Business use which is adjunct to an existing agricultural business where the property owner earns a substantial ($6,000/year or $18,000 over three years) part of his or her livelihood from farming operations on the farm parcel by performing the operations themselves or through a lease to a separate operator; provided the owner or proprietor resides on the premises. Uses may include automobiles, farm equipment, and small engine repair shops; offices and/or shops in connection with skilled tradesmen, including plumbers, electricians, carpenters, welders and the like; and production and/or sales of crafts produced on the premises, provided mechanical or chemical processes are incidental or nonexistent.

Agricultural business where the property owner earns a substantial ($6,000/year or $18,000 over three years) part of his or her livelihood from farming operations on the farm parcel by performing the operations themselves or through a lease to a separate operator; uses including but not limited to beekeeping, dairying, floriculture, aquaculture, poultry and livestock raising, stables, and orchards, raising of grain and seed crops, raising of grass and mint, raising of nuts and berries, raising of fruits and vegetables, viticulture, and forest and game management (incidental hunting is an accessory use), sod production, the sale of products produced on-premises and agricultural processing, centralized bulk collection, storage or distribution.

Recreational, educational, and entertainment activities in an agricultural setting, such as a farm or ranch, where the public is able to participate in and experience agricultural uses and activities. Agritourism is differentiated from traditional agriculture in the following ways: customers come to the farm for the "product" rather than the product being taken off the farm to a purchase location; the "product" can be an experience, and the farm environment is an essential part of what the customer is seeking and would not be the same without the farm setting.

Any airport which complies with the definition contained in Ch. 114, Wis. Stats., or any airport which serves or offers to serve common carriers engaged in air transport.

Buildings and premises where gasoline, oil, grease, batteries, tires and automobile accessories and convenience retail goods may be supplied, dispensed and sold and where minor repair or maintenance work may be performed, such as ignition service, tire repair, repair and replacement of minor parts such as pumps and filters and the like. A filling station is not a repair or body shop.

A use that buys, sells, trades, rents or services vehicles (including motorcycles and boats) and equipment including but not limited to vehicle dealerships, vehicle rentals, car washes and repair shops; all vehicle and equipment repair shall be conducted indoors, and all vehicles and equipment that are in disrepair or require bodywork shall be stored indoors or screened with landscaping or fencing to provide 100% solid screen. A principal building is required on the same lot for all uses, sales, and service. Maintenance/repair operations of vehicles/equipment for nonautomotive uses (i.e., a business repairing its own fleet/equipment) are considered accessory permitted uses and are not included in this definition.

Premises used for the storing, dismantling, crushing, shredding or disassembly of used motor vehicles or their parts.

An establishment or facility that manufactures fermented malt beverages for sale which may include a tap room, tasting facilities, and/or an independently operated restaurant, and has a permit under current Wisconsin Statues.

An establishment or facility that manufactures, packages, and distributes fermented malt beverages for sale and does not include a taproom, tasting facilities, or an independently operated restaurant, and has a permit under current Wisconsin Statues.

A use that sells or rents goods and commodities to consumers.

A group of retail or service establishments planned, developed, owned or managed as a unit whereby all businesses operate in an enclosed space.

A use that provides service to customers either on-premises or at the customer's location; this excludes automobile service.

Vocational, trade or business schools, both public and private.

A premises for burying the dead. Includes crematory service buildings.

An office or group of offices relating to the health care professions, including physicians, dentists and the like engaged in the treatment of persons.

Facilities defined in § 46.03, Wis. Stats. subject to the provisions and limitations of § 62.23(7)(i), Wis. Stats.

A place where regular care is provided to three or more infirm persons, children or aged persons who are not members of the family which resides on the premises.

A commercial facility used for assemblies or meetings of the members or representatives of groups, including exhibition space. This term does not include banquet halls, clubs, lodges or other meeting facilities of private or nonprofit groups that are primarily used by group members.

A place where regular day care is provided to not more than eight children and is licensed pursuant to Ch. 48, Wis. Stats.

A place where regular day care is provided to nine or more children and is licensed pursuant to Ch. 48, Wis. Stats.

Any establishment dispensing or serving food in automobiles, including those establishments where customers serve themselves and may eat or drink in the building or in their automobiles on the premises.

Existing and new farm residence dwellings within agriculturally zoned property shall be defined as a residential dwelling unit farm owners/operators reside in located on the land being farmed and existed prior to the effective date of adoption of this chapter.

A building containing seven or more dwelling units. The term "multifamily dwelling" shall include cooperative apartments, condominiums, apartments, and the like. Regardless of how rental units are equipped, any multifamily dwelling in which units are available for rental periods of less than one week shall be considered a motel.

A building containing three to six dwelling units attached at the side or "side-by-sides" in a series or group of buildings. Each building shall be separated from the adjoining building or buildings by a party wall or walls extending from footings to underside of roof deck. The term "attached dwelling" is intended to imply townhouses, patio, or atrium houses or any form conforming to this definition.

A building containing not more than one dwelling unit, entirely separate from structures on adjacent lots. The term "detached dwelling" shall not include mobile homes, travel trailers, or other forms of portable or temporary housing but shall include manufactured homes. All single-family dwellings shall:

One building containing not more than two dwelling units or two buildings, attached at the side, with no more than one dwelling unit per building. The term "two-family dwelling" is intended to imply single-family semidetached buildings and duplexes or any form which conforms to this definition.

A use selling or providing entertainment on-site indoors. Examples include but are not limited to arcades, amusement rides, laser tag, go-carts, movie theaters, bowling alleys, skating rinks, etc.

An establishment providing the rental of tools, lawn and garden equipment, party supplies and similar goods and equipment, including storage and incidental maintenance. This term does not include a motor vehicle rental facility.

A use that buys, sells, trades, rents or services farm and/or construction related vehicles and equipment including but not limited to vehicle dealerships, vehicle rentals, wash and repair shops; all vehicle and equipment repair shall be conducted indoors, and all vehicles and equipment that are in disrepair or require bodywork shall be stored indoors or screened with landscaping or fencing to provide 100% solid screen. A principal building is required on the same lot for all uses, sales, and service. Maintenance/repair operations of vehicles/equipment for non-automotive uses (i.e., a business repairing its own fleet/equipment) are considered accessory permitted uses and are not included in this definition.

An establishment providing services involving the care, preparation or disposition of human dead. This term includes, but is not limited to, a crematorium or a mortuary.

Land, buildings or structures used for the purpose of raising or harboring fur-bearing animals including those defined in § 29.001, Wis. Stats., and also including chinchillas, whether the animals are kept for breeding, slaughtering or petting.

An establishment providing the retail sale of plants and the sale or rental of garden and landscape materials and equipment. This term includes outdoor storage of plants, materials or equipment.

Any local, county, regional, state, federal, or international governmental use or political unit, including offices, libraries, community centers, facilities (such as public works, wastewater treatment facilities, water storage tanks, well pump houses, and outdoor storage), and utilities providing a service or product for public benefit.

A use where the sick or injured are given medical or surgical care including capacity for overnight and long-term care.

An establishment where sleeping accommodations are offered to the public and intended primarily for rental to transients, with daily charge, as distinguished from multifamily dwellings and boardinghouses where rentals are for periods of a week or longer and occupancy is generally by residents rather than transients. Hotels may serve meals to both occupants and others. The term "hotel" is also intended to imply motel, motor court, motor lodge, tourist court or any form which conforms to this definition.

Shall be defined as:

Premises or land, buildings or structures where junk, waste, discarded, salvaged or similar materials such as sold metals, wood, lumber, glass, paper, rags, cloth, cordage, barrels, containers, etc., are brought, bought, sold, exchanged, baled, packed, stored or handled, including used lumber and building materials, equipment, wrecking yards and the like. This definition shall not include automobile salvage or wrecking yards or pawnshops and establishments for the sale, storage or purchase of secondhand vehicles, clothing, furniture, appliances or similar household goods, all of which shall be usable, nor shall it apply to the processing of used, discarded or salvageable materials incident to manufacturing activity on the same site.

Any establishment for the raising, training, boarding or selling of dogs, cats, birds, mice, rats or other small animals, for hire or profit, or where more than three dogs, cats or other small animals are harbored or kept.

A public or private use that accepts yard waste, compost, garbage, and recycling material. This definition includes resource recovery operations which may occur on site.

A structure certified and labeled as a manufactured home under 42 U.S.C. §§ 5401 to 5426, which, when placed on the site:

A use or process including assembling, fabricating, altering, converting, printing, publishing, cleaning, testing, finishing, bottling, processing, treating and packaging, except any use or process specifically excluded and providing such as will not be hazardous, offensive, or objectionable by reason of odor, dust, cinders, gas, fumes, noise, vibrations, radiation, refuse mater or wastewater. Includes woodworking and cabinetmaking. All manufacturing uses are subject to the provisions of § 525-49.

A use or process including uses and structures such as packaging, bottling, storage facilities, and laboratories, provided all activities are conducted within completely enclosed buildings, not involving odor, noise, smoke or other noxious effects detectable to normal senses from off the premises. All manufacturing uses are subject to the provisions of § 525-49.

A facility providing mooring of recreational boats in water, or piers, anchorage areas, launching facilities, boat storage areas or boat sales and service. This term does not include a ship terminal or docking facility or a passenger terminal but does include individual private boathouses.

A building that allows a mix of non-residential and residential uses. Nonresidential uses are allowed within the entire building. Residential uses are prohibited on the ground/first floor of the building; they are permitted on any floor above the ground/first floor. Permitted non-residential uses are any permitted or special exception use allowed within the commercial, industrial and institutional zoning districts. Permitted residential uses include residential dwelling units such as studios/apartments/condos.

A vehicle manufactured or assembled prior to June 15, 1976, designed to be towed as a single unit or in sections on a highway by a motor vehicle and equipped and used, or intended to be used, primarily for human habitation, with walls of rigid uncollapsible construction, which has an overall length in excess of 45 feet. "Mobile home" includes a structure which has been certified and labeled as a manufactured home under 42 U.S.C. §§ 5401 to 5426, or which has been certified and labeled as a manufactured home under §§ 101.91 to 101.96, Wis. Stats., and Ch. COMM 26, Wis. Adm. Code, if the structure:

Per § 101.7(6)(a), Wis. Stats., any structure or component thereof which is intended for use as a dwelling and is of closed construction and fabricated or assembled on-site or off-site in manufacturing facilities for installation, connection or assembly and installation at the building site or is a building of open construction which is made or assembled in manufacturing facilities away from the building site for installation, connection, or assembly and installation on the building site and where certification is sought by the manufacturer. "Modular home" does not mean any manufactured home under § 101.91, Wis. Stats., or any building of open construction, which is not subject to this definition.

A place where regular care is provided to three or more infirm persons, children, or aged persons, who are not members of the family who resides on the premises.

A use conducting the affairs of a business, profession or service.

An establishment or facility for presenting motion pictures or live performances for observation by patrons in an outdoor environment.

A use that stores products or goods outside, accessory to the principal or approved special exception use of a lot.

A parcel or parcels of land or an area of water or combination of land and water designated and intended for either the recreational use and enjoyment of residents of the development for which it was established and for the general public or for the exclusive recreational use and enjoyment of residents of the development for which it was established. No yard required in connection with any principal use or structure shall be designated or intended for use as common open space.

An establishment containing one or more broadcasting studios for over-the-air, cable or satellite delivery of radio or television programs, or studios for the audio or video recording or filming of musical performances, radio or television programs or motion pictures. This term does not include a transmission tower.

Premises and facilities used occasionally or periodically for the accommodation of members of groups or associations for outdoor recreational activities.

Any private indoor commercially operated activities where the public is able to participate in activities including but not limited to sports fields/courts/facilities, skating facilities, swimming pools, golf, archery and shooting ranges, and uses of similar nature.

Any private outdoor commercially operated activities where the public are able to participate in activities including but not limited to camps, golf courses, campgrounds, golf, archery and shooting ranges, sledding/skiing/skating facilities, sports fields/courts/facilities, swimming pools, and lakes, and uses of similar nature.

Any use that offers religious services and a location to assemble for religious purposes.

Either a) the breaking of the surface soil to facilitate or accomplish the extraction or removal of ores or mineral solids for sale or processing or consumption in the regular operation of a business; and/or b) the removal of overburden lying above natural deposits of ore or mineral solids and removal of the mineral deposits exposed, or by removal of ores or mineral solids from deposits lying exposed in their natural state. Resource extraction sites are commonly referred to as "mines," "pits," or "quarries." Removal of overburden and the mining of limited amounts of ores or mineral solids are not considered mining when done only for the purpose of determining location, quantity, or quality of a natural deposit if no ores or mineral solids removed during exploratory excavation or mining are sold, processed for sale, or consumed in the regular operation of a business and if the affected land does not exceed two acres in area. Mining does not include plants engaged in processing minerals except as the plants are an integral on-site part of the removal of ores or mineral solids from natural deposits. Mining does not include excavation or grading when conducted solely in aid of on-site farming or of on-site construction. It is the intent of this definition to permit resource extraction uses in outlying areas as a temporary or transitional use with assurances that later reuse for other permissible uses and structures is possible.

Any use that prepares, dispenses and serves food for consumption on-site or for carrying out; alcohol may also be served as long as the establishment serves food.

A public or private school for preschool age children through high school. It shall also include public or private colleges, universities, and technical/trade/vocational schools.

Reference § 525-52

A building or premises where individuals store their personal possessions for a fee. All possessions stored on-premises shall be within completely enclosed buildings except for motor vehicles, recreational vehicles or boats, and other similar motorized equipment may be stored outdoors on the premises.

A business who's primary use is serving alcoholic beverages.

A facility for truck-based freight service and operations, including but not limited to local pickup, local sorting and terminal operations, line-haul loading and unloading, destination sorting and terminal operations and local delivery.

An entity that provides a service or product, such as water, sewer, electric, gas, and any similar related service or product, and includes an aboveground structure or building to operate the utility (i.e., electrical substation, utility plant, etc.). Standard underground and aboveground lines used to transfer/distribute said utility are exempt from this and shall be permitted on all property. Telephone, television, natural gas, and power transmission lines and similar utilities may be constructed within the setback line, and additions to and replacements of existing lines may be made, provided the utility owner first files with Outagamie County, in the case of a county highway, and Buchanan, in the case of a local road, an agreement, in writing, they will remove at their expense all new lines, additions, and replacements constructed after the effective date of this amendment when such removal is necessary for the improvement of the highway/road or municipal utility.

A place for the medical treatment of common household pets with no provisions made for boarding, outside runs or kennels, except that overnight care incidental to medical treatment and short-term boarding is permitted. This use may be incidental to pet store services.

A building where raw material or manufactured goods may be transported to and from and stored before their export or distribution for sale and includes distribution facilities and transportation terminals.

A building attached to or part of a retail or service use where goods/products, parts, or equipment are stored to be sold on-premises or used for the purpose of the service provided.

See definition for "brewery/brewpub/restaurant."

A secondary dwelling unit on a lot, and includes a room or rooms connected together, constituting a separate, independent housekeeping establishment for one family only, for rental, lease or other occupancy on a weekly or longer basis, physically separated from any other rooms or dwelling units, and containing independent cooking and sleeping facilities.

An establishment offering overnight accommodations and breakfast in a private home or homestead. The property owner must reside on premises.

An earthen mound designed to provide visual interest on a site, screen undesirable views, reduce noise, or fulfill other such purposes.

Areas on private property vehicles and equipment park and use to access private property and public right-of-way.

A detached energy systems using fuel such as wood, coal, or other solid fuel, liquid fuel, or waste oil burners, boilers, or furnaces associated with the production of usable heat or energy, which is located outside of the structure for which the heat is to be supplied either directly or indirectly into the principal or accessory structures on site and in compliance with the following. "Outdoor heating devices" excludes recreational uses such as fire places, fire pits, portable patio/deck heaters and similar uses.

Any business, profession, trade or employment conducted in a person's residential dwelling which may involve that person's immediate family and/or household who reside in that residential dwelling. It is the intent of this section to permit home occupations in various zoning districts provided that such use conforms to the standards and conditions set forth in this definition. In general, a home occupation is an accessory use so located and conducted that the average neighbor would not be aware of said use other than for signage as herein permitted. The standards and conditions for home occupations in this section are intended to ensure compatibility with other permitted uses and with the residential character of the neighborhood.

A structure that is used for hunting. It shall be a maximum of 100 square feet and may be located on the ground or be elevated. It shall not be used as a dwelling unit.

The storage of materials and products outdoors, excluding vehicles, for a limited period of time.

A flat structure that is constructed with brick, block, concrete, asphalt, or another similar surface.

An individual, self-enclosed, movable storage container used for temporary storage, typically during construction or the act of moving. The following, including, but not limited to, truck, truck tractor, truck trailer, canopy, bus, railroad car, camper, camping trailer, utility trailer, motor home or similar vehicle or structure, or portion thereof, are not considered to be portable storage units and such vehicles shall not be used for storage purposes, as a principal use and/or structure or an accessory use and/or structure in any zoning district.

An accessory building designed or used for inside parking of private motor vehicles, recreational vehicles or boats, storage of personal property, and commonly accepted accessory uses related to and by the occupant of the principal building/use. Sheds shall be 500 square feet or less. Metal storage containers (shipping containers) or portable storage units for residential use shall be prohibited.

An accumulation of maintained usable materials on a construction or business site that are 1) segregated by type, and 2) specifically intended for particular on-site uses as part of the permitted construction or business activities taking place thereon. Temporary stockpiles may only be allowed during permitted construction activity. Permanent stockpiles must be screened as required by § 525-46 and must follow setback standards per the underlying zoning district.

Any depression in the ground, either temporary or permanent, or a container of water, either temporary or permanent and either above or below the ground, in which water more than 18 inches deep is contained and which is used primarily for the purpose of bathing or swimming.