These regulations are adopted under the authority granted by
§§ 61.35 and 62.23(7), Wis. Stats.
This chapter shall be known as, referred to or cited as the
"Zoning Code, Village of Woodville, Wisconsin."
The purpose of this chapter is to promote the health, safety,
prosperity, aesthetics and general welfare of the Village of Woodville.
It is the general intent of this chapter to:
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Regulate and restrict the use of all structures, lands and waters.
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Regulate and restrict lot coverage, population distribution and density,
and the size and location of all structures so as to lessen congestion
in and promote the safety and efficiency of the streets and highways.
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Secure safety from fire, flooding, panic and other dangers.
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Provide adequate light, air, sanitation and drainage.
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Prevent overcrowding and avoid undue population concentration.
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Facilitate the adequate provision of public facilities and utilities.
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Stabilize and protect property values.
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Further the appropriate use of land and conservation of natural resources.
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Preserve and promote the beauty of the Village of Woodville.
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Implement the Village Comprehensive Plan or plan components.
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Provide for the administration and enforcement of this chapter and
provide penalties for its violation.
It is not intended by this chapter to repeal, abrogate, annul,
impair or interfere with any existing easements, covenants, deed restrictions,
agreements, ordinances, rules, regulations or permits previously adopted
or issued pursuant to law. However, wherever this chapter imposes
greater restrictions, the provisions of this chapter shall govern.
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In their
interpretation and application, the provisions of this chapter shall
be held to be minimum requirements and shall be liberally construed
in favor of the Village and shall not be deemed a limitation or repeal
of any other power granted by the Wisconsin Statutes.
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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 discretionary. Any words not herein defined shall
be construed as defined in the State and Village Building Codes.
For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions
shall be used:
A subordinate building or portion of the main building the
use of which is purely incidental to that of the main building, not
including a garage as defined herein.
A use subordinate in nature, extent or purpose to the principal
use of the building or lot.[1]
Anything constructed or erected, either freestanding or attached
to the outside of a building, for the purpose of conveying information,
knowledge or ideas to the public about a subject either related or
unrelated to the premises upon which located.
A way which affords only a secondary means of access to abutting
property.[2]
A portion of a residential or commercial building used as
a separate housing unit.
See "dwelling, multiple-family."[3]
A public street or highway used or intended to be used primarily
for fast or heavy through traffic. Arterial streets and highways shall
include freeways and expressways as well as arterial streets, highways
and parkways.
A story partly underground but having at least 1/2 of its
height, or more than five feet, below the mean level of the adjoining
ground. See Chs. Comm 20, 21 and 22, Wis. Adm. Code.[4]
A building other than a hotel where meals or lodging and
meals are served for compensation for not more than six persons.
A structure having a roof and intended for the shelter, housing
or enclosure of persons, animals or chattel.
Any change or rearrangement of the supporting members, such
as bearing walls, beams, columns or girders, of a building, an addition
to a building, or movement of a building from one location to another.
A line parallel to the street intersecting the foremost point
of the building, excluding uncovered steps.
The vertical distance from the mean elevation of a finished
grade along the front of the building to the highest point of a flat
roof, or to the deckline of a mansard roof, or to the highest point
on a gable, hip or gambrel roof.[5]
A building in which is conducted the main use of the lot
on which said building is located.
Includes the commercial, limited industrial and general industrial
uses and districts as herein defined.
Any privately or publicly owned land designed and maintained
for the purpose of supplying overnight accommodations for recreational
vehicles and tents.[6]
See "garage."
A building used by a group of doctors for the medical examination
or treatment of persons on an outpatient or nonboarding basis only.
A building owned, leased or hired by a nonprofit association
of persons who are bona fide members, the use of which is restricted
to said members and their guests.
The following facilities licensed or operated or permitted
under the authority of the Wisconsin Statutes: child welfare agencies
under § 48.60, Wis. Stats., group homes under § 48.02(7),
Wis. Stats., and community-based residential facilities under § 50.01,
Wis. Stats., but does not include nursing homes, general hospitals,
special hospitals, prisons and jails. The establishment of a community
living arrangement shall be in conformity with applicable sections
of the Wisconsin Statutes, including §§ 46.03(22),
59.69(15) and 62.23(7)(i) and (7a), Wis. Stats., and amendments thereto,
and also the Wisconsin Administrative Code.[7]
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.
Any lawful use of a building or lot which complies with the
provisions of this chapter.
An open, unoccupied space, other than a yard, on the same
lot with a building and which is bounded on two sides by the building.
Any interruption or break in the line of a street curb in
order to connect a driveway to a street or otherwise to provide vehicular
access to abutting property.
The level of the established curb in the front of the building
measured at the center of such front.
A place or home which provides care for four or more children
under the age of seven years for less than 24 hours a day and is licensed
as provided for in § 48.65, Wis. Stats.
Original Plat, Blocks 1 and 2, and buildings located along
the west side of Main Street from Himo Street to River Street.[8]
A group of two or more multiple-family dwellings occupying
a lot in one ownership with any two or more dwellings having any yard
or court in common.
A building or portion thereof used or designated as a residence
for three or more families as separate housekeeping units, including
apartments, attached townhouses and condominiums.[9]
A detached building designed, arranged or used for and occupied
exclusively by one family, whether attached, detached or semi-attached.
"One-family dwelling" shall include specially designed buildings covered
by earth and modular homes.[10]
A dwelling unit type consisting of a single-family residence
which is in complete compliance with the State of Wisconsin One- and
Two-Family Dwelling Code (§§ 101.60 to 101.66, Wis.
Stats.) which is attached on one side to another single-family residence.
The split two-family dwelling is distinguished from the typical two-unit
dwelling merely by having each unit located on an individual lot.
A building designed, arranged or used for, or occupied exclusively
by, two families living independently of each other.
A building or portion thereof used exclusively for human
habitation, including single-family, two-family and multiple-family
dwellings, but not including hotels, motels or lodging houses.
A public or private enclosure designed to protect people
from aerial, radiological, biological or chemical warfare, fire, flood,
windstorm, riot or invasion.
One or more persons who live together as a single housekeeping
unit in one dwelling unit.[11]
Land consisting of five acres or more on which produce, crops,
livestock or flowers are grown primarily for off-premises consumption,
use or sale.
The sum of the gross horizontal area of the several floors
of a dwelling unit, exclusive of porches, balconies, garages, basements
and cellars, measured from the exterior faces of the exterior walls
or from the center lines of walls or partitions separating dwelling
units. For uses other than residential, the floor area shall be measured
from the exterior faces of the exterior walls or from the center lines
of walls or partitions separating such uses and shall include all
floors, lofts, balconies, mezzanines, cellars, basements and similar
areas devoted to such uses.
The primary domicile of a foster parent which is for four
or fewer foster children and which is licensed under § 48.62,
Wis. Stats., and amendments thereto.
All of the property abutting on one side of a street measured
along the street line.
An accessory building or space for the storage of not more
than three motor-driven vehicles.
A building other than a private or storage garage used for
the care, repair or storage of self-propelled vehicles or where such
vehicles are left for remuneration, hire or sale. This includes premises
commonly known as "gasoline stations" or "service stations."
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.
Any area of land, including structures thereon, that is used
for the sale of gasoline or other motor vehicle fuel and oil and other
lubricating substances and the sale of motor vehicle accessories and
which may include facilities used or designed to be used for polishing,
greasing, washing, spraying, dry cleaning or otherwise cleaning or
servicing such vehicles.
Any facility operated by a person required to be licensed
by the State of Wisconsin under § 48.62, Wis. Stats., for
the care and maintenance of five to eight foster children.
Any business or profession carried on only by a member of the immediate family residing on the premises, carried on wholly within the principal building thereto and meeting the standards of § 525-33.
A building occupied as the more or less temporary abiding
place of individuals who are lodged, with or without meals, and in
which there are more than six sleeping rooms, usually occupied singly,
and no provision is made for cooking in the individual apartments.[12]
An open space where waste, used or secondhand materials are
bought, sold, exchanged, stored, baled, packed, disassembled or handled,
including but not limited to scrap iron and other metals, paper, rags,
rubber, tires and bottles. "Junkyard" also includes an auto wrecking
yard but does not include uses established entirely within enclosed
buildings.
A completely off-street space or berth on the same lot for
the loading or unloading of freight carriers having adequate ingress
and egress to a public street or alley.
A parcel of land having frontage on a public street occupied
or intended to be occupied by a principal structure or use and sufficient
in size to meet the lot width, lot frontage, lot area, yard, parking
area and other open space provisions of this chapter.
The peripheral boundaries of a parcel of land and the total
area lying within such boundaries.
A corner lot, the street side lot line of which is substantially
a continuation of the front lot line of the first lot to its rear.
A lot having a pair of opposite lot lines along two or more
parallel public streets and which is not a corner lot. On a through
lot both street lines shall be deemed front lot lines.
The width of a parcel of land measured at the setback line.[13]
A single tract of land located within a single block which,
at the time of filing for a building permit, is designated by its
owner or developer as a tract to be used, developed, or built upon
as a unit under single ownership or control.
A structure as defined under § 101.91(2), Wis.
Stats., subject to local regulation pursuant to § 66.0435,
Wis. Stats., and includes the following:[14]
A structure that is designed to be used as a dwelling with or
without a permanent foundation and that is certified by the Federal
Department of Housing and Urban Development as complying with the
standards established under 42 U.S.C. §§ 5401 to 5425.
A mobile home, unless a mobile home is specifically excluded
under the applicable statute.
Any park, court, camp, site, plot, parcel, or tract of land
designed, maintained, intended or used for the purpose of supplying
a location or accommodations for two or more manufactured homes and
shall include all buildings used or intended for use as part of the
equipment thereof, whether or not a charge is made for the use of
the community and its facilities.[15]
A roof-like structure of permanent nature which projects
from the wall of a building.
A vehicle manufactured or assembled as defined under § 101.91(10),
Wis. Stats., which means a vehicle manufactured or assembled before
June 15, 1976, designed to be towed as a single unit or in sections
upon a highway by a motor vehicle and equipped and used, or intended
to be used, primarily for human habitation, with walls of rigid, uncollapsible
construction, which has an overall length in excess of 45 feet. "Mobile
home" includes the mobile home structure, its plumbing, heating, air-conditioning
and electrical systems, and all appliances and all other equipment
carrying a manufacturer's warranty. A mobile home is subject to local
regulation pursuant to § 66.0435, Wis. Stats.[16]
A structure or component as defined under § 101.71(6),
Wis. Stats., which means any structure or component thereof which
is intended for use as a dwelling and:
Is of closed construction and fabricated or assembled on site
or off site in manufacturing facilities for installation, connection,
or assembly and installation at the building site; or
Is a building of open construction which is made or assembled
in manufacturing facilities away from the building site for installation,
connection, or assembly and installation on the building site and
for which certification is sought by the manufacturer.
" Modular home" does not mean any manufactured home under § 101.91, Wis. Stats., or any building of open construction which is not subject to Subsection A(2) above.
A series of attached, semi-attached or detached sleeping
units for the accommodation of transient guests.
A building or area in which freight brought by motor truck
is assembled and/or stored for routing in intrastate and interstate
shipment by motor truck.
Any passenger vehicle, truck, truck-trailer, trailer or semitrailer
propelled or drawn by mechanical power.
Any building or structure which does not comply with all
of the regulations of this chapter or of any amendment hereto regulating
any building or structure for the zoning district in which such building
or structure is located.
Any use of land, buildings or structures which does not comply
with all of the regulations of this chapter or of any amendment hereto
governing use for the zoning district in which such use is located.
Any building or lot, or portion thereof, used for the cultivation
or growing of plants and including all accessory buildings.
Any building used routinely for the daytime care and education
of preschool age children and including all accessory buildings and
play areas, other than the child's own home or the homes of relatives
or guardians.
Any building used for the continuous care, on a commercial
or charitable basis, of persons who are physically incapable of caring
for their own personal needs.
An open area other than a street, alley or place used for
temporary parking of more than four self-propelled vehicles and available
for public use, whether free, for compensation, or as an accommodation
for clients or customers.
An off-street space available for the parking of a motor
vehicle and which is exclusive of passageways and driveways appurtenant
thereto and giving access thereto.[18]
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.
Residences of doctors of medicine, practitioners, dentists, clergymen, architects, landscape architects, professional engineers, registered land surveyors, lawyers, artists, teachers, authors, musicians or other recognized professionals used to conduct their professions where the office does not exceed the standards in § 525-33 and only one nonresident person is employed.
The lines bounding a platted lot as defined herein.
Any sidewalk, street, alley, highway or other public thoroughfare.
A strip of land with tracks and auxiliary facilities for
track operation, but not including freight depots or stations, loading
platforms, train sheds, warehouses, car or locomotive shops, or car
yards.
A school limited to special instruction such as business,
art, music, trades, handicraft, dancing or riding.
An elementary or intermediate school other than a parochial
school giving regular instruction capable of meeting the requirements
of state compulsory education laws and approved as such and operating
at least five days a week for a normal school year and supported by
other than public funds, but not including a school for persons with
disabilities or a college or other institution of higher learning.[19]
That portion of a building included between the surface of
any floor and the surface of the floor next above it, or, if there
is no floor above it, then the space between such floor and the ceiling
next above it.
A story under a gable, hip or gambrel roof, the wall plates
of which on at least two opposite exterior walls are not more than
two feet above the floor of such story.
A public or private thoroughfare which affords the principal
means of access to abutting property.
Any change in the supporting members of a structure, such
as foundations, bearing walls, columns, beams or girders.
Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires
location on the ground or that it be attached to something having
a location on the ground.[21]
The purpose or activity for which the land or building thereon
is designed, arranged or intended or for which it is occupied or maintained,
and shall include any manner of standards of this chapter.
See "conditional use."
A use which may be lawfully established in a particular district
or districts provided that it conforms to all requirements, regulations
and performance standards, if any, of such district.
The main use of land or buildings as distinguished from a
subordinate or accessory use. A principal use may be permitted or
conditional.
A retail business device, electrically or manually operated,
used by the general public to obtain dairy products, cigarettes, foodstuffs
or other merchandise without entering a public shop, store, market
or other such building.
An open space on the same lot with a structure, unoccupied
and unobstructed from the ground upward, except for vegetation as
permitted. The front and rear yards extend the full width of the lot.
A side yard which adjoins a public street.
A yard extending along the full length of the front lot line
between the side lot lines.
A side yard which is located immediately adjacent to another
zoning lot or to an alley separating such yard from another zoning
lot.
A yard extending along the full length of the rear lot line
between the side lot lines.
A yard extending along a side lot line from the front yard
to the rear yard.[22]
That yard which must be provided on a zoning lot in a business
district which adjoins a zoning lot in a residential district or that
yard which must be provided on a zoning lot in an industrial district
which adjoins a zoning lot in either a residential or business district.
An area or areas within the corporate limits for which the
regulations and requirements governing use, lot and bulk of buildings
and premises are uniform.
