For the purpose of this chapter, present and
future, provision is hereby made for the division of the Village of
Siren into the following basic zoning districts:
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R-1
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Single-Family Residence District
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R-2
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Multiple-Family Residence District
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C-1
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General Commercial District
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C-2
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Highway Commercial District
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I-1
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General Industrial District
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A-1
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Agricultural District
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W-1
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Conservancy District
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R-MH
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Residential - Mobile Home District
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A.
Vacation of streets. Vacation of public streets and
alleys shall cause the land vacated to be automatically placed in
the same district as the abutting side to which the vacated land reverts.
B.
Annexations. Annexations to or consolidations with
the Village subsequent to the effective date of this chapter shall
be placed in the R-1 Single-Family Residence District, unless the
annexation ordinance places the land in another district.
A.
The Village of Siren is hereby divided into zoning
districts as shown upon a map designated as the Official Zoning Map
of the Village of Siren and made a part of this chapter. The Official
Zoning Map and all 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 map
were fully described herein. The Official Zoning Map shall be properly
attested and kept on file along with the text of the official zoning
regulations in the office of the Village Clerk-Treasurer of the Village
of Siren.
B.
The district boundaries shall be determined by measurement
from and as shown on the Official Zoning Map, and in case of any question
as to the interpretation of such boundary lines, the Plan Commission
shall interpret the map according to the reasonable intent of this
chapter. Unless otherwise specifically indicated or dimensioned on
the map, the district boundaries are normally lot lines; section,
quarter section or sixteenth section lines; or the center lines of
streets, highways, railways or alleys.
Where uncertainty exists as to the boundaries
of districts as shown on the Zoning Map, the following rules shall
apply:
A.
Boundaries indicated as approximately following the
center lines of streets, highways or alleys shall be construed to
follow such center lines.
B.
Boundaries indicated as approximately following platted
lot lines shall be construed as following such lot lines.
C.
Boundaries indicated as approximately following Village
boundaries shall be construed as following municipal boundaries.
D.
Boundaries indicated as following railroad lines shall
be construed to be midway between the main tracks.
E.
Boundaries indicated as following shorelines shall
be construed to follow such shorelines and, in the event of change
in the shoreline, shall be construed as moving with the actual shoreline;
boundaries indicated as approximately following the center lines of
streams, rivers, canals, lakes or other bodies of water shall be construed
to follow such center lines.
F.
Boundaries indicated as parallel to or extensions
of features indicated in the preceding shall be so construed. Distances
not specifically indicated on the Zoning Map shall be determined by
the scale of the map.
A.
Purpose. The R-1 District is intended to provide a
pleasant, safe and quiet neighborhood environment free from traffic
hazards or public annoyances for residential areas in the Village.
B.
Permitted uses:
(1)
One-family year-round dwelling.
(2)
Private garages and carports.
(3)
Essential services and utilities intended to serve
the principal permitted use.
(4)
Horticulture and gardening.
(5)
Churches and elementary and junior and senior high
schools.
(6)
Public parks, playgrounds, and recreational and community
center buildings and grounds.
(8)
Customary accessory uses, provided that such uses
are clearly incidental to the principal use and that no such use generates
traffic or noise that would create a public or private nuisance.
C.
A.
Purpose. The R-2 District is intended to provide a
living area that is pleasant but not as spacious as the R-1 District.
B.
C.
Conditional uses:
(1)
Home occupations.
(2)
Multiple-family dwellings.
(3)
Telephone, telegraph and power transmission towers,
poles and lines, relay and repeater stations, equipment housing and
other necessary appurtenant equipment and structures.
(4)
Hospitals.
(5)
Colleges and vocational schools.
(6)
Public museums.
(7)
Art galleries.
(8)
Medical and dental clinics.
(9)
Bed-and-breakfast
establishments.
[Added 2-10-2011 by Ord.
No. 2011-01]
(10)
Tourist rooming houses.
[Added 2-10-2011 by Ord.
No. 2011-01]
(11)
All sewer and water utility structures.
[Added 2-10-2011 by Ord.
No. 2011-01]
(12)
Health and wellness businesses.
[Added 1-6-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-01]
A.
Purpose. The C-1 District is intended to provide an
area for the business and commercial needs of the Village.
B.
Permitted uses. Facilities such as, but not limited
to, the following:
(1)
Retail stores and shops offering convenience goods
and services.
(2)
Business and professional offices and studios.
(3)
Banks and savings and loan offices.
(4)
Public and semipublic buildings and institutions.
(5)
Commercial entertainment facilities.
(6)
Laundromats.
(7)
Restaurants.
(8)
Taverns.
(9)
Medical and dental clinics.
D.
Specifications.
(1)
Maximum building height: 35 feet.
(3)
Street yard setback*: 10 feet.
(4)
Rear yard setback*: 25 feet.
(5)
Lot area per family: same as R-2 District.
(6)
Minimum lot width*: 50 feet.
(7)
Minimum floor area per family: same as R-2 District.
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*In the blocks in the commercial district which
are already developed, setbacks, minimum lot widths, and commercial
parking and truck unloading areas for new or renovated buildings can
correspond with the existing setbacks, minimum lot widths, and commercial
parking and truck unloading areas, provided that the Plan Commission
determines such action will be in keeping with the purposes of this
chapter.
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A.
Purpose. The C-2 District is intended to provide for
an orderly and attractive grouping at appropriate locations of those
commercial establishments that are oriented to highway use. All uses
are to be limited to commercial businesses that generate sales and
property tax revenues, maintain or expand the Village's tax base,
and allow for convenient locations for the public to shop, obtain
services and conduct business. All tax-exempt uses are inconsistent
with the purpose of the C-2 District. For this C-2 District, "tax-exempt
uses" means any use or other control of real property that does not
result in and generate sales tax revenue from that property, or which
also results or may result in an exemption from paying property taxes
under applicable Wisconsin State Statutes.
[Amended 4-8-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-01]
B.
Permitted uses:
(1)
Any commercial use permitted in the C-1 District,
except for and excluding public and semipublic buildings and institutions
or other tax-exempt uses.
[Amended 4-8-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-01]
C.
Conditional uses:
(1)
Drive-in establishments serving food or beverages
for consumption.
(2)
Hotels and motels.
(3)
Service stations, washing and repair stations and
garages, provided that all gas pumps are not less than 30 feet from
any existing or proposed street line.
(4)
Recreational establishments, including drive-in theaters,
golf or baseball driving ranges, archery fields, miniature golf courses
or similar uses.
(5)
New and used car sales establishments.
(6)
Wholesaling establishments.
(7)
Transportation terminals, but excluding any property
tax exempt or government-run transportation terminals.
[Amended 4-8-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-01]
(8)
Outdoor theaters.
(9)
Farm implement sales firms.
(10)
Dwelling of the owner or employee of a commercial
establishment on the same or adjacent property, provided that the
dwelling occupant derives 50% or more of his income from the commercial
establishment and that such dwelling does not result in the property
becoming tax exempt under Wisconsin State Statutes.
[Amended 4-8-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-01]
(11)
All sewer and water utility structures to benefit commercial development
in the C-2 District.
[Added 2-10-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-01; amended 4-8-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-01]
(12)
Commercial uses clearly similar in character
to those listed above that are not tax-exempt uses.
[Amended 4-8-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-01]
A.
Purpose; uses. The I-1 District is intended to provide
space for industrial and manufacturing uses at appropriate locations
in the Village. Any industrial use may be permitted, except those
that would present a danger to residents of the community or would
generate noise, smoke, traffic or air or water pollution that would
create a public or private nuisance. All other uses (residential,
commercial, and public) are prohibited, except that a dwelling may
be provided for a caretaker or superintendent if the industrial use
requires constant supervision and limited commercial sales of the
product(s) that are manufactured on site are allowed. Any use determined
to be objectionable by the Plan Commission on the basis of pollution,
noise, dust, smoke, vibration, odor, flashing lights or danger of
explosion may be permitted only upon the issuance of a conditional
use permit setting forth dimensional and site requirements, performance
standards, aesthetic controls and pollution standards for that particular
use.
[Amended 5-10-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-07]
A.
Purpose. This district is established to:
B.
Permitted uses:
C.
Conditional uses:
(1)
Public and semipublic uses, including but not limited
to the following: public and private schools, churches, public parks
and recreation areas, hospitals, rest homes and homes for the aged,
fire and police stations, and historic sites, except that sewage disposal
plants and garbage incinerators shall not be permitted.
(2)
Telephone, telegraph and power transmission towers,
poles and lines, including transformers, substations, relay and repeater
stations, equipment housing and other necessary appurtenant equipment
and structures.
A.
Purpose. The W-1 District is intended to preserve
the natural state of scenic areas, to preserve natural areas and buffer
strips and to discourage intensive development of marginal lands so
as to prevent potential hazards to public and private property.
B.
Permitted uses:
(1)
Management of forestry, wildlife and fish.
(2)
Harvesting of wild crops such as marsh hay, ferns,
moss, berries, fruit trees and tree seeds.
(3)
Hunting, fishing and trapping.
(4)
Dams, power stations and transmission lines.
(5)
Upon written permission from the Village Board (based
on the purposes of this chapter and on the recommendation of the Plan
Commission following a public hearing), sewage disposal plants, water
pumping or storage facilities, golf courses and public camping grounds.
(6)
Bicycle or hiking trails.
(7)
Parks.
(8)
Uses customarily incident to any of the above uses.
D.
Specifications.
There are no setback, lot size or other dimensional requirements applicable
to the W-1 District.
The requirements for property in the R-MH Mobile Home District shall be as provided in Article XII of this chapter.
