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Birnamwood Village City Zoning Code

ARTICLE V

AG-R General Agriculture-Residential District

§ 255-43 Purpose.

This district is designed primarily for large-scale agricultural uses of land related to the growing of crops and the raising of livestock. This district is also intended to provide a suitable environment for single-family residential development on large lots.

§ 255-44 Lot size regulations.

A. 
Minimum area: one acre with Village water and sewer; at least one acre without water and sewer and must comply with the rules of the Department of Safety and Professional Services contained in Ch. SPS 385, Wis. Adm. Code, for subdivisions not served by public sewer.
B. 
Minimum width: 150 feet.

§ 255-45 Height regulations.

Maximum height: 35 feet.

§ 255-46 Yard and setback regulations.

A. 
Minimum front yard: 25 feet; 60 feet from center line. [Amended 4-9-98].
B. 
Minimum side yard: 20 feet.
C. 
Minimum rear yard: 20 feet.
D. 
Minimum water setback: 75 feet.

§ 255-47 Permitted uses.

Permitted uses in the AG-R General Agriculture-Residential District include the following:
A. 
Agriculture, including animal and poultry husbandry, beekeeping, dairying and grazing, field crops, forestry, greenhouses, orchards, and wild crop harvesting, truck farming, horticulture, or viticulture. Animal husbandry is not to include the raising of swine, mink, goats nor the establishment of animal feed lots.
B. 
Dwelling, single-family.
C. 
Home occupation.
D. 
Parks, playgrounds or play fields.
E. 
Uses customarily accessory to a permitted agricultural use.

§ 255-48 Conditional uses.

Conditional uses in the AG-R General Agriculture-Residential District include the following:
A. 
Airport, air strips and landing fields.
B. 
Animal hospital or pound.
C. 
Cemetery.
D. 
Churches.
E. 
Filling over 5,000 square feet.
F. 
Club or lodge.
G. 
Dwelling, two-family.
H. 
Farm equipment sales and/or service.
I. 
Garden or nursery store.
J. 
Grain elevator, commercial.
K. 
Government and cultural uses, such as:
(1) 
Community centers.
(2) 
Libraries.
(3) 
Fire stations and police stations.
(4) 
Public emergency shelters.
(5) 
Public and private elementary and secondary school.
L. 
Grading over 5,000 feet.
M. 
Housing for migrant workers.
N. 
Mineral extraction.
O. 
Quarrying.
P. 
Radio or TV broadcasting tower or studio.
Q. 
Roadside stand.
R. 
Work in respect to waterways.
S. 
Sewage disposal plant.
T. 
Utilities.
U. 
Community-based residential facility CBRF. [Amended 7-20-00]
V. 
Residential care apartment complex - assisted living. [Added 7-20-00]
W. 
Senior independent living apartments. [Added 7-20-00]
X. 
Other similar structures as relative to conditional uses in Subsections U, V and W above. [Added 7-20-00]
Y. 
Small business office.