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Village of Hobart, WI
Brown County
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The following regulations shall apply in R-2 Districts.
The following uses are permitted in the R-2 District:
A. 
Parks, playgrounds, and athletic fields.
B. 
Public recreational and community center buildings and grounds.
C. 
Single-family dwellings.
The following uses are prohibited in the R-2 District:
A. 
Corporate retreats.
B. 
Outdoor wood burners/solid-fuel heating devices.
[Added 1-6-2015 by Ord. No. 01-2015]
The following are permitted accessory uses in the R-2 District:
A. 
Home occupations.
B. 
Private garages, carports, and driveways.
C. 
Private swimming pools.
D. 
Tool houses, sheds and other similar buildings used for the storage of common supplies.
E. 
Satellite dish antennas less than 38 inches in diameter.
F. 
Telephone and public utility installations and cable television installations.
G. 
The keeping or maintaining of no more than six chickens (hens or pullets) when licensed in compliance with Chapter 102.
[Added 7-15-2014]
[Amended 1-15-2013; 1-2-2019 by Ord. No. 2018-20; 6-15-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-07; 3-15-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-03]
The following are conditional uses in the R-2 District:
A. 
Artificial lake, pond.
B. 
Cemeteries.
C. 
Colleges and universities.
D. 
Floriculture, forestry, horticulture, hatcheries, nurseries, orchards, paddocks, riding academies and stables, game farms, wildlife sanctuaries and game preserves.
E. 
Planned unit development.
F. 
Public, parochial and private, elementary, junior high and senior high schools.
G. 
Religious institutions in the form of convents, seminaries, monasteries, churches, chapels, temples, synagogues, rectories, parsonages, and parish houses.
H. 
Satellite dish antennas larger than 38 inches and less than 12 feet in diameter.
I. 
Accessory structures and fences which do not conform to the requirements identified elsewhere in this chapter, but which are designed, constructed and maintained so as to be harmonious and appropriate in appearance with the existing or intended character of the general vicinity or use and will not change the essential character of the same area.
J. 
Public utility and service uses, and civic buildings as follows:
(1) 
Substations.
(2) 
Fire stations.
(3) 
Gas regulator stations.
(4) 
Police stations, public works facilities.
(5) 
Railroad right-of-way, but not including railroad yards and shops, other than for passenger purposes.
(6) 
Telephone exchanges, transmission equipment buildings and microwave relay towers.
A. 
Area: 2 1/2 acres minimum.
(1) 
Exception. Upon the approval of the Village Board, lot area requirements for a platted area may be reduced, so long as the following requirements are maintained:
(a) 
The lot shall be no less than one acre in size where said area is measured from the right-of-way line.
(b) 
No more than 12 1/2% of the number of lots shall have lot size indicated in Subsection A(1)(a) above.
(c) 
No more than 25% of the number of lots shall have lot size less than two acres in size where said lot size is measured from the right-of-way line.
B. 
Lot frontage: 200 feet minimum.
(1) 
Exception. Upon the approval of the Village Board, lot frontage requirements for a platted area may be reduced so long as the following requirements are maintained:
(a) 
No more than 25% of the number of lots shall have zoning lot frontage less than 200 feet as measured from the right-of-way line on subdivisions of five or more lots.
Residential dwellings: 35 feet maximum, except as provided by § 295-13, Height regulations.
Principal Structure
Accessory Building
Driveways
Front yard
40 feet minimum from right-of-way
40 feet minimum from right-of-way
6 feet from property line
Side yard
25 feet minimum
10 feet minimum
6 feet from property line
Rear yard
25 feet minimum
10 feet minimum
6 feet from property line
Corner lot
40 feet minimum from right-of-way
40 feet minimum from right-of-way
125 feet from center line of intersection
A. 
Minimum size of residential dwelling shall be 1,200 square feet for a single-family dwelling.
B. 
All single- and two-family dwellings and attached/detached accessory and utility buildings shall have faces constructed of or faced with finish materials which are intended for that use by the manufacturer for purposes of preservation and appearance, are aesthetically compatible with other dwelling facades in the general area, and presents an attractive appearance to the public and to surrounding properties. Acceptable materials include, but are not limited to, weatherproof materials such as wood, decorative masonry, decorative concrete, stucco, exterior insulation and finish systems (EFIS), Masonite, "hardie" board and vinyl, aluminum or steel lap siding, or other materials of a similar character, providing said materials or combination of materials meet the intent of this section. This regulation has been established to enhance the aesthetic compatibility with the surrounding area and neighborhood.
[Added 1-6-2015 by Ord. No. 01-2015]
[Amended 1-6-2015 by Ord. No. 01-2015]
Attached and detached accessory and utility buildings shall conform to district requirements and those set forth in § 295-11, Building and uses.
Parking shall conform to the requirements as set forth in Article XXVIII, Off-Street Parking Requirements.
Signs shall be regulated as set forth in § 295-361, Regulation of signs.
A. 
Other structures or buildings allowed within the R-2 District shall meet the requirements of the district and remaining articles of this chapter, as determined by the Village Zoning Administrator/Building Inspector.
B. 
The Village Board shall require the certification of the Brown County Zoning Administrator/Building Inspector's office stating that adequate area exists on each lot for an on-site sanitary soil absorption system or alternative system conforming to state and county sanitary regulations and that sufficient area also exists for a replacement absorption system.