The Zoning Ordinance of the Village of Wrightstown,
Brown County, Wisconsin, is adopted for the following purposes: to
lessen congestion in the streets; to secure safety from fire, panic
and other dangers; to promote and to protect the public health, safety,
comfort, convenience and welfare; to provide adequate standards of
light, air and open space; to maintain the aesthetic appearances and
scenic values of the Village; to prevent the overcrowding of land;
to avoid undue concentration of population; to facilitate the adequate
provision of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks and other
public requirements; and to foster a more rational pattern of relationship
between residential, business, commercial and manufacturing uses for
the mutual benefit of all.
The provisions of this chapter shall be held
to be the minimum requirements adopted to promote the health, safety,
morals, comfort, prosperity and general welfare of the Village.
It is not intended by this chapter to repeal,
abrogate, annul, impair or interfere with any existing easements,
covenants or agreements between parties or with any rules, regulations
or permits previously adopted or issued pursuant to law, provided
that where this chapter imposes a greater restriction upon the use
of buildings or premises or upon the height of a building or requires
larger open spaces than are required by other rules, regulations or
permits or by easements, covenants or agreements, the provisions of
this chapter shall govern.
A.
Word usage. Words used in the present tense include
the future. The singular number includes the plural number, and the
plural number includes the singular number. The word "building" includes
the word "structure." The word "shall" is mandatory and not directory.
Any words not herein defined shall be construed as defined in the
State and Village Building Codes.[1]
B.
ACCESSORY BUILDING
AGRICULTURE
AIRPORT
ALLEY
APARTMENT HOUSE
AUTO WRECKING YARD
BASEMENT
BLOCK
BOARDINGHOUSE
BUILDING
BUILDING, HEIGHT OF
BUILDING, TEMPORARY
CARPORT
CLINIC, MEDICAL OR DENTAL
CLUB
COMMERCIAL FEEDLOT
CONDITIONAL USE
CORNER SIDE
DRIVE-IN RESTAURANT
DWELLING
DWELLING, MULTIPLE
DWELLING, ONE-FAMILY
DWELLING, TWO-FAMILY
DWELLING UNIT
FAMILY
FARM
FRONTAGE
FRONTAGE LOT
FUR FARM
GARAGE, PRIVATE
GARAGE, PUBLIC
GARAGE, STORAGE
GRADE
HOME OCCUPATION
HOTEL
INDUSTRIAL PARK
JUNK (SALVAGE) YARD
KENNEL
LODGING HOUSE
LOT
LOT, CORNER
LOT, DEPTH OF
LOT, INTERIOR
LOT LINES
LOT OF RECORD
LOT, THROUGH
LOT, WIDTH OF
MOBILE HOME
(1)
(a)
(b)
(c)
MOBILE HOME PARK
MOTEL
MOTOR VEHICLE
NONCONFORMING USE
PARKING SPACE
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT
PROFESSIONAL OFFICE
PUBLIC AIRPORT
ROADSIDE STAND
SETBACK
SIGN
SIGN, ADVERTISING
SIGN, BUSINESS
STABLE
STORY
STORY, HALF
STREET
STREET LINE
STRUCTURAL ALTERATION
STRUCTURE
TEMPORARY STRUCTURE
TOURIST CAMP
USE, PRINCIPAL
VISION CLEARANCE
WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES
YARD
YARD, FRONT
YARD, REAR
YARD, SIDE
For the purposes of this chapter, certain words and
terms are defined as follows:
A building or portion of a building subordinate to the main
building and used for a purpose customarily incidental to the permitted
use of the main building or the use of the premises. When an accessory
building is a part of the main building or is substantially attached
thereto, the side yard and rear yard requirements of the main building
shall be applied to the accessory building.
The use of land for agricultural purposes, including soil
tillage for the production of crops, dairying, pasturage, apiculture,
horticulture, floriculture, viticulture, 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 the primary agricultural activities occurring
thereon.
Any area of land or water which is used or intended for use
for the landing and taking off of aircraft and any appurtenant areas
which are used or intended for use for airport buildings or other
airport facilities for rights-of-way, including all necessary taxiways,
aircraft storage and tie-down areas, hangars and other necessary buildings
and open spaces.
A public or private right-of-way primarily designed to serve
as secondary access to abutting properties.
See "dwelling, multiple."
Any premises on which more than one automotive vehicle, not
in running or operating condition, or parts thereof, is stored in
the open.
That portion of any structure located partly underground
having more than 1/2 of its height below the finished lot grade.
A tract of land bounded by streets or by a combination of
streets and public parks, cemeteries, railroad rights-of-way, shorelines
of waterways or municipal boundary lines.
A building other than a hotel where meals, or lodging and
meals, are furnished for compensation for three or more persons not
members of a family.
Any structure built, used, designed or intended for the support,
shelter, protection or enclosure of persons, animals, chattels or
property of any kind and which is permanently affixed to the land.
When a building is divided into separate parts by unpierced fire or
party walls extending continuously from the ground through all stories
to and above the roof, each part shall be deemed a separate building.
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 highest
gable of a gambrel, hip or pitch roof.
Any building not designed to be permanently located in the
place where it is or where it is intended to be placed or affixed.
Mobile homes used as residences shall not be classified as temporary
buildings. They are further defined in this section.
A roofed structure open on one or more sides used for the
protection of vehicles.
An organization of physicians or dentists, or both, who have
their offices in a common building. A clinic shall not include inpatient
care.
An association of persons for some common purpose, but not
including groups organized primarily to render a service which is
customarily carried on as a business. All organizations shall be recognized
clubs or fraternities.
An agriculture enterprise where livestock is purchased and
raised and then sold to a buyer, feedlot or slaughterhouse.
A use of a special nature so as to make impractical its predetermination
as a principal use in a respective zone district.
A yard along a side lot line from front yard to rear yard
when said side lot line is coterminous with a street right-of-way
line.
An establishment which provides window service and carry-out
counter service for food products to automotive customers. Interior
seating may or may not be provided, but such seating is incidental
and not the primary service area.
A building or portion thereof, excluding a hotel, motel and
trailer, with said building or portion thereof designed or used exclusively
for residential occupancy.
[Amended 8-29-1995 by Ord. No. 082995A]
A building or portion thereof designed for and occupied by
more than two families, including tenement houses, row houses, apartment
houses and apartment hotels.
A detached building designed for and occupied exclusively
by one family.
A building designed for and occupied exclusively by two families.
One or more rooms which are arranged, designed or used as
living quarters for one family only. Individual bathrooms and complete
kitchen facilities, permanently installed, shall always be included
for each dwelling unit.
Any member or individual related by blood, adoption or marriage,
or not to exceed two persons not so related, living together on the
premises as a single housekeeping unit, including any domestic servant.
Any parcel of land which is used for gain in the raising
of agricultural products, livestock, poultry and dairy products.
All the property abutting on one side of a street between
two intersecting streets or all of the property abutting on one side
of a street between an intersecting street and the dead end of a street.
The length of all the property of such lot fronting on a
street measured between the side lot lines of the lot.
An agricultural operation where the major income is derived
from the selling or sale of fur-bearing animals and/or pelts.
An enclosed accessory building to the main building which
provides for the storage of motor vehicles and in which no occupation,
business or service for profit is carried on.
Any building or premises, other than a storage garage, where
motor-driven vehicles are repaired, serviced, hired, sold or stored.
Any building or premises used for the storage only of motor-driven
vehicles, pursuant to previous arrangements and not to transients,
and where no equipment, parts, fuel, grease or oil is sold and vehicles
are not equipped, serviced, repaired, hired or sold. No commercial
motor vehicle exceeding two tons' capacity shall be stored in any
storage garage.
The average level of the finished surface of the ground.
Any occupation, except for professional offices, carried
on by a member of the immediate family residing on the premises, in
connection with which there is used no sign or display that will indicate
from the exterior that the building is being utilized in whole or
in part for any purpose other than that of a dwelling; there is no
commodity sold upon the premises; no person is employed on the premises
other than the member of the immediate family residing thereon; and
no mechanical or electrical equipment is used except such as permissible
and commonly used for purely domestic or household purposes. No accessory
building shall be used for such home occupation.
A building in which lodging, with or without meals, is offered
to transient guests for compensation and in which there are more than
five sleeping rooms, with no cooking facilities in any individual
room or apartment.
A special or exclusive type of planned industrial area designed
and equipped to accommodate a community of industries, providing them
with all necessary facilities and services in attractive surroundings
among compatible neighbors. Industrial parks may be promoted or sponsored
by private developers, community organizations or government organizations.
An open area where waste or scrap material is bought, sold,
exchanged, stored, baled, packed, disassembled or handled, including
but not limited to scrap iron and other metals, paper, rags, rubber
tires, bottles and automobiles.
The boarding of four or more dogs on any lot shall constitute
the operation of a kennel. The boarding of offspring of any dog shall
not cause a lot to be denominated as a kennel, provided that the number
of dogs boarded on said lot shall be reduced to three or fewer dogs
within two months of the birth of said offspring. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary, the boarding of any dog for pay for a period
of more than two weeks shall constitute the operation of a kennel
upon said lot.
[Amended 8-16-1994 by Ord. No. 081694E; 11-30-1999 by Ord. No. 113099B]
A building other than a hotel where lodging is only provided
for compensation for not more than three persons not members of the
family.
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 abutting
on a public street.
A lot abutting on two or more streets at their intersection,
provided that the interior angle of such intersection is less than
135°.
The mean horizontal distance between the front and rear lot
lines.
A lot other than a corner lot.
The lines bounding a lot as defined herein.
A lot which is part of a plat or certified survey map subdivision
which has been recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds of
Brown County or a parcel of land the deed to which was recorded in
the office of said Register of Deeds prior to the adoption of this
chapter.
An interior lot having frontage on two nonintersecting streets.
The horizontal distance between the side lot lines of a lot,
measured at the narrowest width within the first 30 feet of lot depth
immediately in back of the front yard setback line.
[Amended 8-29-1995 by Ord. No.
082995A]
A structure certified and labeled as a manufactured
home under 42 U.S.C. §§ 5401 to 5426 which, when placed
on the site:
Is set on an enclosed foundation in accordance
with W.S.A. s. 70.043(1) and Subchapters III, IV and V of Chapter
ILHR 21, Wisconsin Administrative Code, or is set on a comparable
enclosed foundation system approved by the Building Inspector. The
Building Inspector may require the plan to be certified by a registered
architect or engineer to ensure proper support of the home.
Is installed in accordance with the manufacturer's
instructions.
Is properly connected to utilities.
Any park, court, camp, site, lot, parcel or tract of land
designed, maintained, intended or used for the purpose of supplying
a location or accommodations for two or more mobile homes, and it
shall include all facilities used or intended for use as part of the
equipment thereof. It shall not include automobile or mobile home
sales lots on which unoccupied mobile homes are parked for purposes
of inspection and sale.
An establishment consisting of a group of attached or detached
living or sleeping accommodations, with bathroom and closet space,
located on a single zoning lot and designed for use by transient guests
and where there is no permanent occupancy of any unit except by the
owner, his or her agent or his or her employees.
Any passenger vehicle, truck, truck trailer, trailer or semitrailer
propelled or drawn by mechanical power.
Any use of land, building or structure, lawful at the time
of the enactment of this chapter, which does not comply with all of
the regulations of this chapter, or of any amendment thereto, governing
use for the zoning district in which such use is located.
A graded and surfaced area of not less than 220 square feet
in area, either enclosed or open, for the parking of a motor vehicle,
having adequate ingress and egress to a public street or alley, exclusive
of passageways, driveways or other means of circulation or access.
A tract of land which contains or will contain two or more
principal buildings, developed under single ownership or control,
the development of which is unique and of a substantially different
character than that of surrounding areas. A planned development (sometimes
called a "planned unit development") allows for flexibility not available
under normal zoning district requirements.
The office of a doctor, practitioner, dentist, minister,
architect, landscape architect, professional engineer, lawyer, author,
musician or other recognized profession. When established in a residential
district, a professional office shall be incidental to the residential
occupation; not more than 25% of the floor area of only one story
of the dwelling unit shall be occupied by such office; and only one
unlighted nameplate, not exceeding one square foot in area, containing
the name and profession of the occupant of the premises shall be exhibited.
Any airport which complies with the definition contained
in W.S.A. s. 114.002(6) or (9), or any airport which serves or offers
to serve carriers engaged in air transport.
[Amended 11-30-1999 by Ord. No. 113099B]
A structure not permanently fixed to the ground that is readily
removable in its entirety, covered or uncovered and not wholly enclosed,
and used solely for the sale of farm products produced on the premises.
No such roadside stand shall be more than 300 square feet in ground
area, and there shall be no more than one roadside stand on any one
premises, and it shall be limited to a maximum height of 10 feet.
The minimum horizontal distance between the street line and
the nearest point of a building or any projection thereof, excluding
uncovered steps.
A name, identification, description, display or illustration
which is affixed to, or represented directly or indirectly upon, a
building, structure or piece of land and which directs attention to
an object, product, place, activity, person, institution, organization
or business. However, "sign" shall not include any display of official
court or public office notices, nor shall it include the flag, emblem
or insignia of a nation, political unit, school or religious group.
"Sign" shall not include a sign located completely within an enclosed
building unless the content shall so indicate.
A sign which directs attention to a business, commodity,
service or entertainment not exclusively related to the premises where
such sign is located or to which it is affixed.
A sign which directs attention to a business or profession
conducted, or to a commodity, service or entertainment sold or offered,
upon the premises where such sign is located or to which it is affixed.
The same meaning as "garage," one draft animal being considered
the equivalent of one self-propelled vehicle.
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, the space between the floor and the ceiling next
above it. A basement or cellar having 1/2 or more of its height above
grade shall be deemed a story for purposes of height regulations.
The space under any roof except a flat roof which, if occupied
for residential purposes, shall be counted as a full story.
All property dedicated or intended for public or private
street purposes or subject to public easements therefor and 21 feet
or more in width.
A dividing line between a lot, tract or parcel of land and
a contiguous street.
Any change, other than incidental repairs, which would prolong
the life of the supporting members of a building, such as the addition,
removal or alteration of bearing walls, columns, beams, girders or
foundations.
Anything constructed or erected the use of which requires
a permanent location on the ground or attachment to something having
a permanent location on the ground.
A movable structure not designed for human occupancy nor
for the protection of goods or chattels and not forming an enclosure.
A tract or parcel of land, with or without buildings or other
equipment, on which one or more camp cabins are located or where temporary
accommodations are provided for two or more automobile trailers or
house cars, open to the public free or for a fee.
The main use of land or buildings as distinguished from a
subordinate or accessory use. A principal use may be permitted, conditional
or nonconforming.
An unoccupied triangular space at the street corner of a
corner lot which is bounded by the street lines and a setback line
connecting points specified by measurement from the corner of each
street line.
Commercial mobile radio services, unlicensed wireless services
and common-carrier wireless exchange access services as described
in the Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996.
[Added 5-2-2006 by Ord. No. 05022006B]
An open space on the same lot with a building, unoccupied
and unobstructed from the ground upward except as otherwise provided
herein.
A yard extending the full width of the lot between the front
lot line and the nearest part of the main building, excluding uncovered
steps.
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, excluding uncovered steps.
A yard extending from the front yard to the rear yard, being
the minimum horizontal distance between a building and the side lot
line.
