[Amended 9-18-2025 by Ord. No. 2025-07; 2-18-2026 by Ord. No. 2026-01]
For the purpose of this chapter, the definitions set forth in this section shall be used. Words used in the present tense include the future. The singular number includes the plural number, and the plural number includes the singular. The word "shall" is mandatory and not permissive. For technical terms not defined in this section, the definitions of ESPY Report No. 322 are incorporated by reference. Shoreland and wetland definitions set forth in Ch.
NR 115, Wis. Adm. Code, are incorporated by reference.
A building or use customarily incidental or subordinate to the principal building or use and located on the same lot with the principal building or use. A mobile home, automobile trailer or other vehicle, or part thereof, or building on wheels used as a temporary or permanent dwelling or lodging place shall not be considered an accessory building or use.
ADMINISTRATIVE GOVERNMENT CENTERA place where government employees perform administrative functions on behalf of the public. The term includes administrative offices, post offices, and courthouses.
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICESA place where employees primarily perform administrative functions and where customers are infrequent. The term includes data processing centers, customer service centers via telecommunications, architectural firms, and engineering firms.
AGRICULTURE, CROPA place where nursery stock, trees, sod, fruit, vegetables, flowers, agricultural crops and forage, and other plants are primarily grown for commercial purposes and/or livestock is raised primarily for commercial purposes. The terms does not include commercial stable, farm stand retail outlet, or agricultural product sales.
AGRICULTURE, GENERALA place where nursery stock, trees, sod, fruit, vegetables, flowers, agricultural crops and forage, and other plants are primarily grown for commercial purposes and/or livestock is raised primarily for commercial purposes. The term includes but is not limited to structures such as agricultural or machine sheds, garages, pole barns, silos, etc. The term does not include commercial stable, farm stand retail outlet, or agricultural product sales.
AGRICULTURE-RELATED USEA place primarily involved in (1) providing agricultural supplies agricultural equipment, agricultural inputs or agricultural services; (2) storing, processing or handling raw agricultural commodities; (3) slaughtering livestock; (4) marketing livestock; and/or (5) processing agricultural by products or wastes. Examples include (1) a grain warehouse, potato warehouse, or other warehouse that stores raw agricultural commodities received from farms; (2) a dairy plant that processes or handles milk from farms; (3) a meat slaughter establishment; (4) a food processing plant that processes raw agricultural commodities received from farms; (5) a feed mill or rendering plant that processes raw agricultural commodities, or agricultural by products (received directly from farms; (6) a communal manure digester; (7) a pelletizing plant or other facility that processes raw agricultural commodities, byproducts, or wastes (received directly from farms) to product fuel or other products; (8) a sawmill or other facility that processes wood or other forest products received directly from farms; (9) a facility that produces farm inputs such as fertilizer pesticides, seed, or feed directly to farms; (10) a facility that is primarily engaged in provided agronomy or veterinary services to farms; and (11) a winery distillery or microbrew. The terms does not include an ethanol plant or a bio-diesel plant.
AIRPORTA place where airplanes, ultralights, helicopters, or similar aircraft may land and take off. This use may also include facilities for the housing and maintenance of the same and facilities for passenger ticket sales and accessory food service areas primarily intended for pilots and passengers.
ALLEYA public thoroughfare which affords only a secondary means of access to abutting property.
ALTERNATIVE TOWER STRUCTUREMan-made towers, water towers, buildings, bell steeples, light poles, electric transmission and distribution structures, and similar alternative-design mounting structures that camouflage or conceal the presence of antennas or towers.
AMATEUR RADIO ANTENNAAn antenna and related support structure used by a licensed user to send and receive telecommunications for noncommercial purposes.
ANIMAL SHELTERA place where stray household pets are temporarily housed.
ANIMAL UNITA unit of measure used to regulate the number of various types of livestock and other farm animals by type. In Wisconsin, one animal unit is equivalent to one beef cow or steer (600 lbs. or more), or any combination of other animals based on assigned animal unit factors.
ANIMAL UNIT EQUIVALENT FACTORA numeric value assigned to various types of livestock and other farm animals in relation to one beef cow or steer (600 lbs. to market). For the purpose of this chapter, the animal unit factors established by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection under Ch.
NR 43, Wis. Admin. Code, are to be used.
Any exterior apparatus designed for telephonic, radio, or television communications through the sending and/or receiving of electromagnetic waves.
APPEALA process initiated by an aggrieved person to review a decision made pursuant to this chapter, or an alleged failure to act as required by this chapter.
APPLICANTA person that submits an application as required by this chapter.
ARBORA structure over a walkway or other open area often supporting vines or other plants.
ARTISAN SHOPA place where handmade craft items or works of art are made on a small scale and offered for retail sale. Examples of such items include paintings, textiles, photography, sculptures, pottery, leather products, handmade paper, jewelry, hand-blown glass, small wooden items, candles, soaps, and lotions.
ATTICA space or room just below the roof of a building.
AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINEAn automated device for conducting financial transactions that is accessed from outside of a building.
BASEMENTA story partly underground but having at least 1/2 of its height above the mean level of the adjoining ground. A basement shall be counted as a story for the purpose of height measurements if the vertical distance between the ceiling and the mean level of the adjoining ground is more than five feet, or if used for business purposes, or if used for dwelling purposes by other than a janitor or his family.
BED AND BREAKFASTA single-family residence that offers overnight accommodations for a daily charge and that also serves as a primary residence of the operator or owner.
BIOFUELS PRODUCTION PLANTA facility where alcohol-based fuel products are produced from biomass and other materials. Various types of byproducts may be produced as part of the production process.
BOARD OF APPEALSThe body appointed under authority of §
59.694, Wis. Stats., to hear and decide administrative appeals, variances, and other matters as allowed by this chapter and state law.
A building, other than a hotel, where meals or lodging and meals are served for compensation.
BREWPUBA place where fermented malt beverages are manufactured and those beverages, along with other beverages and food, are offered for retail sale and on-site consumption.
BUILDINGA structure having a roof supported by walls or columns, or other supports intended for the shelter or enclosure of people, animals, chattels, or property of any kind.
BUILDING CODESThose regulations adopted by a municipality or the state that regulate the construction, repair, alteration, and maintenance of buildings.
BUILDING HEIGHTThe vertical distance from the main elevation of the finished grade along the front of the building to the highest point.
BULK FUEL STORAGEA place where liquid or compressed fuel products may be stored in bulk.
BUS STORAGE FACILITYA place where buses are parked when not in use and may include administrative offices and a building for the storage, care, and maintenance of buses in the fleet.
CAMPGROUNDA place where members of the public may set up tents, campers and trailers of all types, and recreational vehicles (including park model trailers) for camping and sleeping purposes. Accessory uses may include individual cabins, a dwelling unit for the manager of the campground, and one or more buildings to house a laundromat and retail sales for the convenience of campground guests, an office, maintenance equipment, supplies, and related materials.
CAMPGROUND SPACEA designated portion of a campground that is rented for the exclusive use of its occupants. A campground space may include a parking spur, fire ring, table, and other amenities.
CARPORTA private garage not completely enclosed by walls or doors. For the purpose of this chapter, a carport shall be subject to all the regulations prescribed for a private garage.
CELLARA story having more than 1/2 of its height below the mean level of the adjoining ground. A cellar should not be occupied for living purposes and shall not be counted as a story for purposes of height measurement.
CEMETERYA place where human remains may be buried or interned. Accessory uses may include columbariums, crematories, mausoleums, and mortuaries when operated in conjunction with and within the boundaries of such area.
CIVIC USE FACILITYA place where large gatherings of people may assemble for public purposes. The term includes zoos, arenas, stadiums, and fairgrounds.
CO-LOCATIONThe location of multiple antennas of more than one commercial wireless communication service provider or governmental entity on a single tower or alternative tower structure.
COMMERCIAL STABLEA place where horses, donkeys, and other similar domesticated animals are kept for boarding, instructional purposes, or hire on trail rides. Nonresidential buildings and other structures, such as barns, stables, riding arenas, and sheds, necessary for the operation are allowed.
COMMERCIAL VEHICLEA car, van, or truck painted or embellished with a business logo or color scheme (often referred to as "company vehicles"), school buses, cargo trucks, and tractor-trailers (cab and trailer). Such vehicles shall be fully operative and in active commercial use.
COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICTA base zoning district established by this chapter that has a "C" followed by a number as its abbreviation (C-1).
COMMON OWNERSHIPA parcel owned by one member of a married couple is deemed to be owned by the married couple.
COMMUNITY CENTERA place where short-term and intermittent meetings or gatherings of individuals are held for purposes of sharing information, entertainment, social service, or similar activities. The term includes senior centers; neighborhood recreational centers; fraternal, social, or civic clubs; lodges; wedding venues and banquet facilities; and union halls.
COMMUNITY CULTURAL FACILITYA place where people may gather for studying, reading, personal education, or viewing the visual arts. The term includes libraries, museums, art galleries, and observatories. The term does not include performing arts.
COMMUNITY GARDENA place where a group of unrelated individuals grow vegetables, fruits, and flowers for their personal use. A community garden can be divided into individual plots of land for the exclusive use of the person assigned each plot, or the entire garden may be a cooperative effort of any number of people, or a combination thereof.
COMMUNITY LIVING ARRANGEMENTAny one of the following facilities (1) residential care centers for children and youth, as defined in §
48.02(15d), Wis. Stats., operated by a child welfare agency licensed under §
48.60, Wis. Stats.; (2) group homes for children, as defined in §
48.02(7), Wis. Stats.; and (3) community-based residential facilities, as defined in §
50.01(1g), Wis. Stats. The term does not include adult family homes, as defined in §
50.01, Wis. Stats.
A place where vegetation (but not food wastes) may be collected and composted. The term includes the storage and manipulation of materials prior to, during, and following composting.
CONDITIONAL USEA use, either public or private, which because of its unique characteristics cannot be properly classified as a permitted use in any particular district or districts. After due consideration in each case by the Plan Commission of the impact of such use on the neighboring land and of the public need for the particular use at the particular location, recommendations of approval or disapproval, with or without conditions, shall be forwarded to the Town Board for final action.
CONDITIONAL USE PERMITA permit issued by the Zoning Administrator authorizing the establishment of a conditional use consistent with the provisions of this chapter.
CONDOMINIUMA form of ownership with unrestricted right of disposal of one or more units in a multiple unit project with the land and all other parts of the project held in common ownership or use with owners of the other units.
CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT REPAIRA place where construction equipment, such as dump trucks, excavators, graders, and scrapers, are typically left overnight for maintenance, service, or repair.
CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT SALES AND RENTALA place where new and used construction equipment, such as dump trucks, excavators, graders, and scrappers, are offered for rent, sale, lease, or exchange, or are taken on consignment. This use may include the repair of such equipment.
CONTIGUOUSWhen used in the context of determining base farm tracts, two parcels are contiguous if they adjoin, border, or abut along a common boundary at any point or if they are only separated by a public road right-of-way that is 100 feet in width or less, private road, pipeline, transmission line, railroad right-of-way, state-owned bike trail, creek or river, or privately-owned access, whether improved or unimproved, that is 66 feet in width or less (e.g., stem of a flag lot). Two parcels are not contiguous if they meet only at a single point.
CONTRACTOR YARDA place where a contractor or builder may establish a base of operation, which may include one or more of the following: office space; indoor and outdoor storage of construction materials, equipment, and machinery, such as trucks and heavy equipment; and shops for the repair of machinery and equipment owned by the operator.
CORNER LOTA lot situated at the junction of and fronting on two more streets. A lot abutting on a curved street shall be considered a corner lot if straight lines drawn from the foremost points of the side lot lines to the foremost point of the lot meet at an interior angle of less than 135°.
DAY CARE CENTERA place licensed as a day care by the state where care is provided for nine or more children. This use may include outdoor play areas, playhouses, and related recreational equipment, such as swings, slides, basketball hoops, and jungle gyms.
DECKAn above-ground, unroofed platform freestanding or extending from a building or structure and intended for outdoor living.
DENSITYAs the context would indicate, the number of existing, proposed, or permitted dwelling units in a given area.
DEVELOPMENTAny activity which results in an alteration of either land or vegetation, except farming and normal grading and filling, for purposes of changing to or intensifying existing uses in residential, business, recreational, institutional, or industrial property.
DEVELOPMENT/DEVELOPERS AGREEMENTA contract between a developer and a municipality that describes the obligations of both parties regarding a private development project.
DOUBLE FRONTAGE LOTA lot having a frontage on two streets that are more or less parallel to one another.
DRIVING RANGEA place where golfers practice driving golf balls from a fixed central location. This use may include one or more buildings and other structures directly related to the operation of this use, such as an office, snack bar, and buildings for housing maintenance equipment, supplies, and related materials.
DWELLING UNITA single building, or portion thereof, that provides complete, independent living facilities for one family, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation.
EARTH MATERIALS STOCKPILEA place where an earth material, such as topsoil and gravel, derived from an on-site land development project, is piled and temporarily stored until taken to an off-site location.
EDUCATIONAL FACILITY, POST-SECONDARYA place where post-secondary educational opportunities are offered. The term includes colleges, universities, community colleges, and vocational schools.
EDUCATIONAL FACILITY, PRE-K THROUGH 12A place where primary and secondary educational opportunities are offered. The term includes preschools, elementary schools, junior high schools, and high schools.
EQUIPMENT RENTAL, LARGEA place where large equipment that is normally stored out of doors is offered for rent. Typical items include modular buildings, trucks and trailers, vertical lifts, skid loaders, forklifts, backhoes, and other types of heavy equipment.
EQUIPMENT RENTAL, SMALLA place where small equipment is offered for rent and related supplies are offered for retail sale or rent. Items for rent or sale are stored indoors and may include hand tools, party equipment, and lawn and yard equipment.
EXPANDED LIVESTOCK FACILITYThe entire livestock facility that is created by expansion, after May 1, 2006, regardless of whether those structures are new, existing, or altered. When used in the context of livestock facilities, an increase in the largest number of animal units kept at a livestock facility on at least 90 days in any 12-month period. The acquisition of an existing livestock facility, by the operator of an adjacent livestock facility, does not constitute an "expansion" unless that operator increases the largest number of animal units kept at the combined livestock facilities on at least 90 days in any 12-month period.
FAMILYOne or more persons occupying a premises and living as a single housekeeping unit, as distinguished from a group occupying a boardinghouse, lodging house or hotel.
FARMWhen used in the context of farmland preservation in the A-1 Zoning District, a parcel of land or a collection of two or more contiguous parcels of land in common ownership provided more than 50% of the entire land area is assigned for property tax purposes to one or more of the following use classifications as defined by the Wisconsin Department of Revenue pursuant to §
70.32(2), Wis. Stats.
A. Agricultural land — class 4;
Agricultural forest — class 5m; and
Productive forest — class 6.12.
FARM BUILDING STORAGEA building once used for agricultural purposes in which motor vehicles, construction equipment and vehicles, recreational vehicles, boats, and other related items may be stored. Minor repair and maintenance of those objects in storage is permitted, provided such activity is for noncommercial purposes.
FARM PRODUCTSAgricultural, horticultural, and arboricultural crops. Animals considered within the definition of agricultural include livestock, stable animals, bees, poultry, fur-bearing animals, and wildlife or aquatic life.
FARMLAND PRESERVATION PLANThat portion of the county's comprehensive plan adopted consistent with Ch.
91, Wis. Stats., that describes the ways the county will encourage preservation of farmland.
A place where food products are offered for retail that are predominantly produced on the farm on which it is located. The term includes wine tasting rooms.
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA)A federal agency within the U.S. Department of Transportation with the authority to regulate air commerce to promote its safety and development; encourage and develop civil aviation, air traffic control, and air navigation; and promote the development of a national system of airports.
FENCEA linear structure constructed for aesthetics, as a visual barrier, and/or to control entry or exit into an area. Typical materials include wood, concrete, metal, wire, masonry, stacked rocks, or logs.
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONSA place where financial and banking services are offered. The term includes banks, savings and loan institutions, other lending institutions, auto title loan businesses, and payday loan businesses. The term does not include stand-alone automated teller machines, which are considered an accessory use.
FLAG LOTA residential lot, Zoning Districts R-1, R-1A, R-1A-1, R-2A, R-3A and R-4A, having less than the required minimum lot width that is immediately fronting on a right-of-way, and/or the buildable area or front building line of the lot is located behind an adjacent lot that is fronting the same right-of-way, with access to said buildable area being provided from that right-of-way by a strip of land having a width of not less than 33.5 feet.
FLOODPLAINThat land which has been or may be covered by floodwater during the regional flood. The floodplain includes the floodway and the flood fringe and may include other designated floodplain areas for regulatory purposes.
FORESTRYThe harvesting, thinning, and planting of trees and related forest management activities whether for commercial or non-commercial purposes.
FOSTER HOMEA place licensed by the state for the care of foster children and which is operated by a corporation, child welfare agency, church, or other such entity.
FRONT YARDAn open, unoccupied space on the same lot with the main building, extending the full width of the lot and situated between the front line of the lot and the front line of the building, projected to the side lines of the lot.
FRONTAGEThat side of a lot abutting on a public street.
FUNERAL HOMEA place where the deceased may be prepared for burial or cremation and people may gather for visitation or funeral ceremonies. The indoor display of funeral equipment may also occur. The term includes mortuaries.
GARAGE, PRIVATEAn accessory building or portion of the principal building designed and used for the storage of motor vehicles by the occupants of the building to which it is accessory.
GARDENA plot of tilled soil where flowers and food-producing plants are grown out-of-doors.
GAZEBOA roofed structure, generally with open sides, used for outdoor living.
GENERAL CODEThe compilation of laws as adopted by the Winneconne Town Board.
GENERAL REPAIRA place where consumer goods such as shoes, bicycles, appliances, and business equipment are repaired. The term does not include repair of motor vehicles or industrial equipment.
GENERAL SERVICESA place where services not otherwise included in any other service type category are offered. The term includes photography studios, weight loss centers, commercial postal services, beauty shops, pet grooming shops, photocopying and printing services, linen services, dry cleaning services, and diaper services.
GOLF COURSEA place where individuals, for a fee or other consideration, play golf outdoors. This use may include one or more buildings and other structures directly related to the operation of this use, such as an office, game room with snack bar, and buildings for housing maintenance equipment, supplies, and related materials.
GRADEThe average level of the finished surface of the ground adjacent to the exterior walls of the building or structure.
GREENHOUSEA place where fruit, vegetables, flowers and other types of plants are grown within an enclosed building for commercial purposes, whether using sunlight or artificial lighting. For the purpose of this definition, a mushroom farm is considered a greenhouse.
GROUP RECREATION CAMPA place where members of an association or other similar group, which operates the premises, and their invited guests may set up tents, campers and trailers of all types, and recreational vehicles for camping and sleeping purposes or stay overnight in a lodge, cabin, or other similar accommodation. Accessory uses may include a dwelling unit for the manager of the camp, sleeping accommodations for resident staff, and one or more buildings to house guest services, administrative offices, recreational facilities, maintenance equipment, supplies, and related materials. The term includes youth camps and church camps.
HALF STORYA story under a gable, hip or gambrel roof, the wall plates of which on at least two opposite exterior walls are not more than two feet above the floor of such story.
HAZARDA condition, whether man-made or natural, that presents a tangible danger to the public health, safety, and general welfare.
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCEA material regulated by the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. §§
1101 through
11050, as may be amended.
A waste or combination of wastes that because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical, or infectious characteristics, may (1) cause or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible or incapacitating reversible illness; or (2) pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, or disposed of or otherwise managed.
HEALTH CARE CENTERA place where medical treatment or nursing, rehabilitative, or preventative care is offered. The term includes ambulatory surgical facilities, hospitals, kidney treatment centers, long-term care facilities, medical assistance facilities, mental health centers, outpatient facilities, public health centers, and rehabilitation facilities.
HEALTH CARE CLINICA place where medical services are offered, and patients do not stay overnight. The term includes dental clinics, medical offices, chiropractic offices, acupuncture centers, and sports medicine facilities. The term does not include those uses as classified as a health care center.
HEAVY VEHICLE SALES AND RENTALA place where new and used large vehicles, such as recreational vehicles and campers, personal watercraft, and heavy trucks, are offered for rent, sale, lease, or exchange, or are taken on consignment. This use may include the repair of such vehicles as a subordinate use.
HIGHWAYA main Town street or road designated on the Zoning Map which may also be a state or county highway, and which may serve the Town as a whole and areas beyond the Town. A highway carries a large volume of traffic.
HOME OCCUPATION, MAJORAn occupation, profession, enterprise, or similar commercial activity that is conducted within a dwelling unit and/or an accessory building and that is compatible in size and scope in a residential setting. The term does not include hobbies or similar noncommercial activities.
HOME OCCUPATION, MINORAn occupation, profession, enterprise, or similar commercial activity that is conducted entirely within a dwelling unit and that is compatible in size and scope in a residential setting. The term does not include hobbies or similar noncommercial activities.
HOSPICE CARE CENTERA place licensed by the state that provides palliative and supportive care and a place of residence to individuals with terminal illness and provides or arranges for short-term inpatient care as needed.
HOT TUBAn outdoor warm water reservoir usually with hydro-massage jets. A hot tub may be built in or portable.
HOTEL or MOTELAny building occupied as the more or less temporary abiding place of individuals who are lodged, with or without meals, for compensation.
HUNTING PRESERVEA place where the public or those with a membership can, for a fee or other consideration, hunt game animals not confined within a fenced enclosure. This use may include one or more buildings and other structures directly related to operation of this use, such as an office, structures and enclosures for rearing game animals for hunting purposes, and buildings for housing maintenance equipment, supplies, and related materials. The term does not include lands leased for private, individual use.
INDOOR ENTERTAINMENTA place where indoor entertainment is offered. The term includes theaters, movie theaters, dance halls, and theaters for performing arts. The term does not include adult-oriented establishments.
INDOOR RECREATIONA place where indoor recreational activities are offered. The term includes bowling alleys, skating rinks, billiard and pool halls, and arcades.
INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICTA base zoning district established by this chapter that has an "I" followed by a number as its abbreviation (e.g., I-1).
INDUSTRIAL, HEAVYA place where raw materials are processed or refined. The term includes batching plants, sawmills, foundries, and power plants. The term does not include a biofuels production plant which is listed as a separate land use in this series.
INDUSTRIAL, LIGHTA place where finished products or parts from previously prepared materials are manufactured, including processing, fabrication, assembly, treatment, packaging, incidental storage, and administrative offices. The term includes furniture production, metal fabrication, apparel manufacturing, printing, and publishing.
INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICESA place where instruction, training, or tutelage is offered in such areas as gymnastics, dance, art, music, and martial arts.
KENNELA tract or parcel of land with or without improvements, privately or publicly owned, designated, maintained, intended and used to lodge, house, service, or care for animal pets, to include any facility to raise, breed, board, or medically treat animal pets.
LANDThe earth, water, and air, above, below, or on the surface.
LAND USEAs the context indicates (1) the development that has occurred on the land, (2) development that is proposed for the land, or (3) the use permitted for the land under this chapter.
LANDSCAPE BUSINESSA place where a landscape contractor may establish a base of operation, which may include one or more of the following: retail sale of plant and landscape materials; office space; indoor and outdoor storage of materials, equipment, and machinery, such as trucks and heavy equipment; and shops for the repair of machinery and equipment owned by the operator.
LEAN-TOA roof of a single pitch with the higher end abutting a wall or larger building.
LIVESTOCKWhen used in the context of livestock facility siting, "livestock" shall only include cattle, swine, poultry, sheep, and goats. When not used in the context of livestock facility siting, "livestock" shall include bovine animals, equine animals, goats, poultry, sheep, swine, farm-raised deer, farm-raised game birds, camelids, ratites, and farm-raised fish.
LIVESTOCK FACILITYA feedlot, dairy farm, or other operation where livestock are or will be fed, confined, maintained or stabled for a total of 45 days or more in any 12-month period. A livestock facility includes all the tax parcels of land on which the facility is located but does not include a pasture or winter grazing area. Related livestock facilities are collectively treated as a single livestock facility for purposes of this chapter, except that an operator may elect to treat a separate species facility as a separate livestock facility.
LIVESTOCK STRUCTUREA building or other structure used to house or feed livestock, to confine livestock for milking, to confine livestock for feeding other than grazing, to store livestock feed, or to collect or store waste generated at a livestock facility. The term includes a barn, milking parlor, feed storage facility, feeding facility, animal lot or waste storage facility. The term does not include a pasture or winter grazing area, a fence surrounding a pasture or winter grazing area, a livestock watering or feeding facility in a pasture or winter grazing area, or a machine shed or like facility that is not used for livestock.
LIVESTOCK WASTE STORAGE STRUCTUREAn impoundment made by constructing embankments, a pit or dugout, or a structure used to hold agricultural waste. The term does not include equipment used to apply agricultural waste to land. For purposes of §§ ATCP
51.12(2) and
51.14, Wis. Admin. Code, the term does not include a structure used to collect and store agricultural waste under a livestock housing facility or a manure digester consisting of a sealed structure.
The square feet of floor space contained within a structure and includes the total of all space on all floors of a structure.
LOADING AREAAn off-street area set aside for the purpose of unloading or loading a motor vehicle, trailer, or truck.
LOTA parcel of ground with a definable location based on a recorded survey or similar instrument.
LOT LINESThe lines bounding a lot, as defined in this chapter.
MAINTENANCE GARAGEA place where a municipal government maintains administrative offices, equipment, and supplies necessary for maintaining public roadways, parks, and other types of public facilities.
MANUFACTURED HOMEA dwelling unit that is constructed in an off-site facility in conformance with the federal construction and safety standards established by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to the Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, as amended.
MASS TRANSIT TERMINALA place where passengers can board mass transit. This use may include facilities for ticket sales and accessory food service areas primarily intended for passengers.
MIGRANT LABOR CAMPLiving quarters under the control and supervision of any person for any migrant worker or any other person who is not related by blood, marriage, or adoption to his or her employer and who occasionally or habitually leaves an established place of residence to travel to another locality to accept seasonal employment in the planting, cultivating, raising, harvesting, handling, drying, packing, packaging, processing, freezing, grading, or storing of any agricultural or horticultural commodity in its unmanufactured state. The term does not include a premise occupied by the employer as a personal residence and by no more than two migrant workers or any accommodation subject to Chapter
50 of the Wisconsin Statutes.
A commercial development that includes a mix of compatible commercial land uses within one or more buildings on a single lot in the C-1 Commercial Zoning District. Mixed-use commercial development requires a conditional use permit.
MIXED-USE DWELLINGOne or more dwelling units located in a building, commonly on the second floor, that also houses a commercial land use, such as a retail use or a professional office.
MOBILE HOMEA dwelling unit that was originally constructed prior to June 15, 1976, and that is (1) constructed off-site, (2) equipped with the necessary utility service connections, (3) made to be readily movable as a unit or units on its (their) own running gear, and (4) designed to be used with or without a permanent foundation.
MOBILE HOME PARKA tract of land planned and used for the purpose of supplying to the public parking space or lots for two or more mobile or manufactured homes or trailers for residential use only. Accessory uses may include one or more buildings to house offices, toilets, bathing facilities, laundry facilities, community centers, and other similar services for residents of the park.
MOBILE HOME SPACEA designated area of a mobile home park that is designed to accommodate either one manufactured home or one mobile home for exclusive use of the occupants.
MOTHER-IN-LAW-SUITEResidential quarters accessory to, but contained entirely within, the principal residence and used by immediate relatives.
MULTIPLE DWELLINGA building or portion thereof used or designed as a residence for three or more families living independently of each other and doing their own cooking therein, including apartments, apartment hotels, and group houses.
NONCONFORMING USEA use of land that at the time of establishment conformed to existing regulations but is now inconsistent with this chapter.
NONMETALLIC MINEA place where nonmetallic minerals are removed from the ground by any method for use on-site or off-site. Activities include excavating and transporting nonmetallic minerals, stockpiling of nonmetallic minerals, blending of nonmetallic minerals, blasting, grading, crushing, screening, scalping, and dewatering.
NURSING HOMEA place where five or more persons who are not related to the operator or administrator reside, receive care or treatment and, because of their mental or physical condition, require 24-hour nursing services, including limited nursing care, intermediate level nursing care, and skilled nursing services. The term does not include (1) a convent or facility owned or operated exclusively by and for members of a religious order that provides reception and care or treatment of an individual, (2) a hospice as defined in state law, or (3) a residential care apartment complex as defined in state law.
OFF-SITE PARKING LOTA place where motor vehicles associated with an off-site use may be parked for a short duration. It may be available to the public or reserved to accommodate parking for a specific purpose.
ON-SITE CONSTRUCTION OFFICEA portable building or enclosed trailer temporarily placed on a construction site for use by the contractor as a field office.
ONE-FAMILY DWELLINGA building designed for or occupied exclusively by one family, and the said building shall contain a minimum width of 20 feet, measured from the narrowest part of the structure, and a minimum living area of 1,000 square feet.
OUTDOOR ENTERTAINMENTA place where outdoor, spectator-type uses or events are offered. The term includes racetracks, motocross courses, tractor-pulling events, and sports arenas.
OUTDOOR FOOD AND BEVERAGE SERVICEAn outdoor area with tables and chairs located on the same lot as a brewpub, restaurant, or tavern where customers can consume food and drink.
OUTDOOR FURNACEAn apparatus designed to burn solid or liquid combustible materials (e.g., corn, earn corn, wood, wood pellets, coal, and fuel oil) to produce heat and/or heat water for a building in which it is not located.
OUTDOOR RECREATIONA place where outdoor recreational activities are offered. The term includes miniature golf, batting cages, water parks, and amusement parks. The term does not include driving ranges and golf courses.
OUTDOOR SALESA place where the merchandise offered for sale is primarily displayed outside of a building or other structure. This term does not include those land uses otherwise defined in this section.
PARKA place where primarily outdoor recreational activities may occur. A park may be operated by a public entity for the benefit of the general public or by a homeowner's association for the benefit of its members. A park may be developed with recreational facilities or undeveloped. The term includes dog parks and neighborhood recreation centers.
PARK-AND-RIDE LOTA designated place where people can park their motor vehicles for a short duration to board public transportation or to carpool or vanpool.
PARKING LOTA parking lot located entirely on the parcel it is intended to serve.
PARKING SPACEThe off-street areas required for parking one automobile, which in this chapter is held to be the area shown in the following diagrams:
PATIOAn at-grade surfaced area intended for outdoor living that may be next to a building or separated from a building.
PERGOLAA horizontal trellis or framework, supported on posts or columns.
PERSONAL STORAGE FACILITYA place where individual storage units or general space within a building is offered for rent, lease, sale, or other arrangement. Examples of the term include a tract of land used to store motor vehicles, watercraft, or personal belongings. Additionally, the building may be used for business operations which are allowable land uses within the Zoning District in which the facility is permitted, and which do not require or allow customer interaction at the facility.
PLAY STRUCTUREAn accessory building, either at ground level or elevated, or supported by a tree, characteristically used by children for play.
PONDA man-made body of water exceeding 100 square feet in area that is not required for stormwater management purposes.
PORTABLE STORAGE CONTAINERAn enclosed metal container that is used to temporarily (no more than 60 days) store household items and similar goods, typically used during household renovations or for moving purposes.
PRINCIPAL BUILDINGThe building on a lot in which is conducted the principal use as permitted on such lot by the regulations of the district in which it is located.
PRINCIPAL USEThe main use of land or structures as distinguished from a secondary or accessory use.
PRIVATE RECEPTION VENUEA location, indoors or outdoors, which is used primarily to host events such as weddings, corporate events, fundraisers, and anniversary celebrations. The term includes event barns.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICESA place where services involving predominantly professional, clerical, or similar operations are performed and where customers may or could come on a regular basis. The term includes law offices, real estate offices, insurance offices, and travel agencies.
PROTECTED FARMLANDWhen used in the context of farmland preservation, land (1) located in a 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.; or (4) otherwise legally protected from nonagricultural development, as evidenced by documentation provided by the landowner who claims that the land is legally protected from nonagricultural development.
The means that a governmental body uses, or is required to use, to formally notify people and other interested entities of a pending governmental hearing or proposed action.
PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITYA place where public safety services are offered. The term includes ambulance services, fire stations, police stations, and jails. The term does not include correctional facilities.
REAR YARDAn open space on the same lot as the main building, unoccupied except as permitted in this chapter, and including accessory buildings which may occupy the rear yard as permitted in the residential districts. The rear yard is situated between the rear line of the lot and the rear line of the buildings, projected to the side lines of the lot.
RECREATION TRAILA place where a linear path may be dedicated to a single recreational use or multiple uses. Examples include hiking trails, bike trails, cross-country ski trails, and horse trails.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLEA vehicular type unit primarily designed as a temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, or travel use that either has its own motor power or is mounted on or drawn by another vehicle. Recreational vehicles are to remain mobile and operable.
RECYCLING CENTERA place where recoverable materials, which have been previously removed from the waste stream, may be stored prior to shipment to others who use those materials to manufacture new products. Typical recoverable materials include glass, paper, metal, and plastic. (In contrast see "salvage yard.")
RELOCATABLE BUILDINGA portable building or enclosed trailer temporarily placed on a parcel that may be used in conjunction with the principal use of the property. For example, relocatable buildings are used to house students during a construction project or accommodate enrollment in excess of the principal building's design capacity. A mobile home or manufactured home is not considered a relocatable building.
RESORTA place with lodging facilities and on-site amenities primarily intended for the use of overnight guests. Guest rooms may be located in one or more buildings and may include kitchen facilities. In addition to lodging facilities and recreational amenities, such as golf, horseback riding, or lake/beach access, a resort may also include a lodge or other gathering place for guests, dining facilities, administrative facilities, and maintenance and storage facilities.
RESTAURANTA place where food and beverages are offered for retail sale for on-site or off-site consumption, and where the on-site consumption of fermented malt beverages, wine, or liquor, if any, is clearly secondary and subordinate to the sale of food and nonalcoholic beverages. A restaurant may also prepare food as part of a catering business. The term does not include a grocery store with a food service section.
RETAIL SALESThe sale of goods or services to an individual consumer for personal use.
RETAIL SALES, CONVENIENCEA place where a limited product line of frequently needed personal items is offered for retail sale. The term includes convenience stores and small grocery stores.
RETAIL SALES, GENERALA place where a diverse product line is offered for retail sale. The term includes grocery stores, retail outlets, comparison shopping stores, full-line department stores, and dollar stores.
RETIREMENT HOMEA place where individuals, generally 62 years of age or older, may occupy independent dwelling units. The units may be rented or owned as in a condominium. This use may include limited on-site commercial and medical facilities for the exclusive use of residents.
REVIEWING AUTHORITYAs the context would indicate, the Zoning Administrator and/or Plan Commission.
RIGHT-OF-WAYA strip of land dedicated or acquired for public or private use, typically to construct and operate infrastructure for transportation facilities. The rights to utilize such right-of-way are generally part of a recorded document. In the event there is no recorded document, the right-of-way shall be determined by measuring 33 feet from the center of the road.
SEASONAL PRODUCT SALESAn outdoor area where merchandise typically associated with a seasonal holiday or festival is displayed and offered for sale at retail immediately before the event. Examples of such merchandise include Christmas trees and wreaths for Christmas and pumpkins for Halloween.
SETBACKThe minimum required distance between the established lot line/right-of-way line and a structure.
SEWAGE SLUDGEThe residue matter resulting from the treatment of sewage.
SHOOTING RANGEAn indoor or outdoor area where patrons shoot guns, such as pistols, rifles, and shotguns, and bow and arrows for target practice. The term includes archery ranges, trap and skeet clubs, and target ranges.
SIDE YARDAn open, unoccupied space on the same lot as the main building, situated between the side of the building and the adjacent sideline of the lot, and extending from the rear line of the front yard to the front line of the rear yard. If there is no front yard, the front boundary of the side yard shall be the front line of the lot, and if there is no rear yard, the rear boundary of the side yard shall be the rear line of the lot.
SITE PLANA drawing of a subject property that shows existing and proposed conditions and other features required by this chapter.
SNOW DISPOSAL SITEA place where snow that accumulates on another site is stored and allowed to naturally melt.
SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMA freestanding solar energy system that constitutes the principal use of the property or that exceeds the limitations established for a freestanding energy system as an accessory use.
SOLID WASTE LANDFILLA place where solid waste from municipal and/or industrial sources may be permanently buried consistent with environmental protection standards. Typically, solid waste is spread in layers, compacted, and covered with a fresh layer of earth materials each day. The term does not include land application units, surface impoundments, injection wells, or waste piles.
SOLID WASTE TRANSFER STATIONA place where solid waste may be temporarily stored prior to transport to a processing plant or to final disposal.
SPECIAL EVENTAn event of limited duration which is open to the public and is not otherwise permitted in the zoning district. Examples include auctions, art fairs, festivals, fundraisers, and bike races. This use may also include camping, parking, and concessions in conjunction with the event.
STATEThe state of Wisconsin.
STOP-WORK ORDERAn order issued by a municipal government requiring the cessation of an activity that violates a building code or zoning code.
STORAGE CONTAINERAn enclosed metal container typically used to store merchandise and/or to transport materials.
STORYThat portion of a building included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor next above it, or, if there is no floor above it, then the space between such floor and the ceiling next above it.
STREETA public accessway within a public right-of-way.
STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONAny change in the supporting members of a building such as bearing walls columns, beams or girders.
SUBSTANDARD LOTA lot, with or without a structure, having a lesser dimension or area, or both, than what is required for the zoning district in which it is located.
SWIMMING POOLA structure placed on the ground surface that is filled with water for swimming. The term does not include those pools that are below ground or those pools that are less than 15 feet in diameter and which are taken down and stored in the off-season.
TAVERNA place where fermented malt beverages, wine, or liquor are offered for retail sale for on-site consumption and where food consumption, if any, is clearly secondary and subordinate to the sale of alcoholic beverages. The term includes bars, drinking establishments, sports bars, and lounges.
TELECOMMUNICATION TOWERAny structure that is designed and constructed primarily for the purpose of supporting one or more antennas, including self-supporting lattice towers, guy towers, or monopole towers. The term includes radio and television transmission towers, microwave towers, common-carrier towers, cellular telephone towers, PCS towers, alternative tower structures, and the like.
TRUCK STOPA place where fuel primarily for tractor trucks are offered for retail sale. Ancillary uses are limited to retail sale of motor vehicle fuel for cars, motorcycles, and light trucks; retail sale of food and beverages; a restaurant; sleeping quarters; overnight parking; a truck wash; truck scales; tire repair and sales; light maintenance activities, such as engine tune-ups, lubrication, and minor repairs; and other incidental uses customarily associated with a truck stop.
TRUCK TERMINALA place where goods carried by motor transport are received and temporarily stored until transferred to another truck for delivery.
TWO-FAMILY DWELLINGA building designed for or occupied exclusively by two families living independently of each other and said building shall contain a minimum width of 20 feet, measured from the narrowest part of the structure, and a minimum useable living area of 1,000 square feet.
USEABLE LIVING AREAThe area within the exterior wall lines of a building, provided that the floor area shall not include attics, cellars or utility rooms, garages, breezeways and unenclosed porches, and other areas not furnished or usable as living quarters.
UTILITY CABINETA ground-mounted pedestal, junction box, cabinet, or similar feature that a service provider uses to provide telephone, electric, natural gas, cable television, cable Internet, transmission line, high speed monopole, or similar public service. A utility cabinet may be located within a public right-of-way or on private property.
UTILITY MAINTENANCE YARDA place where a public or private entity maintains administrative offices, equipment, and supplies necessary for maintaining the infrastructure it provides.
UTILITY SYSTEM, MAJORA place, building and/or structure, or portion thereof, whether public or private, used or is intended for providing basic infrastructure or utility services and which could potentially have a moderate to high impact on neighboring property. The term includes pipeline pumping stations, sewage treatment plants, electric substations, and water towers.
UTILITY SYSTEM, MINORA utility installation generally having low impact on neighboring property. The term includes public water system wells, without a tower; below ground sewer lift stations; and stormwater pumping stations. The term does not include utility cabinets, which are classified as an accessory use.
VARIANCEA grant of relief from the strict application of a rule or regulation that would permit development in a manner otherwise prohibited.
VEHICLE FUEL STATIONA place where fuels for cars, motorcycles, and light trucks are offered for retail sale. Ancillary uses are limited to the retail sale of food and beverages and light maintenance activities, such as engine tune-ups, lubrication, and minor repairs.
VEHICLE REPAIR SHOPA place where motor vehicles, such as cars, motorcycles, and light trucks, are typically left overnight for maintenance, service, or repair. Typical services include transmission repair, body work and painting, vehicle upholstery, engine repair and overhauls, and similar activities. The term includes do-it-yourself shops where patrons use the facility, tools, and other equipment for a fee and perform the work themselves.
VEHICLE SALES AND RENTALA place where new and used cars, light trucks, motorcycles, mopeds, snowmobiles, and all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) are offered for rent, sale, lease, or exchange, or are taken on consignment. This use may include the repair of such vehicles as a subordinate use.
VEHICLE SERVICE SHOPA place where motor vehicles, such as cars, motorcycles, and light trucks, are serviced while the owner waits and typically are not left overnight. Examples include quick lube/oil change facilities, tire stores, car washes, and vehicle detailing.
VEHICLE STORAGE YARDA place where impounded motor vehicles are temporarily stored or where damaged motor vehicles are temporarily stored before being taken to a repair shop or while waiting for an insurance adjustment to occur. The salvaging of motor vehicle parts or the repair of motor vehicles is not allowed.
VETERINARY CLINICA place where medical services for small and large animals, such as horses and livestock, are offered. This use may include office space, medical labs, appurtenant facilities, and indoor and outdoor enclosures for animals under the immediate medical care of a veterinarian.
WAREHOUSEA place where goods, merchandise, and other materials are temporarily stored for eventual shipment. The term does not include bulk fuel storage.
WILDLIFE PARKA place where the public can, for a fee or other consideration, view free-roaming wildlife from a motor vehicle. This use may include one or more buildings and other structures directly related to operation of this use, such as an office, structures and enclosures for rearing wild animals, and buildings for housing maintenance equipment, supplies, and related materials.
WIND ENERGY SYSTEM, LARGEA wind energy system that exceeds the definition of a small wind energy system but totals a capacity of less than 100 megawatts (wind energy systems exceeding 100 megawatts are regulated by the State of Wisconsin Public Service Commission).
WIND ENERGY SYSTEM, SMALLA wind energy system that has a total installed nameplate capacity of 300 kilowatts or less and that consists of individual wind turbines that have an installed nameplate capacity of not more than 100 kilowatts.
WORSHIP FACILITYA place where people can regularly assemble for religious worship and associated activities, and which is operated by an entity with tax-exempt status. The term includes sanctuaries, chapels, cathedrals, churches, synagogues, and temples and other on-site accessory buildings such as parsonages, friaries, convents, fellowship halls, and rectories.
YARDAn open space on the same 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 chapter, 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 lot is located. The yard depth or width is measured as the minimum horizontal distance between the lot line and the nearest point of a building or any projection thereof, excluding uncovered steps. Ordinary projection of sills, belt courses, chimneys, flues, eaves and troughs may project into the required yard no more than 1/3 of its minimum width or 24 inches, whichever is smaller.
YARD SALEA temporary event where used household items are offered for sale.
YARD SHEDAn accessory building designed to store yard furniture and tools, equipment, and supplies normally associated with lawn and garden care.
ZONING ADMINISTRATORThe individual so designated by the Winneconne Town Board to perform those duties as enumerated in this chapter and as authorized by state law.
ZONING DISTRICT, BASEA type of zoning district that establishes uniform regulations for the use and development of land.
ZONING DISTRICT, OVERLAYA type of zoning district that is superimposed over one or more base zoning districts, or portions thereof and which imposes additional requirements of the underlying base of zoning district.
ZONING PERMITA written permit issued for a specified parcel of land prior to the issuance of a building permit to ensure that the proposed use is consistent with the zoning requirements of the zoning district in which it is to be located.
