Areas shown on the "Official Floodplain Zoning Map" which would be inundated by the base flood or regional flood as defined herein. These areas may be numbered AO, A1 to A30 or A99. A zones may or may not be reflective of flood profiles, depending on the availability of data for a given area.

A subordinate building or portion of the main building, the use of which is purely incidental to that of the main building, not including a garage as defined herein.

A use subordinate in nature, extent or purpose to the principal use of the building or lot.

A structural poster panel or painted sign, either freestanding or attached to the outside of a building, for the purpose of conveying information, knowledge or ideas to the public about a subject either related or unrelated to the premises upon which located.

Anything constructed or erected, either freestanding or attached to the outside of a building, for the purpose of conveying information, knowledge or ideas to the public about a subject either related or unrelated to the premises upon which located.

A way which affords only a secondary means of access to abutting property.

A change or rearrangement in the structural parts of a structure, an enlargement of a structure, whether by extending on the side or by increasing the height, or the movement of a structure from one location to another.

A portion of a residential or commercial building used as a separate housing unit.

See "dwelling, multiple."

A public street or highway used or intended to be used primarily for fast or heavy through traffic. Arterial streets and highways shall include freeways and expressways as well as arterial streets, highways and parkways.

Buildings and premises where gasoline, oil, grease, batteries, tires and automobile accessories may be supplied and dispensed at retail and where, in addition, minor repair work may be performed such as ignition service, tire repair, repair and replacement of minor parts such as pumps and filters, brake service and the like. An automobile service station is not a repair or body shop.

The dismantling, crushing, shredding, or disassembling of used motor vehicles or trailers, or the storage, sale, or dumping of dismantled, partially dismantled, obsolete or wrecked vehicles or their parts.

A story partly underground but having at least 1/2 of its height, or more than five feet, below the mean level of the adjoining ground. See Chs. SPS 320, 321 and 322, Wis. Adm. Code.

A building other than a hotel where meals or lodging and meals are served for compensation for not more than six persons.

Buildable area includes the portion of a lot remaining after the required yards have been provided. Buildings may be placed in any part of the buildable area, but limitations on percent of the lot which may be covered by buildings may require open space within the buildable area.

A structure having a roof and intended for the shelter, housing or enclosure for persons, animals or chattel.

For purposes of computation of number and area of signs permitted on buildings, in cases where lineal feet of building frontage is a determinant, the frontage of a building shall be computed as nearly at ground level as computation of horizontal distance permits. In cases where this test is indeterminate or can not be applied, as for instance where there is a diagonal corner entrance or where two sides of a building have entrances of equal importance and carry approximately equal volumes of pedestrian traffic, the Building Inspector shall select building frontage on the basis of interior layout of the buildings, traffic on adjacent streets, or other indicators available. (See also "lot frontage.")

Building line is the rear edge of any required front yard or the rear edge of any required setback line.

Any change or rearrangement of the supporting members such as bearing walls, beams, columns or girders of a building, an addition to a building, or movement of a building from one location to another.

A line parallel to the street intersecting the foremost point of the building, excluding uncovered steps.

The vertical distance from the mean elevation of a finished grade along the front of the building to the highest point of a flat roof, or to the deckline of a mansard roof, or to the mean height between eaves and ridge for gable, hip or gambrel roofs.

A building in which is conducted the main use of the lot on which said building is located.

Includes the commercial, limited industrial and general industrial uses and districts as herein defined.

See "garage."

A building used by a group of doctors for the medical examination or treatment of persons on an outpatient or nonboarding basis only.

A building owned, leased or hired by a nonprofit association of persons who are bona fide members, the use of which is restricted to said members and their guests.

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 from 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.

The following facilities licensed or operated, or permitted under the authority of Wisconsin Statutes: Child welfare agencies under § 48.60, Wis. Stats., group homes for children under § 48.02(7), Wis. Stats., and community-based residential facilities under § 50.01, Wis. Stats.; but does not include nursing homes, general hospitals, special hospitals, prisons and jails. The establishment of a community living arrangement shall be in conformity with applicable sections of the Wisconsin Statutes, including §§ 46.03(22), 59.69(15), 62.23(7)(i), and 62.23(7a), and amendments thereto, and also the Wisconsin Administrative Code.

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.

Any lawful use of a building or lot which complies with the provisions of this chapter.

A place where regular care is provided to three or more infirm persons, children, or aged persons, who are not members of the family, if care is provided in a private residence. This definition shall include institutions whether operated for profit or not including places operated by units of government.

An open, unoccupied space other than a yard, on the same lot with a building, and which is bounded on two sides by the building.

Any interruption or break in the line of a street curb in order to connect a driveway to a street or otherwise to provide vehicular access to abutting property.

The level of the established curb in the front of the building measured at the center of such front.

A place or home which provides care for four or more children under the age of seven years for less than 24 hours a day and is licensed as provided for in § 48.65, Wis. Stats.

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

A place where more than two adult dogs are boarded for a fee on a recurrent basis, or a place where more than three adult dogs are kept for any purpose.

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.

A group of two or more multifamily dwellings occupying a lot in one ownership with any two or more dwellings having any yard or court in common.

A building or portion thereof used exclusively for human habitation, including single-family, two-family and multifamily dwellings, but not including hotels, motels or lodging houses.

A building or portion thereof used or designated as a residence for three or more families as separate housekeeping units, including apartments, attached townhouses and condominiums.

A detached building designed, arranged or used for and occupied exclusively by one family, whether attached, detached or semiattached. Shall include specially designed buildings covered by earth and manufactured homes.

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. The term "attached dwelling" is intended to imply townhouses, patio or atrium houses, or any form which conforms to this definition.

A building containing not more than one dwelling unit, entirely separated from structures on adjacent lots. The term "detached dwelling" shall not include mobile homes, travel trailers, or other forms of portable or temporary housing.

A building designed, arranged or used for, or occupied exclusively by, two families living independently of each other.

Public or private enclosures designed to protect people from aerial, radiological, biological or chemical warfare; fire; flood; windstorm; riots; or invasions.

Any fill, structure, building, accessory use or development in the floodway.

Any encroachment into the floodway must be computed by assuming an equal degree of hydraulic encroachment on the other side of a river or stream for a significant hydraulic reach. This computation assures that property owners up, down or across the river or stream will have the same rights of hydraulic encroachment. Encroachments are analyzed on the basis of the effect upon hydraulic conveyance, not upon the distance the encroachment extends into the floodway.

Anything built, constructed, reconstructed, moved upon, or any physical operation on the premises required for building. Excavation, fill, drainage, demolition of an existing structure and the like shall be considered part of erection.

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.

A place where day care is provided to four or more children who are not members of the family which resides on the premises, provided this definition shall not include public or private schools organized, operated or approved under Wisconsin law.

Land consisting of five acres or more on which produce, crops, livestock or flowers are grown primarily for off-premise consumption, use or sale.

That portion of the floodplain between the floodplain limits and the floodway area which is covered by floodwaters during the regional flood. The flood fringe is generally associated with standing water rather than rapidly flowing water.

A map prepared by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development designating areas of special flood hazard or flood insurance rate zones. Flood hazard and insurance rate zones are designated A Zones. Said maps form the basis for the regulatory and/or the insurance aspects of the National Flood Insurance Program.

Land which has been or may be covered by floodwater during the regional flood. The floodplain encompasses both the floodway and flood fringe district.

A point two feet of freeboard above the water surface profile associated with the regional flood and the official floodway lines (see also "freeboard").

The channel of a stream and those portions of the floodplain adjoining the channel that are required to carry and discharge the floodwaters or flood flows of any river or stream associated with the regional flood.

The sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several floors of a dwelling unit, exclusive of porches, balconies, garages, basements and cellars, measured from the exterior faces of the exterior walls or from the center lines of walls or portions separating dwelling units. For uses other than residential, the floor area shall be measured from the exterior faces of the exterior walls or from the center line of walls or partitions separating such uses, and shall include all floors, lofts, balconies, mezzanines, cellars, basements and similar areas devoted to such uses.

The primary domicile of a foster parent which is for four or fewer foster children and which is licensed under § 48.62, Wis. Stats., and amendments thereto.

A factor of safety usually expressed in terms of a certain amount of feet above a calculated flood level. Freeboard compensates for the many unknown factors that contribute to flood heights greater than the height calculated. These unknown factors include, but are not limited to, ice jams, debris accumulation, wave action, obstruction of bridge openings and floodways, the effects or urbanization on the hydrology of the watershed, loss of flood storage areas due to development and aggradation of the river or stream bed.

All of the property abutting on one side of a street measured along the street line.

A building or portion thereof used exclusively for parking or temporary storage of self-propelled vehicles.

An accessory structure designed or used for inside parking of private passenger vehicles, recreation vehicles, or boats, by the occupants of the principal structure.

A building other than a private or storage garage used for the care, repair or storage of self-propelled vehicles or where such vehicles are left for remuneration, hire or sale. This includes premises commonly known as "gasoline stations" or "service stations."

Any area of land, including structures thereon, that is used for the sale of gasoline or other motor vehicle fuel and oil and other lubricating substances; sale of motor vehicle accessories; and which may include facilities used or designed to be used for polishing, greasing, washing, spraying, dry cleaning or otherwise cleaning or servicing such vehicles.

Any facility operated by a person required to be licensed by the State of Wisconsin under § 48.62, Wis. Stats., for the care and maintenance of five to eight foster children.

A building's vertical measurement, from the mean level of the finished grade in front of the building to the highest point on the roofline of a flat roof or of a roof having a slope of less than 15° from the horizontal, and to a point midway between the peak and the eaves of a roof having a slope of 15% or more.

Any business or profession carried on only by a member of the immediate family residing on the premises, carried on wholly within the principal building thereto and meeting the standards of § 580-46.

An establishment where sleeping accommodations are offered to the public and intended primarily for rental to transients with daily charge, as distinguished from multiple-family 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.

A non-self-propelled vehicle containing living or sleeping accommodations, which is designed and used for highway travel.

An open space where waste, used or second-hand materials are bought, sold, exchanged, stored, baled, packed, disassembled or handled, including, but not limited to, scrap iron and other metals, paper, rags, rubber, tires and bottles. "Junkyard" also includes an auto wrecking yard, but does not include uses established entirely within enclosed buildings.

Landscaping shall consist of, but not be limited to, grass, ground covers, shrubs, vines, hedges, trees, berms and complementary structural landscape architectural features such as rock, fountains, sculpture, decorative walls and tree wells.

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 use or set aside and available for use as the site for one or more buildings and buildings accessory thereto or for any other purpose, in one ownership and not divided by a street nor including any land within the limits of a public or private street right-of-way. (See also "lot, record.")

The percentage of lot area that is covered or occupied by buildings, including accessory buildings, or the percentage of a lot that may be covered or occupied by buildings, including accessory buildings, under the terms of this chapter.

Depth of a lot shall be considered to be the distance between midpoints of straight lines connecting the foremost points of the side lot lines in front and the rearmost points of the side lot lines in the rear.

The front of an interior lot shall be construed to be the portion nearest the street. For the purpose of determining yard requirements on corner lots and through lots, all sides of a lot adjacent to a street shall be considered frontage, and yards shall be provided as set out in this chapter. For the purpose of computing number and area of signs, frontage of a lot shall be established by orientation of the frontage of buildings thereon, or of principal entrance points to the premises if building frontage does not clearly indicate lot frontage. If neither of these methods are determinant, the Building Inspector shall select on the basis of traffic flow on adjacent streets, and the lot shall be considered to front on the street with the greater flow.

The peripheral boundaries of a parcel of land and the total area lying within such boundaries.

Width of a lot shall be considered to be the distance between each side lot line as measured along the street line (or right-of-way line). However, the width of lots facing culs-de-sac may be reduced to not less than 85% of the normal required width.

Land designated as a distinct and separate parcel on a legally recorded deed or plat in the County Clerk's Office. (See also "lot.")

A corner lot, the street side lot line of which is substantially a continuation of the front lot line of the first lot to its rear.

A lot having a pair of opposite lot lines along two or more parallel public streets and which is not a corner lot. On a through lot, both street lines shall be deemed front lot lines.

A single tract of land located within a single block which, at the time of filing for a building permit, is designated by its owner or developer as a tract to be used, developed, or built upon as a unit under single ownership or control.

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

A roof-like structure of permanent nature which projects from the wall of a building.

Every vehicle designed to be towed as a single unit or in sections upon a highway by a motor vehicle and equipped and used, or intended to be used, primarily for human habitation, with walls of rigid noncollapsible construction, except that excluded from this definition is every manufactured home as defined above.

Premises where mobile homes are located for nontransient living purposes and where sites or lots are set aside or offered for lease or rent for use by mobile homes for living purposes, including any land, building, structure, or facility used by occupants of mobile homes on such premises.

A mobile home site is a lot or parcel within a mobile home park, designated for the accommodation of not more than one mobile home.

Premises where mobile homes are located for nontransient living purposes and where lots are set aside or offered for sale for use by mobile homes for living purposes in with the Village subdivision regulations, including land, building, structure, or facility used by occupants or mobile homes on such premises.

A series of attached, semiattached or detached sleeping units for the accommodation of transient guests.

A building or area in which freight brought by motor truck is assembled and/or stored for routing in intrastate and interstate shipment by motor truck.

Any passenger vehicle, truck, truck-trailer, trailer or semitrailer propelled or drawn by mechanical power.

The total acreage of a lot, tract, or parcel excluding land in existing and proposed streets and street rights-of-way.

The number of residential dwelling units permitted per net acre of land and is determined by dividing the number of units by the total area of land within the boundaries of a lot or parcel not including streets or street rights-of-way. In the determination of the number of dwellings to be permitted on a specified parcel of land, a fractional unit shall not entitle the applicant to an additional unit.

Any building or structure which does not comply with all of the regulations of this chapter or of any amendment hereto regulating any building or structure for the zoning district in which such building or structure is located.

Any use of land, buildings or structures which does not comply with all of the regulations of this chapter or of any amendment hereto governing use for the zoning district in which such use is located.

Any building or lot, or portion thereof, used for the cultivation or growing of plants and including all accessory buildings.

Any building used routinely for the daytime care and education of preschool-age children and including all accessory buildings and play areas other than the child's own home or the homes of relatives or guardians.

Any building used for the continuous care, on a commercial or charitable basis, of persons who are physically incapable of caring for their own personal needs.

A business office is an office for such activities as real estate agencies, advertising (but not sign shops), insurance agencies, travel agencies and ticket sales, chamber of commerce, credit bureau (but not finance company), abstract and title agencies or insurance companies, stockbrokers, and the like. It is characteristic of a business office that retail or wholesale goods are not shown on the premises to a customer. A barber and beauty shop is not a business office.

A professional office is an office for the use of a person or persons generally classified as professionals, such as architects, engineers, attorneys, accountants, doctors, dentists, veterinarians, psychiatrists, psychologists and the like. It is characterized by offering consultive services.

An open area other than a street, alley or place used for temporary parking of more than four self-propelled vehicles and available for public uses, whether free, for compensation, or as an accommodation for clients or customers.

An off-street space available for the parking of a motor vehicle and which is exclusive of passageways and driveways, appurtenant thereto and giving access thereto.

An open unoccupied space other than a street or alley, permanently reserved as the principal means of access to abutting property.

A residential land development comprehensively planned as an entity via a unitary plan which permits flexibility in building siting, mixtures of housing types, usable open spaces and the preservation of significant natural resources.

Residences of doctors of medicine, practitioners, dentists, clergymen, architects, landscape architects, professional engineers, registered land surveyors, lawyers, artists, teachers, authors, musicians or other recognized professions used to conduct their professions where the office does not exceed the standards in § 580-46 and only one nonresident person is employed.

The lines bounding a platted lot as defined herein.

Any sidewalk, street, alley, highway or other public thoroughfare.

A strip of land with tracks and auxiliary facilities for track operation, but not including freight depots or stations, loading platforms, train sheds, warehouses, car or locomotive shops, or car yards.

That portion of the river or stream extending from one significant change in the hydraulic character of the river or stream to the next significant change. These changes are usually associated with breaks in the slope of the water surface profile and may be caused by bridges, dams, expansion and contraction of the water flow, and changes in the stream bed slope or vegetation.

A flood determined to be representative of large floods known to have generally occurred in Wisconsin and which may be expected to occur on a particular stream because of similar characteristics once every 100 years; this means that in any given year there is a 1% chance that the regional flood may occur or be exceeded. (Also referred to as the "base flood elevation.")

An elevation equal to that which reflects the height of the regional flood. (Also referred to as the "base flood elevation.")

A school limited to special instruction such as business, art, music, trades, handicraft, dancing or riding.

An elementary or intermediate school other than a parochial school giving regular instruction capable of meeting the requirements of state compulsory education laws and approved as such and operating at least five days a week for a normal school year and supported by other than public funds, but not including a school for mental defectives or a college or other institution of higher learning.

A commercial land development consisting of three or more establishments, comprehensively planned as an entity via a unitary plan, under one ownership or unified control or management.

For the purpose of determining number of signs, a sign shall be considered to be a single display surface or display device containing elements organized, related, and composed to form a unit. In the case of double face signs, where both faces advertise a single facility, product, or service, the total sign shall not constitute a single sign. Where both faces do not advertise a single facility, product, or service, each sign face shall constitute a single sign. Where matter is displayed in a random manner without organized relationship of elements, or where there is reasonable doubt about the relationship of elements, each element shall be considered to be a single sign.

A sign relating in its subject matter to the premises on which it is located. Unless provided otherwise, all permitted signs shall be on site.

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 is visible from any public street or highway.

The volume of space above an area of floodplain land that can be occupied by floodwater of a given stage at a given time, regardless of whether the water is moving.

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

A story under a gable, hip or gambrel roof, the wall plates of which on at least two opposite exterior walls are not more than two feet above the floor of such story.

A public or private thoroughfare which affords the principal means of access to abutting property.

The dividing line between the street and the lot. The street line shall be the same as the legal right-of-way line.

Any change in the supporting members of a structure such as foundations, bearing walls, columns, beams or girders.

Anything constructed or erected with a fixed location on the ground, or attached to something with a fixed location on the ground. Among other things, structures include signs, fences, mobile homes and parking lots.

Any lot on which are parked two or more house trailers or mobile homes for longer than 48 hours.

The use of property is the purpose or activity for which the land or building thereon is designed, arranged or intended, or for which it is occupied or maintained, and shall include any manner of standards of this chapter.

See definition of "conditional use" in this section.

A use which may be lawfully established in a particular district or districts, provided it conforms with all requirements, regulations and performance standards, if any, of such districts.

The main use of land or buildings as distinguished from a subordinate or accessory use. A principal use may be "permitted" or "conditional."

A retail business device, electrically or manually operated, used by the general public to obtain dairy products, cigarettes, foodstuffs or other merchandise without entering a public shop, store, market or other such building.

An open space other than a court, on a lot, unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward; provided, however, that fences, walls, poles, posts and other customary yard accessory ornaments and furniture may be permitted in any yard subject to height limitations and requirements limiting obstruction of visibility.

A side yard which adjoins a public street.

A yard extending across the front of a lot between the side lot lines, and extending from the street line to the foundation of the principal structure. Additionally, projections, to include front porches and overhangs, shall not extend more than five feet from the foundation of the principal structure.

A side yard which is located immediately adjacent to another zoning lot or to an alley separating such yard from another zoning lot.

A yard extending across the rear of a lot between the side lot lines, and extending from the rear property line to the nearest line of the principal structure or projection of the principal structure.

Yard abutting a street.

That yard which must be provided on a zoning lot in a business district which adjoins a zoning lot in a residential district, or that yard which must be provided on a zoning lot in an industrial district which adjoins a zoning lot in either a residential or business district.

An area or areas within the corporate limits for which the regulations and requirements governing use, lot and bulk of buildings and premises are uniform.