For purposes of this chapter, land in the Town of St. Joseph is hereby divided into the following zoning districts:
Traditional Residential
(T-RES)
Preservation Residential
(P-RES)
Agricultural and Rural Residential
(AG-RES)
Conservancy
(CD)
Traditional Commercial
(TR-COM)
Town Center Commercial
(TC-COM)
Rural Mixed Use
(RM-COM)
Business Park
(COM-I)
A. 
The Town of St. Joseph is hereby divided into the zoning districts and the boundaries are shown upon a map designated as the Zoning Map of the Town of St. Joseph. The Zoning Map and the notations, references and other information shown thereon are a part of this chapter and shall have the same force and effect as if the matters and information set forth by said Zoning Map were fully described herein. The Zoning Map shall be properly attested and kept on file, along with the office text of this chapter, in the office of the Clerk/Treasurer of the Town of St. Joseph.
B. 
Zoning district boundaries shall be determined by measurement from and as shown on the Zoning Map. In case of any question as to the interpretation of such boundary lines, the Town Board shall interpret the Zoning Map according to the reasonable intent of this Code. Unless otherwise specifically indicated or dimensioned on the Zoning Map, the zoning district boundaries shall follow lot lines, U.S. Public Land Survey lines, the center lines of roads, highways, easements and railroad rights-of-way.
A. 
The Town will assume zoning authority in place of St. Croix County on the effective date of this chapter. To the extent that permitted use differences do exist, legal and permitted uses under St. Croix County Zoning Ordinance that was in effect on the effective date of this chapter and that are not completely consistent with permitted uses under this chapter shall be treated as legal, nonconforming uses. Landowners with such nonconforming use rights can also apply for a conditional use permit under the terms of this chapter.
B. 
Property in the Town that is the subject of special exception permits, conditional use permits and variances previously issued by St. Croix County and being exercised on the effective date of this chapter, including those in support of commercial activity in noncommercial zones, shall be treated as nonconforming uses that are separately and additionally subject to, and protected by, the terms and conditions of the applicable county-issued special exception permit, conditional use permit or grant of variance, where adopted by specific reference thereto in the Town resolution enacting this chapter, or where after the effective date of this chapter a landowner is able to produce specific proof of such prior official county action as is sufficient and satisfactory to the Town. The holder of such a conditional use permit, special exception permit or variance may also seek a conditional use permit from the Town where the use is otherwise eligible for such a permit under this chapter.
A. 
The fact that a use is shown as permitted in any district created by this chapter does not guarantee that a particular land use being sought will be achieved. Land use in the Town is subject to other regulations, including but not limited to Chapter 168, Subdivision of Land; Chapter 149, Roads, Driveways, Trails, Erosion and Sediment Control and Right-of-Way Construction; Chapter 81, Design Regulations; and Chapter 80, Building Construction.
B. 
St. Croix County also administers certain ordinances in the Town, including St. Croix County Chapter 11, Animal Waste; Chapter 12, Sanitary; Chapter 13, Land Division; Chapter 14, Nonmetallic Mining (reclamation standards only); Chapter 16, Shoreland Overlay District; in addition to the Lower St. Croix County Overlay District and the Floodway Overlay District.