint, wallpaper, or hardware or activities classified under vehicle/equipment sales and services, including vehicle towing services.
An institution devoted primarily to the maintenance and operation of facilities for the diagnosis, treatment, or care for not less than twenty-four (24) hours in any week of three (3) or more nonrelated individuals suffering from illness, disease, injury, deformity, or other abnormal physical conditions. The term "hospital" as used herein does not apply to institutions operating solely for the treatment of insane persons, drug addicts, liquor addicts, or other types of cases necessitating restraint of patients, and the term "hospital" shall not be used for convalescent, nursing, shelter, or boarding homes.
A building containing lodging rooms for rent to transient guests and accessed from a common entrance lobby, and where lodging rooms do not have a doorway opening directly to the outdoors, except for emergencies.
A group of individuals, whether related or not, living together within a single dwelling unit.
The maximum illumination measured in footcandles six (6) inches above ground level.
An area that releases as runoff all or a large portion of the precipitation that falls on it, except for frozen soil. Examples of impervious surfaces include, but are not limited to; rooftops, sidewalks, driveways, gravel or paved parking lots, and streets.
Any human-made immovable item which becomes part of, is placed upon, or affixed to real estate.
Any sanitary sewer, storm sewer, open channel, water main, roadway, park, parkway, public access, curb and gutter, sidewalk, pedestrian way, bicycle path, stormwater detention and retention basins, planting strip, or other utility and/or facility for which the City may ultimately assume the responsibility for maintenance and operation.
A calculated upward rise in the regional flood elevation, equal to or greater than one one hundredths (0.01) foot, determined by comparing existing conditions and proposed conditions and which is directly attributable to manipulation of mathematical variables such as roughness factors, expansion and contraction coefficients, and discharge.
A facility used for animal production, aquaculture, chicken egg production, crop production, dairy cattle and milk production, greenhouses as a principal use, other animal production, other poultry production, poultry hatchery, turkey production.
Manufacturing or other enterprises with significant external effects, or which pose significant risks due to the involvement of explosives, radioactive materials, poisons, pesticides, herbicides, or other hazardous materials in the manufacturing or other process.
A use that involves the manufacturing, production, processing, fabrication, assembly, treatment, repair, or packaging of finished products, predominantly from previously prepared or refined materials (or from raw materials that do not need refining). Warehousing, wholesaling, and distribution of the finished products produced at the site is allowed as part of this use.
Any body of water two (2) acres or larger in size as measured by the shoreline at its maximum condition rather than the permanent pool condition, if there is any difference.
A lot or part thereof used primarily for the disposal by abandonment, dumping, burial, burning, or other means and for whatever purpose, of garbage, sewage, trash, refuse, junk, discarded machinery, vehicles or parts thereof, or nontoxic waste material of any kind.
Shall include the information required in the Franklin Application Requirements Manual.
The ratio derived by dividing the area of landscaped surface by the base site area.
Living material, such as grass, ground cover, flowers, shrubs, vines, hedges, and trees; and nonliving durable material such as rocks, pebbles, sand, mulch, wood chips or bark, walls, and fences, but not including paving.
Pipes installed for conducting sewage from the street to the structure on a lot or parcel.
Pipes installed for conducting water from the street to the lot or parcel.
An official notification from the Federal Emergency Management Agency stating that a Flood Hazard Boundary Map or Flood Insurance Rate Map has been amended. LOMAs are usually issued because a property has been inadvertently mapped as being in the floodplain, but is actually on natural high ground at or above the regional flood elevation (one-hundred (100) year recurrence interval flood elevation).
The principal use of a property for off-street parking and loading of motor vehicles as defined in this UDO.
An open, hard-surfaced area of land other than a street or a public way, the principal use of which is for the standing, loading, and/or unloading of motor vehicles, tractors, and trailers, to avoid undue interference with public streets and alleys.
A building with not more than five (5) guest rooms where lodging is provided for compensation, pursuant to previous arrangement, but not open on a daily, overnight, or per meal basis to transient guests.
A parcel of land legally described as a distinct portion or piece of land of record.
The area contained within the exterior, or peripheral, boundaries or lot lines of a lot excluding street and land under navigable bodies of water.
The area of a zoning lot occupied by the principal building or buildings, accessory structure(s) and accessory building(s).
The mean horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines of a lot measured within the lot boundaries.
The front of a lot shall be that boundary of a lot along a public street.
A property boundary line of any lot held in single or separate ownership, except that where any portion of the lot extends to the abutting street or alley, the lot line shall be deemed to be the street or alley right-of-way line.
The boundary of any lot which is along an existing or dedicated street. Where the lot abuts more than one dedicated street, the shortest of the lot lines that abut a dedicated street shall be the front lot line.
A lot line which abuts another lot and which is not a front lot line or rear lot line.
The lot line or lot lines most nearly parallel to and most remote from the front lot line.
A lot line other than a front or rear lot line.
A side lot line which abuts a street and which is not a front lot line or a rear lot line.
An area of land designated as a lot on a plat of subdivision or Certified Survey Map recorded or registered pursuant to statute.
The mean horizontal distance between the side lot lines measured within the lot boundaries, or the minimum distance between the side lot lines within the buildable area of a lot.
A lot situated at the junction of and abutting on two (2) or more intersecting streets.
A lot, other than a corner lot, with frontage on two (2) parallel or approximately parallel streets, and which is not a corner lot. Double frontage lots shall normally be deemed to have two (2) front yards, two (2) side yards and no rear yard. On a double frontage lot both street lines shall be deemed front lot lines.
A lot, typically not meeting minimum frontage requirements and where access to a public street is by a narrow, private access easement, strip of land, or driveway.
A complete lighting unit consisting of a light source and all necessary mechanical, electrical, and decorative parts.
A structure that is transportable in one (1) or more sections, built on a permanent chassis, and designed to be used with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities. The term includes, but is not limited to, the definition of "mobile home" as set forth in regulations governing the Mobile Home Safety and Construction Standards Program. [24 C.F.R. 3282.7(a)]. Factory-built homes on permanent foundations are considered buildings, and are governed by the Wisconsin Uniform Dwelling Code.
A parcel or contiguous parcels of land divided into two (2) or more manufactured home spaces for rent or lease.
The making of anything by any agency or process.
A substance (liquid, solid, or gaseous) which, by reason of a deleterious property, tends to destroy life or impair health.
A combination retail, wholesale, and/or small-scale artisan manufacturing business that brews, ferments, processes, packages, distributes, and serves either beer or wine for sale on- or off-site. A microbrewery shall produce no more than one hundred fifty-five thousand (155,000) gallons of beer per year for sale on the premises for either on-premises or off-premises consumption. These facilities may include an ancillary tasting room and retail component in which guests/customers may sample and purchase the product. Off-site distribution of the beverages shall be consistent with state law.
A small scale artisan manufacturing business that blends, ferments, processes, packages, distributes and serves alcoholic spirits on and off the premises and produces no more than fifteen thousand (15,000) gallons per calendar year on site. The microdistillery facility may include an ancillary tasting room and retail component in which guests/customers may sample and purchase the product. Off-site distribution of the alcoholic beverages shall be consistent with state law.
Any division of land not defined as a subdivision. Minor land divisions include the division of land by the owner or subdivider resulting in the creation of two (2) but not more than four (4) parcels or the division of a block, lot or outlot within a recorded Subdivision Plat into not more than four (4) parcels or building sites without changing the exterior boundaries of said block, lot, or outlot. Such minor land divisions shall be made by a Certified Survey Map.
A building, structure, or site that contains two (2) or more of the following basic land use types: residential, place of assembly, recreation amusement and lodging, retail, service, eating and drinking, or industrial which are vertically integrated, and that are located over each other in whole or in part. Mixed uses may be integrated vertically within a building or structure or horizontally provided that they are physically interrelated by pedestrian areas that are uninterrupted by vehicular traffic. In horizontal integration of mixed uses, the uses may not be separated by roads or parking areas.
Any trailer as defined herein used for residential purposes.
A parcel or contiguous parcels of land divided into two (2) or more manufactured home spaces for rent or lease.
A building containing lodging rooms rented temporarily to transient guests where access to each guest room is provided from the building's exterior.
A group of commercial establishments which is planned, developed, owned, and managed as a unit.
The Municipal Code of the City of Franklin, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.
An incorporated village or city or an unincorporated town.
Improvement of existing Natural Resource Feature through maintenance and management.
Areas of woodlands, surface waters, surface water and wetland buffers, wetlands, shoreland wetlands, SEWRPC Primary and Secondary Environmental Corridors, and SEWRPC Isolated Natural Resource Areas, as further defined in this Ordinance.
(See Article 7 of this Ordinance.)
Rehabilitation of a degraded or damaged Natural Resource Feature to reestablish its function minimally equivalent to an undamaged or undisturbed feature.
A building or structure, or portion thereof, lawfully existing at the time of the adoption of this Ordinance, which was designed, erected, or structurally altered for a use that does not conform after the passage of this Ordinance to the use regulations of the district in which it is located.
Any building, structure, or land lawfully occupied by a use or lawfully established at the time of the adoption of this Ordinance or amendments hereto, which does not conform after the passage of this Ordinance, or amendments hereto, with the use regulations of this Ordinance.
A place of business where retail and wholesale products and produce are sold to the consumer. These centers, which may include a nursery and/or greenhouses, import most of the items sold, and may include plants, nursery products and stock, potting soil, hardware, power equipment and machinery, hoes, rakes, shovels, and other garden and farm variety tools and utensils.
The growing, storage, and sale of garden plants, shrubs, trees, or vines for resale, including incidental retail sales conducted from within a building not exceeding twenty (20) percent of the combined wholesale and retail sales volume during any year.
The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection; the Wisconsin Department of Transportation; the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources; the Wisconsin Department of Industry, Labor, and Human Relations and the county planning agency (as defined by § 236.02(a) of the Wisconsin Statutes).
An obstacle, impediment, or hindrance.
Any development which blocks the conveyance of floodwaters such that this development by itself or in connection with any future similar development will cause an increase in regional flood height.
Business uses, with little direct contact with customers present at the office, which is engaged in the processing, manipulation or application of business information or professional expertise. This use shall include, but not be limited to, professional offices for nonprofit organizations, accounting, insurance, investment services, computer services, architecture, engineering, legal services and real estate services. See "Health Care Facility" for medical and dental offices. An office use is not materially involved in fabricating, assembling or warehousing of physical products for the retail or wholesale market, nor is an office engaged in the repair of products or retail services.
A development which contains a number of separate office buildings, accessory and supporting uses, and open space all designed, planned, constructed, and maintained on a coordinated basis.
That document as described by Chapter 62.23(6) of the Wisconsin Statutes, as amended, which shows the location of streets, highways, parkways, parks, playgrounds, railroad rights-of-way, waterways, and public transit facilities in the City of Franklin.
The degree of opaqueness, or relative sight screening value, as measured by levels of intensity of bufferyard foliage or other characteristics of the bufferyard including fencing, earthen berms, or walls.
Any site, parcel, lot, area, or outlot of land or water essentially unimproved and set aside, dedicated, designated, or reserved for the public or private use or enjoyment or for the use and enjoyment of owners and occupants of land adjoining or neighboring such open space. Land that is to be used primarily for resource protection, agriculture, recreational purposes, or otherwise left undisturbed and specifically excluding road rights-of-way and lots. Open space land shall not be occupied by nonrecreational buildings, roads, drives, public rights-of-way, or off-street parking areas for nonrecreational uses. Land located within the yards or lots of residential and/or nonresidential properties is not considered open space unless it is deed restricted for open space protection or Natural Resource Features protection. Where lots are above the minimum sizes required and the excess lot area is deed restricted to open space uses it may be counted as open space.
An open space area conveyed or otherwise dedicated to a municipality, municipal agency, public school district, state or county agency, or other public body for recreational or conservational uses. Any publicly owned open area, including, but not limited to, the following: parks, playgrounds, forest preserves, beaches, waterways, and parkways but not including streets or dedicated public rights-of-way.
The point on the bank or shore up to which the presence and action of surface water is so continuous as to leave a distinctive mark such as by erosion, destruction or prevention of terrestrial vegetation, predominance of aquatic vegetation, or other easily recognized characteristic. Where the bank or shore at any particular place is of such character that it is difficult or impossible to ascertain where the point of ordinary high water mark is, recourse may be had to the opposite bank of a stream or to other places on the shore of a lake or flowage to determine whether a given stage of water is above or below the ordinary high water mark.
The subordinate use of a lot for sustained and continuous outdoor use customarily incidental to the primary use of the zoning lot.
Use of an adjacent, outside area by a food or beverage establishment with a liquor license for on-premises consumption, for the same eating and drinking activities that occur within the establishment, including, without limitation, the service and consumption of alcoholic beverages.
The display and/or sale of merchandise or equipment outside of an enclosed building by the occupant of the primary building of the lot.
A parcel of land, other than a lot or block, so designated on the plat, but not required to adhere to the lot area or width standards of the governing district, which can be either redivided into lots or combined in the future with one (1) or more other adjacent outlots or lots in adjacent subdivisions or minor land divisions in the future for the purpose of creating buildable lots. In addition an outlot may also be any parcel of land depicted upon a plat or Certified Survey Map which has been designated outlot as determined necessary by the Common Council to reserve such parcel for a future potential use or as necessary to further the purposes of this Ordinance and such designation as outlot shall mean that the designated parcel is unbuildable. An outlot designation may be removed by the Common Council upon its determination upon a further division that the reasons for the designation no longer exist or that the purposes of this Ordinance are further served by the removal of such designation.
A person, individual, firm, association, syndicate, partnership, private corporation, public or quasi-public corporation, or combination of these having sufficient proprietary interest to seek development of land. For purposes of successive division of a parcel of land by Certified Survey Maps, "owner" shall include any related person, firm, partnership or corporation, to whom conveyance has been made within two (2) years of application for approval of a Certified Survey Map. "Related" shall mean any natural person related to a transferor by blood or marriage, any person acting in an agency or trust capacity, any partnership in which the transferor is a partner and any corporation in which the transferor is a stockholder, officer or director, or in which related persons are stockholders, officers or directors.
See RECREATION AREA.
An open, hard-surfaced area, other than a street or public way, designed, arranged, and made available for the storage of passenger automobiles and/or commercial vehicles under one and one-half (1.5) tons capacity, of occupants of the building or buildings for which the parking area is developed and is accessory.
A surfaced and permanently maintained area on privately or publicly owned property, either within or outside of a building, of sufficient size to store one (1) automobile.
For the purposes of determining air contaminations, particulate matter is any material other than water which is suspended in or discharged into the atmosphere in a finely divided form as a liquid or solid capable of being airborne or gasborne. Dust is solid particulate matter capable of being airborne or gasborne.
A use allowed by-right in a particular zoning district.
Includes any natural person, firm, corporation, or partnership.
A building wherein individuals or groups of people gather for an attraction or service not used for commercial purposes, such as, but not limited to, community centers, learning centers, clubs or lodges, exhibit halls, civic organizations, lodges, libraries, museums, municipal buildings, auditoriums, or religious institutions.
Premises wherein individuals or groups of people gather outside a building for an attraction or service used for commercial purposes, such as, but not limited to, outdoor recreation establishment, miniature golf courses, and ice rinks.
An enclosed building wherein individuals or groups of people gather for an attraction or service used for commercial purposes, such as, but not limited to, recreation establishment, theaters, ice rinks, art galleries, live performance theaters, learning centers, clubs or lodges, exhibit halls and experiential retail where merchandise for sale is accessory to the principal use as a gathering place structured around an activity, including, but not limited to, art, live music, or visual displays.
The City of Franklin Plan Commission created by the Common Council pursuant to § 62.23 of the Wisconsin Statutes.
The Milwaukee County Development Plan (including components thereof including park, recreation, open space, and transportation plans) text and all accompanying maps, charts, explanatory material adopted by Milwaukee County pursuant to § 59.97 of the Wisconsin Statutes, and all amendments thereto.
The map, drawing, or chart on which the subdivider's land division or condominium developer's condominium is presented to the City of Franklin for approval.
All bodies of water less than two (2) acres in area as measured by the shoreline at its maximum condition rather than the permanent pool condition, if there is any difference.
A decorative, constructed body of water less than two (2) acres in area. Landscape ponds are not designed to manage stormwater, nor are they connected to naturally occurring bodies of water.
A roofed-over structure projecting out from the wall or walls of a principal structure and commonly open to the weather in part.
Any tower or antenna for which a Building Permit, special use permit or other necessary approval has been properly issued prior to the effective date of this Ordinance.
A map showing the salient features of a proposed subdivision submitted to an approving authority for purposes of preliminary consideration.
The main use of a lot or buildings as distinguished from a subordinate or accessory use.
A use not permitted as a by-right, special use, or temporary use in the governing district.
Any public road, street, highway, walkway, drainageway, or part thereof.
The occupation and use of land, buildings, and structures for purposes directly connected with rail transportation of articles, goods, and passengers, including such facilities as tracks, sidings, signal devices and structures, shops and yards for maintenance and storage of rail machinery, loading platforms, and passenger and freight terminals, but excluding freight terminals and yards, and similar facilities, which are maintained and operated by the owning railroad or by a lessee for the purposes auxiliary to rail transportation, or by a lessee for the purposes auxiliary to rail transportation; provided, however, that the operation of such facilities as a hobby or as part of an amusement business shall not be considered a railroad use.
An outdoor recreation site serving a single or several neighborhood(s) and containing open space and natural resources intended for active and passive recreation. Recreational facilities located in such areas can include, but not necessarily limited to, baseball, softball, tennis, basketball, playground or playfield (which may be associated with a middle or high school), picnicking, swimming, bicycle paths, hiking trails, and bird watching areas, etc.
An establishment for the processing (separation and/or recovery) or collection of recyclable materials from solid wastes. Recycling of oil or other liquids may also occur.
Milwaukee County Register of Deeds.
The process of changing, or the map or plat which changes, the boundaries of a recorded Subdivision Plat, Certified Survey Map, or part thereof. The division of a large block, lot or outlot within a recorded Subdivision Plat or Certified Survey Map without changing the exterior boundaries of said block, lot, or outlot is not a replat.
An establishment at which food is sold for consumption on the premises to patrons seated within an enclosed building located on the premises and including the serving of alcoholic beverages when served with and incidental to the serving of food.
See NATURAL RESOURCE RESTORATION.
Any wall built or designed to retain or restrain lateral forces of soil or other materials, said materials being similar in height to the height of the wall. Other types of walls that are solely aesthetic or decorative in nature and are not intended to retain soil or other materials in place shall not qualify as a retaining wall.
A course of running water, either perennial or intermittent, flowing in a channel.
The top or bottom edge of a roof or building parapet, excluding any cupolas, pylons, chimneys, or other minor projections.
Stormwater or precipitation including rain, snow, ice melt or similar water that moves on the land surface via sheet or channelized flow.
A facility or area for storing, keeping, selling, dismantling, shredding, compressing, or salvaging scrap or discarded material or equipment.
A system for the treatment and disposal of sewage in which sewage is conveyed by interceptor to a publicly operated treatment plant and disposed of.
Christmas tree, pumpkins and similar, temporary (typically recurring on an annual basis) sales for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days.
A building or group of buildings that are used for the storage of personal property or records, where individual owners or tenants control individual storage spaces.
Housing/accommodations, other than a single-family dwelling, and services designed and staffed to provide housing and services along the continuum of an elderly person's needs, such as assistance for bathing, dressing, medication, meal preparation, or other functions. In addition to housing, this type of facility may also provide convenience services, such as meals, housekeeping, transportation, and community facilities, such as central dining rooms and activity rooms.
A combination of housing and maintenance services provided to residents on-site within the same building and in response to the individual needs of residents. Supportive services such as meals, dietary supervision, housekeeping, transportation to shopping and medical appointments, social and recreational activities, educational activities, and security and response systems on-site within the same building to meet resident needs. These services can also include on-site medication management or intermittent health care services from qualified providers located within the same building. Services are furnished in a way that promotes self-direction and participation in decisions that emphasize independence, individuality, and privacy in a residential surrounding.
A type of senior housing facility wherein for compensation, nursing care is provided for persons suffering from illness, which is not sufficient severity to require hospitalization, or persons requiring further institutional care.
A type of senior housing facility intended for the elderly including both assisted living and nursing care services.
Services provided by the public and private utilities, necessary for the exercise of the principal use or service of the principal structure. These services, whether installed underground, at the surface, above ground, or overhead, include installations for gas, electrical, steam, water, sanitary sewerage, stormwater drainage, and communications; and accessories thereto, such as poles, towers, wires, mains, drains, vaults, culverts, laterals, sewers, pipes, inlets, manholes, water storage tanks, conduits, cables, fire alarm boxes, police call boxes, traffic signals, pumps, lift stations, and hydrants, but not including buildings. Essential Services include governmental emergency notification systems, including, but not limited to, outdoor warning siren systems, whether installed upon or within buildings, or upon outdoor poles or other support structures. "Essential services" also includes the removal of any obstruction, vegetative or otherwise, within or adjacent to a stream, watercourse, drainageway, channel, ditch, swale or the like, artificial or natural, or within or adjacent to a Natural Resource Feature supporting surface water drainage, which obstruction impedes the natural or intended drainage of such feature or facility, so as to cause or precipitate flooding, provided that such removal is performed by or under the direction of a governmental agency, or upon private property by the owner of the property, after obtaining all necessary governmental permits. In the case of an emergency which endangers persons or property, including, but not limited to, storm damage, essential services shall also include the removal of dead or damaged vegetation presenting such danger which is located within a natural resource, provided that such removal is performed by or under the direction of a governmental agency, or upon private property by the owner of the property, after obtaining all necessary governmental permits.
The minimum required horizontal distance by which any building or structure shall be separated from a lot line, measured along a straight line and at a right angle to such lot line, and the nearest point of a building or structure.
A line parallel to the lot line at a distance from it, regulated by the yard setback requirements of this Ordinance.
A dwelling unit that serves as the owner or renter's primary residence but is leased or rented for a fee for a maximum of thirty (30) consecutive days, such as vacation rentals or homestays, including, without limitation, rentals offered via web-based home or room sharing services such as AirBNB, VRBO, and HomeAway.
A paved path provided for pedestrian use and usually located at the side of a road within a public street right-of-way but physically separated by distance from the road pavement.
Any object, device, display or structure or part thereof which is used to advertise, identify, display, direct or attract the attention to an object, person, institution, organization, business, project, service, event, or location by any means including words, letters, figures, designs, symbols, fixtures, colors, motion illumination or projected images whether affixed to a building or separate from any building.
FRAME/SANDWHICH BOARD SIGN— A temporary or movable sign not secured or attached to the ground or surface upon which it is located and constructed in such a manner as to form an "A" or a tentlike shape with each angular face held at an appropriate distance by a supporting member and which may or may not be hinged at the top.
ATTENTION-GETTING DEVICEAny pennant, flag, valance, banner, propeller, spinner, streamer, searchlight, balloon and similar device or ornamentation designed for purposes of promotion or advertising or attracting attention.
AWNING/CANOPY SIGNSShall include any fixed sign, as well as retractable or removable marquee, canopy and awning, respectively, projected over, suspended above or erected upon any public thoroughfare.
BILLBOARDSA single- or double-faced freestanding sign permanently erected on the premises, including changeable copy signs, used for the display of commercial information not associated with the conduct of a business or enterprise located on the same premises of such sign.
ELECTRONIC MESSAGE BOARDSA sign with a fixed or changing display/message composed of a series of lights that may be changed through electronic means. A time and/or temperature sign shall not be considered an electronic graphics sign.
FEATHER SIGNSA portable sign that is printed on knitted polyester and used for outdoor marketing and advertising purposes.
FREESTANDING SIGNA sign completely or principally self-supported by a post(s) or other support(s) independent of any building or other structure and anchored in or upon the ground.
INTERNALLY ILLUMINATED SIGNSA sign, all or any part of the letter or design of which is made of incandescent, neon or other types of lamps; a sign with painted, flush or raised letter lighted by an electric lamp or lamps attached thereto; a sign having a border of incandescent or fluorescent lamps thereto attached and reflecting light thereon; or a translucent sign, whether lighted by electricity or other illuminant.
MARQUEE SIGNSA sign designed to have changeable copy, either manually or electronically. Marquee signs may be a principal identification sign, a freestanding sign, or a wall sign.
MONUMENT SIGNSA freestanding sign supported primarily by an internal structural framework or integrated into landscaping or other solid structural features other than support poles.
OFF-PREMISES SIGNSA sign which directs attention to or advertises a use, business, commodity, service or activity not conducted, sold or offered upon the premises where the sign is located. This term also includes those signs commonly known as advertising signs, billboards and poster panels.
ON-SITE TRAFFIC DIRECTIONAL SIGNSAny on-premises sign that includes information assisting in the flow of pedestrian or vehicular traffic such as enter, exit, and one-way.
PENNANTS/STREAMERS/PORTABLE SIGNSSign, with or without a logo, made of flexible materials suspended from one (1) or two (2) corners, used in combination with other such signs to create the impression of a line.
POLE/PYLON SIGNSA freestanding sign that is affixed, attached, or erected on a pole that is not itself an integral part of or attached to a building or structure.
POST SIGNSA sign that consists of one (1) or two (2) posts on either side and is used for municipal or commercial purposes.
PROJECTING SIGNSA sign which projects more than twelve (12) inches from the face of any building or wall which supports said sign. Any sign suspended under a marquee and in a place approximately perpendicular to the wall of the building supporting the marquee shall not be deemed to be a "projecting sign."
ROOF SIGNSA sign erected, constructed or maintained in whole or in part upon or over the roof of a building or structure. Roof signs shall not include those signs maintained upon the lower slope of a mansard roof which do not extend above the uppermost point of the lower slope. Such signs shall be classified as wall signs.
TEMPORARY SIGNSAny sign, banner, pennant, valance or advertising display constructed of cloth, canvas, light fabric, cardboards, wallboard or other materials, with or without frames, for use for a limited period of time.
WALL SIGNSA sign mounted or attached to and supported by the wall of any part of a building or structure, except the roof, in a plane parallel to that of the supporting wall, consisting of individual or grouped letters and/or symbols. A wall sign may not project more than twelve (12) inches from the plane of the surface to which it is attached.
WINDOW SIGNSAny sign painted on, affixed to or placed against any window or which is placed in a display case for view from the outdoors through a window when such sign is visible from any public right-of-way.
YARD SIGNSA small advertising sign that is placed on a street-facing lawn.
A site plan shall contain the requirements specified in the applications manual.
A site plan shall contain the requirements specified in applications manual.
The degree of deviation of a surface from the horizontal, usually expressed in percent or degrees.
Three categories of steep slopes are defined herein for use in this Ordinance. These categories are based upon the relative degree of the steepness of the slope as follows: 10% to 20%, 20% to 30%, and greater than 30%. No land area shall be considered a steep slope unless the steep slope area has at least a ten (10) foot vertical drop and has a minimum area of five thousand (5,000) square feet. Steep slopes exclude man-made steep slopes.
Small gasborne particles other than water that form a visible plume in air.
All equipment required to harvest solar energy to generate electricity, including storage devices, power conditioning equipment, transfer equipment, and parts related to the functioning of those items.
A solar energy collection system consisting of elevated solar panels installed above parking lots, carports and other paved areas.
A solar energy collection system and associated mounting hardware that is affixed to or placed upon the ground, including, but not limited to, fixed, passive, or active tracking racking systems and located on a site.
A solar energy collection system that is structurally mounted to the roof of a building or other permitted structure, including limited accessory equipment associated with system which may be ground-mounted. It is installed parallel to the roof with a few inches gap.
A device, structure or a part of a device or structure for which the primary purpose is to transform solar radiant energy into thermal or electrical energy.
All contiguous land, including structures, appurtenances, and other improvements on the land, used for processing, storing, or disposing of solid waste. The phrase "solid waste facility" includes a publicly or privately owned facility consisting of one (1) or several processing, storage, or disposal operational units such as landfills, surface impoundments, or a combination of units.
The set of standards and specifications which the City uses, and has established as public policy, for the installation of improvements as set forth in this Ordinance. Said "Standards and Specifications for Development" shall be in printed form and shall consist of the City of Franklin Land Development Handbook as amended and any other additional standards, specifications, and design guidelines which the City may use.
Any site, or portion thereof, that is used for the storage of any products or materials, vehicles, equipment, junk, or scrap outside the confines of an enclosed building.
That portion of a building included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor above it, or if there is no floor above, then the space between the floor and the ceiling above it. Any portion of a story exceeding fourteen (14) feet in height shall be considered as an additional story for each fourteen (14) feet or fraction thereof.
A course of running water, either perennial or intermittent, flowing in a channel.
The midpoint of a stream or river, measured by dividing the distance between meander lines or established banks.
A public way, other than an alley, which affords a primary means of access to abutting property.
The elevation of a street in front of a property.
A line separating a lot, piece, or parcel of land from a street.
A federal-, state-, or county-marked route normally having four lanes for traffic and some form of median marker. May also be a city-designated "arterial street" in the adopted City of Franklin Comprehensive Master Plan or component thereof, or on the Official Map parking may be banned. A street used, or intended to be used, primarily for fast or heavy through traffic providing for the expeditious movement of through traffic into, out of, and within the community. Arterial streets shall include freeways and expressways as well as standard arterial streets, highways, and parkways. Arterial streets shall be located to minimize the penetration of such streets through existing and proposed residential areas. Arterial streets shall be designed to convey an average daily traffic (ADT) of three thousand (3,000) and greater.
A street used, or intended to be used, to carry traffic from minor streets to the system of arterial streets including principal entrance streets to residential developments and/or activity/employment centers. Collector streets shall be designed to convey an average daily traffic (ADT) of between five hundred (500) and three thousand (3,000).
A minor street auxiliary to and located on the side of an arterial street for control of access and for service to the abutting development.
A street used, or intended to be used, primarily for access to abutting properties. Residential minor streets that are designed as either looped or through streets shall be designed so that no section conveys an average daily traffic (ADT) greater than five hundred (500). Residential minor land access streets that are designed as permanent cul-de-sac streets shall be designed so that no section conveys an average daily traffic (ADT) greater than two hundred fifty (250).
Any change in the supporting members of a structure, such as foundations, bearing walls, columns, beams, and girders.
Anything constructed or erected which requires location on the ground, including a fence or freestanding wall. A signor other advertising medium, detached or projecting, shall be construed to be a structure.
Any person, firm or corporation, or any agent thereof, dividing or proposing to divide land resulting in a subdivision, minor land division (Certified Survey Map) or replat.
The division of a lot, parcel, or tract of land by the owners thereof, or their agents, for the purpose of transfer of ownership or building development where the act of division creates five (5) or more parcels or building sites of one and one-half (1.5) acres each or less in area; or where the act of division creates five (5) or more parcels or building sites of one and one-half (1.5) acres each or less in area by successive division within a period of five (5) years.
The final map and other writing containing all the descriptions, locations, specifications, dedications, provisions, and information concerning a subdivision.
The natural ground lying beneath the structural portion of a road.
A bond guaranteeing performance of a contract or obligation through forfeiture of the bond if said contract or obligation is unfulfilled by the subdivider.
All natural and artificial named and unnamed lakes and all naturally flowing streams within the boundaries of the state, but not including cooling lakes, farm ponds, and facilities constructed for the treatment of wastewaters.
A structure that acts as an antennae or to which telecommunications equipment is attached.
A use of a structure, trailer or property for a limited period, for a specific purpose that is not the permanent use of the property. Any temporary facility or use shall be removed at the cessation of the occurrence of the property causing the temporary use.
Any structure that is designed and constructed for the purpose of supporting one or more antennas for telephone, radio and similar communication purposes, including self-supporting lattice towers, guyed towers, or monopole towers. The term includes radio and television transmission towers, microwave towers, common-carrier towers, cellular telephone towers, alternative tower structures, and the like. The term includes the structure and any support thereto.
Any solid, liquid, or gaseous matter, including, but not limited to, gases, vapors, dusts, fumes, and mists, containing properties which by chemical means are inherently harmful and likely to destroy life or impair health, or capable of causing injury to the well-being of persons or damage to property.
A multi-purpose path typically serving non-motorized transportation uses such as; walking, running, hiking, biking, snowshoeing and cross-country skiing. A trail is often physically separated (sometimes on a separate right-of-way) from motor vehicle traffic by open space or a barrier. See also RECREATION AREA.
A vehicle without motor power used or adaptable for living, sleeping, hauling, business, or storage purposes, having no foundation other than wheels, blocks, skids, jacks, horses, or skirting, which does not meet Building Code requirements, and has been or reasonably may be equipped with wheels or other devices for transporting the structure from place to place. The term "trailer" shall include "camp car" and "house car." A permanent foundation shall not change its character unless the entire structure is erected in accordance with prevailing City codes and Ordinances.
Any self-supporting, woody plant together with its root system, growing upon the earth usually with one trunk, or a multi-stemmed trunk system, supporting a definitely formed crown.
A tree whose leaves would occupy the upper level of a forest in a natural ecological situation. These trees are often referred to as shade trees.
A tree located in a public place, street, special easement, or right-of-way adjoining a street.
Any land used or intended to be used for the storage or parking of trucks, trailers, tractors, and including commercial vehicles, while not loading or unloading, which exceed one and one-half (1.5) tons in capacity.
The purpose for which land or a building thereon is designed, arranged, or intended, or for which it is occupied or maintained, let or leased.
A use or structure subordinate to the principal use of a building or to the principal use of land and which is located on the same lot serving a purpose customarily incidental to the use of the principal building or land use.
A use that requires the approval of a Conditional Use Permit (Article 9) prior to establishment.
A use of a structure or land that was legal when it was established, but no longer conforms to current regulations.
A use that does not required Conditional Use permit approval.
The main use of land or buildings as distinguished from a subordinate or accessory use.
Any person, firm, corporation, or municipal department duly authorized to furnish under public regulation to the public, electricity, gas, steam, telephone, transportation, or water.
Limited relief from the requirements of this UDO granted by Board of Zoning and Building Appeals to a particular property with special circumstances where strict application of those requirements will create a practical difficulty or particular hardship prohibiting the use of land in a manner otherwise allowed under this Chapter. Such limited relief does not change the underlying zoning of the parcel.
Any lot or parcel of land or portion thereof used partly or entirely for storing or dispensing flammable liquids, combustible liquids, liquified flammable gas, or flammable gas into the fuel tanks of motor vehicles.
Any vehicle over six thousand (6,000) pounds empty weight.
A lot, building, structure, enclosure, or premises whereon or wherein three or more dogs, cats, or other domestic animals are kept or maintained and is operated by, or the treatment therein is under direct supervision of, a veterinarian licensed to practice by the State of Wisconsin. A facility rendering surgical and medical treatments to animals, having no limitation to overnight accommodations for such animals. Crematory facilities shall not be allowed in an animal hospital.
Ground-transmitted oscillations. The periodic displacement or oscillation of the earth.
A use engaged in storage, wholesale, and distribution of manufactured products, supplies, and equipment.
A facility designed for the collection, removal, treatment, and disposal of waterborne sewage generated within a given service area.
The system of pipes, structures, and facilities through which a water supply is obtained, treated, and sold or distributed for human consumption or household use,
Activities which can be carried out only on, in, or adjacent to water areas because the use requires access to the water body for: waterborne transportation including ports or marinas; recreation; electrical generating facilities; or water supply.
A permanent or intermittent stream channel.
An area where water is at, near, or above the land surface long enough to be capable of supporting aquatic or hydrophytic vegetation and which has soils indicative of wet conditions.
See BUFFER, SURFACE WATER OR WETLAND.
A human-constructed system with hydrophytic vegetation used for the treatment or storage of water.
A wetland in a condition determined by an Assured Delineator through a site-specific analysis as meeting all of the criteria therefor set forth under Section 15-7-02(D)(2)(d) of this Ordinance.
A wetland determined by an Assured Delineator through a site-specific analysis as subject to jurisdiction of the State of Wisconsin or United States Army Corps of Engineers.
A wetland determined by an Assured Delineator through a site-specific analysis as not subject to jurisdiction of the State of Wisconsin or United States Army Corps of Engineers.
A wetland designated as a shoreland wetland on the Wisconsin wetland inventory maps prepared by the Department of Natural Resources.
An establishment primarily engaged in selling and/or distributing merchandise to retailers; to industrial, commercial, institutional, or professional business users, or to other wholesalers; or acting as agents or brokers and buying merchandise for, or selling merchandise to, such individuals or companies.
A group of devices, such as a wind charger or wind turbine, which converts wind to a form of usable energy.
The rules of administrative agencies having rule-making authority in Wisconsin, published in a loose-leaf, continual revision system as directed by § 35.93 and Chapter 227 of the Wisconsin Statutes, including subsequent amendments to those rules.
An area or stand of trees with a minimum of eight (8) or more individual trees with a dBH of at least six (6) inches, whose combined canopies cover at least fifty (50) percent of the area. The area is defined using the perimeter of the canopies during full leaf-on. Woodland may include, without limitation, trees, woodlands, forests, and oak-savanna complexes.
An open space on the same zoning lot with a principal building or group of buildings, which is unoccupied and unobstructed from its lowest level upward, except as otherwise permitted in this Ordinance, and which extends along a lot line and at right angles thereto to a depth or width specified in the yard regulations for the district in which the zoning lot is located.
A yard extending along the full length of the front lot line between the side lot lines.
A side yard located immediately adjacent to another zoning lot or to an alley separating such side yard from another zoning lot.
A yard extending along the full length of the rear lot line between the side lot lines. On a corner lot, the rear yard shall be that yard directly opposite the front yard. Lots with only three (3) lot lines shall have at least one (1) rear yard.
A yard extending along a side lot line from the front yard to the rear yard.
The area extending between the front yard and the rear yard or rear street yard and situated between the side street lot line and the face of the principal building which is parallel to, or most nearly parallel to, the side street lot line.
The Zoning Administrator of the City of Franklin, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin or a designee as may be authorized by the Common Council.
Reference to "Zoning Board of Appeals" shall refer to the Board of Zoning and Building Appeals of Franklin, Wisconsin.
The permit required by this Ordinance prior to the commencement of a new use allowed by-right in the governing zoning district, and which do not involve the erection, reconstruction, enlargement, or moving of any building or structure, or the construction of, addition, or alteration of an existing single-family detached or duplex use allowed by-right in the governing zoning district.
As defined by the City of Franklin Unified Development Ordinance and its accompanying maps as amended.
A single tract of land located within a single block which (at the time of filing for a Building Permit) is designated by its owner or developer as a tract to be used, developed, or built upon as a unit, under single ownership or control. Therefore, a zoning lot may or may not coincide with a lot of record.
The map or maps incorporated into this Ordinance as a part hereof, designating and delineating boundaries of zoning districts.