[Amended 3-8-1988; 10-11-1988]
A. No sign shall hereafter be located, erected, moved,
reconstructed, extended, enlarged, converted, or structurally altered
without first taking the following steps:
(1) Filing a sign permit application and paying the required
fee as set by the Village Board.
(2) Obtaining a signed permit approved by the Zoning Administrator.
If the sign permit is denied, said petitioner can ask to be placed
on the agenda of the next regular meeting of the Village Board and
petition the Village Board for a review of the Zoning Administrator's
denial.
B. All signs are prohibited in all R-1, R-2 and R-3 Districts
except for the following. All signs permitted within the exceptions
below shall be constructed not less than five feet from the side property
boundaries and not less than two feet from the property line facing
the Village right-of-way. Lighted signs are not permitted.
(1) Signs over show windows or doors of a nonconforming
business establishment announcing without display or elaboration only
the name and occupation of the proprietor and not to exceed two feet
in height and 10 feet in length.
(2) Real estate signs not to exceed eight square feet
in area which advertise the sale, rental, or lease of the premises
upon which said signs are temporarily located.
(3) Name, occupation and warning signs not to exceed 16
square feet located on the premises.
(4) Bulletin boards for public, charitable or religious
institutions not to exceed eight square feet in area located on the
premises.
(5) Memorial signs, tables, names of buildings and date
of erection when cut into any masonry surface or when constructed
of metal and affixed flat against a structure.
(6) Official signs, such as traffic control, parking restrictions,
information and notices.
(7) Temporary signs when authorized by the Zoning Administrator
for a period not to exceed 30 days.
(8) Political signs subject to the erection and removal
guidelines of the Wisconsin Statutes.
(9) Rummage sale signs. Signs advertising a rummage sale
(see definitions below) may be placed on the seller's property, one
per lot, except that on a corner lot one sign may be placed facing
each street. Signs may be placed on other residential property only
with the permission of the property owner or other person who is in
charge of the property at the time of the sale. A maximum of two off-premises
signs may be displayed if they meet the other conditions of this chapter.
[Added 10-21-1998]
(a)
Such signs shall not exceed six square feet
in area, shall be freestanding, and shall be presentable in appearance.
Signs shall not be erected prior to 6:00 p.m. on the day before the
beginning of the sale and shall be taken down within one hour after
the close of the sale on the last day of the sale. Signs shall not
be attached to or displayed on traffic or regulatory signs, utility
poles, or trees. No signs shall be placed on public land or in street
rights-of-way.
(b)
Owners of signs posted in violation of this
chapter may be requested to remove them, or Village personnel may
cause their removal.
(c)
"Rummage sale" means and includes all general sales open to the public, for the purpose of disposing of personal property, and conducted from or on a residential premises, as defined in §
525-4. This includes, but is not limited to, all sales titled "rummage," "lawn," "yard," "porch," "room," "backyard," "patio," "flea market" or "garage" sale. "Personal property" means property which is acquired, owned, utilized and maintained in the normal course of living in or maintaining a residence. It does not include merchandise which was purchased for resale or obtained on consignment.
C. Signs in an R 4 District are permitted provided that
they meet the following specifications:
(1) Said signs may be lighted but with nonblinking lights.
(2) Said signs shall be constructed not less than five
feet from the side property boundaries and not less than two feet
from the property line facing the Village right-of-way.
(3) Political signs are permitted subject to the erection
and removal guidelines of the Wisconsin Statutes.
(4) Said signs must not exceed 16 square feet. Any sign
exceeding 16 square feet must be approved by the Village Board.
D. Signs are permitted in all commercial and industrial
districts except districts bordering U.S. 51 as described below and
subject to the following restrictions:
(1) Signs bordering U.S. 51.
(a)
No signs shall be erected closer than 10 feet
to the highway right-of-way.
(b)
All signs erected shall have a minimum of 96
square feet and shall not be any longer than 24 feet.
(c)
No signs shall be erected which are illuminated
by flashing neon lights or any other type of flashing light. However,
lighted signs are permissible provided that the lights do not interfere
with driver safety.
(d)
All signs in this district are subject to review
by the Fiscal Committee, and the person erecting said sign must have
a permit from the Village Clerk-Treasurer and pay the required fee.
(e)
The top of the sign shall not be more than 100
feet above the ground level at the base of the sign.
(f)
Every sign contractor shall file with the Village
Clerk-Treasurer a certificate of insurance indicating the applicant
holds a public liability and property damage policy specifically to
include the hold harmless with bodily injury limits of at least $300,000
per occurrence, and $300,000 aggregate, and property damage insurance
of at least $100,000 per occurrence and $100,000 aggregate. Such insurance
shall not be canceled or reduced without the insured first giving
30 days' notice in writing to the Village of Westfield of such cancellation
or reduction.
(g)
Advertising vehicles. No persons shall park
any vehicle or trailer on any public right-of-way property or on private
properties so as to be seen from a public right-of-way which has attached
thereto or located thereon any sign or advertising device for the
basic purpose of providing advertisement of products or directing
people to a business activity located on the same or nearby property
or any other premises. The Village Clerk-Treasurer may issue special
permits for the parking of advertising vehicles for a period not to
exceed five days per location.
(h)
Off-premises signs are permitted in B-2 Highway
Commercial Districts only. They are not permitted in any other district,
whether it be residential, industrial or commercial. An off-premises
sign is defined as being a sign advertising a business or product
for a business on another location other than where the sign is located.
(2) Wall signs placed against the exterior walls of buildings
shall not exceed more than six inches outside of a building's wall
surface and shall not exceed 500 square feet in area for any one premises.
(3) Projected signs fastened to, suspended from, or supported
by structures shall not exceed 100 square feet in area for any one
premises, shall not extend more than six feet into any required yard,
shall not extend more than three feet into any public right-of-way,
and shall not be less than 10 feet above the sidewalk nor 15 feet
above a driveway or an alley.
(4) Ground signs shall meet all yard requirements for
the district in which they are located. With regards to a B-3 ground
sign, setback requirements shall be not less than five feet from the
side property boundaries and not less than two feet from the property
lines facing the Village right-of-way.
(5) Roof signs shall not exceed 10 feet in height above
the roof, shall meet all setback requirements for the district in
which they are located, and shall not exceed 300 square feet on all
sides for any one premises.
(6) Combination of any of the above signs shall meet all
the requirements for the individual sign.
(7) Directory signs shall be permitted under the following
conditions:
(a)
The directory sign will be designed in such
a way to accommodate no fewer that five businesses with the same letter
type for each business.
(b)
The sign will be maintained by those persons
signing the sign permit.
(c)
The sign size, shape and dimensions will be
subject to the approval of the Fiscal Committee.
(d)
The Fiscal Committee will also approve the location
of a directory sign.
E. Signs shall not resemble, imitate or approximate the
shape, size, form or color of railroad or traffic signs, signals or
devices. No sign shall be erected, relocated, or maintained so as
to prevent free ingress to or egress from any door, window, or fire
escape, and no sign shall be attached to a standpipe or a fire escape.
No sign shall be placed so as to obstruct or interfere with traffic
visibility. No sign shall be maintained in an unsightly, unsafe or
hazardous manner. In the event that such a sign exists, the Village
Clerk-Treasurer shall give the owner of said real estate 10 days'
written notice to remove or repair said sign in accordance with the
Village sign requirements and with a further notice that if said repairs
are not completed within 10 days that the Village shall remove said
sign and levy the cost of removal as a tax assessment against the
landowner.
F. A sign lawfully existing at the time of the adoption or amendment of this chapter may be continued although the use, size or location does not conform to the provisions of this chapter. However, it shall be deemed a nonconforming use or structure and the provisions of §
525-13 shall apply.
G. In the event that a business closes in which a sign relates, said sign shall be removed by the landowner within 30 days of the business closing or the Village will remove the same and levy all costs of removal as a special tax assessment after giving the ten-day notice as specified in Subsection
E above.
H. In the event that there is any violation of this section,
the Village shall give a ten-day written notice to notify said landowner
of said violation, and failure to correct the same shall result in
the Village removing the sign and levying it on the tax rolls as a
special assessment.
For the purpose of this chapter, certain words
are defined as follows. 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 "building" includes the word
"structure"; the word "shall" is mandatory and not directory.
ACCESSORY BUILDING
A building or portion of a building subordinate 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.
ALLEY
A street or thoroughfare affording only secondary access
to abutting property.
BUILDING
Any structure used, designed, or intended for the protection,
shelter, enclosure or support of persons or property.
BUILDING, HEIGHT OF
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 flat roof, to the deckline
of a mansard roof, or to the average height of the gable of a gambrel,
hip or pitch roof.
CONDITIONAL USE
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.
FAMILY
A group of persons related by blood or marriage and living
together as a single housekeeping entity.
FLOODPLAIN
The land adjacent to a body of water which is subject to
periodic overflow therefrom.
FLOODWAY
The channel of a stream and such adjacent portions of the
floodplain as are required to accommodate flood flows.
GARAGE, PRIVATE
An accessory building or space for the storage only of not
more than three motor-driven vehicles per dwelling.
GARAGE, PUBLIC
Any building or premises, other than a private or storage
garage, where motor-driven vehicles are equipped, repaired, serviced,
hired, sold or stored.
GARAGE, STORAGE
Any building or premises used for storage only of motor-driven
vehicles and where no vehicle equipment, parts, fuel or oil is sold
or where no vehicles are serviced, repaired, hired or sold.
HOME OCCUPATION
A gainful occupation conducted by members of the family only,
within their place of residence, 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.
HOTEL or MOTEL
A building in which lodging, with or without meals, is offered
to transient guests for compensation.
LOT
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 spaces required by this chapter, and on a public
street.
LOT, CORNER
A lot abutting on two or more streets at their intersection.
LOT, DEPTH OF
The mean horizontal distance between the front and rear lot
lines.
LOT LINES
The lines bounding lots as defined herein.
MANUFACTURED HOME
[Added 11-11-1993]
A.
A structure certified and labeled as a manufactured
home under 42 U.S.C. §§ 5401 to 5426 which, when placed
on the site:
(1)
Is set on a permanent enclosed foundation in
accordance with § 70.043(1), Wis. Stats., and Subchapters
III, IV and V of Ch. Comm 21, Wis. Adm. Code, or is set on a comparable
enclosed foundation system approved by the Village Zoning Administrator.
The Village Zoning Administrator may require a plan to be certified
by a registered architect or engineer to ensure proper support for
the home.
(2)
Is installed in accordance with the manufacturer's
instructions.
(3)
Is properly connected to all utilities.
(4)
Is constructed with a pitched roof and overhanging
eaves and sided with wood, aluminum or vinyl siding.
(5)
Contains floor space of at least 800 square
feet and has a minimum width of 16 feet.
(6)
Is erected on a standard lot in a residential zone, as defined in §
525-4.
(7)
Meets all other residential zoning requirements,
such as setbacks.
B.
A premanufactured home such as one produced
by Terrace Homes or Wausau Homes is not considered a "manufactured
home" within the above definition but rather is considered the same
for regulation purposes as a home built on site from the ground up.
MINI WAREHOUSE
An unoccupied, compartmentalized warehouse building having
one or more doors serving each compartment.
[Added 5-28-1992]
NONCONFORMING USE
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.
SETBACK
The minimum horizontal distance between the street line and
the nearest point of a building or any projection thereof.
SIGN
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.
STREET
All property dedicated or intended for public or private
street purposes or subject to public easements.
STORY
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.
STREET LINE
A dividing line between a lot tract or parcel of land and
a contiguous street.
STRUCTURAL ALTERATION
Any change in the supporting members of a building or any
substantial change in the roof structure or in the exterior walls.
STRUCTURE
Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires
permanent location on the ground.
VETERINARY CLINIC
A facility established for the purpose of providing diagnosis,
treatment, prevention, and control of animal disease, as well as promoting
the health and well-being of small animals. Kennels are provided only
for the treatment and recuperation of animal patients and must be
physically located inside the veterinary facility. Outdoor kennels
or other outdoor exercise areas are included, provided that an employee
of the clinic is on duty. Facilities established for the purpose of
boarding animals are not included.
[Amended 4-14-1998]
VISION CLEARANCE
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 measurement from the corner of each street line.
WATERLINE
The shortest straight line at the waterfront end of a stream
lot that lies wholly within the lot, provided that not less than 75%
of the length of such waterline shall be on or on the landward side
of the normal high-water mark of such stream.
YARD
An open space on the same lot with a building, unoccupied
and unobstructed from the ground upward except as otherwise provided
herein.
YARD, FRONT
A yard extending the full width of the lot between the front
lot line and the nearest part of the main building.
YARD, REAR
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.
YARD, SIDE
A yard extending from the front yard to the rear yard, being
the minimum horizontal distance between a building and the side lot
line.