A.
For the purpose of this chapter, certain words or phrases shall have
meanings that either vary somewhat from their customary dictionary
meanings or are intended to be interpreted to have a specific meaning.
B.
Any words not defined in this section shall be presumed to have their
customary dictionary definitions.
C.
ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT
ACCESSORY USE OR STRUCTURE
ADJACENT (also ADJOINING)
AGRICULTURAL (also AGRICULTURAL USE)
(1)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)
(2)
ALLEY
ANCHOR SIGN
ANIMAL BOARDING
ANIMATED SIGN
ANSI
APPEAL
APPLICANT
ARTIFICIAL LAKE
ARTISAN SHOPS
AUTO DEALERSHIP
AUTO SALVAGE YARD
AWNING SIGN
BANNER
BASEMENT
BATTERY CHARGING STATION
BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLE
BEACON
BED-AND-BREAKFAST
BEES
BERM
BLANKETING
BLOCK
BOARDINGHOUSE
BOUTIQUE WINERY
BREEZEWAY
BREWERY
BREWPUB
BUFFERYARD (also BUFFER STRIP)
BUILD-TO LINE
BUILDABLE AREA
BUILDING
BUILDING SETBACK LINE
BUILDING, HEIGHT
BUSINESS INCUBATOR
CANOPY (also MARQUEE)
CHANGEABLE COPY SIGN, AUTOMATIC
CHANGEABLE COPY SIGN, MANUAL
CHARGING LEVELS
CLINIC
CLINIC, VETERINARY
CLUB
COMMERCIAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMUNITY-BASED RESIDENTIAL FACILITY
COMMUNITY GARDEN
COMMUNITY LIVING ARRANGEMENT
COMPOST
COMPOSTING (COMPOST PILES)
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT
CONVENIENCE STORE
CRAFT-DISTILLERY
DAY-CARE CENTER, GROUP
DAY CARE, FAMILY OR HOME
DECK
DECOMMISSIONING
DEVELOPMENT
DISTILLERY
DISTRICT
DOOR SIGN
DRIVE-IN BUSINESS
DRIVEWAY
DWELLING
DWELLING UNIT
DWELLING, DETACHED
DWELLING, MULTIFAMILY
DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY
DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED
DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED
DWELLING, TWO-FAMILY
EASEMENT
ELECTRIC VEHICLE
ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION
ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION, PRIVATE RESTRICTED USE
ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION, PUBLIC USE
ELECTRIC VEHICLE INFRASTRUCTURE
ELECTRIC VEHICLE PARKING SPACE
ELECTRICAL SIGN
ELECTRONIC SIGN
ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREAS (ESAs)
ESSENTIAL SERVICES
EXISTING USE
EXTENDED-STAY HOTEL
FACADE
FAMILY
FARM
FARM STRUCTURE
FEATHER SIGN
FENCE
FENCE, OPEN
FENCE, ORNAMENTAL
FENCE, SECURITY
FENCE, SOLID
FESTOON
FLAG
FLASHING SIGN
FLOOR AREA
FRONTAGE
GARAGE, PRIVATE
GARAGE, PUBLIC OR COMMERCIAL
GARAGE, STORAGE
GAS CANOPY SIGN
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY SYSTEM
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY SYSTEM, HORIZONTAL
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY SYSTEM, VERTICAL
GHOST SIGN
GREENHOUSE, COMMERCIAL (or RETAIL)
GREENHOUSE, WHOLESALE
GROSS FLOOR AREA
GROUND SIGN
GROUND-MOUNTED SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM
HARD SURFACED
HAZARD
HAZARDOUS MATERIAL (also HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE)
HEDGE
HOME OCCUPATION
HORIZONTAL BANNERS
HOTEL
ILLUMINATED SIGN
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE
IMPROVEMENT
INGRESS/EGRESS SIGN
INTEGRAL SIGN
INTERIOR SIGN
JUNKYARD (also SALVAGE YARD)
KENNEL, INDOOR
LAUNDROMAT
LIVESTOCK
LOADING AREA
LODGING HOUSE
LOT
LOT LINES
LOT TYPE ILLUSTRATION
LOT, CORNER
LOT, DEPTH OF
LOT, FLAG
LOT, INTERIOR
LOT, REVERSE CORNER
LOT, REVERSE CORNER ILLUSTRATION
LOT, SUBSTANDARD (also LOT, NONCONFORMING)
LOT, THROUGH (also DOUBLE FRONTAGE)
LOT, WIDTH
MANUFACTURED HOME
MANUFACTURED HOME CLASS II PARK
MANUFACTURED HOME, CLASS I
MANUFACTURED HOME, CLASS II
MANUFACTURING
MAXIMUM BLADE TIP HEIGHT
MICROBREWERY (also BREWPUB)
MOBILE HOME
MOBILE HOME PARK
MOTEL
MOTOR VEHICLE
MULTI-TENANT SIGN
NAMEPLATE CAPACITY
NONELECTRIC VEHICLE
NONCONFORMING BUILDING OR STRUCTURE
NONCONFORMING SIGN
NONCONFORMING USE
NONPARTICIPATING PROPERTY
NONPARTICIPATING RESIDENCE
NURSING, REST, OR CONVALESCENT HOME
OFF-PREMISES SIGN
OFFICE
OPEN SPACE
ORDINARY HIGH-WATER MARK
ORDINARY MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS
OVERLAY DISTRICT (also OVERLAY)
OWNER (WIND ENERGY SYSTEM)
(1)
(2)
PARAPET
PARK MANAGEMENT
PARKING LOT
PARKING SPACE
PARTICIPATING PROPERTY
(1)
(2)
(a)
(b)
PARTICIPATING RESIDENCE
PARTIES IN INTEREST
PERSON
PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS
PERSONAL SERVICES
PERVIOUS SURFACE
PHOTOVOLTAIC CELL
PLAN COMMISSION
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT
PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
POLE SIGN
POND, LANDSCAPE
POND, STORMWATER
POND, SWIMMING
PORTABLE SIGN
PREMISES
PRIMARY FACADE
PRINCIPAL STRUCTURE
PROFESSIONAL OFFICE
PROFESSIONAL OFFICE, MEDICAL
PROJECTING SIGN
PROOF
PROOF GALLON
PUBLIC FACILITIES
REDEVELOPMENT
RELEGATED PARKING
REPAIR GARAGE
RESIDENCE (specific to wind energy system)
RESTAURANT
RETAIL SALES ESTABLISHMENT
RETAIL SERVICES ESTABLISHMENT
RIGHT-OF-WAY
ROADSIDE STAND
ROOF SIGN
SANCTIONED EVENT SIGN
SANDWICH BOARD SIGN
SATELLITE DISH (also SATELLITE DISH ANTENNA)
SCREEN
SELF-SERVICE STORAGE UNITS (also MINI WAREHOUSES)
SERVICE STATION
SETBACK
SHADOW FLICKER
SHORELANDS
SHORT-TERM RENTAL
SIGN (also SIGNAGE)
SIGN AREA
SIGN CONTRACTOR
SIGN COPY
SIGN FACE
SIGN HEIGHT
SIGN STRUCTURE
SIGN TYPE ILLUSTRATION
SITE PLAN
SKELETON SIGN
SMALL WIND ENERGY SYSTEM
SOLAR COLLECTOR
SOLAR GLARE
SOLAR PANEL
SOLID SIGN
SPA or HOT TUB
SPACE (manufactured and mobile homes)
STORMWATER
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT FACILITY
STORY
STORY, HALF
STREET
STREET LINE
STRUCTURAL ALTERATION
STRUCTURE
SUBDIVISION SIGN
SWIMMING POOL
SWIMMING POOL, PORTABLE
TASTING ROOM
TEMPORARY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE
TEMPORARY SIGN
TRAILER
TRANSITIONAL RESIDENTIAL FACILITY
TRANSITORY ACCESSORY STRUCTURE
TURBINE HOST PROPERTY
UNNECESSARY HARDSHIP
USE
USE, ACCESSORY
USE, CONDITIONAL
USE, INCIDENTAL
USE, PERMITTED
USE, PRINCIPAL
USE, TEMPORARY
VARIANCE
VILLAGE
VILLAGE BOARD
VISION CORNER
VISION CORNER ILLUSTRATION
WALL SIGN
WALL SIGN, HISTORIC
WIND ENERGY SYSTEM
WIND ENERGY SYSTEM EMERGENCY
WIND ENERGY SYSTEM FACILITY
WIND ENERGY SYSTEM LEASE
WIND TOWER
WINDOW SIGN
WINERY
YARD
YARD TYPE ILLUSTRATION
YARD, PRIMARY STREET
YARD, REAR
YARD, SECONDARY STREET
YARD, SIDE
YARD, STREET
ZERO LOT LINE
ZERO-LOT-LINE DUPLEX
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
ZONING DISTRICT, BASE
ZONING DISTRICT, OVERLAY
ZONING PERMIT
Words defined.
A second dwelling unit contained within a single-family dwelling
or within a detached building located on the same lot as a single-family
dwelling. An accessory dwelling unit shall include permanent provisions
for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation on the same
parcel as the single-family dwelling is situated.
A use or detached structure subordinate to the principal
use of a structure or land, and located on the same lot or parcel
serving a purpose incidental to the principal use or the principal
structure. Accessory structures include detached garages and accessory
dwelling units.
Located on land parcels that touch each other, or on land
parcels that are separated only by a river, stream, or transportation
or utility right-of-way.
Any of the following:
Any of the following activities conducted for the purpose of
producing an income or livelihood:
Crop or forage production.
Keeping livestock.
Beekeeping.
Nursery, sod, or Christmas tree production.
Floriculture.
Aquaculture.
Fur farming.
Forest management.
Enrolling land in a federal agricultural commodity payment program
or a federal or state agricultural land conservation payment program.
Any other use the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade,
and Consumer Protection, by rule, identifies as an agricultural use.
A street or thoroughfare less than 21 feet wide and affording
only secondary access to abutting property.
Generally, but not exclusively, the top sign in a multi-tenant
ground or pole sign, which identifies the name of the development
within which multi-tenant units or structures are located.
Any land use which provides short-term and/or long-term boarding
for dogs and/or cats as the primary use of the property. Examples
include commercial kennels and pet "day care" facilities. Outdoor
exercise yards, fields, training areas, etc. associated with such
land uses are considered accessory to such land uses and do not require
separate consideration.
Any sign or part of a sign which changes physical position
by movement or rotation, or gives the illusion of such change of physical
position.
Refers to the American National Standards Institute.
A process initiated by an aggrieved person to review a decision
made pursuant to this chapter, or an alleged failure to act as required
by this chapter.
A person that submits an application as required by this
chapter.
A body of water other than a natural body of water, two acres
or greater in size, utilized for recreational, aesthetic, or conservation
purposes.
A place where handmade craft items or works of art are made
on a small-scale and offered for retail sale. Examples of such items
include paintings, textiles, photography, sculptures, pottery, leather
products, handmade paper, jewelry, hand-blown glass, small wooden
items, candles, soaps, and lotions.
The use of land for the display or sale of new or used automobiles,
panel trucks or vans, trailers, or recreational vehicles. Auto dealerships
must meet all applicable state codes.
Any lot or place that is exposed to the weather and upon
which two or more motor vehicles of any kind incapable of being operated
or not currently licensed are placed, located, or found. Auto salvage
yards must meet all applicable state codes.
A sign that is mounted or painted on, or attached to an awning,
canopy, or marquee.
A temporary sign made of fabric or any nonrigid material
with no enclosing framework.
That portion of any structure located partly below the average
adjoining lot grade. If a basement is occupied for living purposes,
it shall be counted as a story for purposes of height measurement.
(See "sign type illustration.")
An electrical component assembly or cluster of component
assemblies designed specifically to charge batteries within electric
vehicles.
Any vehicle that operates exclusively on electrical energy
from an off-board source (generally, the electric grid) that is stored
in the vehicle's batteries, and produces zero tailpipe emissions
or pollution when stationary or operating.
Any light with one or more beams directed into the atmosphere
or directed at one or more points not on the same zone lot as the
light source; also, any light with one or more beams that rotate or
move.
Any place of lodging that provides eight or fewer rooms for
rent to no more than a total of 20 tourists or other transients for
more than 10 nights in a twelve-month period, is the owner's
personal residence, is occupied by the owner at the time of rental,
and in which the only meal served to guests is breakfast, as defined
in Ch. ATCP 73, Wis. Adm. Code.
Honeybees or mason bees raised for honey or pollination.
A raised bank of soil and rock, topped by native plants,
shrubs, and or trees most often constructed so as to provide a visually
appealing barrier between incompatible adjoining land uses.
The unreasonable obstruction of view of a sign caused by
the placement of another sign.
A parcel, lot, or group of lots existing within well-defined
and fixed boundaries, usually being an area surrounded by streets
or other physical barriers, and having an assigned number, letter,
or other name through which it may be identified.
A building other than a hotel where meals, or lodging and
meals, are furnished for compensation for three or more persons not
members of a family.
An establishment operating under § 125.53, Wis.
Stats., that manufactures, bottles, and stores wine on premises and
which produces less than 100,000 gallons per year. Locally issued
licenses/permits may allow wine sales directly to consumers, on premise
tasting of wine, and may impose additional restrictions. Excludes
homemade wine, defined under § 125.06(3), Wis. Stats.
A structure for the principal purpose of providing a roofed
passageway connecting the principal structure with an accessory structure.
A use which manufactures, bottles, and packages a total of
more than 10,000 barrels or 310,000 U.S. gallons of fermented malt
beverages per calendar year on premises, including storage and distribution
of fermented malt beverages that have been manufactured on the premises.
See "microbrewery."
A linear strip of undeveloped land, along with landscaping
or a fence, that is located between two different uses or zoning districts
that have potentially incompatible characteristics. Buffer yards are
intended to create separation between the incompatible land uses and
eliminate or lessen the impacts (e.g., noise, dust, glare of lights,
outdoor activities) of the most intrusive land use on the other.
The line at which construction of a building facade is to
occur on a lot. A build-to line runs parallel to the front lot line
and is established to create an even (or more or less even) building
facade line on a street. The build-to line is considered the front
setback.
The space remaining on a lot after the minimum open space
and setback requirements have been complied with, and excepting any
floodway, wetland, or similarly designated environmentally sensitive
areas (ESAs).
Any structure used, designed or intended for the protection,
shelter, enclosure or support of persons, animals or property. When
a building is divided into separate parts by unpierced walls extending
from the ground up, each part shall be deemed a separate building.
The distance from the boundaries of a lot within which structure(s)
shall not be erected.
The vertical distance measured from the average elevation
of the finished lot grade at the front of the building to the highest
point of a ceiling in the case of a flat roof, to the deckline of
a mansard roof, and to the average height between the eaves and the
ridge of a gable, hip, or gambrel roof.
A mechanism used to encourage and support young companies
until they become viable comprised of a multi-tenant space, building,
or facility dedicated for providing technical, financial, managerial,
technological, legal, and other support or assistance to startup and/or
growing businesses.
A roof-like structure projecting from a wall and supported
in whole or in part by vertical supports from the ground and erected
primarily to provide shelter from the weather.
A sign on which the copy changes automatically on a lamp
bank or through mechanical means, e.g., electrical or electronic time
and temperature units.
A sign on which copy is changed manually in the field, e.g.,
reader boards with changeable letters.
The standardized indicators of electrical force, or voltage,
at which an electric vehicle's battery is recharged. The terms
1, 2, and 3 are the most common charging levels, and include the following
specifications:
An establishment where patients are not lodged overnight,
but are admitted for examination and treatment by a group of physicians
or dentists practicing medicine together.
An establishment for the care and treatment of the diseases
and injuries of animals by a licensed veterinarian and where animals
may be boarded during their convalescence.
Buildings and facilities owned or operated by a corporation,
association, person or persons for a social, education or recreational
purpose, but not primarily to render a service which is customarily
carried on as a business.
Communications used by government and military entities for
emergency purposes, licensed amateur radio service, and nonemergency
communications used by agricultural, business, government, and military
entities including aviation radar, commercial mobile radio service,
fixed wireless service, global positioning, line of sight, microwave,
personal communications service, weather radar, and wireless internet
service.
A place where five or more unrelated people live together
in a community setting. Services provided include room and board,
supervision, support services, and may include up to three hours of
nursing care per week.
A privately or publicly owned piece of land for cultivation
of fruits, flowers, vegetables, or ornamental plants by more than
one person or family.
The following facilities licensed or operated, or permitted
under the authority of Wisconsin State Statutes: child welfare agencies
under § 48.60, Wis. Stats., group foster homes for children
under § 48.02(7), Wis. Stats., and community-based residential
facilities under § 50.01, Wis. Stats.,; but does not include
day care centers, nursing homes, general hospitals, special hospitals,
prisons and jails. The establishment of a community living arrangement
shall be in conformance with §§ 46.03(22), 59.69(15),
62.23(7)(i) and 62.23(7)(a), Wis. Stats., and amendments thereto.
A humus-like material, produced from composting, that has
been stabilized to a degree that is potentially beneficial to plant
growth and usable as a soil conditioner, topsoil, growing medium amendment,
or other similar uses to buffer the soil pH, improve soil aggregation
and tilth, reduce erosion, enhance water infiltration and retention,
increase soil porosity and aeration, slow the rate of temperature
change in soil, provide for soil microorganisms, or enhance availability
of micronutrients in soils.
Processing solid waste (including leaves, grass, manures,
and non-meat food production, and wastes received from residential
sources, but not including biosolids) in a controlled environment
to produce a stable product by microbiologically degrading organic
matter under aerobic conditions.
A permit issued by the Plan Commission and Village Board
authorizing establishment of a conditional use consistent with the
provisions of this chapter.
A retail store feet that sells convenience goods, such as
prepackaged food items, beverages, periodicals, and other household
goods, and may also sell gasoline. Does not include service stations
or repair garages.
A use which manufactures, bottles and packages a total of
not more than 100,000 proof gallons of intoxicating liquor under the
name of "whiskey," "brandy," "gin," "rum," "spirits," "cordials,"
or any other name, per calendar year on the premises, including storage
and distribution of intoxicating liquor that has been manufactured
on the premises.
Any facility operated for the purpose of providing care,
protection, and guidance to children and/or adults during only part
of a twenty-four-hour day. This term includes nursery schools, preschools,
day-care centers for individuals, and other similar uses but excludes
public and private educational facilities or any facility offering
care to individuals for a full twenty-four-hour period.
Any state-licensed occupied residence in which the occupant
provides day care for persons other than occupant's own family
and the children of close relatives. Such care is limited to the care
given to eight or fewer persons, including persons living in the home
and persons of close relatives cared for in the home.
An aboveground, unroofed platform extending from a building
and intended for outdoor living.
The removal of all of the following:
Any change to improved or unimproved real estate, including,
but not limited to, the construction of buildings, structures or accessory
structures; the construction of additions or substantial alterations
to buildings, structures or accessory structures; the placement of
buildings or structures; ditching, lagooning, dredging, filling, grading,
paving, excavation or drilling operations; and the deposition or extraction
of earthen materials.
A use which manufactures, bottles and packages a total of
more than 100,000 proof gallons of intoxicating liquor under the name
of "whiskey," "brandy," "gin," "rum," "spirits," "cordials," or any
other name, per calendar year on the premises, including storage and
distribution of intoxicating liquor that has been manufactured on
the premises.
A part or parts of the Village for which the regulations
of this chapter governing the use and location of land and buildings
are uniform.
A sign that is applied or attached to the exterior of a door.
An establishment with street access which provides no interior
seating or service or an establishment which allows for interior seating
or service, but the majority of its business is conducted by means
of a service window, in-car service, or carry-out counter.
A private route of ingress and egress from any public right-of-way,
which provides access to one residential dwelling/unit, commercial
building, or property.
A building or portion thereof designed or used exclusively
for residential occupancy, but not including automobile trailers,
hotels, motels or boarding and lodging houses.
A room or suite of rooms used as a single-family dwelling
including bath and culinary accommodations.
A dwelling which is completely surrounded by open space on
the same lot.
A building or portion thereof containing three or more dwelling
units.
An attached or detached structure designed for or occupied
exclusively by one family.
A building containing not more than one dwelling unit attached
at the side or sides in a series or group of three or more buildings
each containing not more than one dwelling unit. Each building shall
be separated from the adjoining building or buildings by a party wall
or walls extending from footings through roofs.
A dwelling consisting of one dwelling unit designed for,
converted to, and/or occupied by one family and not attached to another
dwelling unit.
A detached or semidetached building designed for and occupied
exclusively by two families.
A nonpossessory legal interest a person has in the property
of another for a specific use. An easement may apply to the entire
property or a portion thereof and may be perpetual or temporary, expiring
after a period of time or after a certain event occurs. A utility
easement, for example, would allow any person with a right to use
the easement to install and maintain utilities across, over, or under
the subject land. A road easement would likewise allow the installation
and maintenance of a driveway or roadway along with ancillary utilities.
Any vehicle that is licensed and registered for operation
on public and private highways, roads, and streets; either partially
or exclusively, on electrical energy from the grid, or an off-board
source (generally, the electric grid) that is stored on-board via
a battery for motive purpose. Electric vehicle includes:
A public or private parking space that is served by battery
charging station equipment that has as its primary purpose the transfer
of electric energy (by conductive or inductive means) to a battery
or other energy storage device in an electric vehicle.
An electric vehicle charging station that is:
An electric vehicle charging station that is:
Conduit/wiring, structures, machinery, and equipment necessary
and integral to support an electric vehicle, including battery charging
stations and rapid charging stations.
Any marked parking space that identifies the use to be exclusively
for the parking of an electric vehicle.
A sign or sign structure in which electrical wiring, connections,
or fixtures are used.
A sign, display, or device that changes message copy on the
sign by means of light-emitting diodes (LED), fiber optics, light
bulbs, liquid crystal display, or other illumination devices within
the display area.
As regulated by the most current iteration of the Brown County
Subdivision Ordinance and/or Brown County Sewage Plan, portions of
the landscape including valuable natural resource features that should
be protected from intensive development. Environmentally sensitive
areas may include lakes, rivers, streams, wetlands, floodways, steep
slopes, and other significant and unique natural resource features.
Environmentally sensitive areas also include a setback or buffer from
those features.
Services provided by public and private utilities necessary
for the exercise of the principal use or service of the principal
structure. These services include underground, surface, or overhead
gas, electrical, steam, water, sanitary sewerage, stormwater drainage,
and communication systems and accessories thereto, such as poles,
towers, wires, mains, drains, vaults, culverts, laterals, sewers,
pipes, catch basins, water storage tanks, conduits, cables, fire alarm
boxes, police call boxes, traffic signals, pumps, lift stations, and
hydrants, but not including buildings.
Any lawful permitted or conditional use in existence at the
time of the adoption of the most recent amendment to the Zoning Ordinance.
A hotel intended and designed for extended stays by guests
which includes in-room cooking facilities and is not a highway-oriented
overnight-stay facility.
The entire front or any other face of a building, including
the parapet.
One or more persons, related by blood, adoption or marriage,
living and cooking together as a single housekeeping unit, or a number
of persons living and cooking together as a single housekeeping unit
though not related by blood, adoption or marriage.
All land under common ownership that is primarily devoted
to agricultural use.
Any building or structure used for storing agricultural equipment
or farm produce or products, housing livestock or poultry, or processing
dairy products. The term "farm structure" shall not include dwellings
or manure storage facilities but shall include a barn or feed storage
facility, unless otherwise noted in this chapter.
A temporary sign independently standing or attached to a
structure with a vertical banner.
An accessory structure providing enclosure or serving as
a barrier, such as wooden posts, wire, iron, brick, stone or other
manufactured material or combination of materials erected to enclose,
screen or separate areas. Structures designed to enclose recreational
facilities, such as tennis courts or backstops, shall not be considered
fences.
A structure of rails, planks, stakes, strung wire, or similar
material erected as an enclosure, barrier, or boundary. Open fences
are those with more than 50% of their surface area open for free passage
of light and air. Examples of such fences include barbed wire, chain
link, picket, rail fences, and others as identified in this chapter.
A fence intended to decorate, accent, or frame a feature
of the landscape. Ornamental fences are often used to identify a lot
corner or lot line; or frame a driveway, walkway, or planting bed.
Ornamental fences are those with more than 80% of their surface area
open for free passage of light and air. Ornamental fences are often
of the rail, or wrought-iron type and others as identified in this
chapter.
A fence intended to guard property against unauthorized entry,
and to protect stored goods and products from theft and other unauthorized
handling. Security fences usually exceed six feet in height, are often
made of wrought iron or woven wire, and may incorporate additional
security features such as barbed wire or as otherwise identified in
this.
A structure of boards, rails, planks, stakes, slats, or similar
material erected as an enclosure, barrier, or boundary. Solid fences
are those with 50% or less of their surface area open for free passage
of light and air. Examples of such fences are stockade, board-on-board,
board and batten, basket weave, and louvered fences or as otherwise
identified in this chapter.
A string of balloons, ribbons, tinsel, small flags, or pinwheels.
An item made of flexible cloth or cloth-like material, typically
oblong or square, attached by one edge to a flagpole.
A sign which contains an intermittent or sequential flashing
light source used primarily to attract attention. Does not include
changeable copy signs, animated signs, or signs which, through reflection
or other means, create an illusion of flashing or intermittent light.
The square feet of floor space within the outside line of
walls and includes the total of all space on all floors of a building.
It does not include porches, garages or space in a basement or cellar
when said basement or cellar space is used for storage or incidental
uses.
All the property abutting on one side of a street between
two intersecting streets, or all of the property abutting on one side
of a street between an intersecting street and the dead end of a street.
A structure primarily intended and used for the enclosed
storage or shelter of the private motor vehicles of the residents
upon the premises. Carports are considered garages.
Any building or portion thereof, not accessory to a residential
building or structure, used for equipping, servicing, repairing, leasing,
public parking of motor vehicles, snowmobiles or other recreational
vehicles for hire.
A building or portion thereof, other than a private garage,
used exclusively for parking or temporary storage of self-propelled
vehicles.
A type of on-building sign mounted on the vertical fascia
of a canopy serving a fuel-dispensing facility such as a gas station
or a convenience store with fuel pumps.
A sealed, watertight loop of pipe buried outside of a building
foundation, intended to recirculate a liquid solution through a heat
exchanger. This includes but is not limited to: vertical closed-loop,
horizontal closed-loop and body of water closed-loop systems.
A geothermal energy system constructed to contain horizontal
piping and the installation and grouting of the horizontal piping
when such piping does not exceed 20 feet in depth.
A geothermal energy system constructed to contain vertical
piping and the installation and grouting of the vertical piping exceeding
20 feet in depth.
A hand-painted wall sign that has been preserved on a building
for an extended period of time and kept for its historic significance,
nostalgic or cultural appeal, or indifference by the owner.
Retail business whose principal activity is the selling of
plants grown on the site and having outside storage, growing, or display.
Business whose principal activity is the growing of plants
for resale to a retail outlet within an enclosed building.
The sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several floors
of a building or buildings measured from the exterior faces of exterior
walls or from the center line of party walls separating two buildings.
Any sign supported by structures or supports that are placed
on, or anchored in, the ground that are independent from any building
or other structure.
A solar energy system not attached to another structure and
is ground mounted.
A driveway or parking lot surfaced with concrete, bituminous
paving, or surface deemed substantially the same by the Zoning Administrator.
A condition, whether man-made or natural, that presents a
tangible danger to the public health, safety, and general welfare.
A material regulated by the Emergency Planning and Community
Right-to-Know Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1101 through
11050, as may be amended.
A dense row of vegetation forming a boundary, fence, or barrier.
Any gainful occupation or activity which is clearly incidental
and secondary to the use of the premises for dwelling purposes, and
which is carried on wholly within a main building or accessory building
by a member of the family residing on the premises.
Horizontal banners are flexible, horizontally oriented and
aligned temporary signs that are either overhead or ground-mounted
displays that are considered short-term and are removed once the event
has completed.
A building in which lodging, or boarding and lodging, are
provided and offered to the public for compensation, and in which
ingress and egress to and from all rooms are made through an inside
lobby or office supervised by a person in charge at all times. As
such, it is open to the public in contradistinction to a boardinghouse,
lodging house, or an apartment, which are herein separately defined.
A sign with an artificial light source incorporated internally
or externally for the purpose of illuminating the sign.
Any artificial or natural surface which does not allow the
entrance or passage of water or sediment into the ground surface.
These areas seal the ground surface from infiltration of water into
the subsurface and prevent recharge of the groundwater and increase
the amount of stormwater runoff. Runoff from impervious surfaces tends
to increase the potential for flooding, and carries sediment and pollutants
that are detrimental to the quality of surface waters. New developments
typically increase the amount of impervious surface. It is important
to manage and minimize the amount of impervious surface in new and
existing developments to help protect the surface waters and help
recharge natural groundwater. Impervious surfaces include, but are
not limited to, buildings and roof areas, structures, concrete or
asphalt surfaces, gravel or traffic bond surfaces, decks with no spaces
in between the decking, and bricks or pavers with no spacing between,
which are placed on traffic bond.
Any building, structure, place, work of art or other object
constituting a physical betterment of real property or any part of
such betterment, including streets, alleys, sidewalks, curbs, lighting
fixtures, signs, and the like.
A type of ground sign associated with, and located no farther
than 10 feet from, an access to a Village street.
A sign that is embedded, extruded, or carved into the material
of a building facade. A sign made of bronze, brushed stainless steel,
or aluminum, or similar materials attached to the building facade.
A sign located within the interior of any building or structure
which is not visible from the public right of way. This does not,
however, exempt such signs from the structural, electrical or material
specifications of this chapter.
Any premises on which there is an accumulation of scrap metal,
paper, rags, glass, lumber or other materials stored for salvage unless
such accumulation shall be stored in a completely enclosed building.
A soundproof building in which four or more dogs at least
three months of age are kept. Outdoor kennels shall not be permitted
in the Village.
An establishment providing home-type washing, drying or ironing
machines for use on the premises by the general public.
Bovine animals, equine animals, goats, poultry, sheep, swine,
farm-raised deer, farm-raised game birds, camelids, ratites, and farm-raised
fish.
A completely off-street space or berth on the same lot as
the principal use it serves for the loading or unloading of freight
carriers, having adequate ingress and egress to a public street or
alley.
A building other than a hotel where lodging only is provided
for compensation for not more than three persons not members of the
family.
A tract of land, designated by metes and bounds, land survey,
minor land division, or plat, and recorded in the office of the county
register of deeds.
The lines bounding a lot. (See "lot type illustration.")
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A lot abutting on two or more streets at their intersection,
provided that the interior angle of such intersection is less than
135°. (See "lot type illustration.")
The mean horizontal distance between the front and rear lot
lines. (See "lot type illustration.")
A lot containing a narrow strip or panhandle of land providing
access from the public street to the remainder of the lot. (See "lot
type illustration.")
A lot other than a corner lot. (See "lot type illustration.")
A corner lot which is orientated so that it has its rear
lot line coincident with or parallel to the side lot line of the interior
lot immediately to its rear.
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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.
A lot having a pair of opposite lot lines along, and access
to, two more or less parallel public streets, and which is not a corner
lot. On a through lot, both street lines shall be deemed front lot
lines. (See "lot type illustration.")
The horizontal distance between the side lot lines of a lot,
measured at the narrowest width within the first 25 feet of lot depth
immediately in back of the street yard setback line. (See "lot type
illustration.")
A residential dwelling for one family as is defined in § 101.91(2),
Wis. Stats., fabricated in an off-site facility for installation or
assembly at the building site, bearing a HUD label or insignia certifying
that it is built in compliance with the Federal Manufactured Housing
Construction Standards under 42 U.S.C. §§ 5401 to 5426,
and built after June 14, 1976. A manufactured home shall be considered
a single-family dwelling for the purposes of this chapter only where
it meets said regulations.
Any park, court, campsite, lot, parcel, or tract of land
designed, maintained, intended, or used for the purpose of supplying
a location or accommodations for two or more manufactured homes. Class
II and shall include all facilities used or intended for use as part
of the equipment thereof. A manufactured home Class II park shall
not include automobile or manufactured home sales lots on which unoccupied
manufactured homes are parked for purposes of inspection and sale.
(Also see "mobile home park" in this section.)
A structure, transportable in one or more sections, built
on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling unit,
with or without permanent foundation, when connected to the required
utilities, and including the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning,
and electrical systems contained in it, and is certified and labeled
as a manufactured home under 42 U.S.C. §§ 5401 to 5426.
For purposes of this section, a manufactured home Class I shall be
considered a single-family or two-family home and, therefore, may
be located in any district permitting such use.
A structure, transportable in one or more sections, built
on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling unit,
with or without permanent foundation, when connected to the required
utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, and
electrical systems contained in it, and built prior to the enactment
of the Federal Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards
Act of 1974, which became effective July 15, 1976.
The mechanical or chemical transformation of materials or
substances into new products, including the assembly of component
parts, the manufacturing of products, and the blending of materials,
such as lubricating oils, plastics, resins, or liquors.
The nominal hub height plus the nominal blade length of a
wind turbine, as listed in the wind turbine specifications provided
by the wind turbine manufacturer. If not listed in the wind turbine
specifications, "maximum blade tip height" means the actual hub height
plus the blade length.
A use which manufactures, bottles and packages a total of
not more than 10,000 barrels or 310,000 U.S. gallons of fermented
malt beverages per calendar year and may or may not operate restaurant
on the premises including storage and distribution of fermented malt
beverages that have been manufactured on the premises.
A transportable factory built structure as is defined in
Wis. Stat. § 101.91(2am), designed for long-term occupancy
by one family and built prior to June 15, 1976, the effective date
of the Federal Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards
Act. A mobile home is not considered to be a type of single-family
dwelling for the purposes of this chapter.
A parcel of land or subdivision used for the placement of
two or more mobile homes and/or manufactured homes. Manufactured home
developments and subdivisions shall not be included under this land
use category where all manufactured homes meet the regulations of
built in compliance with the Federal Manufactured Housing Construction
Standards under 42 U.S.C. §§ 5401 to 5426, and built
after June 14, 1976.
A series of attached, semiattached, or detached sleeping
units for the accommodation of transient guests.
A self-propelled device used or intended to be used for the
transportation of freight or passengers upon a street or highway,
except a device used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
A type of ground sign which identifies and advertises businesses,
entities, or tenants located within a multi-tenant building, complex,
development, or subdivision.
The nominal generating capacity of a wind energy system,
as listed in the wind turbine specifications provided by the wind
turbine manufacturer.
Any motor vehicle that does not meet the definition of "electric
vehicle."
Any building or structure which:
Any sign located in the Village as of the date of adoption
or amendment of this chapter, or located within an area annexed to
the Village hereafter, that does not conform to the provisions of
this chapter as adopted or amended is a legal, nonconforming sign
if the sign was legally constructed prior to the date of adoption
or amendment of this chapter.
Any principal use of land, buildings, or structures which
does not comply with all the regulations of this chapter or of any
amendment hereto governing use for the zoning district in which such
use is located.
Real property that is not a participating property.
A residence located on nonparticipating property.
An extended or intermediate care facility licensed or approved
to provide full-time convalescent or chronic care to individuals who,
by reason or advanced age, chronic illness, or infirmity, are unable
to care for themselves.
A sign that directs attention to a business, commodity, service,
or entertainment conducted, sold, or offered at a location other than
the premises on which the sign is located.
A room or suite of rooms used for conducting the affairs
of a business, profession, service industry, or government.
The areas of a lot which contain permeable surfaces and shall
remain unbuilt and shall not be used for parking, storage, access
drives, or display. The use of gravel or pavers shall not be considered
permeable surface for the calculation of open space. Open space represents
many different landscaping elements, including greens, quadrangles,
lawns, hedgerows, gardens, pathways/walkways, groves, wooded areas,
fields, and natural areas.
The point on the bank or shore up to which the presence and
action of the 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
characteristic.
Ordinary and routine actions necessary to continue or restore
the safe and healthy use of a structure which has been damaged or
has deteriorated through natural aging and wear and which does not
result in a substantial structural improvement or a significant increase
in value. Such actions may include, but are not limited to, painting
and staining, and the repair of the following: exterior windows, skylights,
doors, vents, siding, insulation, shutters, gutters, flooring, shingles,
roofing materials, walls or the foundation, and internal improvements
within the structural envelope without doing a structural alteration.
A zoning district that is superimposed on one or more other
zoning districts and imposes additional restrictions on the underlying
districts.
A person with a direct ownership interest in a wind energy system,
regardless of whether the person was involved in acquiring the necessary
rights, permits and approvals or otherwise planning for the construction
and operation of a wind energy system.
At the time a wind energy system is being developed, a person
who is acting as a wind energy system developer by acquiring the necessary
rights, permits and approvals for or by planning for the construction
and operation of a wind energy system, regardless of whether the person
will own or operate the wind energy system.
The extension of a false front or wall above a roof line.
The person who owns or has charge, care or control of the
manufactured home park.
Any public or private land area designated and used for parking
motor vehicles. A parking lot may be at ground level and not be subject
to the setback and other yard requirements of a structure; or may
be located within a structure which must meet the yard requirements
of a specified zoning district.
An area permanently reserved and maintained for the parking
of one motor vehicle which meets the dimensional standards of this
chapter.
Any of the following:
A turbine host property.
Real property that is the subject of an agreement that does
all of the following:
Provides for the payment of monetary compensation to the landowner
from the owner regardless of whether any part of a wind energy system
is constructed on the property.
Specifies in writing any waiver of a requirement or right under
this chapter and that the landowner's acceptance of payment establishes
the landowner's property as a participating property.
A residence located on participating property.
Includes all abutting property owners, all property owners
within 200 feet, and all property owners of opposite frontages.
An individual, corporation, partnership, limited-liability
company (LLC), trust, estate or other legal entity.
Includes wireless telecommunications, personal communications
service, radio, television, wireless internet service, and other systems
used for personal use purposes.
The performance of any work or labor and shall also include
acting as an independent contractor or providing any consulting advice
or assistance, or otherwise acting as an agent pursuant to a contractual
relationship.
Any artificial or natural surface which allows the entrance
or passage of water or sediment into the ground surface via the porous
nature of the material itself. The void areas and the infiltration
rates of these materials allow rainwater and surface water to penetrate
deep into the soil areas, allowing the natural recharge of groundwater.
A semiconductor device that converts solar energy into electricity.
An officially constituted Village of Denmark body consisting
of elected and appointed members authorized to consider zoning matters
and make recommendations to the Village Board.
A development guided by a total design plan in which one
or more of the zoning or subdivision regulations, other than use regulations,
may be waived or varied to allow flexibility and creativity in site
and building design and location, in accordance with general guidelines.
An electric vehicle that:
Contains an internal combustion engine and also allows power
to be delivered to drive wheels by an electric motor.
Charges its battery primarily by connecting to the grid or other
off-board electrical source (generally, the electric grid).
May additionally be able to sustain battery charge using an
on-board internal-combustion-driven generator.
Has the ability to travel powered by electricity.
A single, multifaced, multi-tenant sign, or similar such
sign, in excess of eight feet in height, supported above the ground
by one or more uprights, braces, poles, pylons, or other similar structural
components. (See "sign type illustration.")
An artificial water body with a maximum depth of three feet,
the primary purpose for which is as an aesthetic or functional enhancement
to the property upon which it is located, and which is not designed,
and shall not be used, for recreational purposes.
An artificially created pond for the purposes of capturing
and retaining stormwater.
An artificial water body with a maximum depth of 20 feet,
the primary purpose for which is recreational use. No less than 50%
of the area of a swimming pond shall dedicated to natural plantings.
Any sign without a permanent foundation or otherwise permanently
attached to a fixed location, which can be carried, towed, hauled,
or driven and is primarily designed to be moved rather than limited
to a fixed location regardless of modifications that limit its movability.
(See "sign type illustration.")
Any lot or parcel of land owned by any person, firm or corporation,
public or private, improved with building, whether occupied or unoccupied.
The facade of a building or similar such structure facing
the public street associated with the mailing address.
The primary structure on a parcel of land where the principal
use occurs.
Administrative, executive, professional, research, or similar
organizations, except health care, having only limited contact with
the public, provided that no merchandise or merchandising services
are sold on the premises, except such as are incidental or accessory
to the principal permissible use.
A building used exclusively by physicians, dentists, and
similar personnel for the treatment and examination of patients solely
on an outpatient basis, provided that no overnight patients shall
be kept on the premises.
A sign that is wholly or partly dependent upon a building
for support and which projects more than 12 inches from such building.
(See "sign type illustration.")
The ethyl alcohol content of a liquid at 60° F., stated
as twice the percentage of ethyl alcohol by volume.
A gallon of liquid at 60° F. which contains 50% by volume
of ethyl alcohol having a specific gravity of 0.7939 at 60° F.
referred to water at 60° F. as unity, or the alcoholic equivalent
thereof.
Any facility, including, but not limited to, buildings, property,
recreation areas, and roads, which are owned, leased, or otherwise
operated, or funded by a governmental body or public entity.
Any substantive change to a developed site, its structures,
or its uses.
A systematically designed off-street parking method which
utilizes site design review principles which create an environment
which promotes the use of nonmotorized transportation. Relegated parking
combines several techniques, including providing a mixture of on-street
and off-street parking options, locating parking lots to the side
and rear of principal structures, utilizing landscaped islands within
parking lots, providing pedestrian walkways through parking lots,
and utilizing shared parking between adjacent land uses.
A facility that provides collision repair services, including
body frame straightening, replacement of damaged parts, painting,
or major automotive, small engine, or agricultural implement repair.
An occupied primary or secondary personal residence, including
a manufactured home as defined in § 101.91(2), Wis. Stats.,
a hospital, community-based residential facility, residential care
apartment complex or similar facility, or a nursing home. Residence
includes a temporarily unoccupied primary or secondary personal residence.
Residence does not include any of the following:
A commercial establishment where food and beverages are prepared,
served, and consumed primarily within the principal building and where
food sales constitute more than 70% of the gross sales receipts for
food and beverages.
Establishments that provide goods directly to the general
public for personal or household use, where such goods are available
for immediate purchase and removal from the premises by the purchaser,
including but not limited to sales of dry goods, prescription drugs,
groceries, apparel, print materials, household wares, electronics,
and appliances.
Establishments providing services or entertainment, as opposed
to products, to the general public for personal or household use,
including but not limited to eating and drinking places, hotels and
motels, finance, real estate and insurance, personal service, motion
pictures, amusement, and recreation services.
A strip of land dedicated or acquired for public use.
A structure not permanently fixed to the ground that is readily
removable in its entirety, covered or uncovered, and used solely for
the sale of farm products produced on the premises. Such roadside
stand shall be a structure not more than 300 square feet in ground
area and limited to 10 feet maximum height.
A sign that is mounted on the roof of a building or which
is wholly dependent upon a building for support and which projects
above a point of a building with a flat roof, the eave line of a building
with a gambrel, or hip roof, or the deck line of a building with a
mansard roof. (See "sign type illustration.")
A sign associated with a temporary, Village-sanctioned event.
A framed sign made of metal wood, chalkboard, whiteboard,
or similar such material, oriented to pedestrians, consisting of two
faces hinged together at one end and that is self-supporting, easily
moved, and not affixed to a building, base structure, or the ground.
A device incorporating a surface that is solid, open mesh,
or bar configured and is in the shape of a shallow dish, cone, horn,
or cornucopia. Such device shall be used to transmit and/or receive
radio or electromagnetic waves between terrestrially and/or orbitally
based uses. This definition is meant to include but not be limited
to what are commonly referred to as satellite earth stations and satellite
microwave antennas. For purposes of this chapter only, the regulations
contained herein shall not apply to satellite dish antennas measuring
one meter or less in diameter or width.
A feature, such as a wall, fence, hedge, berm, or similar
feature used to shield or obscure elements of a development from adjacent
sites.
Real property containing leased spaces that a lessee is entitled
to use for the storage of personal property on a self-service basis
pursuant to a rental agreement and that is not rented or provided
to the lessee in conjunction with property for residential use by
the lessee. A "mini warehouse" does not include warehouses licensed
and regulated under Ch. 99, Wis. Stats.
Any premises where gasoline and other petroleum products
are sold and/or light maintenance activities such as engine tune-ups,
lubrication, and minor repairs are conducted but shall not include
establishments where major automotive maintenance activities, such
as engine overhauls, vehicle painting, or bodywork, are conducted.
The minimum horizontal distance between the line of a building
or structure and the property line. Covered porches, whether enclosed
or unenclosed, and attached garages shall be considered as part of
the principal structure and shall not project into the required setback.
Where the street line is an arc, the setback shall be measured from
the arc.
A pattern of moving shadows cast on a residence or an occupied
community building caused by sunlight shining through moving wind
turbine blades resulting in alternating changes in light intensity.
Those lands lying within 1,000 feet from a lake or pond of
flowage, and 300 feet from a river or stream or to the landward side
of the floodplain, from the ordinary high-water mark of navigable
waters, whichever distance is greater. Shorelands shall not include
those lands adjacent to farm drainage ditches where such lands are
not adjacent to a navigable stream or river, those parts of such drainage
ditches adjacent to such lands were non-navigable streams before ditching
or had no previous stream history, and such lands are maintained in
nonstructural agricultural use.
A residential dwelling that is offered for rent for a fee
and for fewer than 29 consecutive days.
A name, identification, description, display, or illustration,
which is affixed to, painted, or represented directly or indirectly
upon a building or other outdoor surface which directs attention to
or is designed or intended to direct attention to the sign face or
to an object, product, service, place, location, activity, event,
person, institution, organization, or business by any means including
words, letters, figures, designs, symbols, fixtures, colors, illumination,
or projected images.
The space enclosed within the extreme edges of the sign for
each sign face, not including the supporting structure; or, where
attached directly to a building wall or surface, the space within
the outline enclosing all the characters of the words, numbers or
design.
Any person, partnership or corporation engaged in whole or
in part in the erection or maintenance of signs, excluding the business
which the sign advertises.
The wording and/or symbols on a sign surface in either permanent
or removable letter form.
The entire display surface area of a sign upon, against,
or through which copy is displayed.
The vertical distance measured from the highest point of
the sign to the surface grade beneath the sign.
Any device or material, which supports, has supported or
is capable of supporting a sign in a stationary position, including
decorative covers.
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A drawing of a subject property that shows existing and proposed
conditions and other features required by this chapter.
A sign composed of letters, characters, or symbols applied
to a background which is not a structural part of the sign.
A wind energy system that has a total installed nameplate
capacity of 300 kilowatts or less and that consists of individual
wind turbines that have an installed nameplate capacity of not more
than 100 kilowatts.
A device, structure or part of a device or structure a substantial
purpose of which is to transform solar energy into thermal, mechanical,
chemical or electrical energy.
The effect produced by light reflecting from a solar panel
with an intensity sufficient to cause annoyance, discomfort, or loss
in visual performance and visibility.
A group of photovoltaic cells are assembled on a panel. Panels
are assembled on-site into solar arrays.
Any sign other than a skeleton sign.
A hydromassage pool or tub for recreational or therapeutic
use designed for immersion of users which may or may not have a filter,
heater, and motor-driven blower.
A plat of ground in a manufactured home park designed for
the location of only one manufactured home.
Water, and the materials it carries, that results from a
rainfall event or melting snow or ice.
A natural or man-made feature that collects, conveys, channels,
holds, inhibits, or diverts the movement of stormwater.
That portion of a building included between the surface of
a floor and the surface of the floor next above it or, if there be
no floor above it, then the space between the floor and the ceiling
next above it. A basement or cellar having 1/2 or more of its height
above grade shall be deemed a story for the purpose of height regulation.
A space under a sloping roof which has the line of intersection
of roof decking and wall face not more than three feet above the top
floor level, and in which space not more than 2/3 of the floor area
is finished off for use. A half story containing independent apartment
or living quarters shall be counted as a full story.
Includes all accessways in common use such as streets, roads,
lanes, highways, avenues, boulevards, alleys, parkways, viaducts,
circles, courts, and culs-de-sac, and includes all of the land lying
between the right-of-way lines as delineated on a plat showing such
streets, whether improved or unimproved, and whether dedicated for
public use or held in trust, under the terms of a reservation, but
shall not include those accessways such as easements and rights-of-way
intended for solely limited utility purposes such as for electric
power lines, gas lines, telephone lines, waterlines, or drainage and
sanitary sewers.
A dividing line between a lot, tract, or parcel of land and
a contiguous street.
Any change, other than incidental repairs, which would prolong
the life of the supporting members of a building, such as the addition,
removal, or alteration of bearing walls, columns, beams, girders,
or foundations.
Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires
a fixed location on the ground, or attached to something having a
fixed location on the ground.
A ground sign located at the entrance(s) to a residential
subdivision.
Any depression in the ground, either temporary or permanent,
or container of water, either temporary or permanent, either above
ground or below ground, which is used primarily for the purpose of
wading or swimming, which shall cause retaining of water over a depth
greater than 18 inches and/or having a larger plane surface of water
greater than 150 square feet.
A container of water less than 18 inches in depth that can
be readily disassembled for storage and assembled to its original
integrity.
A facility or portion of a facility supporting a rural craft
brewery, distillery, or winery where the public may sample and purchase
products produced by the facility and which has ancillary related
retail sales. Retail sales shall be limited only to on-site production
and merchandise directly related to the facility. Tasting rooms may
include food sales.
A structure without any foundation or footings and that is
removed when the designated time period has ceased, or which is built
of such materials and in such a way that it would commonly be expected
to have a relatively short useful life, or is built for a purpose
that would commonly be expected to be relatively short-term and not
to be habitable.
A sign which may be displayed for a limited period of time.
Any structure which is or may be mounted upon wheels for
moving about and is propelled by its own or drawn by other motive
power, and which is used as a dwelling or as an accessory building
or structure in the conduct of a business trade or occupation, or
is used for hauling purposes.
A premises for the temporary placement of two or more unrelated
persons who are not considered disabled under the Fair Housing Act
and are persons who have been adjudicated juvenile delinquents, current
users of illegal controlled substances, persons convicted for the
illegal manufacture or distribution of a controlled substance, or
convicted sex offenders, all of whom are on parole, extended supervision,
or probation in a controlled environment, including supervision or
monitoring.
An accessory structure in a residential district, including
the following: enclosed structures no larger than 120 square feet
in area; pergolas (not including decks); trellises; fences and walls;
towers; personal energy systems; children's playhouses, play
apparatus, swing sets, sand boxes, and the like; raised bed gardens;
beehives; enclosures for chickens; dog enclosures; swimming or wading
pools with a maximum wall height of 24 inches that may be readily
disassembled for storage; and other structures deemed to be substantially
the same by the Plan Commission.
Real property on which at least one wind turbine is located.
That circumstance where special conditions, which are not
self-created, affect a particular property and make strict conformity
with the restrictions governing dimensional standards unnecessarily
burdensome or unreasonable in light of the purpose of this chapter.
The use of property is the purpose or activity for which
the land or building thereon is occupied or maintained.
A use on the same lot with, and of a nature customarily subordinate
to, the principal use or structure, and serving the occupants of the
principal use or structure.
A use allowed under a conditional use permit, special exception,
or other special zoning permission, but not including a variance,
which, because of its unique or varying characteristics, cannot be
properly classified as a permitted use in a particular district.
A use that is affiliated with but subordinate to a principal
use of land or structure.
A permitted use is a use which may be lawfully established
in a particular district or districts, provided it conforms with all
requirements and regulations of the district in which such use is
located.
The main use of land or building as distinguished from a
subordinate or accessory use.
A use that has been allowed to be located and/or to operate
for a limited time only.
An authorization granted by the Zoning Board of Appeals to
construct, alter, or use a building, structure, or property in a manner
that deviates from the dimensional standards of this chapter. A variance
may not permit the use of a property that is otherwise prohibited
by the chapter or allow flood land construction that is not protected
to the flood protection elevation.
Village of Denmark, Wisconsin.
The governing body of the Village of Denmark, Brown County,
Wisconsin.
An established line of sight that does not obstruct or impair
the line of sight for motorized or nonmotorized vehicles traveling
in an established right-of-way. Vision corners shall extend a minimum
of 25 feet from all public right-of-way street intersections. Vision
corners shall be a minimum of 30 feet from public right-of-way intersections
if a county highway or state trunk highway is involved.
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A sign fastened to or painted on the wall of a building or
structure in such a manner that the wall becomes the supporting structure
for the sign. (See "sign type illustration.")
A wall sign located on its original building or structure
and predating the year 1970.
A system as defined in § 66.0403(1)(m), Wis. Stats.,
used to convert wind energy to electrical energy.
A condition or situation at a wind energy system that presents
a significant threat of physical danger to human life or a significant
threat to property or a natural event that causes damage to wind energy
system facilities.
Any component of a wind energy system, such as a wind turbine,
collector circuit, access road, electric system interconnection facility
or operation and maintenance facility.
A written agreement between a landowner and the owner that
establishes the terms and conditions associated with the placement,
construction or operation of a wind turbine or other wind energy system
facility on a landowner's property.
The monopole, freestanding, or guyed structure that supports
a wind turbine generator.
A sign that is applied or attached to the exterior or interior
of a window or located in such manner within the building that it
can readily be seen from the exterior of the building through a window.
(See "sign type illustration.")
An establishment operating under § 125.53, Wis.
Stats., that manufactures, bottles, and stores wine on premises and
which produces at least 100,000 gallons per year. Locally issued licenses/permits
may allow wine sales directly to consumers, on premise tasting of
wine, and may impose additional restrictions.
An open space on the same lot with a structure, unoccupied
and unobstructed from the ground upward except for vegetation. The
street and rear yards extend the full width of the lot.
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A yard associated
with the primary mailing address or fire number for the principal
structure extending across the full width of the lot, the depth of
which shall be the minimum horizontal distance between the existing
or proposed street or highway line and a line parallel thereto through
the nearest point of the principal structure. (See "yard type illustration.")
A yard extending across the full width of the lot, the depth
of which shall be the minimum horizontal distance between the rear
lot line and a line parallel thereto through the nearest point of
the principal structure. This yard shall be opposite the primary street
yard on a corner lot. (See "yard type illustration.")
A yard that abuts an existing or proposed street or highway
not otherwise defined as a "primary street yard" extending across
the full width of the lot, the depth of which shall be the minimum
horizontal distance between the existing or proposed street or highway
line and a line parallel thereto through the nearest point of the
principal structure. (See "yard type illustration.")
A yard extending from the street yard to the rear yard of
the lot, the width of which shall be the minimum horizontal distance
between the side lot line and a line parallel thereto through the
nearest point of the principal structure. (See "yard type illustration.")
A yard extending across the full width of the lot, the depth
of which shall be the minimum horizontal distance between the existing
or proposed street or highway line and a line parallel thereto through
the nearest point of the principal structure. Corner lots shall have
two such yards. The primary street yard on a double-frontage lot or
corner lot shall be that associated with the mailing address or fire
number, as applicable. (See "yard type illustration.")
The location of a building on a lot in such a manner that
one or more of the building's sides rest directly on a lot line.
A two-family dwelling situated so that a common wall is located
on the side lot line.
A body consisting of appointed members with a primary role
to review and decide case where there is an alleged error in a zoning
decision or where a relaxation of the chapter is sought.
A part or parts of the Village for which the uniform regulations
of this chapter govern the use and location of land and buildings.
A zoning district that is superimposed on one or more base
zoning districts and imposes additional restrictions or additional
development options on the underlying districts.
A permit issued by the Zoning Administrator to certify that
the use of lands, structures, air and waters subject to this chapter
are or shall be used in accordance with the provisions of said chapter.
Zoning permits include, but are not necessarily limited to: sign permits,
site plan permits, and temporary structure/use permits. A conditional
use permit is not considered a zoning permit for the purposes of this
chapter.
