The jurisdiction of this chapter shall include
all lands and water within the corporate limits of the City and shall
also extend to those lands and waters lying within the unincorporated
area within 1 1/2 miles of the corporate limits that are approved
by a majority of the appropriate Joint Extraterritorial Zoning Commission
pursuant to § 62.23(7a), Wis. Stats.
After the effective date of this chapter, no
structure, land or water shall be used and no structure or part thereof
shall be located, erected, moved, reconstructed, extended, enlarged,
converted or structurally altered without full compliance with the
provisions of this chapter and all other applicable local, town, county
and state regulations.
The duty of the Building Inspector, with the
aid of the Police Department, shall be to investigate all complaints,
to give notice of violations, and to enforce the provisions of this
chapter. The Building Inspector and his duly appointed deputies may
enter at any reasonable time onto any public or private lands or waters
to make a zoning inspection in accordance with § 66.0119,
Wis. Stats.
A town or county which has been issuing building
permits may continue to do so, but the City Building Inspector shall
approve such permits as to zoning prior to their issuance.
[Added by Ord. No. 845-97]
All lots shall abut upon a public street and
each lot shall have a minimum frontage of 60 feet, except in the case
of single-family zoned areas where the minimum frontage may be reduced
to 40 feet on cul-de-sac lots only.
All principal structures shall be located on
a lot, and only one principal structure shall be located, erected
or moved onto a lot.
No permit shall be issued for a lot which abuts
a public street dedicated to only a portion of its proposed width
and located on that side thereof from which the required dedication
has not been secured.
Where public wastewater service is not available,
the width and area of all lots shall be sufficient to permit the use
of an on-site sewage disposal system designed in accordance with the
Wisconsin Administrative Code.
Lots abutting more restrictive district boundaries
shall provide side and rear yards not less than those required in
the more restrictive abutting district. The street yards in the less
restrictive district shall be modified for a distance of not more
than 50 feet from the district boundary line so as to equal the average
of the street yards required in both districts.
Accessory uses and structures are permitted
in any district but not until their principal structure is present
or under construction.
Unclassified or unspecified uses may be permitted
by the Zoning Board of Appeals after the Plan Commission and appropriate
Joint Extraterritorial Zoning Commission have made a review and recommendation,
provided that such uses are similar in character to the principal
uses permitted in the district.
Temporary uses, such as real estate sales field
offices or shelters for material and equipment being used in the construction
of a permanent structure, may be permitted by the Zoning Board of
Appeals.
The yard requirements stipulated elsewhere in
this chapter may be modified as follows:
A. Uncovered stairs, landings, and fire escapes may project
into any yard but not to exceed six feet and not closer than three
feet to any lot line.
B. Architectural projections, such as chimneys, flues,
sills, eaves, belt courses, and ornaments, may project into any required
yard, but such projections shall not exceed two feet.
[Amended 2-10-2003 by Ord. No. 934-2003]
A. Accessory uses and detached accessory structures/garages
are permitted in the rear yard only. They shall not be closer than
10 feet to the principal structure, shall not occupy more than 15%
of the rear yard area, and shall not be closer than three feet to
any lot line nor five feet to any alley line. In the R-AA, R-A and
R-B Single-Family Districts, R-B-1 Mixed One- and Two-Family District,
R-C Two-Family District, RM Multiple-Family District, and B-3 Neighborhood
Business District, accessory buildings/garages shall not exceed 18
feet in height. The pitch of the roof of the accessory structure shall
not exceed the pitch of the roof of the principal structure unless
approved by the Plan Commission.
[Amended 3-8-2004 by Ord. No. 951-2004]
B. Any detached accessory structure/garage over 144 square
feet shall be serviced by a driveway constructed of concrete, asphalt
or gravel and contain at least one overhead garage door and must comply
with all other provisions of this Code.
C. Only one detached garage is permitted per residential
lot. One utility shed of not more than 144 square feet is allowed
in addition to the detached garage.