[Amended 6-17-2008 by Ord. No. 935-08; 8-21-2012 by Ord. No. 1033-2012; 10-15-2013 by Ord. No. 1070-2013; 8-19-2014 by Ord. No. 1093-2014; 11-14-2017 by Ord. No. 22-2017]
A. 
The Farmland Preservation District is regulated by Ch. 91, Wis. Stats. and certified by the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection. All permitted and conditional uses provided to this district are listed in § 350-27.
B. 
The permitted and conditional uses listed under all other zoning districts represent uses that are consistent with the purpose and intent of each zoning district. In cases where an unlisted use is proposed, the Land Use Planning and Zoning Department shall determine its consistency with a zoning district. A conditional use permit shall be required for any proposed use which the Land Use Planning and Zoning Department determines consistent with a zoning district, but also determines that the effect of the proposed use on the character of the neighborhood and the location's suitability for development warrants additional review.
C. 
For the purposes of this chapter, Green Lake County, Wisconsin, is hereby divided into 14 zoning districts, as follows:
A-1
Farmland Preservation District
A-2
General Agriculture District
NRC
Natural Resource Conservancy District
C-1
General Commercial District
C-2
Extensive Commercial District
I
Industrial District
M-1
Mineral Extraction District
M-2
Sanitary Landfill District
RC
Recreation District
R-1
Single-Family Residence District
R-2
Single-Family Mobile Home Residence District
R-3
Multiple-Family Residence District
R-4
Rural Residential District
AO
Adult-Oriented Establishment District
[Amended 8-19-2014 by Ord. No. 1093-2014]
The boundaries of the aforesaid districts are hereby established as shown on the map titled "Zoning District Map, Green Lake County," which map accompanies and is made a part of this chapter. All notations and references shown on the district map are as much a part of this chapter as though specifically described herein.
A. 
Unless otherwise indicated, the district boundaries are street or highway center lines or railroad right-of-way lines or such lines extended, lines parallel or perpendicular to such street, highway or railroad lines, the shoreline of lakes or streams, the lines bounding a section or fraction thereof, or lot or alley lines, and where the designation on the district map indicates that the various districts are approximately bounded by any of the above lines, such lines shall be construed to be the district boundaries.
B. 
Where a dimension appears adjacent to a district boundary line, such dimension shall be construed to be the length in feet of such district boundary line, measured to the street or highway center line or railroad right-of-way line, when such district boundary line intersects a street, highway or railroad.
C. 
Where the property has been or may hereafter be divided into blocks and lots, the district boundaries shall be construed to be lot lines, and where the designations of the district map are approximately bounded by lot lines, said lot lines shall be construed to be the boundaries of the district.
D. 
Where the above rules do not apply, the district boundary lines shown on the district map shall be determined by use of the scale shown on such map.
[Amended 8-19-2014 by Ord. No. 1093-2014; 11-14-2017 by Ord. No. 22-2017]
There shall be an official Zoning District Map, Green Lake County, which shall be available to the public through the County Land Use Planning and Zoning Department. The Zoning District Map shall be a digital electronic data map layer of the County's Geographic Information System (GIS). The County Land Use Planning and Zoning Department shall from time to time update the Zoning District Map as necessary to reflect changes in zoning district boundaries enacted by the County Board as amendments under this chapter.
[Amended 6-17-2008 by Ord. No. 935-08; 2-15-2011 by Ord. No. 989-2011; 11-14-2017 by Ord. No. 22-2017; 5-21-2019 by Ord. No. 11-2019; 9-21-2021 by Ord. No. 30-2021; 9-21-2021 by Ord. No. 30-2021; 9-20-2022 by Ord. No. 17-2022; 9-16-2025 by Ord. No. 14-2025]
A. 
Purpose. The purpose of this district is to promote areas for uses of a generally exclusive agricultural nature in order to protect farmland and to allow participation in the state's farmland preservation program. Land zoned under this district must comply with the following:
(1) 
Permitted uses:
(a) 
Agricultural uses. See Subsection D for agricultural use definitions.
(b) 
Not including the specified accessory uses identified in Subsection A(2), other accessory uses, including the farm residence. See Subsection D for "accessory use" definition.
(c) 
Upon prior notification to the county, transportation, utility, communication, or other uses that are required under state or federal law to be located in a specific place or that are authorized to be located in a specific place under a state or federal law that preempts the requirement of a conditional use permit for those uses.
(d) 
[Subsection A(1)(c) acknowledges that state or federal law may sometimes preempt local authority to restrict the siting of certain facilities. It does not purport to determine which state or federal actions are preemptive. It merely says that if state or federal action is preemptive, no local permit is required and there is no need to rezone the site out of the farmland preservation district. Uses covered by Subsection A(1)(c) might include, for example, state and federal highways, federally mandated pipelines, and energy generation and transmission facilities whose location and design are specifically mandated by the Wisconsin Public Service Commission pursuant to a certificate of convenience and necessity.]
(e) 
Undeveloped natural resource and open space areas.
(f) 
Nonfarm residences built prior to January 1, 2014.
(2) 
Conditional uses:
(a) 
Agriculture-related uses. (See Subsection D for "agriculture-related use" definition.) No more than two agriculture-related uses or any combination of agriculture-related uses or uses described in Subsection A(2)(b) below, shall be allowed on contiguous lands under common ownership.
(b) 
A business, activity, or enterprise, whether or not associated with an agricultural use, and is not a dog breeding facility or a dog breeder as defined in ATCP 16, which meets all of the following requirements:
[1] 
It is conducted on a farm by an owner or operator of that farm.
[2] 
It requires no buildings, structures, or improvements other than those described in Subsection D(1) and (3) of the definition of "accessory use;" and
[a] 
The majority of the footprint of the new (or modified) accessory building is utilized as an integral part of or incidental to the agricultural use of the farm; or
[b] 
The accessory building is used seasonally for the business, activity or enterprise, whether or not associated with an agricultural use, and is converted back to either an integral part of or incidental to the agricultural use for the majority of the year.
[3] 
The total cumulative hours worked by paid employees, excluding the owner(s), shall not exceed 160 hours per week.
[4] 
It does not impair or limit the current or future agricultural use of the farm or other protected farmland.
[5] 
A farm residence is already established on the same parcel as the business, activity or enterprise.
[6] 
The farm is at least eight acres in area.
[7] 
No more than two businesses, activities or enterprises, whether or not associated with an agricultural use, including any agriculture-related uses from Subsection A(2)(a) above, shall be allowed by conditional use permit per farm.
(c) 
Upon prior notification to the County, transportation, communication, pipeline, electric transmission, utility, or drainage uses, facilities for the generation from sunlight, wind, coal or natural gas, if all the following apply:
[1] 
The use and its location in the farmland preservation zoning district are consistent with the purposes of the farmland preservation zoning district.
[2] 
The use and its location in the farmland preservation zoning district are reasonable and appropriate, considering alternative locations, or are specifically approved under state or federal law.
[3] 
The use is reasonably designed to minimize conversion of land at and around the site of the use, from agricultural use or open space use.
[4] 
The use does not substantially impair or limit the current or future agricultural use of surrounding parcels of land that are zoned for or legally restricted to agricultural use.
[5] 
Construction damage to land remaining in agricultural use is minimized and repaired, to the extent feasible.
(d) 
Governmental, institutional, religious, or nonprofit community uses, if all of the following apply:
[1] 
The use and its location in the farmland preservation zoning district are consistent with the purposes of the farmland preservation zoning district.
[2] 
The use and its location in the farmland preservation zoning district are reasonable and appropriate, considering alternative locations, or are specifically approved under state or federal law.
[3] 
The use is reasonably designed to minimize the conversion of land, at and around the site of the use, from agricultural use or open space use.
[4] 
The use does not substantially impair or limit the current or future agricultural use of surrounding parcels of land that are zoned for or legally restricted to agricultural use.
[5] 
Construction damage to land remaining in agricultural use is minimized and repaired to the extent feasible.
(e) 
Nonmetallic mineral extraction, if all of the following apply:
[1] 
The operation complies with Subchapter I of Chapter 295, Wisconsin Statutes, and rules promulgated under that subchapter, with applicable provisions of local ordinances under § 295.14, Wis. Stats. (including all applicable provisions of this chapter), and with any applicable requirements of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources concerning the restoration of nonmetallic mining sites.
[2] 
The operation and its location in the farmland preservation zoning district are consistent with the purposes of the farmland preservation zoning district.
[3] 
The operation and its location in the farmland preservation zoning district are reasonable and appropriate, considering alternative locations outside the farmland preservation zoning district, or are specifically approved under state or federal law.
[4] 
The operation is reasonably designed to minimize the conversion of land around the extraction site from agricultural use or open space use.
[5] 
The operation does not substantially impair or limit the current or future agricultural use of surrounding parcels of land that are zoned for or legally restricted to agricultural use.
[6] 
The owner agrees to restore the land to agricultural use, consistent with any required reclamation plan, when extraction is completed.
[7] 
Compliance with Chapter 323 (Nonmetallic Mining Reclamation).
(f) 
Oil and gas exploration or production that is licensed by the Department of Natural Resources under Subchapter II of Chapter 295, Wisconsin Statutes.
(g) 
Private airport or air strip qualifying as an accessory use under § 91.01(1), Wis. Stats.
(h) 
Dog kennels qualifying as an accessory use under § 91.01(1), Wis. Stats. Dog breeder(s) or dog breeding facility(ies) as defined in ATCP 16.01 are not allowed in the A-1, Farmland Preservation Zoning District.
(i) 
Game farms/shooting preserves qualifying as an accessory use under § 91.01(1)(b), Wis. Stats. To meet the definition of agricultural use, the game birds or cervids must be raised on the farm for release for hunting.
(j) 
Shooting ranges meeting the requirements in § 91.01(1)(d), Wis. Stats.
(k) 
Manure storage systems. (Please note that permits for manure storage systems are subject to § ATCP 50.56 and Ch. ATCP 51, Wis. Adm. Code.)
(l) 
Slaughtering of livestock from the A-1 District.
(m) 
Processing agricultural by-products or wastes received directly from farms, including farms in the A-1 District.
Note: The County may issue a conditional use permit for a proposed land use not identified in this section if the proposed land use meets applicable conditions under this section. Before issuing a conditional use permit, the County shall determine, in writing, that the proposed use meets applicable conditions under this section. The County may issue the permit subject to conditions designed to carry out the purposes of this chapter. Dog breeder or dog breeding facility as defined in ATCP 16 are exempt from this provision.
(3) 
Area, height and setback requirements:
(a) 
Dimensional standards: A lot or parcel shall have no less than eight acres of contiguous land area. The area within the road right-of-way shall not be included in the minimum acreage requirement; however, design standards, pursuant to Chapter 315, Code of Green Lake County, Land Division and Subdivision, shall apply.
(b) 
All principal structures shall be on a lot consistent with the principal use permitted on such lot by the regulations of the district in which it is located.
Note: The area within the road right(s)-of-way shall not be included for the standards of this subsection. Design standards pursuant to Chapter 315, Code of Green Lake County, Land Division and Subdivision, shall apply to a newly created lot or parcel for this subsection.
(c) 
Principal structure setback and height standards.
[1] 
Highway setbacks: Refer to § 350-50A.
[2] 
Rear yard setback: 25 feet minimum.
[3] 
Side yard setback: 12 feet minimum.
[4] 
Structure height, dwelling structure: 35 feet.
(d) 
Accessory building structure standards. An accessory building structure shall satisfy all of the following standards:
[1] 
Setbacks: same as principal structure.
[2] 
Height: none.
[3] 
Structure footprint area: none.
[4] 
Volume: none.
[5] 
Human habitation of a detached accessory building structure may be allowed; however, it shall be limited to 20% of the footprint area or 300 square feet, whichever is less. This standard shall apply to only one detached accessory building structure per lot or parcel.
B. 
Rezoning land out of the A-1 Farmland Preservation Zoning District. Land may be rezoned out of the A-1 Farmland Preservation Zoning District if the County, through their review and recommendation, and after a public hearing, finds that all of the following apply:
(1) 
The land is better suited for a use not allowed in the A-1 Farmland Preservation Zoning District.
(2) 
The rezoning is consistent with the Green Lake County Comprehensive Plan.
(3) 
The rezoning is substantially consistent with the Green Lake County Farmland Preservation Plan, certified under Ch. 91, Wis. Stats., which is in effect at the time of zoning.
(4) 
The rezoning will not substantially impair or limit current or future agricultural use of surrounding parcels of land that are zoned for or legally restricted to agricultural use.
(5) 
Note: The above Subsection B(1) through (4) does not apply to any of the following situations:
(a) 
A rezoning that is affirmatively certified by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection under Ch. 91, Wis. Stats.
(b) 
A rezoning that makes the farmland preservation zoning ordinance map more consistent with the Green Lake County farmland preservation plan map, certified under Ch. 91, Wis. Stats., which is in effect at the time of the rezoning.
C. 
Certification of ordinance and amendments by DATCP.
(1) 
This Zoning Ordinance must be certified by the State of Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) in order for owners of land that is zoned A-1 Farmland Preservation in the Green Lake County to be eligible to claim tax credits under the State of Wisconsin's Farmland Preservation Program.
(2) 
Green Lake County shall notify DATCP of any amendments as required by § 91.36(8), Wis. Stats.
(3) 
Green Lake County shall notify DATCP by March 1 annually of any acres rezoned out of a farmland preservation zoning district during the previous year and a map that clearly shows the location of those acres as required by §§ 91.48(2) and 91.48(3), Wis. Stats.
D. 
Farmland preservation definitions. For the purposes of § 350-27 of this chapter, the following definitions shall be used. Please see § 350-77 for conventional zoning district definitions.
ACCESSORY USE
Within the A-1 Zoning District, any of the following land uses on a farm:
(1) 
A building, structure, or improvement that is an integral part of, or is incidental to, an agricultural use. Mobile homes, semi-trailers, camping units, recreational vehicles, mobile office unites, buses, motor coaches, trailers, boats and railroad boxcars shall not be used as accessory buildings or structures. Buildings, structures, or improvements that meet this definition may include, for example:
(a) 
A facility used to store or process raw agricultural commodities, all of which are produced on the farm.
(b) 
A facility used to keep livestock on the farm.
(c) 
A facility used to store or process inputs primarily for agricultural uses on the farm.
(d) 
A facility used to keep or service vehicles or equipment primarily employed in agricultural uses on the farm.
(e) 
A wind turbine or solar energy facility that collects wind or solar energy on the farm, and uses or transforms it to provide energy primarily for use on the farm.
(f) 
A manure digester, bio-fuel facility, or other facility that produces energy primarily from materials grown or produced on the farm, primarily for use on the farm.
(g) 
A waste storage or processing facility used to store or process animal waste produced solely from livestock kept on the farm.
(2) 
An activity or business operation that is an integral part of or incidental to an agricultural use.
(3) 
A farm residence, including normal residential appurtenances.
(4) 
Any other use that DATCP, by rule, identifies as an accessory use.
AGRICULTURAL USE
Any of the following activities conducted for the purpose of producing an income or livelihood:
(1) 
Crop or forage production.
(2) 
Keeping livestock.
(3) 
Beekeeping.
(4) 
Nursery, sod, or Christmas tree production.
(5) 
Floriculture.
(6) 
Aquaculture.
(7) 
Fur farming.
(8) 
Forest management.
(9) 
Enrolling land in a federal agricultural commodity payment program or a federal or state agricultural land conservation payment program.
(10) 
Any other use that the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, by rule, identifies as an agricultural use.
AGRICULTURE-RELATED USE
An agricultural equipment dealership, facility providing agricultural supplies, facility for storing or processing agricultural products, or facility for processing agricultural wastes. In addition, any use that the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection identifies by rule as an agriculture-related use. An "agriculture-related use" must be primary (not just incidentally) related to agriculture, and must have a direct connection to agriculture uses in the A-1 Zoning District.
CERTIFIED FARMLAND PRESERVATION PLAN
A farmland preservation plan that is certified as determined under § 91.12, Wis. Stats.
CERTIFIED FARMLAND PRESERVATION ZONING ORDINANCE
A zoning ordinance that is certified as determined under § 91.32, Wis. Stats.
COMMON OWNERSHIP
(1) 
Ownership by the same person or persons, or by persons that are all wholly owned by the same person or persons. "Common ownership" includes joint tenancy and tenancy in common. Solely for purposes of this definition, a parcel owned by one member of a married couple is deemed to be owned by the married couple.
(2) 
Land is deemed to be under "common ownership," for purposes of this chapter, if it is all owned by the same individual, married couple, joint tenants, and tenants in common, corporation, LLC, partnership, estate or trust. If land parcels are owned by separate legal entities, but those legal entities are all wholly owned by exactly the same person or persons, those land parcels are deemed to be under "common ownership" for purposes of this chapter.
CONDITIONAL USES
Uses of a special nature as to make impractical their predetermination as a permitted use in a district. Conditional uses as used in the A-1 Farmland Preservation Zoning District must meet the requirements of § 91.46, Wis. Stats.
CONTIGUOUS
Adjacent to or sharing a common boundary. "Contiguous" land includes land that is separated only by a river, stream, section line, public road, private road, railroad, pipeline, transmission line, or transportation or transmission right-of-way. Parcels are not "contiguous" if they meet only at a single point.
DOG BREEDER
A person who in any license year sells at least 25 dogs, from more than three litters, which that person has bred and raised in this state. A person has bred and raised dogs for purposes of this definition if that person has owned the dogs from birth until sale, regardless of whether the person has contracted with an agent to raise the dogs on real estate owner or occupied by that agent.
DOG BREEDING FACILITY
A place in this state where dogs are bred and raised and from which at least 25 dogs from more than three litters are sold in a license year.
DOG KENNEL
An establishment, that is not a dog breeding facility, in which dogs are housed, boarded, groomed, sheltered, protected, trained or sold for fee or compensation.
FARM
(1) 
All land under common ownership that is primarily devoted to agricultural use. For the purpose of this definition, land is deemed to be primarily devoted to agricultural use if the following apply:
(a) 
The land produces at least $6,000 in annual gross farm revenues to its owner or renter, regardless of whether a majority of the land area is in agricultural use; or
(b) 
A majority (greater than 50%) of the land is in agricultural use.
(2) 
In determining whether land is in agricultural use for purposes of the definition of "agricultural use," a zoning authority may consider how the land is classified for property tax purposes. (See Ch. Tax 18, Wis. Adm. Code.)
FARM RESIDENCE
(1) 
A single-family or two-family residence that is the only residential structure on the farm or is occupied by any of the following:
(a) 
An owner or operator of the farm.
(b) 
A parent or child of an owner or operator of the farm.
(c) 
An individual who earns more than 50% of his or her gross income from the farm.
(2) 
To qualify as a "farm residence," a residence must be located on a "farm." If a farm owner deeds off a residential parcel to another person (even if that person is the farm owner's parent, child or employee), the separately owned parcel is no longer part of the original "farm." A residence built on that parcel does not qualify as a "farm residence" unless the parcel qualifies as a "farm" in its own right.
GROSS FARM REVENUES
Gross receipts from agricultural use of a farm, excluding rent receipts, less the cost or other basis of livestock or other agricultural items purchased for resale which are sold or otherwise disposed of during the taxable year. Gross farm revenue includes receipts accruing to a renter, but does not include rent paid to the landowner.
LICENSE YEAR
Means the twelve-month period ending on September 30 for a license granted by the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection to operate as a dog dealer, dog breeder or as a dog breeding facility.
LIVESTOCK
Includes bovine animals, equine animals, goats, poultry, sheep, swine, farm-raised deer, farm-raised game birds, camelids, ratites and farm-raised fish.
NONCONFORMING USES OR STRUCTURES
Any structure, land, or water lawfully used, occupied, or erected at the time of the effective date of this chapter which does not conform to the regulations of this chapter. Any such structure conforming in respect to use, but not in respect to frontage, width, height, area, yard, parking, loading, or distance requirements shall be considered a nonconforming structure and not a nonconforming use.
NONFARM RESIDENCE
Any residence other than a farm residence.
OPEN SPACE PARCEL
A parcel on which no buildings, other than hunting blinds or small sheds, have been constructed or approved for construction.
PERSON
An individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company (LLC), trust, estate or other legal entity.
PROTECTED FARMLAND
Land that is any of following:
(1) 
Land that is located in the A-1 Farmland Preservation Zoning District certified under Ch. 91, Wis. Stats.
(2) 
Covered by a farmland preservation agreement under Ch. 91, Wis. Stats.
(3) 
Covered by an agricultural conservation easement under § 93.73, Wis. Stats.
(4) 
Otherwise legally protected from nonagricultural development.
[Amended 6-17-2008 by Ord. No. 935-08; 2-15-2011 by Ord. No. 989-2011; 10-15-2013 by Ord. No. 1070-2013; 11-14-2017 by Ord. No. 22-2017; 9-21-2021 by Ord. No. 30-2021; 9-16-2025 by Ord. No. 14-2025]
A. 
Purpose. This agricultural district is intended to preserve and enhance land for agricultural uses. This district's uses and standards are designed to implement comprehensive plan goals by encouraging agricultural uses of various sizes in areas where soil and other conditions are best suited to these agricultural pursuits, and controlling residential development to avoid conflict with agricultural uses. This district is generally compatible with other agricultural districts where varying levels of agricultural uses and open space uses are permitted and supported by the comprehensive plan, such as, but not limited to, A-1 Farmland Preservation and R-4 Rural Residential. The best use of these lands is agricultural.
(1) 
Permitted uses. Those uses permitted in this district shall be agricultural and those that are consistent with agricultural uses.
(a) 
Agricultural uses allowed in the A2 Zoning District include:
[1] 
Crop or forage production.
[2] 
Keeping livestock.
[3] 
Beekeeping.
[4] 
Nursery, sod, or Christmas tree production.
[5] 
Orchard/vineyard.
[6] 
Horticulture/floriculture.
[7] 
Aquaculture.
[8] 
Fur farming.
[9] 
Forestry and forest management.
[10] 
Enrolling land in a federal agricultural commodity payment program or a federal or state agricultural land conservation program.
[11] 
Any other use that the Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection, by rule, identifies as an agricultural use.
[12] 
One nonfarm residence, including normal residential appurtenances.
(b) 
Accessory uses allowed in the A2 Zoning District include:
[1] 
A building, structure, or improvement that is an integral part of, or is incidental to, an agricultural use on a farm. Mobile homes, semi-trailers, camping units, recreational vehicles, mobile office units, buses, motor coaches, trailers, boats and railroad box cars shall not be used as accessory buildings or structures. Buildings, structures, or improvements that meet this definition may include, for example:
[a] 
A facility used to store or process raw agricultural commodities, all of which are produced on the farm.
[b] 
A facility used to keep livestock on the farm.
[c] 
A facility used to store or process inputs primarily for agricultural uses on the farm.
[d] 
A facility used to keep or service vehicles or equipment primarily employed in agricultural uses on the farm.
[e] 
A wind turbine or solar energy facility that collects wind or solar energy on the farm, and uses or transforms it to provide energy primarily for use on the farm.
[f] 
A manure digester, bio-fuel facility, or other facility that produces energy primarily from materials grown or produced on the farm, primarily for use on the farm.
[g] 
A waste storage or processing facility used to store or process animal waste produced solely from livestock kept on the farm.
[2] 
An activity or business operation that is an integral part of, or incidental to an agricultural use.
[3] 
A farm residence, including normal residential appurtenances.
(c) 
(Reserved)
(d) 
Upon prior notification to the county, transportation, utility, communication, or other uses that are required under state or federal law to be located in a specific place or that are authorized to be located in a specific place under a state or federal law that preempts the requirement of a conditional use permit for those uses.
(e) 
Undeveloped natural resources and open space uses.
(f) 
Home occupation when established in a residential dwelling unit; all of the following shall apply:
[1] 
Shall be located in the place of permanent residency; and
[2] 
Is incidental to the residential occupancy; and
[3] 
Is limited to one inside level of the dwelling unit and does not occupy more than 25% of the floor area of that level; and
[4] 
That no mechanical equipment is used other than such as is permissible for typical residential purposes; and
[5] 
There is no emission of odor, gas, smoke, dust, or noise that will be detrimental to the character of the neighborhood; and
[6] 
That no person outside the immediate resident family operates such home occupation; and
[7] 
A sign per § 350-43B(3) is allowed.
(g) 
Professional home office when established in a residential dwelling unit; all of the following shall apply:
[1] 
Located in the practitioner's place of permanent residency; and
[2] 
Is incidental to the residential occupancy, limited to one inside level of the dwelling unit and does not occupy more than 25% of the floor area of that level; and
[3] 
A sign per § 350-43B(3) is allowed; and
[4] 
One person that is not a member of the resident family may be employed on the premises.
(h) 
Riding stable, personal.
(i) 
Roadside stand of less than 300 square feet in area as a temporary structure not wholly enclosed for the sale of produce grown on the premises. One stand allowed per premises.
(j) 
Signs per § 350-43.
(2) 
Conditional uses. Conditions and standards for a conditional use permit are set forth in Chapter 350, Article VII, Conditional Use Permits.
(a) 
Agricultural-related uses (see § 350-77 for definition). No more than two agriculture-related uses or any combination of agriculture-related uses or uses described in Subsection A(2)(b) below shall be allowed on contiguous lands under common ownership.
(b) 
A business, activity or enterprise, whether or not associated with an agricultural use on the farm which meets all of the following requirements:
[1] 
It is conducted on the farm by an owner or operator of that farm.
[2] 
The total cumulative hours worked by paid employees, excluding the owner(s), shall not exceed 160 hours per week.
[3] 
It does not impair or limit the current or future agricultural use of the farm or other protected farmland.
[4] 
A farm residence is already established on the same parcel as the business, activity or enterprise.
[5] 
The farm is at least eight acres in area.
[6] 
No more than two businesses, activities or enterprises, whether or not associated with an agricultural use on the farm, shall be allowed on contiguous lands under common ownership.
(c) 
Upon prior notification to the County, transportation, communication, pipeline, electric transmission, utility or drainage uses, facilities for the generation of sunlight, wind, coal, or natural gas, if all of the following apply:
[1] 
The use is reasonable designed to minimize the conversion of land from agricultural use, at and around the site of the use.
[2] 
The use does not substantially impair or limit the current or future agricultural use of surrounding parcels of land that are zoned for or legally restricted to agricultural use.
[3] 
Construction damage to land remaining in agricultural use is minimized and repaired, to the extent feasible.
(d) 
Government, institutional, religious or nonprofit community uses, if all of the following apply:
[1] 
The use is reasonable designed to minimize the conversion of land from agricultural use, at and around the site of the use.
[2] 
The use does not substantially impair or limit the current or future agricultural use of surrounding parcels of land that are zoned for or legally restricted to agricultural use.
[3] 
Construction damage to land remaining in agricultural use is minimized and repaired, to the extent feasible.
(e) 
Nonmetallic mineral extraction, if all of the following apply:
[1] 
The operation complies with Subchapter I of Chapter 295, Wis. Stats., and rules promulgated under that subchapter, with applicable provisions of local ordinances under § 295.14, Wis. Stats. (including all applicable provisions of this chapter), and with any applicable requirements of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources concerning the restoration of nonmetallic mining sites.
[2] 
The use is reasonable designed to minimize the conversion of land from agricultural use, at and around the site of the use.
[3] 
The use does not substantially impair or limit the current or future agricultural use of surrounding parcels of land that are zoned for or legally restricted to agricultural use.
[4] 
Construction damage to land remaining in agricultural use is minimized and repaired, to the extent feasible.
(f) 
Oil and gas exploration or production that is licensed by the Department of Natural Resources under Subchapter II of Chapter 295, Wisconsin Statutes.
(g) 
Private airport or air strip.
(h) 
Dog kennel(s).
(i) 
Game farms/shooting preserves.
(j) 
Shooting ranges.
(k) 
Slaughtering of livestock.
(l) 
Processing of agricultural byproducts or wastes received directly from farms.
(3) 
Area, height and setback requirements.
(a) 
A lot or parcel shall have no less than eight acres of contiguous land area. The area within the road right(s)-of-way shall not be included in the minimum acreage requirement; however, design standards, pursuant to Chapter 315, Code of Green Lake County, Land Division and Subdivision, shall apply.
(b) 
All principal structures shall be on a lot consistent with the principal use permitted on such lot by the regulations of the district in which it is located.
(c) 
Principal structure setback and height standards.
[1] 
Highway setbacks: Refer to § 350-50A.
[2] 
Rear yard setback: 25 feet minimum.
[3] 
Side yard setback: 12 feet minimum.
[4] 
Structure height, dwelling structure: 35 feet.
(d) 
Accessory building structure standards. An accessory building structure shall satisfy all of the following standards:
[1] 
Setbacks: same as principal structure.
[2] 
Height: none.
[3] 
Structure footprint area: none.
[4] 
Structure volume: none.
[5] 
Human habitation of a detached accessory building structure may be allowed; however, it shall be limited to 20% of the footprint area or 300 square feet, whichever is less. This standard shall apply to only one detached accessory building structure per lot or parcel.
[Amended 12-21-2004 by Ord. No. 822-04; 11-14-2017 by Ord. No. 22-2017; 2-11-2025 by Ord. No. 03-2025]
A. 
Purpose.
(1) 
This district shall be used to preserve, protect and enhance the lakes, streams and wetland areas. If these areas are properly regulated, they will serve to maintain and improve water quality, improve and protect wildlife habitat, prevent flood damage, prohibit structures on soils that are not suitable for such use, and prevent septic tanks from being located in soils that may pollute water supplies and prevent proper functioning due to high groundwater.
(2) 
This district shall be used to preserve, protect, enhance and restore all significant woodlands, scenic areas, submarginal farmlands, mineral extraction lands, archaeological sites, historical sites, natural watersheds, significant topography, wildlife habitat, potential recreation sites, and other natural resources that contribute to environmental quality.
(3) 
The maps designated below are hereby adopted and made a part of the Natural Resources Conservancy District outside of the shoreland area. They are on file in the Land Use Planning and Zoning Department of Green Lake County.
(a) 
United States Geological Survey Quadrangle Maps for Green Lake County (revised 1980).
(b) 
Wisconsin Wetland Inventory Maps stamped "Final" on October 29, 1984.
(c) 
Floodplain Zoning Maps identified as the Flood Boundary and Floodway Map dated March 1, 1978.
B. 
Permitted uses.
(1) 
Forestry and the production of forest products.
(2) 
Forest preservation.
(3) 
Forest and game management.
(4) 
Private and public parks.
(5) 
Wilderness areas and wildlife preservation refuges.
(6) 
Picnic areas.
(7) 
Golf courses and similar uses.
(8) 
Hunting and fishing, clubs related to the same.
(9) 
Swimming beaches.
(10) 
Preservation of scenic, historic and scientific areas.
(11) 
Hiking, bicycle and natural trails.
(12) 
Bridle paths.
(13) 
Harvesting of any wild crop, such as marsh hay, ferns, moss, wild rice, berries, tree fruits and tree seeds.
(14) 
Cranberry bogs.
(15) 
Grazing of animals.
(16) 
Nurseries.
(17) 
Sod farms.
(18) 
Fur farms.
(19) 
Nonresidential buildings used solely in conjunction with the raising of waterfowl, minnows, and other similar lowland animals, fowl or fish.
(20) 
Arboreta and botanical gardens.
(21) 
Navigation.
(22) 
Wind energy systems.
(23) 
Small solar energy systems.
C. 
Conditional uses.
(1) 
Fish hatcheries.
(2) 
Flood control and drainage dams and structures.
(3) 
Dams, power plants, flowages, ponds and impoundments.
(4) 
Relocation of watercourse.
(5) 
Any activity that would substantially disturb the natural wildlife, water or topography.
(a) 
Filling, dredging or drainage of wetlands.
(b) 
Removal of topsoil or peat.
(6) 
Piers, docks, boathouses and landing sites.
(7) 
Utilities such as telephone, telegraph, microwave radio and power transmission lines.
(8) 
Erection of buildings or structures and signs.
(a) 
Hunting and fishing clubs.
(b) 
Park and recreational areas.
(9) 
Stream bank protection.
D. 
Area, height and setback regulations: Refer to §§ 350-18, 350-19 and 350-20.
E. 
Highway setbacks: Refer to § 350-50A.
[Amended 10-17-2006 by Ord. No. 880-06; 11-14-2017 by Ord. No. 22-2017; 9-20-2022 by Ord. No. 17-2022; 2-11-2025 by Ord. No. 03-2025]
The C-1 General Commercial District is intended to provide an area for business and commercial needs; it can be especially useful for those conditions where commercial businesses are located in a centrally situated business district.
A. 
Permitted uses.
(1) 
Art shop, antique shop and gift shop.
(2) 
Boat livery, service and repair shop.
(3) 
Drugstore, ice cream shop, pharmacy and soft drink stand.
(4) 
Food and drug establishments (retail), delicatessens, fruit and vegetable store, grocery store, and meat and fish markets.
(5) 
Signs pertaining to the conduct of a business on the premises.
(6) 
Such accessory uses as are customary in connection with the foregoing uses and are incidental thereto.
(7) 
Wind energy systems under 1 MW.
(8) 
Small solar energy systems.
B. 
Conditional uses. An application for a conditional use permit shall not be approved unless, at a minimum, it complies with the conditions and standards set forth in Article VII, Conditional Use Permits.
(1) 
Hotel or motel.
(2) 
One single-family residential use may be allowed on a lot or parcel in this district. The single-family residence shall only be occupied by the owner or operator of the commercial use.
(3) 
Automobile service establishment.
(4) 
Restaurant, barbecue stand, cafe, cafeteria, caterer, tavern and package fermented beverage and liquor store.
(5) 
Parking lot.
(6) 
Public garage.
(7) 
Storage building.
(8) 
Municipal buildings, including administrative office, meeting hall and attached inside storage of municipal vehicles and equipment, with no outside storage allowed; no municipal accessory structure allowed on a premises until the principal structure is present.
C. 
Area, height and setback regulations: Refer to §§ 350-18, 350-19 and 350-20.
D. 
Highway setbacks: Refer to § 350-50A.
The C-2 Extensive Commercial District is intended to provide an area for business and commercial needs of a much broader nature than the C-1 General Commercial District. This includes those businesses that may require a fairly large area of land, or for which it is desirable that they be located away from other activities, or that they be located adjacent to a highway or other major thoroughfare.
A. 
Permitted uses.
(1) 
Any use permitted in C-1 General Commercial District.
(2) 
(Reserved)[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection A(2), regarding parking lots, was repealed 9-21-2021 by Ord. No. 30-2021.
(3) 
Bakery, retail or wholesale.
(4) 
Barbershop or beauty parlor.
(5) 
Book and stationery store or newsstand.
(6) 
Business and professional offices.
(7) 
Candy store or confectionery store.
(8) 
Clinic.
(9) 
Clothing store, department store, dress shop, dry goods store, hosiery shop, millinery shop, shoe store or shoe repair shop.
(10) 
Florist shop.
(11) 
Furniture store, office equipment store, or upholsterer's shop.
(12) 
Hardware store, household appliance store, paint store, plumbing, heating and electrical supplies or sporting goods store.
(13) 
Jewelry store or watch repair shop.
(14) 
Laundry, cleaning and dyeing establishment.
(15) 
Music store or radio and television store.
(16) 
Optical store or photographer studio and supplies.
(17) 
Signs, billboards and other outdoor advertising structures.
(18) 
Telephone and telegraph office.
(19) 
Undertaking establishment.
(20) 
Variety store or notion shop.
(21) 
Such accessory uses as are customary in connection with the foregoing uses and are incidental thereto.
B. 
Conditional uses. An application for a conditional use permit shall not be approved unless, at a minimum, it complies with the conditions and standards set forth in Article VII, Conditional Use Permits.
(1) 
One single-family residential use may be allowed on a lot or parcel in this district. The single-family residence shall only be occupied by the owner or operator of the commercial use.
[Amended 9-20-2022 by Ord. No. 17-2022]
(2) 
Drive-in theaters.
(3) 
Automobile sales and service establishment.
(4) 
Bowling alley or pool and billiard room.
(5) 
Theaters and places of amusement.
(6) 
Farm implement establishments.
(7) 
(Reserved)[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection B(7), regarding sawmills and manufacture, sale or processing of wood or plywood products, was repealed 9-21-2021 by Ord. No. 30-2021.
(8) 
Public garage.
(9) 
Dance hall, gymnasium or skating rink.
(10) 
Hotel or motel.
(11) 
Radio and television broadcasting studio, towers, masts or aerials and microwave radio relay structures.
(12) 
Railroad and bus depot.
(13) 
Mini warehousing.
(14) 
Parking lot.
(15) 
Municipal buildings, including administrative office, meeting hall and attached inside storage of municipal vehicles and equipment, with no outside storage allowed; no municipal accessory structure allowed on a premises until the principal structure is present.
[Added 10-17-2006 by Ord. No. 880-06]
(16) 
Contractor's yard or shop.
[Added 3-19-2019 by Ord. No. 2-2019; 9-20-2022 by Ord. No. 17-2022]
C. 
Area, height and setback regulations: Refer to §§ 350-18, 350-19 and 350-20.
[Amended 11-14-2017 by Ord. No. 22-2017]
D. 
Highway setbacks: Refer to § 350-50A.
[Amended 11-14-2017 by Ord. No. 22-2017]
[Amended 11-14-2017 by Ord. No. 22-2017; 3-19-2019 by Ord. No. 2-2019; 9-21-2021 by Ord. No. 30-2021; 9-20-2022 by Ord. No. 17-2022; 2-11-2025 by Ord. No. 03-2025]
This district is intended to provide an area for manufacturing, industrial and commercial activities. It is also intended to provide an area for a variety of uses that require relatively large installations, facilities or land areas or which would create or tend to create conditions of public or private nuisance, hazard, or other undesirable conditions or which may require special safeguards, equipment, processes, barriers, or other forms of protection, including special distance, in order to reduce, eliminate or shield the public from such conditions.
A. 
Permitted uses.
(1) 
Any use permitted in the C-2 Extensive Commercial District, except residential, educational or institutional uses.
(2) 
Solar and wind energy systems.
B. 
Conditional uses. The following are permitted as conditional uses, provided that consideration is given to such matters as the creation of nuisance conditions for the public or the users of nearby areas and the creation of traffic hazards, and that any use is not in conflict with any laws of the State of Wisconsin or any ordinances of Green Lake County governing nuisances. An application for a conditional use permit shall not be approved unless, at minimum, it complies with the conditions and standards set forth in Article VII, Conditional Use Permits.
(1) 
Acid manufacture.
(2) 
Automobile wrecking yard.
(3) 
Junkyard.
(4) 
Bag cleaning
(5) 
Bones, distillation of.
(6) 
Canneries.
(7) 
Cheese factories.
(8) 
Condenseries.
(9) 
Creameries.
(10) 
Cement, lime, gypsum or plaster manufacture.
(11) 
Explosives manufacture or storage.
(12) 
Fat rendering.
(13) 
Fertilizer manufacturing.
(14) 
Glue manufacturing.
(15) 
Garbage incineration or the reduction of garbage, rubbish, offal or dead animals.
(16) 
Inflammable gases or liquids, storage, refinishing, or manufacture of.
(17) 
Leather and hides, manufacture or tanning.
(18) 
Meat and fish products, sauerkraut and cabbage by-products, processing, packing or manufacture of.
(19) 
Paper, pulp or plastics manufacture.
(20) 
Slaughterhouses.
(21) 
Smelting.
(22) 
Stockyards.
(23) 
Asphalt mixing.
(24) 
Public garage.
(25) 
Storage building.
(26) 
Parking lot.
(27) 
Contractor's yard (outside material storage).
(28) 
Sawmills, manufacture, sale or processing of wood or plywood products.
(29) 
One single-family residential use may be allowed on a lot or parcel in this district. The single-family residence shall only be occupied by the owner or operator of the commercial or industrial use.
C. 
Area, height and setback regulations: Refer to §§ 350-18, 350-19 and 350-20.
D. 
Highway setbacks: Refer to § 350-50A.
[Amended 12-21-2004 by Ord. No. 822-04; 11-14-2017 by Ord. No. 22-2017; 9-21-2021 by Ord. No. 30-2021; 2-11-2025 by Ord. No. 03-2025]
A. 
Permitted uses.
(1) 
Solar and wind energy systems.
(2) 
All other uses in this district are conditional uses.
B. 
Conditional uses.
(1) 
Aggregate or ready-mix plant.
(2) 
Clay, ceramic and refractor minerals mining.
(3) 
Crushed and broken stone quarrying.
(4) 
Mixing of asphalt.
(5) 
Nonmetallic mining services.
(6) 
Processing of topsoil.
(7) 
Sand and gravel quarrying.
(8) 
Washing, refining or processing of rock, slate, gravel, sand or minerals.
(9) 
The extension of any existing uses as listed above.
C. 
Yard requirements. All excavations shall be at least 100 feet from the right-of-way of any public or approved private street or property line. All accessories to the mineral extraction use, such as mining buildings, structures, equipment, offices, parking areas and stockpiles, shall be at least 100 feet from any right-of-way or property line.
D. 
The application for the conditional use permit shall include an adequate description of the operation; a list of equipment, machinery and structures to be used; the source, quantity and disposition of water to be used; a topographic map of the site showing existing contours with minimum vertical contour interval of five feet, trees, proposed and existing access roads, and the depth of all existing and proposed excavations; and a restoration plan.
E. 
The restoration plan provided by the applicant shall contain proposed contours after filling; depth of the restored topsoil; type of fill, planting or reforestation; and restoration commencement and completion dates. The applicant shall furnish the necessary fees to provide for the inspection and administrative costs and the necessary sureties that will enable the County to perform the planned restoration of the site in event of default by the applicant. The amount of such sureties shall be based upon cost estimates prepared by the engineer, and the form and type of such sureties shall be approved by the County's legal counsel.
F. 
Existing quarrying operation.
(1) 
Within six months after the effective date of this chapter, the owners of all existing quarrying operations shall submit to the Land Use Planning and Zoning Committee the names of the quarry owners and operators and information regarding its operation.
(2) 
Within one year after adoption of this chapter, the owners shall submit to the Land Use Planning and Zoning Department a plan for restoration of the quarrying site. The restoration plan shall not impose requirements that are economically or engineeringly unreasonable with respect to conditions resulting from operation prior to enactment of this chapter.
G. 
Area and height regulations: Refer to §§ 350-18 and 350-19.
H. 
Highway setbacks: Refer to § 350-50A.
[1]
Editor's Note: See also Ch. 323, Nonmetallic Mining Reclamation.
[Amended 11-14-2017 by Ord. No. 22-2017; 2-11-2025 by Ord. No. 03-2025]
A. 
Permitted uses.
(1) 
Solar and wind energy systems.
(2) 
All other uses in this district are conditional uses.
B. 
Conditional uses.
(1) 
Sanitary landfill operations.
(2) 
Incinerators.
C. 
Complete compliance with Ch. NR 500, Wis. Adm. Code, is required before application to the Land Use Planning and Zoning Committee.
D. 
Area, height and setback regulations: Refer to §§ 350-18, 350-19 and 350-20.
E. 
Highway setbacks: Refer to § 350-50A.
[Amended 6-20-2006 by Ord. No. 866-06; 11-14-2017 by Ord. No. 22-2017; 2-11-2025 by Ord. No. 03-2025]
A. 
Purpose: The primary purpose of this district is to permit commercial and noncommercial recreation development projects, including recreation-related residential land uses.
B. 
Permitted uses.
(1) 
Skiing and tobogganing.
(2) 
Snowmobile trails.
(3) 
Swimming beaches.
(4) 
Baseball, football, volleyball and related activities.
(5) 
Solar and wind energy systems.
C. 
Conditional uses.
(1) 
Campgrounds.
(2) 
Mobile home and trailer parks.
(3) 
Cabin camps.
(4) 
Organized camps for recreational, educational and charitable purposes.
(5) 
Amusement parks.
(6) 
Drive-in movie theaters.
(7) 
Dude ranches.
(8) 
Fairgrounds.
(9) 
Go-cart tracks.
(10) 
Race tracks.
(11) 
Package fermented beverage and liquor stores.
(12) 
Riding stables.
(13) 
Recreational activities.
(a) 
Roller skating rinks.
(b) 
Skeet, trap and rifle ranges.
(14) 
Residential use, provided that it is a single-, duplex or multiple-family unit attached to a recreational resort.
(15) 
Aircraft landing and takeoff fields.
(16) 
Resort complex establishments, including public services of recreation, health, retail and personal services offered within the same complex.
(17) 
(Reserved)
(18) 
Boat rentals. Conditions that shall be required for boat rentals shall include, and are not limited to, waste containment, sanitary facility, noise limits, screening, parking, parking controls, time requirements, lighting and identification of sites, fish cleaning, gasoline and oil handling, and disposition of all waste materials. Any conditional use permit shall include approval as per Green Lake County Chapter 338 - Shoreland Zoning, Ch. 30, Wis. Stats., and Ch. NR 326, Wis. Adm. Code.
(19) 
Access site/lot, provided that:
(a) 
The access site/lot and related back lot development, including (but not limited to) all structures, piers and parking lots thereon, shall comply with all applicable state and federal laws and regulations and all applicable provisions of this chapter (including but not limited to Article VII, Conditional Use Permits); and
(b) 
The related back lot development shall be contiguous to the access site/lot, and all lands within the back lot development shall be contiguous to each other. As used in this subsection, the term "contiguous" shall mean in actual contact with or touching; a sharing of a common boundary. For example, but not in limitation of the foregoing, a back lot development that is separated from an access site/lot by a road (whether public or private) is not contiguous to the access site/lot and would not satisfy the requirements of this subsection.
(20) 
Hotels, motels and resorts.
(21) 
Restaurants, taverns and bars.
(22) 
Private and public parks.
(23) 
Golf courses and related facilities.
D. 
Area, height and setback regulations: Refer to §§ 350-18, 350-19 and 350-20.
E. 
Highway setbacks: Refer to § 350-50A.
[Amended 12-21-2004 by Ord. No. 822-04; 11-12-2008 by Ord. No. 940-08; 2-15-2011 by Ord. No. 989-2011; 8-19-2014 by Ord. No. 1092-2014; 11-14-2017 by Ord. No. 22-2017; 8-18-2020 by Ord. No. 9-2020; 9-21-2021 by Ord. No. 30-2021; 2-11-2025 by Ord. No. 03-2025; 9-16-2025 by Ord. No. 13-2025]
A. 
Permitted uses.
(1) 
Single-family dwellings. Trailers and mobile homes may not be used for dwellings except as specifically permitted by this chapter.
(2) 
Churches; public schools; parochial schools; municipal buildings, except sewage disposal plants; garbage incinerators; public warehouses; public garages; public shops; public storage yards; and public recreational and community center buildings and grounds.
(3) 
Private clubs and lodges, except those whose chief activity is a service customarily carried on as a business.
(4) 
Branch telephone exchange, provided that there is no service garage or storage yard; transformers; unit substations for the neighborhood distribution of electric power; telephone, telegraph and power distribution poles and lines; and underground public utility lines and structures. This regulation shall not be construed to permit microwave radio relay structures, overground transmission lines, electric power substations other than the unit or neighborhood size, or other major public utility structures except as provided in Article VII.
(5) 
Home occupations, provided that no article is sold or offered for sale on the premises except such as is produced by such occupation, that no stock-in-trade is kept or sold, that no mechanical equipment is used other than such as is permissible for purely domestic purposes, and that no person other than a member of the immediate family living on the premises is employed.
(6) 
Professional home offices: When established in a residential district, a professional home office shall be incidental to the residential occupation; not more than 25% of the floor area of only one story of a dwelling unit shall be occupied by such office, and not more than one person not a member of the resident family shall be employed on the premises.
(7) 
Unoccupied outside storage of camping trailer, motor home, boats, fishing shanty or other similar recreational vehicles or devices as an accessory use. There shall be a combined limit of two items per family dwelling unit.
(8) 
Wind energy systems under 1 MW.
(9) 
Small solar energy systems.
B. 
Conditional uses.
(1) 
Subdivision-specific model home/sales office.
C. 
Area regulations: Refer to § 350-18.
D. 
Principal structure setback and height standards.
(1) 
Highway setbacks: Refer to § 350-50A.
(2) 
Rear yard setback: 25 feet minimum.
(3) 
Side yard setback: 12 feet minimum, except lots 85 feet or less in width shall have a side yard setback of 10 feet.
(4) 
Structure height; dwelling structure: 35 feet overall maximum.
E. 
Accessory building structures. The total combined footprint area allowed for accessory building structures shall not exceed 10% of the land area, excluding any road right-of-way. Each accessory building structure shall satisfy all of the following standards:
(1) 
Setbacks: same as principal structure.
(2) 
Structure height: 25 feet maximum. All sidewalls, excluding basement sidewalls, shall be located below the roof trusses and shall not exceed a fifteen-foot internal height.
(3) 
Area: 1,500 square foot maximum footprint (ground floor).
(4) 
Volume: 25,000 cubic feet maximum external volume. Basements are exempt from the volume calculation.
(5) 
Human habitation of a detached accessory building structure may be allowed, however shall be limited to 20% of the footprint area or 300 square feet, whichever is less. This standard shall apply to only one detached accessory building structure per lot or parcel.
(6) 
In no case is a shipping or storage container(s) to be utilized as a residential accessory building structure.
[Amended 2-15-2011 by Ord. No. 989-2011; 8-19-2014 by Ord. No. 1092-2014; 11-14-2017 by Ord. No. 22-2017; 3-19-2019 by Ord. No. 2-2019; 8-18-2020 by Ord. No. 9-2020; 9-21-2021 by Ord. No. 30-2021; 9-16-2025 by Ord. No. 13-2025]
A. 
In the Class Two Residential District, all uses and structures shall be permitted that are permitted in the Single-Family Residence District, and, in addition thereto, mobile and manufactured homes occupied by a single family shall be permitted.
B. 
Such homes shall be permanently mounted on a stone, concrete or masonry foundation and skirted and shall be adequately served by sanitary facilities installed in compliance with all local ordinances and state laws and regulations. Mobile and manufactured homes located in the Class Two Residential District shall be deemed to be a part of the real estate and assessable as such and not as mobile homes.
C. 
(Reserved)
D. 
Area and height regulations: Refer to §§ 350-18 and 350-19.
E. 
Principal structure setback and height standards.
(1) 
Highway setbacks: Refer to § 350-50A.
(2) 
Rear yard setback: 25 feet minimum.
(3) 
Side yard setback: 12 feet minimum, except lots 85 feet or less in width shall have a side yard setback of 10 feet.
(4) 
Structure height; dwelling structure: 35 feet overall maximum.
F. 
Accessory building structures. The total combined footprint area allowed for accessory building structures shall not exceed 10% of the land area, excluding any road right-of-way. Each accessory building structure shall satisfy all of the following standards:
(1) 
Setbacks: same as principal structure.
(2) 
Structure height: 25 feet maximum. All sidewalls, excluding basement sidewalls, shall be located below the roof trusses and shall not exceed a fifteen-foot internal height.
(3) 
Area: 1,500 square foot maximum footprint (ground floor).
(4) 
Volume: 25,000 cubic feet maximum external volume. Basements are exempt from the volume calculation.
(5) 
Human habitation of a detached accessory building structure may be allowed; however it shall be limited to 20% of the footprint area or 300 square feet, whichever is less. This standard shall apply to only one detached accessory building structure per lot or parcel.
(6) 
In no case is a shipping or storage container(s) to be utilized as a residential accessory building structure.
[Amended 12-21-2004 by Ord. No. 822-04; 6-20-2006 by Ord. No. 866-06; 11-12-2008 by Ord. No. 940-08; 2-15-2011 by Ord. No. 989-2011; 8-21-2012 by Ord. No. 1032-2012; 8-19-2014 by Ord. No. 1092-2014; 11-14-2017 by Ord. No. 22-2017; 3-19-2019 by Ord. No. 2-2019; 8-18-2020 by Ord. No. 9-2020; 9-21-2021 by Ord. No. 30-2021; 9-20-2022 by Ord. No. 17-2022; 2-11-2025 by Ord. No. 03-2025; 9-16-2025 by Ord. No. 13-2025]
This residential district is intended to provide for a variety of residential uses ranging from low to high density, including those uses that may be compatible with this district. This district's uses and standards are designed to implement Comprehensive Plan goals by encouraging the uses of this district in areas where they are best suited to achieve those goals. These lands are generally compatible with other residential districts where varying levels of density are permitted and supported by the Comprehensive Plan. The best use of lands in this district is residential.
A. 
Permitted uses.
(1) 
Accessory structure/use.
(2) 
Boardinghouse.
(3) 
Bed-and-breakfast establishment.
(4) 
Community-based residential facility (CBRF).
(5) 
Community living facility eight or fewer residents.
(6) 
Day care, eight or fewer children.
(7) 
Dwelling, single-family.
(8) 
Dwelling, two-family (duplex).
(9) 
Dwelling, multiple-family, three to eight units. The dwelling may contain all the dwelling units, or the dwelling units may be located in multiple separate buildings.
(10) 
Home occupation:
(a) 
Shall be located in the place of permanent residency;
(b) 
Is incidental to the residential occupancy;
(c) 
Limited to one inside level of the dwelling unit and does not occupy more than 25% of the floor area of that level;
(d) 
That no article is sold or offered for sale on the premises except such as produced by the home occupation;
(e) 
That no stock-in-trade is kept or sold;
(f) 
That no mechanical equipment is used other than such as is permissible for typical residential purposes;
(g) 
There is no emission of odor, gas, smoke, dust, or noise that will be detrimental to the character of the neighborhood; and
(h) 
That no person outside the immediate resident family operates such home occupation.
(11) 
Professional home office when established in a residential dwelling unit shall be:
(a) 
Located in the practitioner's place of permanent residency;
(b) 
Is incidental to the residential occupancy, limited to one inside level of the dwelling unit and does not occupy more than 25% of the floor area of that level; and
(c) 
Not more than one person not a member of the resident family shall be employed on the premises.
(12) 
Signs per § 350-43.
(13) 
(Reserved)
(14) 
Tourist rooming house.
(15) 
A mobile or manufactured home shall be allowed as a temporary structure for the shelter of persons and property as a result of disaster-related damages. The mobile or manufactured home shall be located after obtaining all necessary permits, for no more than one year and shall be located on the premises with the construction of the new permanent structure.
(16) 
Private clubs, lodges, fraternities, and others similar thereto, except those with an activity that is a service customarily carried on as a business.
(17) 
Unoccupied outside storage of camping trailer, motor home, boats, fishing shanty or other similar recreational vehicles or devices as an accessory use. There shall be a combined limit of two items per family dwelling unit.
(18) 
Wind energy systems under 1 MW.
(19) 
Small solar energy systems.
B. 
Conditional uses. Conditions and standards for a conditional use permit are set forth in § 350, Article VII, Conditional Use Permits.
(1) 
Assisted living facility.
(2) 
Community center.
(3) 
Community living facility, nine or more residents.
(4) 
Day care, nine or more children.
(5) 
Dwelling, multiple-family, nine plus units. The dwelling may contain all the dwelling units, or the dwelling units may be located in multiple separate buildings.
(6) 
Fraternal organization with services customarily carried on as a business.
(7) 
Health care offices for medical, dental, vision.
(8) 
Library or cultural exhibit.
(9) 
Municipal buildings for administrative office, meeting hall, attached inside storage only of municipal vehicles and equipment, with no outside storage allowed.
(10) 
Nursing home.
(11) 
Parking lot.
(12) 
Religious assembly/structure.
(13) 
Schools.
(14) 
Subdivision-specific model home/sales office.
(15) 
Utility service use/structure.
C. 
Area, height and setback requirements.
(1) 
A lot or parcel shall have a one-acre-minimum contiguous land area.
Note: The area within the road right(s)-of-way shall not be included for the standards of this subsection. Design standards pursuant to Chapter 315, Code of Green Lake County, Land Division and Subdivision, shall apply to a newly created lot or parcel for this subsection.
D. 
Principal structure setback and height standards.
(1) 
Highway setbacks: Refer to § 350-50A.
(2) 
Rear yard setback: 25 feet minimum.
(3) 
Side yard setback: 12 feet minimum.
(4) 
Structure height; dwelling structure: 35 feet overall maximum.
E. 
Accessory building structures. The total combined footprint area allowed for accessory building structures shall not exceed 10% of the land area, excluding any road right-of-way. Each accessory building structure shall satisfy all of the following standards:
(1) 
Setbacks: same as principal structure.
(2) 
Structure height: 25 feet maximum. All sidewalls, excluding basement sidewalls, shall be located below the roof trusses and shall not exceed a fifteen-foot internal height.
(3) 
Area: 1,500 square foot maximum footprint (ground floor).
(4) 
Volume: 25,000 cubic feet maximum external volume. Basements are exempt from the volume calculation.
(5) 
In no case is a shipping or storage container(s) to be utilized as a residential accessory building structure.
[Amended 6-20-2006 by Ord. No. 866-06; 11-12-2008 by Ord. No. 940-08; 2-15-2011 by Ord. No. 989-2011; 8-21-2012 by Ord. No. 1033-2012; 11-14-2017 by Ord. No. 22-2017; 3-19-2019 by Ord. No. 2-2019; 8-18-2020 by Ord. No. 9-2020; 9-21-2021 by Ord. No. 30-2021; 9-19-2023 by Ord. No. 13-2023; 2-11-2025 by Ord. No. 03-2025; 9-16-2025 by Ord. No. 13-2025; 9-16-2025 by Ord. No. 14-2025]
A. 
Purpose. This residential district is intended to provide for limited rural residential use development; require a large residential land area to maintain the rural character and to accommodate uses that are not urban in nature including light agriculture. This district's uses and standards are designed to implement Comprehensive Plan goals by encouraging a blend of residential and agricultural uses. This district may be used as a transitional zone to retain land in a less intensive use until the appropriate time for a more intensive residential or other use occurs. The lands in this district should be predominately agricultural areas not suited for agricultural production or those lands due to location that would have limited impact on agricultural production. Residents of this district may experience conditions associated with adjoining agricultural lands that are not experienced in areas of predominately residential use.
(1) 
Permitted uses. Those uses permitted in this district shall be agricultureal and those that are consistent with agricultural uses.
(a) 
Agricultural uses allowed in the R4 Zoning District include:
[1] 
Crop or forage production.
[2] 
Keeping livestock.
[3] 
Beekeeping.
[4] 
Nursery, sod, or Christmas tree production.
[5] 
Orchard/vineyard.
[6] 
Horticulture/floriculture.
[7] 
Aquaculture.
[8] 
Fur farming.
[9] 
Forestry and forest management.
[10] 
Enrolling land in a federal agricultural commodity payment program or a federal or state agricultural land conservation program.
[11] 
Any other use that the Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection, by rule, identifies as an agricultural use.
[12] 
One nonfarm residence, including normal residential appurtenances.
(b) 
Agricultural accessory uses.
(c) 
Community living, eight or fewer residents.
(d) 
Day care, eight or fewer children.
(e) 
Home occupation:
[1] 
Shall be located in the place of permanent residency;
[2] 
Is incidental to the residential occupancy;
[3] 
Limited to one inside level of the dwelling unit and does not occupy more than 25% of the floor area of that level;
[4] 
That no article is sold or offered for sale on the premises except such as produced by the home occupation;
[5] 
That no stock-in-trade is kept or sold;
[6] 
That no mechanical equipment is used other than such as is permissible for typical residential purposes;
[7] 
There is no emission of odor, gas, smoke, dust, or noise that will be detrimental to the character of the neighborhood; and
[8] 
That no person outside the immediate resident family operates such home occupation.
(f) 
Professional home office when established in a residential dwelling unit shall be:
[1] 
Located in the practitioner's place of permanent residency;
[2] 
Is incidental to the residential occupancy, limited to one inside level of the dwelling unit and does not occupy more than 25% of the floor area of that level; and
[3] 
Not more than one person not a member of the resident family shall be employed on the premises.
(g) 
Recreation trails.
(h) 
Riding stable.
(i) 
Roadside stand of less than 300 square feet in area as a temporary structure not wholly enclosed for the sale of produce grown on the premises. One stand allowed per premises.
(j) 
Signs per § 350-43.
(k) 
Unoccupied outside storage of camping trailer, motor home boats, fishing shanty or other similar recreational vehicles or devices as an accessory use. There shall be a combined limit of two items per family dwelling unit.
(l) 
Utility, local lines.
(m) 
A mobile or manufactured home shall be allowed as a temporary structure for the shelter of persons and property as a result of disaster-related damages. The mobile or manufactured home shall be located after obtaining all necessary permits, for no more than one year and shall be located on the premises with the construction of the new permanent structure.
(n) 
Wind energy systems under 1 MW.
(o) 
Small solar energy systems.
(2) 
Conditional uses. Conditions and standards for a conditional use permit are set forth in § 350, Article VII, Conditional Use Permits.
(a) 
Agricultural-related uses (see § 350-77 for definition). Only one agricultural-related use allowed on an R4-zoned lot or parcel.
(b) 
Bed-and-breakfast establishment.
(c) 
Community living, nine or more residents.
(d) 
Day care, nine or more children.
(e) 
Tourist rooming house.
(f) 
Tower and appurtenances, communication or relay.
(g) 
Utility transmission lines.
(h) 
Event barn (only as an accessory use to the residential use, existing buildings only).
(i) 
Kennel (must be on at least a five-acre lot or parcel and only as an accessory use to the residential use).
(j) 
RV and boat storage for rent (only as an accessory use to the residential use, existing buildings only).
(3) 
Area, height and setback requirements.
(a) 
A lot or parcel shall have a three-acre-minimum and less than eight-acre-maximum of contiguous land area. The area within the road right(s)-of-way shall not be included in the minimum acreage requirement; however, design standards pursuant to Chapter 315, Code of Green Lake County, Land Division and Subdivision, shall apply.
(4) 
Principal structure setback and height standards.
(a) 
Highway setbacks: Refer to § 350-50A.
(b) 
Rear yard setback: 25 feet minimum.
(c) 
Side yard setback: 12 feet minimum.
(d) 
Structure height; dwelling structure: 35 feet overall maximum.
(5) 
Accessory building structure. The total combined footprint area allowed for accessory building structures shall not exceed 10% of the land area, excluding any road right-of-way. An accessory building structure shall satisfy all of the following standards:
(a) 
Setbacks: same as principal structure.
(b) 
Height: None. All sidewalls, excluding basement sidewalls, shall be located below the roof trusses and shall not exceed 20 feet in height.
(c) 
Structure footprint: None.
(d) 
Volume: None.
(e) 
Human habitation of a detached accessory building structure may be allowed, however shall be limited to 20% of the footprint area or 300 square feet, whichever is less. This standard shall apply to only one detached accessory building structure per lot or parcel.
(f) 
In no case is a shipping or storage container(s) to be utilized as a residential accessory building structure.
A. 
Purpose. The primary purpose of this section is to regulate adult-oriented establishment businesses to promote the health, safety, morals and general welfare of the citizens of Green Lake County; to aid in the alleviation and prevention of the adverse and deleterious effects of criminal activity and disruption of the public peace associated with such establishments; to establish reasonable and uniform regulations to prevent the health hazards associated with unsafe and unsanitary conditions known to exist in those establishments; and to alleviate the spread of sexually transmitted diseases and other contagious diseases in those establishments.
B. 
Permitted uses. None.
C. 
Conditional uses. Adult-oriented establishment.
D. 
General standards.
(1) 
An adult-oriented establishment shall not locate within 1,000 feet of any land zoned residential, any public or private school, church, or religious institution, or any public park and shall not locate within 500 feet of any other adult-oriented establishment.
(2) 
No more than one adult-oriented establishment may be operated on any one parcel.
(3) 
All standards and regulations identified in Chapter 93, Adult-Oriented Establishments, and Chapter 163, Article III, Nude Dancing in Licensed Establishments, shall apply.
(4) 
All other provisions of this chapter shall apply.
E. 
Standard of measurement. The distances provided in this chapter shall be measured in a straight line without regard to intervening structures or objects, from the closest point of the structure or portion of the structure occupied or proposed for occupancy by the adult-oriented establishment to the nearest point of the parcel of property or land use district boundary line from which the proposed land use is to be separated.
F. 
Area, height and setback regulations: Refer to §§ 350-18 and 350-19 and the Commercial District setbacks under § 350-20.
[Added 11-14-2017 by Ord. No. 22-2017]
G. 
Highway setbacks: Refer to § 350-50A.
[Added 11-14-2017 by Ord. No. 22-2017]