[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of Adams County 12-14-1970; amended 6-27-1990 by Ord. No. 08-1990; 4-15-2008 by Ord. No. 11-2008; 2-17-2009 by Ord. No.
05-2009; 6-21-2011 by Ord. No. 10-2011; 8-16-2011 by Ord. No. 14-2011; 1-24-2017 by Ord. No. 02-2017. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Aging Unit
- Ch 14 Child Support Agency
- Ch 17 Citations
- Ch 21 County Jail
- Ch 30 Emergency Management
- Ch 32 Environmental Site Assessment Committee
- Ch 34 Ethics
- Ch 40 Finance and Taxation
- Ch 51 Industrial Development Agency
- Ch 63 Library Services
- Ch 81 Officers and Employees
- Ch 90 (Reserved)
- Ch 96 Records
- Ch 102 Self-Organized Status
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 130 Agricultural Practices
- Ch 134 Airport
- Ch 138 Alarm Systems
- Ch 141 Alcohol Beverages
- Ch 145 Animals
- Ch 151 Assemblies, Mass Public
- Ch 166 Building Construction
- Ch 178 Dam Property
- Ch 200 Fair Housing
- Ch 206 Firearms and Weapons
- Ch 221 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 224 Health and Safety
- Ch 227 Highways
- Ch 245 Mining, Nonmetallic
- Ch 248 Minors
- Ch 256 Nuisances
- Ch 267 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 271 Pawnbrokers
- Ch 275 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 294 Sewers and Sewage Disposal
- Ch 296 Sexually Oriented Businesses
- Ch 302 Snowmobiles
- Ch 306 Solid Waste
- Ch 313 Stormwater Management
- Ch 317 Street Names and Building Numbers
- Ch 325 Tattoo and Body Piercing Establishments
- Ch 332 Tobacco Products and Smoking
- Ch 335 Tourist Rooming Houses
- Ch 343 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 347 Vehicles, All-Terrain
- Ch 350 Vehicles and Traffic
- Part III: Zoning and Land Conservation Legislation
- Ch 365 Comprehensive Plan
- Ch 370 Floodplain Zoning
- Ch 382 Land Division and Parcel Modification
- Ch 386 Mobile Service Facilities and Support Structures
- Ch 391 Zoning Administration
- Ch 396 Shoreland, Wetland and Habitat Protection
- Ch 396 Art I Statutory Authorization; Finding of Fact; Purpose
- § 396-1 Statutory authorization.
- § 396-2 Finding of fact.
- § 396-3 Purpose and intent.
- Ch 396 Art II General Provisions
- § 396-4 Areas to be regulated.
- § 396-5 Compliance required.
- § 396-6 Abrogation and greater restrictions.
- § 396-7 Interpretation.
- Ch 396 Art III Setbacks and Use Restrictions
- § 396-8 Highway setbacks and visual clearances.
- § 396-9 Setbacks from water; exemptions.
- § 396-10 Height and setbacks.
- § 396-11 Reduced building setbacks.
- § 396-12 Maintenance and use of setback areas.
- § 396-13 Use restrictions.
- § 396-14 Land division review.
- § 396-15 Sanitary regulations.
- Ch 396 Art IV Impervious Surface Standards
- § 396-16 Purpose.
- § 396-17 Calculation of percentage of impervious surface.
- § 396-18 General impervious surface standard.
- § 396-19 Maximum impervious surface standard.
- § 396-20 Treated impervious surfaces.
- § 396-21 Existing impervious surfaces.
- Ch 396 Art V Mitigation
- § 396-22 Contents of application.
- Ch 396 Art VI Floodplain Structures
- § 396-23 Compliance with floodplain zoning requirements.
- Ch 396 Art VII Recreational Vehicles and Camping
- § 396-24 General regulations.
- Ch 396 Art VIII Vegetation
- § 396-25 Purpose.
- § 396-26 Activities allowed within vegetative buffer zone.
- Ch 396 Art IX Filling, Grading, Lagooning, Dredging, Ditching and Excavating
- § 396-27 Erosion control.
- § 396-28 Other internal requirements.
- § 396-29 State and federal requirements.
- § 396-30 Special exception permit required.
- § 396-31 Lagooning or dredging.
- § 396-32 Special exception conditions.
- Ch 396 Art X Standard Lots and Substandard Lots
- § 396-33 Minimum lot size.
- § 396-34 Substandard lot or parcel.
- Ch 396 Art XI Nonconforming Uses and Structures
- § 396-35 Discontinued nonconforming use.
- § 396-36 Maintenance, repair or replacement of nonconforming structure.
- § 396-37 Vertical expansion of nonconforming structures.
- § 396-38 Lateral expansion of nonconforming principal structures within setback.
- § 396-39 Expansion of nonconforming principal structures beyond setback.
- § 396-40 Relocation of nonconforming principal structures.
- Ch 396 Art XII Structures Authorized by Variance
- § 396-41 Maintenance, repair, replacement or vertical expansion.
- § 396-41.1 Maintenance, repair, replacement of illegal structures [§ 59.692(1k)(a)2c, Wis. Stats.].
- Ch 396 Art XIII Zoning District Maps
- § 396-42 Districts established; adoption of maps.
- Ch 396 Art XIV Shoreland-Wetland District
- § 396-43 Designation.
- § 396-44 Purpose.
- § 396-45 Permitted uses.
- § 396-46 Prohibited uses.
- § 396-47 Site requirements.
- § 396-48 Rezoning of lands in Shoreland-Wetland District.
- § 396-49 Special exceptions.
- Ch 396 Art XV Conservancy District
- § 396-50 Designation.
- § 396-51 Purpose.
- § 396-52 Permitted uses.
- § 396-53 Prohibited uses.
- § 396-54 Site requirements.
- § 396-55 Rezoning of lands in Conservancy District.
- § 396-56 Special exceptions.
- Ch 396 Art XVI Recreational-Residential District
- § 396-57 Designation.
- § 396-58 Purpose.
- § 396-59 Permitted uses.
- § 396-60 Site requirements.
- § 396-61 Special exceptions.
- § 396-62 Vegetation removal and cutting.
- Ch 396 Art XVII Recreational-Residential Single-Family Conservation (R-RC) District
- § 396-63 Designation.
- § 396-64 Purpose.
- § 396-65 Permitted uses.
- § 396-66 Site requirements.
- § 396-67 Special exceptions.
- § 396-68 Vegetation removal and cutting.
- Ch 396 Art XVIII General Purpose District
- § 396-69 Designation.
- § 396-70 Purpose.
- § 396-71 Permitted uses.
- § 396-72 Special exceptions.
- § 396-73 Vegetation removal and cutting.
- § 396-74 Site requirements.
- § 396-75 Planned residential community.
- Ch 396 Art XIX Signs
- § 396-76 Basic requirements.
- § 396-77 Recreational-Residential, Recreational-Residential Single-Family Conservation and Planned Residential Community Districts.
- § 396-78 General Purpose District.
- § 396-79 Shoreland-Wetland and Conservancy Districts.
- § 396-80 Signs permitted in all districts.
- Ch 396 Art XX Administration
- § 396-81 Planning and Zoning Administrator.
- § 396-82 Zoning permits.
- § 396-83 Inspection; occupancy permit.
- § 396-84 Special exception permit.
- § 396-85 Board of Adjustment.
- § 396-86 Fees.
- Ch 396 Art XXI Changes and Amendments
- § 396-87 Amendment procedure.
- Ch 396 Art XXII Enforcement and Penalties
- § 396-88 Unlawful structure or use.
- § 396-89 Enforcement.
- § 396-90 Violations and penalties.
- § 396-91 Costs for correcting violation.
- Ch 396 Art XXIII Interpretation and Definitions
- § 396-92 Interpretation.
- § 396-93 Definitions.
- Ch 405 Comprehensive Zoning
- Ch 415 County Forests
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
