This chapter shall be known, cited and referred to as the "Village of Johnson Creek Zoning Ordinance," except as referred to herein, where it shall be known as "this chapter."
This chapter is enacted pursuant to the authority granted by the State of Wisconsin Statutes. Specific statutory references are provided within the body of this chapter solely as a means of assisting the reader. Such references are not to be considered as all inclusive and shall in no manner be construed so as to limit the application or interpretation of this chapter.
[1]
Editor's Note: See §§ 62.23(7), 62.231, 87.30 and 144.26, Wis. Stats.
In enacting this chapter, special attention has been given to ensuring a direct relationship of these regulations to the Village of Johnson Creek's Comprehensive Master Plan. The general intent of this chapter is to implement certain goals and objectives of the Comprehensive Master Plan which are best addressed through zoning approaches, as enabled by State of Wisconsin Statutes.
A. 
Rationale. Throughout this chapter, paragraphs labeled "Rationale" are included to ensure a complete understanding of the purpose and reasoning of the Village in adopting that particular portion of this chapter. Each rationale is intended as an official statement of the legislative findings or purposes, and shall be treated in the same manner as other aspects of legislative history, and shall serve to guide the administrative and judicial interpretation of this chapter. The specific rationale expressed in each rationale section are not intended to be exhaustive, and other nonexplicit rationale may also be applicable.
B. 
Appearance of ordinance text. The underlined, boldfaced, italicized, alternative point-sized, and/or capitalized typefaces used in this chapter are inserted only for convenience and are in no way to be construed as part of the provisions of this chapter or as a limitation on the scope of the particular sections or subsections to which they refer.
A. 
The overall purpose of this chapter is to implement the Village of Johnson Creek Comprehensive Master Plan to the extent possible under zoning, as authorized by State of Wisconsin Statutes.
B. 
This chapter is designed to control and lessen congestion in the streets; to secure safety from fire, panic and other dangers; to promote health and the general welfare; to promote adequate light and air; to encourage the protection of groundwater resources; to prevent the overcrowding of land; to avoid undue concentration of population; to preserve, protect and promote property values; to facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks and other public facilities, and to preserve burial sites as defined in § 157.70(1), Wis. Stats.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See also § 62.23(7)(c), Wis. Stats.
C. 
Specifically, this chapter is adopted for the purpose of protecting the public health, safety, morals, comfort, convenience and general welfare by implementing certain goals and objectives of the Comprehensive Master Plan. Additional purposes of this chapter are specified throughout this chapter.
Rationale: In developing the specific regulations of this chapter, much effort has gone into balancing the goals and objectives of the Comprehensive Master Plan. The current status of this chapter and its components (including the Official Zoning Map) represent the cohesive result of carefully considered plan implementation practices. Amendments to these provisions and/or the Official Zoning Map shall seriously consider the effect of such changes on the interrelationships which exist within this chapter and between this document, the Comprehensive Master Plan, and related long-range planning policies and programs. (See §§ 250-121 and 250-122.)
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the Village Board that the several provisions of this chapter are separable in accordance with the following:
A. 
If any court of competent jurisdiction shall adjudge any provision of this chapter to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect any other provisions of this chapter not specifically included in said judgment.
B. 
If any court of competent jurisdiction shall adjudge invalid the application of any portion of this chapter to a particular property, water, building or structure, such judgment shall not affect the application of said provision to any other property, water, building or structure not specifically included in said judgment.
C. 
If any requirement or limitation attached to an authorization given under this chapter is found invalid, it shall be presumed that the authorization would not have been granted without the requirement or limitation and, therefore, said authorization shall also be invalid.
D. 
The Village does not guarantee, warrant or represent that only those areas designated as floodlands will be subject to periodic inundation and hereby asserts that there is no liability on the part of the Village, its officers, employees, agents or representatives for any flood damages, sanitation problems, or structural damages.
It is not intended that this chapter abrogate or interfere with any constitutionally protected vested right. It is also not intended that this chapter abrogate, repeal, annul, impair or interfere with any existing easements, covenants, deed restrictions, agreements, rules, regulations or permits previously adopted or issued pursuant to law.
A. 
In their interpretation and application, the provisions of this chapter shall be held to be the minimum requirements for the promotion of the public health, safety, morals and welfare and shall be liberally construed in favor of the Village and shall not be construed to be a limitation or repeal of any other power now possessed by the Village of Johnson Creek.
B. 
Where property is affected by the regulations imposed by any provision of this chapter and by other governmental regulations, the regulations which are more restrictive or which impose higher standards or requirements shall prevail. Regardless of any other provision of this chapter, no land shall be developed or used and no structure erected or maintained in violation of any state or federal regulations.
C. 
No structure, land, water or air shall hereafter be used and no structure or part thereof shall hereafter be located, erected, moved, reconstructed, extended, enlarged, converted or structurally altered without a zoning permit, except minor structures, and without full compliance with the provisions of this chapter and all other applicable local, county and state regulations.
D. 
Nothing herein contained shall require any changes in plans, construction, size or designated use of any building or part thereof for which a zoning or building permit has been issued before the effective date of this chapter and the construction of which shall have been started within six months from the date of such permit.
E. 
Except as provided in this chapter, under provisions for nonconforming uses (§ 250-46), nonconforming developments (§ 250-54), substandard lots (§ 250-61), and nonconforming structures and buildings (§ 250-62), no building, structure, development or premises shall be hereinafter used or occupied and no applicable permit granted that does not conform to the requirements of this chapter.
F. 
In cases of mixed-occupancy or mixed-use, the regulations for each land use shall apply to the portion of the structure or land so occupied or so used.
G. 
Except for outlots authorized under the Village's Land Division Regulations[1] to contain permanently protected green space area, no yard or other open space shall be considered as providing a yard or open space for a building or structure on any other lot.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 245, Subdivision of Land.
This chapter is applicable to all territory located within the corporate limits of the Village of Johnson Creek.
A. 
This chapter, in part, carries forward by reenactment some of the provisions of the regulations governing zoning and related matters, being previously known collectively as the "Zoning Code," Chapter 250 of the Code of Ordinances for the Village of Johnson Creek, adopted prior to the effective date of this chapter. It is not the intention of this chapter to repeal, but rather to reenact and continue in force such existing provisions so that all rights and liabilities that have accrued thereunder are preserved and may be enforced, unless explicitly surrendered by specific provisions of this chapter or altered by the Official Zoning Map.
B. 
All provisions of Chapter 250 of the Village of Johnson Creek Code which are not reenacted herein are hereby repealed.
C. 
The adoption of this chapter shall not adversely affect the Village's right to prosecute any violation of the predecessor zoning ordinance, provided the violation occurred while that chapter was in effect.
All plans approved under previous zoning regulations shall be valid and may be used to obtain permits for a period of not more than one year after the effective date of this chapter, except where subject to developer's agreement provisions. This chapter shall become effective upon passage and posting according to law, following the date of repeal and reenactment of the Official Zoning Map.
The purpose of §§ 250-12 through 250-15 is to define words, terms and phrases contained in this chapter which are essential to the understanding, administration and enforcement of this chapter and which are not part of common English usage.
The interpretation of this chapter shall abide by the provisions and rules of this section, except where the context clearly requires otherwise or where the result would clearly be inconsistent with the manifest intent of this chapter.
A. 
Words used or defined in one tense or form shall include other tenses and derivative forms.
B. 
Words in the singular number shall include the plural number, and words in the plural number shall include the single number.
C. 
The masculine gender shall include the feminine, and vice versa.
D. 
The words "shall," "must" and "will" are mandatory.
E. 
The words "may," "can" and "might" are permissive.
F. 
The word "person" includes individuals, firms, corporations, partnerships, associations, trusts, and any other legal entity.
G. 
The word "Village" shall mean the Village of Johnson Creek, Wisconsin.
H. 
The word "County" shall mean the County of Jefferson, Wisconsin.
I. 
The word "State" shall mean the State of Wisconsin.
J. 
The word "Commission" shall mean the Village of Johnson Creek Plan Commission.
K. 
The words "Board" and "Village Board," shall refer to the Village of Johnson Creek Village Board.
L. 
The word "Zoning Board" shall mean the Village of Johnson Creek Zoning Board of Appeals.
M. 
If there is any ambiguity between the text of this chapter and any caption, illustration or table, the text shall control.
The following abbreviations in this chapter are intended to have the following meanings:
Abbreviation
Meaning
Ac
acre
CB
Central Business (Zoning District)
db
decibel
du
dwelling unit
FAR
floor area ratio
ft
foot (or feet)
GB
General Business (Zoning District)
GI
General Industrial (Zoning District)
GSA
gross site area
GSR
green space ratio
ISR
impervious surface ratio
LSR
landscape surface ratio
max
maximum
MBS
maximum building size
MGD
maximum gross density
min
minimum
MH
maximum height
MLA
maximum lot area
MSA
minimum site area
MR-8
Multifamily Residential-8 (Zoning District)
MR-10
Multifamily Residential-10 (Zoning District)
na
not applicable
NB
Neighborhood Business (Zoning District)
NO
Neighborhood Office (Zoning District)
NDA
net developable area
nonres
nonresidential
PB
Planned Business (Zoning District)
PD (_-_)
Planned Development (Zoning District)
PI
Planned Industrial (Zoning District)
PO
Planned Office (Zoning District)
res
residential
RPA
resource protection area
RH
Rural Holding (Zoning District)
SR-2
Single-Family Residential-2 (Zoning District)
SR-3
Single-Family Residential-3 (Zoning District)
SR-4
Single-Family Residential-4 (Zoning District)
sf or sq. ft.
square feet
TR-6
Two-Family Residential-6 (Zoning District)
8-
eight or fewer
9+
nine or more
16+
16 or more
#F
number of floors
-
or fewer
+
or more
The following words, terms and phrases, wherever they occur in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them by this section. Definitions provided by this section include:
ABUTTING
Having a common border with or being separated from such common border by an alley or easement.
ACCESS
A means of vehicular or nonvehicular approach, i.e., entry to or exit from a property, street or highway.
ACCESS, DIRECT
A condition of immediate physical connection resulting from adjacency of a road or right-of-way abutting a property.
ACCESS, SECONDARY
A means of vehicular or nonvehicular approach, entry to, or exit from property from a source other than a public street or highway.
ACCESS STANDARDS
See § 250-85.
ACCESSORY USE OR STRUCTURE
A use or structure subordinate to and serving the principal use or structure on the same lot and customarily incidental thereto. See § 250-43.
[Amended 11-14-2005 by Ord. No. 20-05]
ACRE
43,560 square feet.
ACTIVE OUTDOOR PUBLIC RECREATIONAL (LAND USE)
See § 250-38B.
ACTIVITY CENTER
An area which is typified by a concentration of nonresidential and/or multifamily development.
ADDITION
Any walled and roofed expansion to the perimeter and/or height of a building in which the addition is connected by a common load-bearing wall. Any walled and roofed addition which is connected by a fire wall or is separated by independent perimeter load-bearing walls is new construction.
ADJACENT
Abutting, or being located directly across a right-of-way from, a separate lot.
AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT
See § 250-21.
AGRICULTURAL LAND USE(S)
See § 250-37.
AGRICULTURAL SERVICES (LAND USE)
See § 250-37D.
AIR POLLUTION STANDARDS
See § 250-93.
AIRPORT (LAND USE)
See § 250-41B.
ALLEY
A public right-of-way usually of reduced width which affords a secondary means of access to abutting property.
AMENDMENT OF OFFICIAL ZONING MAP
See § 250-122.
AMENDMENT OF ZONING REGULATIONS
See § 250-121.
ANIMAL UNIT
A measure which represents a common denominator for the purpose of defining a husbandry or intensive agricultural land use. The animal unit measure relates to the carrying capacity of one acre of land and is related to the amount of feed various species consume and the amount of waste they produce. The following table indicates the number of common farm species which comprise a single animal unit:
Animal Unit Table
Type of Livestock
No. of Animals per Animal Unit
Type of Livestock
No. of Animals per Animal Unit
Type of Livestock
No. of Animals per Animal Unit
Horse (greater than 2 years)
1
Calves (less than 1 year)
4
Lambs
14
Colt (less than 2 years)
2
Brood sow or boar
2.5
Chickens
200
Cattle (greater than 2 years)
1
Hogs (up to 220 pounds)
5
Other poultry
200
Cattle (less than 2 years)
2
Sheep
7
Source: The Stockman's Handbook.
APARTMENT
See § 250-36A(2)(g).
APPEAL
A means for obtaining review of a decision, determination, order or failure to act pursuant to the terms of this chapter as expressly authorized by the provisions of § 250-131.
ARTERIAL STREET
See "street, arterial."
ARTISAN STUDIO
See § 250-39R.
AVERAGE GROUND ELEVATION
The average level of the finished surface of the ground adjacent to the exterior walls of a building or structure.
BASE FLOOD
The flood having a one-percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year. The one-hundred-year flood.
BASEMENT
A portion of a building located partly underground and having 1/2 or less of its floor-to-ceiling height below the average grade of the adjoining ground.
BED-AND-BREAKFAST ESTABLISHMENT (LAND USE)
See § 250-39L.
BEDROOM
A room in a residence marketed, designed or otherwise likely to function primarily for sleeping.
BLANKET VARIANCE
A variance which is automatically granted by a provision of this chapter in order to reduce the creation of legal nonconforming developments (see § 250-54) or legal nonconforming residential structures (see § 250-62I).
BOARDINGHOUSE (LAND USE)
See § 250-39O.
BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
See § 250-137.
BUFFERYARD
Any permitted combination of distance, vegetation, fencing and berming which results in a reduction of visual and other interaction with an adjoining property. See Article VII.
BUILDABLE AREA ENVELOPE
The area of the lot located within the required building setback lines as measured from lot lines or from the pseudo lot lines used in group developments (§ 250-47).
BUILDING
A structure built, maintained or intended for use for the shelter or enclosure of persons, animals or property of any kind. The term is inclusive of any part thereof. Where independent units with separate entrances are divided by shared walls, each unit is a building.
BUILDING, ACCESSORY
A building which:
A. 
Is subordinate to and serves a principal structure or a principal use;
B. 
Is subordinate in area, extent and purpose to the principal structure or use served;
C. 
Is located on the same lot as the principal structure or use served except as otherwise expressly authorized by provisions of this chapter; and
D. 
Is customarily incidental to the principal structure or use. Any portion of a principal building devoted or intended to be devoted to an accessory use is not an accessory building.
BUILDING COVERAGE
The percentage of a lot covered by principal and accessory buildings, including all structures with a roof.
BUILDING FRONT
That exterior wall of a building which faces the front lot line of the lot.
BUILDING HEIGHT
The vertical distance from: (1) the lowest elevation of the adjoining ground level or (2) the established grade, whichever is lower, to the top of the cornice of a flat roof, to the deckline of a mansard roof, to a point of the roof directly above the highest wall of a shed roof, to the uppermost point on a round or other arch-type roof, or to the mean distance of the highest gable on a pitched or hip roof. Also applies to structures.
BUILDING LINE
A line on a lot, generally parallel to a lot line or road right-of-way line, located a sufficient distance therefrom to provide the minimum yards required by this chapter. The building line determines the area in which buildings are permitted, subject to all applicable provisions of this chapter. This is also referred to as a "setback."
BUILDING SEPARATION
The narrowest distance between two buildings. See "minimum building separation."
BUILDING SIZE
The total gross floor area of a building. See "maximum building size."
BUILDING, PRINCIPAL
A building in which is conducted, or in which is intended to be conducted, the main or principal use of the lot on which it is located.
BULK (OF A BUILDING)
The combination of building height, size and location on a lot.
BULKHEAD LINE
A geographic line along a reach of navigable water that has been adopted by a municipal ordinance and approved by the Department of Natural Resources pursuant to § 30.11, Wis. Stats., and which allows limited filling between this bulkhead line and the original ordinary high-water mark, except where such filling is prohibited by the floodway provisions of this chapter.
CAFETERIA, COMPANY (LAND USE)
See § 250-43D.
CALIPER
A measurement of the size of a tree equal to the diameter of its trunk measurement 0.5 foot above natural grade. Used for trees in a nursery setting.
CAMPGROUND (LAND USE)
See § 250-39N.
CANDLEPOWER
The amount of light that will illuminate a surface one foot distant from a light source to an intensity of one footcandle. Maximum (peak) candlepower is the largest amount of candlepower emitted by any lamp, light source, or luminaire.
CARETAKER'S RESIDENCE
A dwelling unit which is used exclusively by either the owner, manager or operator of a principal permitted use and which is located on the same parcel as the principal use. See § 250-43W.
CARPORT (LAND USE)
An open-sided, roofed vehicle shelter, usually formed by extension of the roof from the side of a building. See § 250-43C.
CELLAR
That portion of the building having more than 1/2 of the floor-to-ceiling height below the average grade of the adjoining ground.
CENTRAL BUSINESS (CB) DISTRICT
See § 250-23F.
CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY
See § 250-128.
CERTIFIED SURVEY MAP
A map of a survey, sketch, plan or other exhibit containing a written statement regarding accuracy or conformity to specified standards certified and signed by the registered surveyor.
CLEAR CUTTING (LAND USE)
See § 250-37G.
CLERESTORY WINDOW
A window in which the lowest glassed area is a minimum of seven feet above the level of the floor located directly under the window.
CLIMAX TREE
A tree that would occupy the uppermost canopy of a forest in a natural ecological situation. These trees are often referred to as shade trees. Examples include hickory, oak, maple, etc. See § 250-79.
COLLECTOR STREET
See "street, collector."
COMMERCIAL ANIMAL BOARDING (LAND USE)
See § 250-39J.
COMMERCIAL APARTMENT (LAND USE)
See § 250-43A.
COMMERCIAL DISTRICT(S)
See § 250-17.
COMMERCIAL INDOOR LODGING (LAND USE)
See § 250-39K.
COMMERCIAL LAND USE(S)
See § 250-39.
COMMERCIAL VEHICLE
Any motor vehicle used for business or institutional purposes or having painted thereon or affixed thereto a sign identifying a business or institution or a principal product or service of a business or institution. Agricultural equipment used as part of a permitted agricultural principal use shall not be considered as a commercial vehicle.
COMMUNICATION TOWER (LAND USE)
See § 250-42C.
COMMUNITY CHARACTER
The impression which an area makes in regard to the type, intensity, density, quality, appearance and age of development.
COMMUNITY INFORMATION SIGN
See § 250-112B(4).
COMMUNITY LIVING ARRANGEMENT (LAND USE)
See § 250-38G through I.
COMPANY-PROVIDED ON-SITE RECREATION (LAND USE)
See § 250-43E.
COMPOSTING OPERATION (LAND USE)
See § 250-40F.
COMPREHENSIVE MASTER PLAN
The Comprehensive Master Plan of the Village of Johnson Creek, Wisconsin, and as subsequently amended.
CONDITIONAL USE
A land use which requires a conditional use permit in order to develop. See § 250-31B; see § 250-124 for applicable procedures.
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS STANDARDS
See § 250-101.
CONSTRUCTION, START OF
See "start of construction."
CONTRACTOR'S ON-SITE EQUIPMENT STORAGE (LAND USE)
See § 250-44D.
CONTRACTOR'S PROJECT OFFICE (LAND USE)
See § 250-44C.
CONVENTIONAL RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
See § 250-36A.
CULTIVATION (LAND USE)
See § 250-37A.
DAY CARE
See "family day-care home," "intermediate day-care home" or "group day-care center."
DECK
A structure that has no roof or walls. Can be attached or detached to the principal structure. If attached, it is required to have main supports and continuous footings below grade by 48 inches and must be raised above grade and must comply with the principal setback requirements or as modified by § 250-59. If detached, shall be an accessory structure.
DEDICATION
The transfer of property interest from private to public ownership for a public purpose. The transfer may be of fee-simple interest or of a less than fee-simple interest, including an easement.
DENSITY
A term used to describe the number of dwelling units per acre.
DEVELOPER
The legal or beneficial owner(s) of a lot or parcel of any land proposed for inclusion in a development, including an optionee or contract purchaser.
DEVELOPMENT
The division of a parcel of land into two or more parcels; the construction, reconstruction, conversion, structural alteration, relocation or enlargement of any buildings; any use or change in use of any buildings or land; any extension of any use of land; or any clearing, grading or other movement of land, for which permission may be required pursuant to this chapter.
DEVELOPMENT OPTION(S)
The type of residential or nonresidential development as categorized by the proportion of the site devoted to permanently protected green space.
DEVELOPMENT PAD
The area of a lot where site disruption will occur, including building areas, paved areas, yards and other areas on non-native vegetation, and areas devoted to septic systems.
DEVELOPMENT, START OF
The initiation of any construction, grading or clearing activity on a property.
DISPOSAL LAND USE(S)
See § 250-40.
DISTRIBUTION CENTER (LAND USE)
See § 250-41D.
DRAINAGE
The removal of surface water or groundwater from land by drains, grading or other means. Drainage includes the control of runoff to minimize erosion and sedimentation during and after development and the means necessary for water supply preservation or prevention or alleviation of flooding.
DRAINAGE STANDARDS
See § 250-100.
DRAINAGE STRUCTURE (LAND USE)
See § 250-43R.
DRAINAGEWAY
Drainageways are non-navigable, aboveground watercourses, detention basins and/or their environs which are identified by the presence of one or more of the following:
A. 
All areas within 75 feet of the ordinary high-water mark of a "perennial stream" as shown on USGS 7.5 minute topographic maps for the Village of Johnson Creek and its environs;
B. 
All areas within 50 feet of the ordinary high-water mark of an "intermittent stream" or "open channel drainageway," as shown on USGS 7.5 minute topographic maps for the Village of Johnson Creek and its environs. See § 250-68.
DRIPLINE
Outer perimeter edge of a tree canopy as transferred perpendicularly to ground level.
DRIVE-IN THEATER (LAND USE)
See § 250-39I.
DRIVEWAYS
See § 250-85J.
[Amended 11-14-2005 by Ord. No. 20-05].
DRYLAND ACCESS
A vehicular access route which is above the regional flood elevation and which connects land located in the floodplain to land which is outside the floodplain, such as a road with its surface above the regional flood elevation and wide enough to accommodate wheeled vehicles.
DUPLEX
See § 250-36A(2)(b).
DWELLING
A building or one or more portions thereof containing one or more dwelling units, but not including habitations provided in nonresidential uses, such as lodging uses and commercial campgrounds.
DWELLING UNIT
A room or group of rooms providing or intended to provide permanent living quarters for not more than one family.
DWELLING UNIT SEPARATION
The narrowest distance between two dwelling units. See "minimum dwelling unit separation."
DWELLING, ATTACHED
A dwelling joined to another dwelling at one or more sides by a shared wall or walls.
DWELLING, DETACHED
A dwelling entirely surrounded by open space on the same lot.
EASEMENT
Written authorization, recorded in the Register of Deeds office, from a landowner authorizing another party to use any designated part of the landowner's property for a specified purpose.
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION STANDARDS
See § 250-95.
ELEVATED BUILDING
A nonbasement building built to have its lowest floor elevated above the ground level by means of fill, solid foundation perimeter walls, pilings columns (post and piers), shear walls, or breakaway walls.
EMPLOYEES ON THE LARGEST WORK SHIFT
The maximum number of employees working at the facility during a single given day, regardless of the time period during which this occurs, and regardless of whether any such person is a full-time employee.
ENCROACHMENT IN FLOODWAY
Any fill, structure, building, use or development in the floodway.
ENCROACHMENT, DEVELOPMENT
Any fill, structure, building, use or development within the setback area.
ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL FACILITY
Any facility, temporary or permanent, which is reasonably expected to abate, reduce or aid in the prevention, measurement, control or monitoring of noise, air or water pollutants, solid waste or thermal pollution, radiation or other pollutants, including facilities installed principally to supplement or to replace existing property or equipment not meeting or allegedly not meeting acceptable pollution control standards or which are to be supplemented or replaced by other pollution control facilities.
ENVIRONS (OF THE VILLAGE OF JOHNSON CREEK)
The area in which the Village of Johnson Creek exercises extraterritorial powers.
EROSION
The detachment and movement of soil or rock fragments by water, wind, ice and/or gravity.
ESSENTIAL SERVICES
Facilities that are:
A. 
Owned or maintained by public utility companies or public agencies;
B. 
Located in public ways or in easements provided for the purpose or on a customer's premises and not requiring a private right-of-way; or
C. 
Reasonably necessary for the furnishing of adequate water, sewer, gas, electric, communication or similar services to adjacent customers; and
D. 
Not including any cross-country line on towers.
EXPLOSION STANDARDS
See § 250-97.
EXTERIOR COMMUNICATION DEVICES (LAND USE)
See § 250-43V.
EXTRACTION USE (LAND USE)
See § 250-42D.
EXTRATERRITORIAL AREA
The area outside of the Village limits in which the Village of Johnson Creek may exercise extraterritorial powers of planning, land division, and/or zoning review.
FAMILY
An individual or two or more persons, each related by blood, marriage or adoption, living together as a single housekeeping unit; or a group of not more than four persons not so related, maintaining a common household in which bathrooms, kitchen facilities, and living quarters are shared.
FAMILY DAY-CARE HOME (LAND USE)
See § 250-43K.
FARM RESIDENCE (LAND USE)
See § 250-43B.
FEES
See § 250-138.
FENCING STANDARDS
See § 250-103.
FILLING (LAND USE)
See § 250-43S.
FINAL PLAT
A final map representing a tract of land, showing the boundaries and location of individual properties and streets and other required elements, that is submitted for the purposes of final approval.
FIRE STANDARDS
See § 250-97.
FIRST HABITABLE FLOOR
The top surface above an unfinished basement, cellar or crawl space that is intended for living quarters.
FLOODPLAIN AND RELATED TOPICS
See § 250-65.
FLOOR AREA
The sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several floors of a building including interior balconies, mezzanines, basements and attached accessory buildings, fitting rooms, stairs, escalators, unenclosed porches, detached accessory buildings utilized as dead storage, heating and utility rooms, inside off-street parking or loading space, Measurements shall be made from the inside of the exterior walls and to the center of interior walls.
FLOOR AREA RATIO (FAR)
The ratio calculated by dividing the total floor area of all buildings on a site by the gross site area. See "maximum floor area ratio."
FOOTCANDLE
A unit of illumination produced on a surface, all points of which are one foot from a uniform point source of one candle.
FREEBOARD
Represents a factor of safety usually expressed in terms of a certain amount of feet above a calculated flood level. Freeboard compensates for the many unknown factors that contribute to flood heights greater than the height calculated. These unknown factors may include, but are not limited to, ice jams, debris accumulation, wave action, obstruction of bridge openings and floodways, the effects of urbanization on the hydrology of the watershed, loss of flood storage areas due to development and the sedimentation of a river or stream bed.
FREIGHT TERMINAL (LAND USE)
See § 250-41C.
GARAGE (RESIDENTIAL)
A detached accessory building or portion of the principal building, including a carport, which is used primarily for storing passenger vehicles, trailers or one truck of a rated capacity not in excess of 10,000 pounds. See § 250-43C.
GAS STATION
See "in-vehicle sales or service."
GENERAL BUSINESS (GB) DISTRICT
See § 250-23E.
GENERAL FLOOR PLANS
A graphic representation of the anticipated utilization of the floor area within a building or structure, but not necessarily as detailed as construction plans.
GENERAL INDUSTRIAL (GI) DISTRICT
See § 250-23H.
GENERAL TEMPORARY OUTDOOR SALES (LAND USE)
See § 250-44A.
GLARE
The brightness of a light source which causes eye discomfort.
GLARE STANDARDS
See § 250-96.
GREEN SPACE RATIO (GSR)
The percentage of the gross site area which is preserved as permanently protected green space. Green space ratio is calculated by dividing the area of permanently protected green space by the gross site area. See "minimum green space ratio."
GROSS DENSITY
The result of dividing the number of dwelling units located on a site by the gross site area. See "maximum gross density."
GROSS FLOOR AREA
The total floor area on all levels of a building.
GROSS SITE AREA (GSA)
The total area of a site available for inclusion in calculations of the maximum permitted density or intensity of development.
GROUP DAY-CARE CENTER (LAND USE)
See § 250-39M.
GROUP DEVELOPMENT
See § 250-47.
HABITABLE BUILDINGS
Any building or portion thereof used for human habitation.
HEARING NOTICE
Publication or posting meeting the requirements of Ch. 985, Wis. Stats. Class 1 notice is the minimum required for appeals: published once at least one week (seven days) before hearing. Class 2 notice is the minimum required for all zoning ordinances and amendments, including map amendments: published twice, once each week consecutively, the last at least a week (seven days) before the hearing. Local ordinances or bylaws may require additional notice exceeding these minimums.
HEAT STANDARDS
See § 250-96.
HEAVY INDUSTRIAL (HI) DISTRICT
See § 250-23I.
HEAVY INDUSTRIAL (LAND USE)
See § 250-42B.
HEIGHT OF STRUCTURE
See "building height."
HELIPORT (LAND USE)
See § 250-41B.
HIGH FLOOD DAMAGE POTENTIAL
Any danger to human life or public health or the potential for any significant economic loss to a structure or its contents.
HOLDING ZONE
A zoning district designed to limit development potential until adequate public services and infrastructure are provided.
HOME OCCUPATION (LAND USE)
See § 250-43J.
HOTEL
See "commercial indoor lodging" (§ 250-39K).
HUSBANDRY (LAND USE)
See § 250-37B.
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE
Areas designed and installed to prohibit infiltration of stormwater. Homes, buildings and other structures, as well as concrete, brick, asphalt and similar paved surfaces, are considered impervious. Gravel areas and areas with landscaped pavers which are intended for vehicular traffic are considered to be impervious.
INCREASE IN REGIONAL FLOOD HEIGHT
A calculated upward rise in the regional flood elevation equal or greater than 0.01 foot, resulting in comparison of existing conditions and proposed conditions, which is directly attributable to manipulation of mathematical variables such as roughness factors, expansion and contraction coefficients and discharge.
INDOOR COMMERCIAL ENTERTAINMENT (LAND USE)
See § 250-39H.
INDOOR INSTITUTIONAL (LAND USE)
See § 250-38C.
INDOOR MAINTENANCE SERVICE (LAND USE)
See § 250-39E.
INDOOR SALES (LAND USE)
See § 250-39C.
INDOOR SALES ACCESSORY TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USE (LAND USE)
See § 250-43I.
INDOOR SERVICE (LAND USE)
See § 250-39C.
INDOOR STORAGE (LAND USE)
See § 250-40A.
INDOOR WHOLESALING (LAND USE)
See § 250-40A.
INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT(S)
See § 250-17.
INDUSTRIAL LAND USE(S)
See § 250-42.
INFILL DEVELOPMENT
Development located in areas which are largely developed already.
INSTITUTIONAL LAND USE(S)
See § 250-38.
INSTITUTIONAL RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
See § 250-36C.
INTENSITY
A term used to describe the amount of gross floor area or landscaped area on a lot or site compared to the gross area of the lot or site.
INTENSIVE AGRICULTURAL (LAND USE)
See § 250-37C.
INTERMEDIATE DAY-CARE HOME (LAND USE)
See § 250-43L.
INTERPRETATION
See §§ 250-130 (for application procedures) and 250-135B(14).
IN-VEHICLE SALES OR SERVICE (LAND USE)
See § 250-39G.
IN-VEHICLE SALES AS ACCESSORY USE (LAND USE)
See § 250-43G.
IN-VEHICLE SERVICE (LAND USE)
See § 250-39G.
IN-VEHICLE SERVICE AS ACCESSORY USE (LAND USE)
See § 250-43G.
JUNKYARD (LAND USE)
See § 250-40D.
LAKESHORE or SHORELAND
Those lands lying within the following distances from the ordinary high-water mark of navigable waters: 1,000 feet from a lake, pond or flowage, and 300 feet from a river or stream, or to a landward side of the floodplain, whichever distance is the greater. Lakeshores shall not include those lands adjacent to farm drainage ditches where: a) such lands are not adjacent to a navigable stream or river; b) those parts of such drainage ditches adjacent to such lands were not navigable streams before ditching or had no previous stream history; and c) such lands are maintained in nonstructural agricultural use. See § 250-67.
LAND USE
The type of development and/or activity occurring on a piece of property.
LANDSCAPE POINT
See § 250-74.
LANDSCAPE SURFACE AREA RATIO (LSR)
The percentage of the gross site area or lot area which is preserved as permanently protected landscaped area.
LANDSCAPED AREA
The area of a site which is planted and continually maintained in vegetation, including grasses, flowers, herbs, garden plants, native or introduced ground covers, shrubs, bushes and trees. Landscaped area includes the area located within planted and continually maintained landscaped planters.
LAWN CARE (LAND USE)
See § 250-43T.
LIGHT INDUSTRIAL (LAND USE)
See § 250-42A.
LIGHT INDUSTRIAL INCIDENTAL TO INDOOR SALES
See § 250-43I.
LIGHTING STANDARDS
See § 250-90.
LOADING STANDARDS
See § 250-88.
LOCAL COLLECTOR STREET
See "street, collector."
LOCAL RESIDENTIAL STREET
See "street, local residential."
LOCAL STREET
See "street, local."
LOT
A parcel of land that: a) is undivided by any street or private road; b) is occupied by, or designated to be developed for, one or more building or principal uses; and c) contains the accessory buildings or uses customarily incidental to such building, use or development, including such open spaces and yards as designed and arranged or required by this chapter for such building, use or development.
LOT AREA
The area contained within the property boundaries of a recorded lot.
LOT CORNER
A lot situated at the junction of and abutting on two or more intersection streets or a lot at the point of deflection in alignment of a continuous street, the interior angle of which does not exceed 135°.
LOT DEPTH
The average distance between the front lot line and the rear lot line of a lot.
LOT FRONTAGE
Lot width measured at the street lot line. When a lot has more than one street lot line, lot width shall be measured, and the minimum lot width required by this chapter shall be provided at each such line.
LOT INTERIOR
A lot other than a corner lot.
LOT LINE
A lot line is the property line (including the vertical plane established by the line and the ground) bounding a lot, except that, where any portion of a lot extends into the public right-of-way or a proposed public right-of-way, the line of such public right-of-way shall be the lot line for applying this chapter.
LOT LINE, FRONT
A lot line which abuts a public or private street right-of-way. In the case of a lot which has two of more street frontages, the lot line along the street from which the house is addressed shall be the front lot line.
LOT LINE, REAR
In the case of rectangular or most trapezoidal-shaped lots, that lot line which is parallel to and most distant from the front lot line of the lot. In the case of an irregular, triangular or gore-shaped lot, a line 20 feet in length, entirely within the lot, parallel to and at the maximum possible distance from the front line shall be considered to be the rear lot line. In the case of lots which have frontage on more than one road or street, the rear lot line shall be selected by the property owner.
LOT LINE, SIDE
Any boundary of a lot which is not a front lot line, a street side lot line, or a rear lot line.
LOT LINE, STREET SIDE
Any lot line which abuts a public or private street right-of-way which is not the front lot line.
LOT OF RECORD
A platted lot or lot described in a certified survey map or in a metes and bounds description which has been approved by the Village or by Jefferson County and has been recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds.
LOT WIDTH
The maximum horizontal distance between the side lot lines of a lot, measured parallel to the front lot lines and at the rear of the required front yard. See "minimum lot width."
LOT, THROUGH
A lot which has a pair of opposite lot lines abutting two substantially parallel streets (one or more of which may be a portion of a cul-de-sac). Except for through lots which abut an arterial or nonresidential collector street, through lots shall be prohibited under the provisions of this chapter.
LOWEST FLOOR
The lowest enclosed floor (including basement). Any unfinished or flood-resistant enclosure, usable solely for parking vehicles, building access or storage, in an area other than a basement area, is not considered a building's lowest floor, provided that such enclosed area is not built so as to render the structure in violation of the applicable nonelevation design requirements of this chapter.
MAINTENANCE GUARANTEE
A guarantee of facilities or work to either ensure the correction of any failures of any improvements required pursuant to this chapter or to maintain same.
MASTER PLAN
A plan, map, report and/or other document pertaining to the physical development of the Village which has been adopted by the Village Plan Commission, as described in § 62.23(2) and (3), Wis. Stats.
MAXIMUM ACCESSORY BUILDING COVERAGE
The largest permitted area of all accessory buildings on a lot.
MAXIMUM BUILDING COVERAGE
The largest permitted area of all buildings on a lot.
MAXIMUM BUILDING SIZE (MBS)
The largest permitted total gross floor area a building may contain. See "building size."
MAXIMUM FLOOR AREA RATIO (FAR)
The largest amount of floor area permitted on a lot. See "floor area ratio."
MAXIMUM GROSS DENSITY (MGD)
The maximum number of dwelling units permitted per acre of gross site area. See "gross density."
MAXIMUM HEIGHT
The maximum height of the highest portion of any structure. See "height."
MIGRANT LABOR CAMP (LAND USE)
See § 250-43M.
MINIMUM BUILDING SEPARATION
The narrowest permitted building separation.
MINIMUM DWELLING UNIT SEPARATION
The narrowest permitted dwelling unit separation.
MINIMUM FLOOR ELEVATION
The lowest elevation permissible for the construction, erection or other placement of any floor, including a basement floor.
MINIMUM LANDSCAPE SURFACE RATIO (LSR)
The lowest permitted landscape surface ratio. See "landscape surface ratio."
MINIMUM LOT AREA (MLA)
The minimum size lot permitted within the specified zoning district and development option.
MINIMUM LOT WIDTH
The smallest permissible lot width for the applicable dwelling unit type or nonresidential development option.
MINIMUM SETBACK
The narrowest distance permitted from a street, side or rear property line to a structure.
MINIMUM SITE AREA (MSA)
The minimum gross site area in which the specified development option may occur. See "gross site area (GSA)."
MINI WAREHOUSE
See § 250-40C.
MOBILE HOME (LAND USE)
See § 250-36A(2)(h).
MOBILE HOME PARK RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
See § 250-36E.
MOBILE HOME RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
See § 250-36D.
MOBILE HOME SALES
See § 250-39D.
MOTEL
See "commercial indoor lodging." See § 250-39K.
MOTOR COURT
See "commercial indoor lodging." See § 250-39K.
MOTOR FREIGHT TERMINAL
See "freight terminal." See § 250-41C.
MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL-8 (MR-8) DISTRICT
See § 250-22E.
MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL-10 (MR-10) DISTRICT
See § 250-22F.
MULTIPLEX
See § 250-36A(2)(f).
NATURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION OVERLAY ZONING DISTRICTS
Zoning districts which primarily identify and regulate the disturbance of areas containing protected natural resources. See §§ 250-24 and 250-25. See "overlay zoning district."
NAVIGABLE WATER
Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, all natural inland lakes within Wisconsin, and all rivers, streams, ponds, sloughs, flowages and other waters within the territorial limits of this state, including the Wisconsin portion of boundary waters which are navigable under the laws of this state. The Wisconsin Supreme Court has declared navigable all bodies of water with a bed differentiated from adjacent uplands and with levels of flow sufficient to support navigation by a recreational craft of the shallowest draft on an annually recurring basis. [Muench v. Public Service Commission, 261 Wis. 492 (1952), and DeGaynor and Co., Inc. v. Department of Natural Resources, 70 Wis. 2d 936 (1975)] For the purposes of this chapter, rivers and streams will be presumed to be navigable if they are designated as either continuous or intermittent waterways on the United States Geological Survey quadrangle maps until such time that the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has made a determination that the waterway is not, in fact, navigable.
NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS (NB) DISTRICT
See § 250-23C.
NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICE (NO) DISTRICT
See § 250-23A.
NET DEVELOPABLE AREA (NDA)
The area of a site which may be disturbed by development activity. Net developable area is the result of subtracting required resource protection area (RPA) from the gross site area (GSA).
NOISE STANDARDS
See § 250-92.
NONCONFORMING BUILDING OR STRUCTURE
Any building or other structure which was lawfully existing under ordinances or regulations preceding this chapter but which would not conform to this chapter if the building or structure were to be erected under the provisions of this chapter.
NONCONFORMING DEVELOPMENT
A lawful development approved under ordinances or regulations preceding the effective date of this chapter but which would not conform to this chapter if the development were to be created under the current provisions of this chapter. See § 250-54.
NONCONFORMING USE
An active and actual use of land, buildings or structures which was lawfully existing prior to this chapter, which has continued as the same use to the present, and which does not comply with all the applicable regulations of this chapter. See § 250-46.
NONRESIDENTIAL DISTRICT(S)
See § 250-17.
NONRESIDENTIAL LAND USE(S)
See §§  250-37 through 250-42.
NOXIOUS MATERIALS STANDARDS
See § 250-98.
NOXIOUS MATTER OR MATERIALS
Material capable of causing injury to living organisms by chemical reaction or capable of causing detrimental effects on the physical or economic well-being of individuals.
OBSTRUCTION TO FLOW
Any development which physically blocks the conveyance of floodwaters such that this development by itself or in conjunction with any future similar development will cause an increase in regional flood height.
ODOR STANDARDS
See § 250-94.
OFFICE (LAND USE)
See § 250-39A.
OFFICE DISTRICT
See § 250-17.
OFFICIAL MAP
The map adopted and designated by the Village as being the "Official Map" pursuant to § 66.23(6), Wis. Stats.
OFFICIAL ZONING MAP
The map adopted and designated by the Village as being the "Official Zoning Map." See §§ 250-18, 250-19 and 250-25.
OFF-SITE PARKING LOT (LAND USE)
See § 250-41A.
ON SITE
Located on the lot in question, except in the context of "on-site detention," when the term means within the boundaries of the development site as a whole.
ON-SITE AGRICULTURAL RETAIL (LAND USE)
See § 250-37E.
ON-SITE PARKING LOT (LAND USE)
See § 250-43N.
ON-SITE REAL ESTATE SALES OFFICE (LAND USE)
See § 250-44F.
OPACITY
The degree to which vision is blocked by bufferyard. Opacity is the proportion of a bufferyard's vertical plane which obstructs views into an adjoining property.
OPEN SALES LOT
An unenclosed portion of a lot or lot of record where goods are displayed for sale, rent or trade.
ORDINARY HIGH-WATER MARK
The point on the bank or shore of a body of water up to which the presence and action of surface water is so continuous as to leave a distinctive mark, such as by erosion, destruction or prevention of terrestrial vegetation, predominance of aquatic vegetation, or other easily recognized characteristics.
OTHER PERMANENTLY PROTECTED GREEN SPACE
Permanently protected green space areas which are not constrained by one of the protected natural resources (wetlands, floodplains, steep slopes, lakeshores, drainageways and woodlands). Examples include portions of private lots, outlots or parcels commonly held by a property owners' association which are deed restricted from site disruption.
OUTDOOR ASSEMBLY (LAND USE)
See § 250-44B.
OUTDOOR COMMERCIAL ENTERTAINMENT (LAND USE)
See § 250-39I.
OUTDOOR DISPLAY (LAND USE)
See § 250-39D.
OUTDOOR DISPLAY INCIDENTAL TO INDOOR SALES (LAND USE)
See § 250-43F.
OUTDOOR INSTITUTIONAL (LAND USE)
See § 250-38D.
OUTDOOR MAINTENANCE SERVICE (LAND USE)
See § 250-39F.
OUTDOOR SALES OF FARM PRODUCTS (LAND USE)
See § 250-44G.
OUTDOOR STORAGE (LAND USE)
See § 250-40B.
OUTDOOR STORAGE OF FIREWOOD STANDARDS
See § 250-107.
OUTDOOR WHOLESALING (LAND USE)
See § 250-40B.
OVERLAY ZONING DISTRICT
A zoning district which imposes uniform restrictions on all properties within its area, which are in addition to the restrictions specific to the standard zoning districts described in § 250-17, as well as the general restrictions of this chapter. See §§ 250-24, 250-25, 250-26, 250-27, 250-28 and 250-29.
OWNER
The person, persons or entity having the right of legal title to a lot or parcel of land.
PAD, DEVELOPMENT
See "development pad."
PARCEL
The area within the boundary lines of a lot.
PARKING AREA POD
An area of parking spaces within a parking lot substantially separated from other areas of the parking lot by landscaped islands or medians. [See § 250-75C(3).]
PARKING LOT DESIGN STANDARDS
See § 250-87F(9).
PARKING REQUIREMENTS
See § 250-87G(3).
PARKING SPACE DESIGN STANDARDS
See § 250-87F(7).
PARKING STANDARDS
See § 250-87.
PASSIVE OUTDOOR PUBLIC RECREATIONAL (LAND USE)
See § 250-38A.
PENALTY
See § 250-139.
PERFORMANCE GUARANTEE
A financial guarantee to ensure that all improvements, facilities or work required by this chapter will be completed in compliance with the chapter, regulations and the approved plans and specifications of a development.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD
Criterion established to control and limit the impacts generated by, or inherent in, uses of land or buildings. See Article VIII.
PERIPHERAL SETBACK
The distance between a structure and the boundary of a development option.
PERMANENTLY PROTECTED GREEN SPACE
An area in which site disruption and/or development is strictly limited. Examples include wetlands, floodplains, drainageways, steep slopes, woodlands or other areas designated as permanent open space, land divisions, or site plans.
PERMITTED BY RIGHT, USE
See § 250-31A.
PERSONAL SERVICE(S) (LAND USE)
See § 250-39B.
PERSONAL STORAGE FACILITY (LAND USE)
See § 250-40C.
PIERS AND WHARFS
See § 250-45M.
PLAN COMMISSION
The Plan Commission of the Village of Johnson Creek. See also § 250-136.
PLANNED BUSINESS (PB) DISTRICT
See § 250-23D.
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT (PD) DISTRICT
See §§ 250-28 and 250-133.
PLANNED INDUSTRIAL (PI) DISTRICT
See § 250-23G.
PLANNED OFFICE (PO) DISTRICT
See § 250-23B.
PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY ZONING DISTRICT
See § 250-28.
POD
See "parking area pod."
PRELIMINARY PLAT
A map representing a tract of land, showing the boundaries and location of individual properties and streets and other required elements, that is submitted for the purposes of preliminary consideration and approval.
PRINCIPAL BUILDING
See "building, principal."
PRINCIPAL USE
Any and all of the primary uses of a property, treated as a use permitted by right or as a conditional use (rather than as an accessory use or a temporary use), per §§ 250-36 through 250-42.
PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL KENNEL (LAND USE)
See § 250-43P.
PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL RECREATIONAL FACILITY (LAND USE)
See § 250-43O.
PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL STABLE (LAND USE)
See § 250-43Q.
PRIVATE SEWAGE SYSTEM
A sewage treatment and disposal system serving a single structure with a septic tank and soil absorption field located on the same parcel as the structure. This term also means an alternative sewage system approved by the Department of Commerce, including a substitute for the septic tank or soil absorption field, a holding tank, a system serving more than one structure, or a system located on a different parcel than the structure.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE(S) (LAND USE)
See § 250-39B.
PROTECTED NATURAL RESOURCES
Resources such as floodways, flood fringes, floodplain conservancy areas, wetlands, drainageways, woodlands, steep slopes, and lakeshores which are protected by the provisions of this chapter. See § 250-24.
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT
Any improvement, facility or service, together with customary improvements and appurtenances thereto, necessary to provide for public needs, such as streets, roads, alleys or pedestrian walks or paths, storm sewers, flood control improvements, water supply and distribution facilities, sanitary sewage disposal and treatment, public utility and energy services.
PUBLIC SERVICES AND UTILITIES (LAND USE)
See § 250-38E.
PUBLIC SEWER
Includes the Village of Johnson Creek sewer system and other forms of sewer systems approved by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and maintained by a public agency authorized to operate such systems.
RECORDED LOT
See "lot of record."
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE
A vehicle designed and used principally for the transport of persons.
RELOCATABLE BUILDING (LAND USE)
See § 250-44E.
REQUIRED RESOURCE PROTECTION AREA (RPA)
The area of a site which may not be disturbed by development activity and which must also be reserved as permanently protected green space. Required resource protection area is the result of subtracting the net developable area (NDA) from the gross site area (GSA).
RESIDENTIAL COLLECTOR STREET
A collector street serving primarily residential land uses, which primarily serves to connect local residential streets to collector or arterial streets.
RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT(S)
See § 250-17.
RESIDENTIAL LAND USE(S)
See § 250-36.
RESIDENTIALLY ZONED
A property located in a residential district per § 250-17.
RESTAURANT
See indoor commercial entertainment. See § 250-39H.
RESTAURANT, FAST FOOD
See "in-vehicle sales or service." See § 250-39G.
RESTRICTIVE, MORE (LESS)
A regulation imposed by this chapter is more (less) restrictive than another if it prohibits or limits development to a greater (lesser) extent or by means of more (less) detailed specifications.
RETAINING WALL
(Intrusion) see § 250-59.
RURAL HOLDING (RH) DISTRICT
See § 250-21A.
SALVAGE YARD (LAND USE)
See § 250-40D.
SCALE (OF DEVELOPMENT)
A term used to describe the gross floor area, height or volume of a single structure or group of structures.
SEDIMENTATION
The deposition of soil that has been transported from its site of origin by water, ice, wind, gravity or other natural means as a result of erosion.
SELECTIVE CUTTING (LAND USE)
See § 250-37F.
SEPTIC SYSTEMS (LAND USE)
See § 250-43U.
SETBACK
The shortest distance between a building's or structure's exterior and the nearest point on the referenced lot line. See "minimum setback."
SEXUALLY ORIENTED USE (LAND USE)
See § 250-39P.
SHOPPING CENTER
See group development. See § 250-47.
SHORELAND AND RELATED TOPICS
See § 250-66.
SHRUB
A low-lying deciduous or evergreen plant. See § 250-79.
SIGN
Any object, device, display, structure, or part thereof, situated outdoors and in view of the general public, which is used to advertise, identify, display, direct or attract attention to an object, person, institution, organization, business, product, service, event, or location by any means, including words, letters, figures, logos, symbols, fixtures, or projected images. For definitions of particular sign types, see § 250-112. See also § 250-126 for applicable procedures.
SIGNAL-RECEIVING ANTENNA (SATELLITE DISHES) STANDARDS
See § 250-104.
SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED DWELLING UNIT
See § 250-36A(2)(a).
SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL-2 (SR-2) DISTRICT
See § 250-22A.
SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL-3 (SR-3) DISTRICT
See § 250-22B.
SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL-4 (SR-4) DISTRICT
See § 250-22C.
SITE AREA
See "gross site area."
SITE PLAN
See § 250-127. See also § 250-127 for applicable procedures.
SKYLIGHT
A window or other paned area located on the ceiling or roof of a structure.
SOLID FENCE
Any fence which cannot be seen through. Such fences include basket-weave fences, stockade fences, plank fences, and similar fences.
STABLE, COMMERCIAL
See "commercial animal boarding." See § 250-39J.
STABLE, PRIVATE
See "private residential stable." See § 250-43Q.
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION CODE (SIC)
The numeric code for categorizing land uses developed by the US Department of Commerce. SIC codes in this chapter are based on the listing contained within the 1987 DOC manual.
STANDARD PAVEMENT WIDTH
Required pavement width per the Village of Johnson Creek Subdivision Ordinance[1] in residential subdivisions on a street that allows parking or as otherwise determined by the Director of Public Works.
STANDARD ZONING DISTRICTS
Zoning districts which primarily regulate the use of land and intensity or density of such use. See §§ 250-17, 250-18 and 250-20 through 250-23.
START OF CONSTRUCTION
The date the building permit is issued, provided the actual start of activity was within 730 calendar days of the permit date. The actual start of activity means either the first placement of permanent construction of a structure on the site, such as the pouring of a slab or footings, the installation of piles, or the construction of columns. Permanent construction does not include land preparation, such as clearing, grading and filling; nor does it include the installation of streets and/or walkways; nor does it include excavation for basement, footings, piers or foundations; nor does it include the erection of temporary forms; nor does it include the installation on the property of accessory buildings, such as garages or sheds not occupied as dwelling units or part of the main structure.
STEEP SLOPE
Steep slopes are areas which contain a gradient of 12% or greater (equivalent to a ten-foot elevation change in a distance of 83 feet or less), as shown on USGS 7.5 minute topographic maps for the Village of Johnson Creek and its environs. See § 250-70.
STORAGE LAND USE(S)
See § 250-89.
STORAGE STANDARDS
See § 250-89.
STORY
That portion of a building included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor next above; or if there is no floor above, the space between the floor and the ceiling next above. Neither a basement nor a cellar shall be counted as a story.
STREET
Unless specifically designated otherwise by the Village, any public or private way that is dedicated or permanently open to pedestrian and vehicular use, which is 22 feet or more in width if it exists at the time of enactment of this chapter, or any such public right-of-way 60 feet or more in width when established after the effective date of this chapter.
STREET LINE
See "lot line, front."
STREET, ARTERIAL
A street which is anticipated to carry in excess of 3,500 vehicles per day in traffic volume, at desirable speeds ranging from 30 to 45 miles per hour, and which is used for travel between areas within and outside the Village.
STREET, COLLECTOR
A street which is anticipated to carry from 2,500 to 5,000 vehicles per day in traffic volume, at desirable speeds ranging from 25 to 35 miles per hour, which serves a collecting function by distributing traffic between local streets and arterial streets.
STREET, LOCAL
A street which is anticipated to carry less than 2,500 vehicles per day in traffic volume at desirable speeds up to 25 miles per hour, and which provides access to abutting property and primarily serves local traffic.
STREET, LOCAL RESIDENTIAL
A local street serving primarily to collect traffic originating directly from residential driveways and private residential courts and streets.
STREET, RESIDENTIAL COLLECTOR
A collector street serving primarily residential land uses which primarily serves to connect local residential streets to collector or arterial streets.
STRIP DEVELOPMENT
A pattern of land use(s) typified by nonresidential and/or multifamily development located along one or both sides of a street, which is generally only one lot deep and which is characterized by many curb cuts, low green space ratios, low landscape surface ratios, high floor area ratios, and/or low quantities of landscaping.
STRUCTURE
Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires a more or less permanent location on the ground, or attached to something having a permanent location on the ground, excepting public utility fixtures and appurtenances.
SUBSTANDARD LOT
A lot of record which lawfully existed prior to this chapter, which would not conform to the applicable regulations if the lot were to be created under the current provisions of this chapter. See § 250-61.
SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT
A. 
Any structural repair, reconstruction or improvement of a structure, the cost of which equals or exceeds 50% of the present equalized assessed value of the structure either before the improvement or repair is started or, if the structure has been damaged and is being restored, before the damage occurred. The term does not, however, include either:
(1) 
Any project to improve a structure to comply with existing state or local health, sanitary or safety code specifications solely necessary to assure safe living conditions; or
(2) 
Any alteration of a structure or site documented as deserving preservation by the Wisconsin State Historical Society or listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
B. 
Ordinary maintenance repairs are not considered structural repairs, modifications or additions. Such ordinary maintenance repairs include internal and external painting, decorating, paneling and the replacement of doors, windows and other nonstructural components. (For purposes of this definition, "substantial improvement" is considered to occur when the first alteration of any wall, ceiling, floor or other structural part of the building commences, whether or not that alteration affects the external dimensions of the structure.)
SWALE
A linear depression in land running downhill or having a marked change in contour direction in which sheet runoff would collect and form a temporary watercourse.
SWIMMING POOLS
See § 250-106
TEMPORARY USE
A land use which is present on a property for a limited and specified period of time. See § 250-44. See also § 250-125 for applicable procedures.
TOWNHOUSE
See § 250-36A(2)(e).
TOXIC MATERIALS STANDARDS
See § 250-98.
TRANSPORTATION LAND USE(S)
See § 250-41.
TRUCKSTOP
See "in-vehicle sales or service." See § 250-39G.
TWIN-HOUSE
See § 250-36A(2)(c).
TWO-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL-6 (TR-6) DISTRICT
See § 250-22D.
TWO-FLAT HOUSE
See § 250-36A(2)(d).
UNNECESSARY HARDSHIP
The circumstance where special conditions affecting a particular property, which were not self-created, have made strict conformity with restrictions governing areas, setbacks, frontage, height or density unnecessarily burdensome or unreasonable in light of the purposes of the chapter.
USE
The purpose or activity for which land or any building thereon is designed, arranged or intended, or for which it is occupied or maintained.
USE, ACCESSORY
See "accessory use." See § 250-31C.
USE, CONDITIONAL
See "conditional use." See § 250-124 for applicable procedures.
USE, PRINCIPAL
See "principal use." See §§ 250-36 through 250-42.
UTILITY SHED (LAND USE)
See § 250-43C.
UTILITY VEHICLE
A vehicle designed and used primarily for the transport of equipment and/or materials.
VARIANCE
Permission to depart from the literal requirements of this chapter granted pursuant to § 250-129.
VIBRATION STANDARDS
See § 250-91.
VIOLATION
See § 250-139.
VISIBILITY STANDARDS
See § 250-86.
WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY (LAND USE)
See § 250-40E.
WASTE MATERIALS STANDARDS
See § 250-99.
WETLAND
See § 250-66.
WIND ENERGY SYSTEMS STANDARDS
See § 250-105.
WISCONSIN WETLAND INVENTORY MAP
Maps prepared by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
WOODLAND
Woodlands are areas of trees whose combined canopies cover a minimum of 80% of an area of one acre or more, as shown on USGS 7.5 minute topographic maps for the Village of Johnson Creek and its environs. See § 250-69.
WORKING DAYS
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, excluding holidays granted by the Village Johnson Creek to its department heads.
YARD
A required open space on a lot which is unoccupied and unobstructed by a structure from its lowest ground level to the sky, except as expressly permitted in this chapter. A yard shall extend along a lot line and at right angles to such lot line to a depth or width specified in the yard regulations for the district in which such lot is located.
YARD, FRONT
A yard extending along the full width of the front lot line between side lot lines and extending from the abutting front street right-of-way line to a depth required in the yard regulations for the district in which such lot is located.
YARD, REAR
A yard extending along the full width of the rear lot line between the side lot lines and extending toward the front lot line for a depth as specified in the yard regulations for the district in which such lot is located.
YARD, SIDE
A yard extending along the side lot line between the front and rear yards, having a width as specified in the yard regulations for the district in which such lot is located.
ZONING ADMINISTRATOR
The person authorized and charged by the Village with the administration of this chapter. See § 250-135.
ZONING DISTRICT CATEGORIES
See § 250-17.
ZONING DISTRICT(S)
See § 250-17.
ZONING MAP
See "Official Zoning Map" above and see § 250-18.
ZONING PERMIT
See § 250-123.
[Amended 5-1-2003 by Ord. No. 05-03]
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Editor's Note: See Ch. 245, Subdivision of Land.