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Village of Hobart, WI
Brown County
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This district is designed to accommodate residential dwellings of three or more units, along with compatible uses that are characteristic of high-density neighborhoods.
The following regulations shall apply in R-6 Districts.
The following uses are permitted in the R-6 District:
A. 
Multiple-family dwellings of three through 12 units.
B. 
Community living arrangements.
C. 
Day-care center, group.
D. 
Day-care center, family.
E. 
Park, playgrounds, and athletic fields.
F. 
Public recreational and community center buildings and grounds.
The following uses are prohibited in the R-6 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-6 District:
A. 
Private carports for multiple-family dwellings.
B. 
Private garages for multiple-family dwellings.
C. 
Telephone and public utility installations, and cable television installations.
[Amended 1-15-2013; 1-2-2019 by Ord. No. 2018-20]
The following are conditional uses in the R-6 District:
A. 
Cemeteries and mausoleums.
B. 
Colleges and universities.
C. 
Multifamily dwellings of 13 or more units as a planned development district.
D. 
Planned unit development.
E. 
Public, parochial and private, elementary, junior high and senior high schools.
F. 
Public utility and service uses, and civic buildings as follows:
(1) 
Substations.
(2) 
Fire stations.
(3) 
Gas regulator stations.
(4) 
Police stations.
(5) 
Railroad right-of-way, but not including railroad yards and shops other than for passenger purposes.
(6) 
Telephone exchanges, transmissions equipment buildings and microwave relay towers.
G. 
Religious institutions in the form of convents, seminaries, monasteries, churches, chapels, temples, synagogues, rectories, parsonages, and parish houses.
H. 
Radio and television stations and similar electronic communicating systems, towers - transmitting and receiving.
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.
A. 
Area. Lots shall have a minimum of 15,000 square feet with a minimum of 3,000 square feet of lot area per dwelling unit.
B. 
Lot frontage. Lots shall not be less than 125 feet in width.
C. 
Urban road design is required.
D. 
Sewer and water is required.
A. 
No principal building or parts of a principal building shall exceed 35 feet in height except as provided by § 295-13, Height regulations.
B. 
No accessory building shall exceed 15 feet in height.
Principal Structure
Accessory Building
Driveways
Front yard
30 feet minimum from right-of-way for an urban road section
30 feet minimum from right-of-way for an urban road section
10 feet from property line
40 feet minimum from right-of-way for a rural road section
40 feet minimum from right-of-way for a rural road section
10 feet from property line
Side yard
20 feet
10 feet
10 feet from property line
Rear yard
25 feet
10 feet
6 feet from property line
Corner lot
30 feet minimum from right-of-way for an urban road section
30 feet minimum from right-of-way for an urban road section
75 feet from center line of intersection
40 feet minimum from right-of-way for a rural road section
40 feet minimum from right-of-way for a rural road section
75 feet from center line of intersection
There shall be at least 700 square feet per dwelling unit, and the size of any dwellings shall be approved by the Site Review Committee.
Accessory uses 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.
Forty percent of the total lot area must remain open green space.
Each development must conform with all applicable federal, state and local laws, including Article XXXIII, Site Review/Development and Design Standards, of this chapter.