A. 
In accordance with the authority granted by §§ 61.35 and 62.23, Wis. Stats., and for the purpose listed in § 62.23, Wis. Stats., the City of Oconto Falls, Wisconsin, ordains these zoning regulations. The provisions of this chapter shall be held to be minimum requirements adopted to promote the health, safety, morals, comfort, prosperity and general welfare of the City of Oconto Falls.
B. 
This chapter shall not repeal, impair or modify private covenants or public ordinances, except that it shall apply whenever it imposes more severe restrictions on land use.
A. 
Setback, lot size, and other dimensional requirements applicable to the various zoning districts are indicated in Article III of this chapter.
B. 
Development standards, e.g., setbacks, listed for each zoning district shall apply to both permitted and conditional uses in that district, except as otherwise specified.
C. 
After adoption of this chapter, no lot area shall be so reduced that the dimensions and yard requirements imposed by this chapter cannot be met. However, where existing lots do not satisfy such requirements, the Board of Appeals (as provided in Article V of this chapter) may grant a variance.
D. 
In the case of a corner lot, the standards specified for front yard setback for that zoning district shall apply to those sides of the lot which abut both streets forming the corner.
E. 
No lot shall have more than one principal building.
F. 
Accessory buildings shall not occupy more than 30% of the required area for the rear yard. Any accessory building projected forward of the rear building line of the principal building shall satisfy the same yard requirements as the principal building.
G. 
All lots shall abut upon a public street or road to which direct access is permissible, and each lot shall have a minimum frontage of at least 30 feet. (This requirement shall not be construed to conflict with the minimum average lot width standards specified in this chapter, inasmuch as wedge-shaped lots or other lots with nonparallel sides, irregular shapes, etc., may meet both these requirements. The intention of this requirement is that no lot shall have a common boundary with the public way providing access thereto of less than 30 feet.)
H. 
Every part of the required area of a yard shall be open to the sky unobstructed, except for accessory buildings and the ordinary projections of sills, cornices and ornamental features. Fire escapes may project into a required yard area not more than five feet.
I. 
Maximum building height standards specified in this chapter shall not apply to church spires or church belfries, nor to water towers.
J. 
River setback.
(1) 
All principal buildings constructed on parcels of land which abut on the river shall conform to the following standards in regard to the setback distance from the shoreline. The term "shoreline," as used herein, shall be interpreted to mean the normal high-water line. The term "building," as used herein, shall be interpreted to mean a principal building.
(2) 
No building shall be constructed, and no existing building shall be reconstructed or altered, in such a way that any portion thereof will be closer to the shoreline than that of the building being reconstructed or altered or existing buildings on adjacent parcels along the shoreline, it being the intention of this provision that where there are buildings on one or both of the immediately adjoining parcels, their setback distances shall apply; that where there are one or more parcels adjacent without buildings, on either or both sides, the setback distance of the nearest building, on either side, shall apply; that where the setback distances of the nearest buildings are different, the greater setback distance shall apply; and that the reconstruction or altering of a building will not result in a lesser setback, except that no building need be set back greater than 75 feet.
(3) 
In all cases, the more restrictive of the two above standards shall apply.
K. 
The amount of all fees referred to in this chapter shall be set by the Common Council.
L. 
In each quadrant of every street intersection there shall be designated a vision clearance triangle bounded by the street center lines and a line connecting points on them 100 feet distant from their intersection. Within this triangle no object shall be allowed above a height of 2 1/2 feet above the street if it obstructs the view across the triangle. In situations where trees of large diameter, large numbers of trees, or some combination of these are present, this provision shall be construed to mean that a sufficient number of trees shall be removed so as to render an object such as a motor vehicle clearly visible across the vision clearance triangle from one street or road to another, the intent being to provide for the public safety; but it shall not necessarily be construed to mean that every tree in the vision clearance triangle must be removed. In a like manner, this restriction shall not apply to the posts and wires of wire fences, provided that they do not obstruct visibility across the vision clearance triangle.