For the purpose of this chapter, certain words
are defined as follows. The word "building" includes the word "structure,"
and the word "shall" is mandatory and not directory.
A building or portion of a building subordinance to the main
building but not part of the main building and used for a purpose
customarily incidental to the permitted use of the main building.
Any facility, structure, building or use which is accessory
or incidental to the principal use of a property, structure, or building.
Includes farming, dairying, pasturage, agriculture, horticulture,
floriculture, and animal and poultry husbandry and the necessary accessory
uses for packing, treating, or storing the produce; provided, however,
that the operation of any such accessory uses shall be secondary to
that of the normal agricultural activities.
A street or thoroughfare affording only secondary access
to abutting property.
A flood having a one-percent chance of being equaled or exceeded
in any given year.
An elevation equal to that which reflects the height of the
base flood as defined above.
That portion of any structure located partly below the average
adjoining lot grade.
Any structure used, designed, or intended for the protection,
shelter, enclosure or support of persons or property.
The vertical distance from the average curb level in front
of the lot or the finished grade at the building line, whichever is
higher, to the highest point of the coping of a flat roof, to the
deckline of a mansard roof, or to the average height of the gable
of a gambrel, hip or pitch roof.
A certification by the zoning administrator that a structure,
use, or development is in compliance with all provisions of this chapter.
A natural or artificial watercourse with definite bed and
banks to confine and conduct the normal flow of water.
A use of land, water or building which is allowable only
after the issuance of a special permit by the Village Board under
conditions specified in this chapter.
A lot abutting two or more streets at their intersection.
Number of living units per acre allowable under the Schedule
of Regulations.[2]
A structure surrounded by open space on the same lot.
Any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate,
including but not limited to construction of or additions or substantial
improvements to buildings or other structures or accessory uses; the
placement of mobile homes; mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving,
excavation or drilling operations; or deposition of materials.
A building or portion thereof designed for and occupied by
two or more families.
A detached building designed for or occupied exclusively
by one family. Excludes mobile home units.
A parcel (or contiguous parcels) of land divided into two
or more mobile home lots for rent or sale for which the construction
of facilities for servicing the lot on which the mobile home is to
be affixed (including, at a minimum, the installation of utilities,
either final site grading or the pouring of concrete pads, and the
construction of streets) is completed before the effective date of
floodplain management regulations adopted by a community.
A group of persons related by blood or marriage and living
together as a single household entity.
The square footage of floor area on all floors for each square
foot of lot area.
The smallest dimension of a lot abutting a public street
measured along the street line.
An accessory building or space for the storage only of not
more than three motor-driven vehicles per dwelling.
Any building or premises, other than a private or storage
garage, where motor-driven vehicles are equipped, repaired, serviced,
hired, sold or stored.
Any building or premises used for storage of motor-driven
vehicles and where no vehicles are serviced, repaired, hired or sold.
A gainful occupation conducted by occupants only within their
place of residence, provided that no mechanical equipment is used
other than such as is permissible for domestic purposes and that no
more than one person other than a member of the immediate family living
on the premises is employed.
A building in which lodging, with or without meals, is offered
to transient guests for compensation.
Any development as defined above.
The square footage of open space, less the space used for
vehicular movement, that exists for each square foot of building floor
area.
A completely off-street space or berth on the same lot for
the loading or unloading of freight carriers having adequate ingress
and egress to a public street or alley.
A parcel of land having a width and depth sufficient to provide
the space necessary for one main building and its accessory building
together with the open space required by this chapter and on a public
street.
The mean horizontal distance between the front and rear lot
lines.
The lines bounding lots as defined herein.
The shortest distance between side lot lines measured at
the building setback line.
Any small, movable accessory erection or construction, such
as birdhouses, toolhouses, pet houses, play equipment, arbors, and
walls and fences under four feet in height.
Any vehicle designed, used, or so constructed as to permit
its being used as a conveyance upon the public streets or highways
and constructed in such a manner as will permit occupancy thereof
as a residence or sleeping place for one or more persons.
A building or premises lawfully used or occupied at the time
of the passage of this chapter or amendments thereto, which use or
occupancy does not conform to the regulations of this chapter or any
amendments thereto.
Total area in square feet of all uncovered open space of
the land area within the site to be developed plus 1/2 of covered
open space such as park shelters and carports.
The square footage of site open space provided for each foot
of building floor area.
The 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.
Total area in square feet which is countable as open space
but is not paved in streets, walks or driveways and is suitable for
recreational pursuits. The smallest countable recreation area is 1,000
square feet. That part of a recreation area having a dimension of
less than 20 feet shall not be included as countable recreation area.
The minimum horizontal distance between the street line and
the nearest point of a building or any projection thereto.
Any words, letters, figures, numerals, phrases, sentences,
emblems, devices, designs, trade names, or trademarks by which anything
is made known and which are used to advertise or promote an individual,
firm, association, corporation, profession, business, commodity, or
product and which are visible from any public street or highway.
That portion of a building included between the surface of
a floor and the surface of the floor next above it or, if there is
no floor above it, then the space between the floor and the ceiling
next above it.
All property dedicated or intended for public or private
street purposes or subject to public easements.
A dividing line between a lot, tract or parcel of land and
a contiguous street.
Any change in the supporting members of a building or any
substantial change in the roof or in the exterior walls.
Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires
permanent location on the ground.
Any repair, reconstruction, or improvement of a structure,
the cost of which equals or exceeds 50% of the present equalized assessed
value of the structure either before the improvement or repair is
started or, if the structure has been damaged and is being restored,
before the damage occurred. The term does not, however, include either
any project for improvement of a structure to comply with existing
state or local health, sanitary or safety code specifications which
are solely necessary to assure safe living conditions or any alteration
of a structure or site documented as deserving preservation by the
Wisconsin State Historical Society or listed on the National Register
of Historic Places. Ordinary maintenance repairs are not considered
structural repairs, modifications or additions; such ordinary maintenance
repairs include internal and external painting, decorating, paneling,
and the replacement of doors, windows and other nonstructural components.
Any public or private water supply or waste collection and/or
disposal system, including but not limited to septic systems, private
and public wells and their attendant facilities, public sewage collection
systems and treatment facilities.
An unoccupied triangular space at the corner of a corner
lot which is bounded by the street lines and a setback line connecting
points determined by measurements from the corner of each street line.
Any open space on the same lot with a building, unoccupied
and unobstructed from the ground upward except as otherwise provided
herein.
[Amended 11-6-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-O-13]
A yard extending the full width of the lot between the front
lot line and the nearest part of the main building.
A yard extending the full width of the lot, being the minimum
horizontal distance between the rear lot line and the nearest part
of the building.
A yard extending from the front yard to the rear yard, being
the minimum horizontal distance between a building and the side lot
line.
[Added 12-7-2004 by Ord. No. 04-O-10]
Generally. Houses placed within a zero-lot line
development shall comply with all applicable standards, except that
side yard setbacks are modified. Zero-lot line projects are considered
a conditional use in several residential districts and are reviewed
on a case-by-case basis.
Intent. The intent of a zero-lot line development
is to develop housing on narrow lots and/or to maximize useable yard
area. Creation of zero-lot line developments also expands the range
of housing options in the Village and allows the creation of affordable
housing.
Standard. The side yard setback requirement
shall be met when the one side yard equals or exceeds the side yard
setbacks for the district. For example, if the district requires a
side yard setback of 15 feet on both sides, the zero-lot line house
shall be placed so that the side yard setback is 15 feet or greater.
Setbacks adjacent to surrounding lots. When
a zero-lot line parcel abuts another parcel with conventional setbacks,
the zero-lot line shall observe the minimum setback for the district
on that side.
Construction and maintenance agreement required.
Each zero-lot line lot with a detached dwelling shall have a construction
and maintenance agreement, which shall specify the rights and obligations
of the property owners and include an easement from the adjoining
lot to allow construction and maintenance of the side of the house
on the lot line. Each zero-lot line lot with an attached dwelling
shall be subject to a maintenance agreement that specifies the rights
and obligations of the property owners. The construction and maintenance
agreement shall be in a form satisfactory to the Village and must
be fully executed and submitted for recording prior to issuance of
a building permit.
[1]
Editor's Note: The following definitions were deleted at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II): "A Zones," "bulkhead line," "encroachment," "encroachment/floodway lines," "equal degree of hydraulic encroachment," "flood or flooding," "flood fringe," "floodway, flood boundary and floodway map," "flood insurance rate map," "floodplain," "flood profile," "floodproofing," "flood protection elevation," "floodway," "freeboard," "official floodplain zoning map," "official letter of map amendment," "reach, hydraulic," "regional flood" and "storage capacity of a floodplain." See now Ch. 280, Floodplain Zoning.
[2]
Editor's Note: The Schedule of Regulations is included at the end of this chapter.
