City of Watertown, WI
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Part III: Land Use Legislation
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Chapter 550 Zoning
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 7 Administrative Organization
- Ch 10 Administrative Review
- Ch 24 Boards, Commissions and Committees
- Ch 33 Citations
- Ch 38 Court, Municipal
- Ch 52 Elections
- Ch 56 Emergency Government
- Ch 60 Engineering Department
- Ch 65 Ethics
- Ch 76 Finance and Taxation
- Ch 80 Fire Department
- Ch 97 Inspection Division
- Ch 114 Mayor and Council
- Ch 125 Notices
- Ch 136 Officers and Employees
- Ch 147 Police Department
- Ch 152 Public Health Department
- Ch 160 Records
- Ch 174 Street Department
- Ch 193 Water Department
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 205 Adult Entertainment Establishments
- Ch 211 Airport
- Ch 216 Alarm Systems
- Ch 220 Alcohol Beverages and Other Beverages
- Ch 224 Amusements
- Ch 228 Animals
- Ch 240 Bicycles
- Ch 247 Boating
- Ch 253 Building Construction
- Ch 266 Cigarettes and Tobacco Products
- Ch 282 Electrical Standards
- Ch 288 Erosion and Sediment Control
- Ch 295 Fair Housing
- Ch 303 Fires and Fire Prevention
- Ch 319 Health and Sanitation
- Ch 325 Historic Preservation
- Ch 332 Housing Standards
- Ch 341 Impact Fees
- Ch 356 Landscaping
- Ch 362 Littering
- Ch 377 Mining, Nonmetallic
- Ch 390 Nuisances
- Ch 398 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 403 Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 410 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 419 Plumbing
- Ch 424 Property Maintenance, Commercial
- Ch 428 Public Events
- Ch 442 Snowmobiles
- Ch 446 Solid Waste
- Ch 453 Stormwater Management
- Ch 457 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 468 Taxicabs
- Ch 476 Towing
- Ch 480 Transient Merchants
- Ch 482 Transportation Utility
- Ch 484 Trees
- Ch 497 Vehicles, Abandoned and Junked
- Ch 500 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 508 Wastewater Facilities
- Ch 512 Water and Sewers
- Part III: Land Use Legislation
- Ch 525 Comprehensive Plan
- Ch 532 Floodplain and Shoreland-Wetland Zoning
- Ch 545 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 550 Zoning
- Ch 550 Art I Introduction and Definitions
- § 550-1 Title.
- § 550-2 Authority.
- § 550-3 Legislative intent.
- § 550-4 Rationale; appearance of ordinance text.
- § 550-5 Purpose.
- § 550-6 Separability and nonliability.
- § 550-7 Abrogation.
- § 550-8 Rules of interpretation.
- § 550-9 Jurisdiction.
- § 550-10 Reenactment and repeal.
- § 550-11 Effective date.
- § 550-12 Introduction to word usage, abbreviations and definitions.
- § 550-13 Word usage.
- § 550-14 Abbreviations.
- § 550-15 Definitions.
- Ch 550 Art II Establishment of Zoning Districts
- § 550-16 Purpose.
- § 550-17 Standard zoning districts and standard zoning district categories.
- § 550-18 Map of standard zoning districts.
- § 550-19 Interpretation of zoning district boundaries.
- § 550-20 Purpose and intent of standard zoning districts.
- § 550-21 Rural Holding (RH) District.
- § 550-22 Countryside Residential (CR-10ac) District.
- § 550-23 Exurban Residential-1 (ER-1) District.
- § 550-24 Single-Family Residential-4 (SR-4) District.
- § 550-25 Two-Family Residential-6 (TR-6) District.
- § 550-26 Multifamily Residential-8 (MR-8) District.
- § 550-27 Multifamily Residential-10 (MR-10) District.
- § 550-28 Senior Residential (SNR) District.
- § 550-29 Neighborhood Office (NO) District.
- § 550-30 Planned Office and Institutional (PO) District.
- § 550-31 Neighborhood Business (NB) District.
- § 550-32 Planned Business (PB) District.
- § 550-33 General Business (GB) District.
- § 550-34 Central Business (CB) District.
- § 550-35 Planned Industrial (PI) District.
- § 550-36 General Industrial (GI) District.
- § 550-37 Heavy Industrial (HI) District.
- § 550-38 Planned Development District.
- § 550-39 Natural resource protection overlay zoning districts.
- § 550-40 Map of natural resource protection overlay districts.
- § 550-41 Downtown Historic Preservation Overlay Zoning District.
- § 550-42 Entry Corridor Design Overlay Zoning District.
- § 550-43 Community Gateway Design Overlay Zoning District.
- Ch 550 Art III Land Use Regulations
- § 550-44 Purpose.
- § 550-45 Regulation of allowed land uses.
- § 550-46 Tables of land uses.
- § 550-47 Regulations applicable to all land uses.
- Ch 550 Art IV Detailed Land Use Descriptions and Regulations
- § 550-48 Land use categories.
- § 550-49 Residential land uses.
- § 550-50 Agricultural land uses.
- § 550-51 Institutional land uses.
- § 550-52 Commercial land uses.
- § 550-53 Storage or disposal land uses.
- § 550-54 Transportation land uses.
- § 550-55 Industrial land uses.
- § 550-56 Accessory land uses.
- § 550-57 Temporary land uses.
- § 550-58 Natural resource disruption and required mitigation standards.
- Ch 550 Art V Nonconforming Use Regulations
- § 550-59 Applicability.
- § 550-60 Definition.
- § 550-61 Continuance of nonconforming use.
- § 550-62 Modification of nonconforming use.
- § 550-63 Discontinuance of nonconforming use.
- § 550-64 Maintenance of nonconforming use.
- § 550-65 Reconstruction of two-family dwellings in areas formerly zoned R-2.
- § 550-66 Nonconforming lots, structures and buildings.
- § 550-67 Continued use exemptions.
- Ch 550 Art VI Group Developments
- § 550-68 Definition.
- § 550-69 Use regulations.
- § 550-70 Discrimination against condominium forms of ownership.
- Ch 550 Art VII Density and Intensity
- § 550-71 Purpose.
- § 550-72 How to use this article.
- § 550-73 Required natural resources site evaluation.
- § 550-74 Residential density standards.
- § 550-75 Nonresidential intensity standards.
- § 550-76 Detailed instructions for density and intensity regulations.
- § 550-77 Nonconforming development regulations.
- Ch 550 Art VIII Bulk Regulations
- § 550-78 Purpose.
- § 550-79 Residential bulk standards.
- § 550-80 Nonresidential bulk standards.
- § 550-81 Yard setback adjustments.
- § 550-82 Intrusions into required yards.
- § 550-83 Exceptions to maximum height regulations.
- § 550-84 Substandard lot regulations.
- § 550-85 Nonconforming structure and building regulations.
- Ch 550 Art IX Natural Resource Protection Regulations
- § 550-86 Purpose.
- § 550-87 How to use this article.
- § 550-88 Floodway, Flood-Fringe, and Floodplain Overlay Zoning Districts.
- § 550-89 Shoreland-Wetland Overlay Zoning District.
- § 550-90 Drainageway Overlay Zoning District.
- § 550-91 Woodland Overlay Zoning District.
- § 550-92 Steep Slope Overlay Zoning District.
- Ch 550 Art X Landscaping and Bufferyard Regulations
- § 550-93 Purpose.
- § 550-94 How to use this article.
- § 550-95 Landscaping points, landscaping measurements and sample landscaping layouts.
- § 550-96 Landscaping requirements for regular development.
- § 550-97 Landscaping requirements for other permanently protected green spaces.
- § 550-98 Landscaping requirements for required reforestation.
- § 550-99 Landscaping requirements for bufferyards.
- § 550-100 Classification of plant species.
- § 550-101 Requirements for installation, maintenance and use of landscaped and bufferyard areas.
- § 550-102 Calculating landscaping and bufferyard requirements.
- § 550-103 Depiction on required site plan.
- Ch 550 Art XI Performance Standards
- § 550-104 Purpose.
- § 550-105 Access standards.
- § 550-106 Visibility standards.
- § 550-107 Off-street parking and traffic circulation standards.
- § 550-108 Off-street loading standards.
- § 550-109 Exterior storage standards for residential, office and commercial districts.
- § 550-110 Exterior lighting standards.
- § 550-111 Vibration standards.
- § 550-112 Noise standards.
- § 550-113 Air pollution standards.
- § 550-114 Odor standards.
- § 550-115 Electromagnetic radiation standards.
- § 550-116 Glare and heat standards.
- § 550-117 Fire and explosion standards.
- § 550-118 Toxic or noxious material standards.
- § 550-119 Waste material standards.
- § 550-120 Drainage standards.
- § 550-121 Exterior construction material standards.
- § 550-122 Hazardous materials standards.
- § 550-123 Fencing standards.
- § 550-124 Signal-receiving antenna (satellite dish) standards.
- § 550-125 Wind energy systems standards.
- § 550-126 Outdoor storage of firewood standards.
- § 550-127 Swimming pools.
- § 550-128 Administration and enforcement of performance standards.
- Ch 550 Art XII Signs and Projections
- § 550-129 Purpose.
- § 550-130 Definition of a sign.
- § 550-131 Definitions and rules related to sign groups, sign categories, and sign types.
- § 550-131.1 Electronic message signs.
- § 550-131.2 Fuel price signs.
- § 550-131.3 Group developments.
- § 550-131.4 Street banners.
- § 550-132 Permitted sign rules.
- § 550-133 Sign setback, height, measurement, and flexibility.
- § 550-134 Sign permits - Application, enforcement, and revocation.
- § 550-135 Sign prohibitions and limitations.
- § 550-136 Appearance, construction and maintenance of signage.
- § 550-137 Nonconforming signs.
- § 550-138 Removal of sign and sign structures where principal land use is no longer occurring.
- Ch 550 Art XIII Procedures and Administration
- § 550-139 Purpose.
- § 550-140 Amendment of zoning regulations.
- § 550-141 Amendment of Official Zoning Map.
- § 550-142 Conditional use review and approval procedures.
- § 550-143 Temporary use review and approval procedures.
- § 550-144 Site Plan Review Committee.
- § 550-145 Site plan review and approval procedures.
- § 550-146 Certificate of occupancy.
- § 550-147 Variance review and approval procedures.
- § 550-148 Interpretations.
- § 550-149 Historic preservation regulations.
- § 550-150 Community Entry Corridor Overlay Zoning District.
- § 550-151 Community Gateway Overlay Zoning District.
- § 550-152 Planned unit development procedures.
- § 550-153 Purpose of administrative regulations.
- § 550-154 Zoning Administrator.
- § 550-155 Plan Commission.
- § 550-156 Zoning Board of Appeals.
- § 550-157 Fees.
- § 550-158 Violations and penalties.
- Appendix
- Ch A600 Charter Ordinances
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Watertown 11-19-2002 by Ord. No. 02-52 (Ch. 18 of the former City Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Adult entertainment establishments — See Ch. 205.
Airport — See Ch. 211.
Building construction — See Ch. 253.
Erosion and sediment control — See Ch. 288.
Fire prevention — See Ch. 303.
Health and sanitation — See Ch. 319.
Historic preservation — See Ch. 325.
Impact fees — See Ch. 341.
Plumbing — See Ch. 419.
Stormwater management — See Ch. 453.
Streets and sidewalks — See Ch. 457.
Trees — See Ch. 484.
Abandoned or junked vehicles — See Ch. 497.
Water and sewers — See Ch. 512.
Floodplain and Shoreland-Wetland Zoning — See Ch. 532.
Subdivision of land — See Ch. 545.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment 1 - Appendix A, Zoning Map Amendments
Attachment 2 - Appendix B, Land Use RegulationsAttachment 3 - Appendix C, Density and Intensity StandardsAttachment 4 - Appendix D, Bulk RegulationsAttachment 5 - Appendix E, Landscaping and Bufferyard RegulationsAttachment 6 - Appendix F, Detailed Classification of Plant SpeciesAttachment 7 - Redevelopment District No. 2 Design Standards