A building or portion of a building subordinance to the main building but not part of the main building and used for a purpose customarily incidental to the permitted use of the main building.

Any facility, structure, building or use which is accessory or incidental to the principal use of a property, structure, or building.

Includes farming, dairying, pasturage, agriculture, horticulture, floriculture, and animal and poultry husbandry and the necessary accessory uses for packing, treating, or storing the produce; provided, however, that the operation of any such accessory uses shall be secondary to that of the normal agricultural activities.

A street or thoroughfare affording only secondary access to abutting property.

A flood having a one-percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year.

An elevation equal to that which reflects the height of the base flood as defined above.

That portion of any structure located partly below the average adjoining lot grade.

Any structure used, designed, or intended for the protection, shelter, enclosure or support of persons or property.

The vertical distance from the average curb level in front of the lot or the finished grade at the building line, whichever is higher, to the highest point of the coping of a flat roof, to the deckline of a mansard roof, or to the average height of the gable of a gambrel, hip or pitch roof.

A certification by the zoning administrator that a structure, use, or development is in compliance with all provisions of this chapter.

A natural or artificial watercourse with definite bed and banks to confine and conduct the normal flow of water.

A use of land, water or building which is allowable only after the issuance of a special permit by the Village Board under conditions specified in this chapter.

A lot abutting two or more streets at their intersection.

Number of living units per acre allowable under the Schedule of Regulations.[2]

A structure surrounded by open space on the same lot.

Any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate, including but not limited to construction of or additions or substantial improvements to buildings or other structures or accessory uses; the placement of mobile homes; mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation or drilling operations; or deposition of materials.

A building or portion thereof designed for and occupied by two or more families.

A detached building designed for or occupied exclusively by one family. Excludes mobile home units.

A parcel (or contiguous parcels) of land divided into two or more mobile home lots for rent or sale for which the construction of facilities for servicing the lot on which the mobile home is to be affixed (including, at a minimum, the installation of utilities, either final site grading or the pouring of concrete pads, and the construction of streets) is completed before the effective date of floodplain management regulations adopted by a community.

A group of persons related by blood or marriage and living together as a single household entity.

The square footage of floor area on all floors for each square foot of lot area.

The smallest dimension of a lot abutting a public street measured along the street line.

An accessory building or space for the storage only of not more than three motor-driven vehicles per dwelling.

Any building or premises, other than a private or storage garage, where motor-driven vehicles are equipped, repaired, serviced, hired, sold or stored.

Any building or premises used for storage of motor-driven vehicles and where no vehicles are serviced, repaired, hired or sold.

A gainful occupation conducted by occupants only within their place of residence, provided that no mechanical equipment is used other than such as is permissible for domestic purposes and that no more than one person other than a member of the immediate family living on the premises is employed.

A building in which lodging, with or without meals, is offered to transient guests for compensation.

Any development as defined above.

The square footage of open space, less the space used for vehicular movement, that exists for each square foot of building floor area.

A completely off-street space or berth on the same lot for the loading or unloading of freight carriers having adequate ingress and egress to a public street or alley.

A parcel of land having a width and depth sufficient to provide the space necessary for one main building and its accessory building together with the open space required by this chapter and on a public street.

The mean horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines.

The lines bounding lots as defined herein.

The shortest distance between side lot lines measured at the building setback line.

Any small, movable accessory erection or construction, such as birdhouses, toolhouses, pet houses, play equipment, arbors, and walls and fences under four feet in height.

Any vehicle designed, used, or so constructed as to permit its being used as a conveyance upon the public streets or highways and constructed in such a manner as will permit occupancy thereof as a residence or sleeping place for one or more persons.

A building or premises lawfully used or occupied at the time of the passage of this chapter or amendments thereto, which use or occupancy does not conform to the regulations of this chapter or any amendments thereto.

Total area in square feet of all uncovered open space of the land area within the site to be developed plus 1/2 of covered open space such as park shelters and carports.

The square footage of site open space provided for each foot of building floor area.

The building on a lot in which is conducted the principal use as permitted on such lot by the regulations of the district in which it is located.

Total area in square feet which is countable as open space but is not paved in streets, walks or driveways and is suitable for recreational pursuits. The smallest countable recreation area is 1,000 square feet. That part of a recreation area having a dimension of less than 20 feet shall not be included as countable recreation area.

The minimum horizontal distance between the street line and the nearest point of a building or any projection thereto.

Any words, letters, figures, numerals, phrases, sentences, emblems, devices, designs, trade names, or trademarks by which anything is made known and which are used to advertise or promote an individual, firm, association, corporation, profession, business, commodity, or product and which are visible from any public street or highway.

That portion of a building included between the surface of a floor and the surface of the floor next above it or, if there is no floor above it, then the space between the floor and the ceiling next above it.

All property dedicated or intended for public or private street purposes or subject to public easements.

A dividing line between a lot, tract or parcel of land and a contiguous street.

Any change in the supporting members of a building or any substantial change in the roof or in the exterior walls.

Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires permanent location on the ground.

Any repair, reconstruction, or improvement of a structure, the cost of which equals or exceeds 50% of the present equalized assessed value of the structure either before the improvement or repair is started or, if the structure has been damaged and is being restored, before the damage occurred. The term does not, however, include either any project for improvement of a structure to comply with existing state or local health, sanitary or safety code specifications which are solely necessary to assure safe living conditions or any alteration of a structure or site documented as deserving preservation by the Wisconsin State Historical Society or listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Ordinary maintenance repairs are not considered structural repairs, modifications or additions; such ordinary maintenance repairs include internal and external painting, decorating, paneling, and the replacement of doors, windows and other nonstructural components.

Any public or private water supply or waste collection and/or disposal system, including but not limited to septic systems, private and public wells and their attendant facilities, public sewage collection systems and treatment facilities.

An unoccupied triangular space at the corner of a corner lot which is bounded by the street lines and a setback line connecting points determined by measurements from the corner of each street line.

Any open space on the same lot with a building, unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward except as otherwise provided herein.

A yard extending the full width of the lot between the front lot line and the nearest part of the main building.

A yard extending the full width of the lot, being the minimum horizontal distance between the rear lot line and the nearest part of the building.

A yard extending from the front yard to the rear yard, being the minimum horizontal distance between a building and the side lot line.