Having a common border with, or being separated from such common border by an alley or easement.

A means of vehicular or nonvehicular approach, i.e., entry to or exit from a property, street or highway.

A condition of immediate physical connection resulting from adjacency of a road or right-of-way abutting a property.

A means of vehicular or nonvehicular approach, entry to or exit from property from a source other than a public street or highway.

See §§ 325-76 and 325-77.

Forty-three thousand five hundred sixty square feet.

A structure subordinate to and serving the principal structure on the same lot and customarily incidental thereto. See § 325-20C.

A use subordinate to and serving the principal use on the same lot and customarily incidental thereto. See § 325-20C.

See § 325-49C(2).

An area that is typified by a concentration of nonresidential and/or multifamily development.

Any walled and roofed expansion to the perimeter and/or height of a building in which the addition is connected by a common load-bearing wall. Any walled and roofed addition which is connected by a firewall or is separated by independent perimeter load-bearing walls is new construction.

Abutting, or being located directly across a right-of-way from, a separate lot.

See § 325-37.

See § 325-49B.

See § 325-49B(4).

See § 325-79.

See § 325-49F(2).

A public right-of-way, usually of reduced width, which affords a secondary means of access to abutting property.

See § 325-110.

See § 325-111.

A measure that represents a common denominator for the purpose of defining a husbandry or intensive agricultural land use. The animal unit measure relates to the carrying capacity of one acre of land and is related to the amount of feed various species consume and the amount of waste they produce. The following table indicates the number of common farm species that comprise a single animal unit:

See § 325-49A(1)(g).

A means for obtaining review of a decision, determination, order or failure to act pursuant to the terms of this chapter. See § 325-114.

See "street, arterial."

The average level of the finished surface of the ground adjacent to the exterior walls of a building or structure.

The flood having a one-percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year; the one-hundred-year flood.

A portion of a building located partly underground but having one-half or less of its floor-to-ceiling height below the average grade of the adjoining ground.

See § 325-49D(12).

A room in a residence marketed, designed or otherwise likely to function primarily for sleeping.

See § 325-114.

See § 325-49D(15).

Any permitted combination of distance, vegetation, fencing and berming which results in a reduction of visual and other interaction with an adjoining property.

A structure built, maintained or intended for use for the shelter or enclosure of persons, animals or property of any kind. The term is inclusive of any part thereof. Where independent units with separate entrances are divided by shared walls, each unit is a building.

A building which:

The percentage of a lot covered by principal and accessory buildings, including all structures with a roof.

That exterior wall of a building that faces the front lot line of the lot.

The vertical distance from the lowest elevation of the adjoining ground level or the established grade, whichever is lower, to the top of the cornice of a flat roof, to the deck line of a mansard roof, to a point of the roof directly above the highest wall of a shed roof, to the uppermost point on a round or other arch-type roof or to the midpoint distance of the highest gable on a pitched or hip roof. Unless excepted by specific provisions in this chapter, building height includes the height of any structures attached to a building.

A line on a lot, generally parallel to a lot line or road right-of-way line, located a sufficient distance therefrom to provide the minimum yards required by this chapter. The building line determines the area in which buildings are permitted subject to all applicable provisions of this chapter. This is also referred to as a "setback."

A component of a group development which conforms to the lot lines of developments which are not group developments in that required minimum setback distances are measured from the building envelope line. (Refer to § 325-50.)

A building in which is conducted, or in which is intended to be conducted, the main or principal use of the lot on which it is located.

The narrowest distance between two buildings. See "minimum building separation."

The total gross floor area of a building, including basements but not crawl spaces. See "maximum building size."

The combination of building height, size and location on a lot.

A geographic line along a reach of navigable water that has been adopted by a municipal ordinance and approved by the Department of Natural Resources pursuant to s. 30.11, Wis. Stat., and which allows limited filling between this bulkhead line and the original ordinary high water mark, except where such filling is prohibited by the floodway provisions of this chapter.

See § 325-49G(4).

A measurement of the size of a tree equal to the diameter of its trunk measurement 0.5 foot above natural grade. Used for trees in a nursery setting.

See § 325-49D(14).

The amount of light that will illuminate a surface one foot distant from a light source to an intensity of one footcandle. Maximum (peak) candlepower is the largest amount of candlepower emitted by any lamp, light source or luminaire.

A dwelling unit which is used exclusively by either the owner, manager or operator of a principal permitted use and which is located on the same parcel as the principal use. See § 325-49H(23).

An open sided, roofed vehicle shelter, usually formed by extension of the roof from the side of a building. See § 325-49H(3).

That portion of the building having more than 1/2 of the floor-to-ceiling height below the average grade of the adjoining ground.

See § 325-40C.

See § 325-909.

See § 325-49B(7).

A window in which the lowest glassed area is a minimum of seven feet above the level of the floor located directly under the window.

A tree that would occupy the uppermost canopy of a forest in a natural ecological situation. These trees are often referred to as shade trees. Examples include hickory, oak, maple, etc. See § 325-58.

See "street, collector."

See § 325-49D(10).

See § 325-49H(1).

See § 325-40, Business districts.

See § 325-49D(11).

See § 325-49D.

Any motor vehicle used for business or institutional purposes or having painted thereon or affixed thereto a sign identifying a business or institution or a principal product or service of a business or institution. Agricultural equipment used as part of a permitted agricultural principal use shall not be considered as a commercial vehicle.

See § 325-49G(3).

The impression that an area makes in regard to the type, intensity, density, quality, appearance and age of development.

See § 325-49C(7) through (9)

See § 325-49H(5).

See § 325-49E(6).

The Comprehensive Master Plan of the Village of Cottage Grove, Wisconsin, adopted April 17, 2000, and as subsequently amended.

A land use that requires a conditional use permit in order to develop. See § 325-20B. See § 325-111 for applicable procedures.

See § 325-90.

The installation of foundation footings and/or materials for road construction.

See § 325-49I(4).

See § 325-49I(3).

See § 325-49A(1).

An exterior door or group of exterior doors available for customer entry or exit during business hours. Any exterior door or group of exterior doors located more than 100 feet from the nearest exterior door or group of doors shall be considered a separate customer access area.

See § 325-49B(1).

See "family day-care home," "intermediate day-care home" or "group day-care center."

A structure that has no roof or walls. Can be attached or detached to the principal structure. If attached or serving as a second exit, it is required to have main supports and continuous footings below grade by 48inches and must be raised above grade and must comply with the principal setback requirements. If detached, shall be an accessory structure.

The transfer of property interest from private to public ownership for a public purpose. The transfer may be of fee-simple interest or of a less than fee-simple interest, including an easement.

A term used to describe the number of dwelling units per acre.

The legal or beneficial owner(s) of a lot or parcel of any land proposed for inclusion in a development, including an optionee or contract purchaser.

The division of a parcel of land into two or more parcels; the construction, reconstruction, conversion, structural alteration, relocation or enlargement of any buildings; any use or change in use of any buildings or land; any extension of any use of land; or any clearing, grading or other movement of land, for which permission may be required pursuant to this chapter.

The area of a lot where site disruption will occur, including building areas, paved areas, yards and other areas on nonnative vegetation, and areas devoted to septic systems.

See § 325-49E.

See § 325-49F(4).

The removal of surface water or groundwater from land by drains, grading or other means. Drainage includes the control of runoff, to minimize erosion and sedimentation during and after development, and the means necessary for water supply preservation or prevention or alleviation of flooding.

Non-navigable, aboveground watercourses, detention basins and/or their environs which are identified by the presence of one or more of the following:

See § 325-92.

See § 325-49H(18).

Outer perimeter edge of a tree canopy as transferred perpendicularly to ground level.

See § 325-49D(9), Outdoor commercial entertainment.

A vehicular access route which is above the regional flood elevation and which connects land located in the floodplain to land which is outside the floodplain, such as a road with its surface above the regional flood elevation and wide enough to accommodate wheeled vehicles.

See § 325-49A(1)(b).

A building or one or more portions thereof containing one or more dwelling units, but not including habitations provided in nonresidential uses such as lodging uses and commercial campgrounds.

A dwelling joined to another dwelling at one or more sides by a shared wall or walls.

A dwelling entirely surrounded by open space on the same lot.

A room or group of rooms providing or intended to provide permanent living quarters for not more than one family.

The narrowest distance between two dwelling units. See "minimum dwelling unit" separation.

Written authorization, recorded in the Register of Deeds' office, from a landowner authorizing another party to use any designated part of the landowner's property for a specified purpose.

See § 325-86.

A non-basement building built to have its lowest floor elevated above the ground level by means of fill, solid foundation perimeter walls, pilings, columns (post and piers), shear walls or breakaway walls.

Any fill, structure, building, use or development in a floodway, easement, right-of-way or neighboring property.

Any facility, temporary or permanent, which is reasonably expected to abate, reduce or aid in the prevention, measurement, control or monitoring of noise, air or water pollutants, solid waste or thermal pollution, radiation or other pollutants, including facilities installed principally to supplement or to replace existing property or equipment not meeting or allegedly not meeting acceptable pollution control standards or which are to be supplemented or replaced by other pollution control facilities.

The area in which the Village of Cottage Grove exercises extraterritorial powers.

The detachment and movement of soil or rock fragments by water, wind, ice and/or gravity.

Facilities that are:

See § 325-80, Fire and explosive hazards.

See § 325-49H(22).

See § 325-49G(4).

The area outside of the Village Limits in which the Village of Cottage Grove may exercise extraterritorial powers of planning, land division and/or zoning review.

An individual or two or more persons, each related by blood, marriage or adoption, living together as a single housekeeping unit, or a group of not more than 4 persons not so related, maintaining a common household in which bathrooms, kitchen facilities and living quarters are shared.

See § 325-49H(11).

See § 325-49H(2).

Fees are updated annually; see the Village Administrator.

Any fence that is greater than 90% opaque. Such fences include basket weave fences, stockade fences, plank fences and similar fences but not picket fences or other similar fences that can be seen through.

See § 325-88, Fences and hedges.

See § 325-49H(19).

See § 325-80, Fire and explosive hazards.

The top surface above an unfinished basement, cellar or crawl space that is intended for living quarters.

See Chapter 183, Floodplain Zoning.

The sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several floors of a building, including interior balconies, mezzanines, basements and attached accessory buildings, fitting rooms, stairs, escalators, unenclosed porches, detached accessory buildings utilized as dead storage, heating and utility rooms, inside off-street parking or loading space. Measurements shall be made from the inside of the exterior walls and to the center of interior walls.

The ratio calculated by dividing the total floor area of all buildings on a site by the gross site area. See "maximum floor area ratio."

A unit of illumination produced on a surface, all points of which are one foot from a uniform point source of one candle.

Represents 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 may include, but are not limited to, ice jams, debris accumulation, wave action, obstruction of bridge openings and floodways, the effects of urbanization on the hydrology of the watershed, loss of flood storage areas due to development and the sedimentation of a river or stream bed.

See § 325-49F(3).

A detached accessory building or portion of the principal building, including a carport, which is used primarily for storing passenger vehicles, trailers or one truck of a rated capacity not in excess of 10,000 pounds. See § 325-49H(3).

See § 325-49D(7) and H(7), In-vehicle sales or service.

A graphic representation of the anticipated utilization of the floor area within a building or structure, but not necessarily as detailed as construction plans.

See § 325-41B.

See § 325-49I(1).

The brightness of a light source that causes eye discomfort.

See § 325-81, Glare and heat.

The result of dividing the number of dwelling units located on a site by the gross site area. See "maximum gross density."

The total floor area on all levels of a building.

The total area of a site available for inclusion in calculations of the maximum permitted density or intensity of development.

See § 325-49D(13).

See § 325-50.

Any building, or portion thereof, used for human habitation.

See § 325-81, Glare and heat.

Publication or posting meeting the requirements of Chapter 985, Wis. Stats. Class 1 notice is the minimum required for appeals; published once at least one week (seven days) before hearing. Class 2 notice is the minimum required for all zoning ordinances and amendments, including map amendments: published twice, once each week consecutively, the last at least a week (seven days) before the hearing. Local ordinances or bylaws may require additional notice exceeding these minimums.

See § 325-49G(2).

See § 325-41C.

See "building height."

See § 325-49F(2).

Any danger to human life or public health or the potential for any significant economic loss to a structure or its contents.

See § 325-38D.

A zoning district designed to limit development potential until adequate public services and infrastructure are provided.

See § 325-49H(9).

See "commercial indoor lodging."

See § 325-49B(2).

Areas designed and installed to prohibit infiltration of stormwater. Homes, buildings and other structures, as well as concrete, brick, asphalt and similar paved surfaces, are considered impervious. Gravel areas and areas with landscaped pavers which are intended for vehicular traffic are considered to be impervious.

A calculated upward rise in the regional flood elevation, equal or greater than 0.01 foot, resulting in comparison of existing conditions and proposed conditions which is directly attributable to manipulation of mathematical variables such as roughness factors, expansion and contraction coefficients and discharge.

See § 325-49D(8).

See § 325-49C(3).

See § 325-49D(5).

See § 325-49D(3), Indoor sales or service.

See § 325-49H(8).

See § 325-49D(3), Indoor sales or service.

See § 325-49E(1), Indoor storage or wholesaling.

See § 325-49E(1), Indoor storage or wholesaling.

See § 325-41.

See § 325-49G.

Development located in areas that are largely developed already.

See § 325-49C.

See § 325-49C(6).

Institutional residential land uses include group homes, convents, monasteries, nursing homes, convalescent homes, limited care facilities, rehabilitation centers and similar land uses not considered to be community living arrangements under the provisions of Wisconsin Statutes s. 62.23. See § 325-49C(6).

A term used to describe the amount of gross floor area or landscaped area, on a lot or site, compared to the gross area of the lot or site.

See § 325-49B(3).

See § 325-49H(12).

See § 325-49D(7), In-vehicle sales and service.

See § 325-49H(7), In-vehicle sales and services.

See § 325-49D(7), In-vehicle sales and service.

See § 325-49H(7), In-vehicle sales and services.

See § 325-49E(4).

Those lands lying within the following distances from the ordinary high water mark of navigable waters: 1,000 feet from a lake, pond, or flowage; and 300 feet from a river or stream; or to a landward side of the floodplain, whichever distance is the greater. Lakeshores 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 not navigable streams before ditching or had no previous stream history; and such lands are maintained in nonstructural agricultural use.

Unit of measure used to determine compliance with the Landscaping Ordinance, see § 325-57.

The area of a site which is planted and continually maintained in vegetation, including grasses, flowers, herbs, garden plants, native or introduced ground covers, shrubs, bushes, and trees. Landscaped area includes the area located within planted and continually maintained landscaped planters.

The percentage of the gross site area or lot area which is preserved as permanently protected landscaped area.

The type of development and/or activity occurring on a piece of property, see § 325-49.

See § 325-49H(20).

See § 325-49G(1).

See § 325-49H(9).

See § 325-78, Exterior lighting standards.

See § 325-74, Off-street loading patterns.

See "street, collector."

See "street, local residential."

See "street, local."

A parcel of land that is undivided by any street or private road; is occupied by, or designated to be developed for, one building or principal use; and contains the accessory buildings or uses customarily incidental to such building, use or development, including such open spaces and yards. See:parcel."

The area contained within the property boundaries of a recorded lot.

A lot situated at the junction of and abutting on two or more intersection streets or a lot at the point of deflection in alignment of a continuous street, the interior angle of which does not exceed 135 °.

The average distance between the front lot line and the rear lot line of a lot.

Lot width measured at the street lot line. When a lot has more than one street lot line, lot width shall be measured, and the minimum lot width required by this chapter, shall be provided at each such line.

A lot other than a corner lot.

The property line (including the vertical plane established by the line and the ground) bounding a lot, except that where any portion of a lot extends into the public right-of-way or a proposed public right-of-way, the line of such public right-of-way shall be the lot line for applying this chapter.

A lot line that abuts a public or private street right-of-way. In the case of a lot having two or more street frontages, the lot line along the street from which the house is addressed shall be the front lot line and the other lot line or lines shall be street side lot lines.

In the case of rectangular or most trapezoidal shaped lots, that lot line which is parallel to and most distant from the front lot line of the lot. In the case of an irregular, triangular or gore-shaped lot, a line 20 feet in length, entirely within the lot, parallel to and at the maximum possible distance from the front line, shall be considered to be the rear lot line. In the case of lots which have frontage on more than one road or street, the rear lot line shall be selected by the property owner.

Any boundary of a lot that is not a front lot line, a street side lot line or a rear lot line.

Any lot line that abuts a public or private street right-of-way which is not the front lot line.

A platted lot or lot described in a certified survey map or in a metes and bounds description which has been approved by the Village or by Dane County; and has been recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds; or was created prior to September 15, 1978.

A lot that has a pair of opposite lot lines abutting two substantially parallel streets (one or more of which may be a portion of a cul-de-sac).

The maximum horizontal distance between the side lot lines of a lot, measured parallel to the front lot lines and at the rear of the required front yard. See "minimum lot width."

The lowest enclosed floor (including basement). Any unfinished or flood-resistant enclosure, usable solely for parking vehicles, building access or storage, in an area other than a basement area, is not considered a building's lowest floor, provided that such enclosed area is not built so as to render the structure in violation of the applicable nonelevation design requirements of this chapter.

A guarantee of facilities or work to either ensure the correction of any failures of any improvements required pursuant to this chapter or to maintain same.

A plan, map, report or other document pertaining to the physical development of the Village, which has been adopted by the Village Plan Commission, as described in Wis. Stats., s. 62.23(2) and (3), and containing the elements described in Wis. Stats., s. 66.1001(2).

The largest permitted area of all accessory buildings on a lot.

The largest permitted area of all buildings on a lot.

The largest permitted total gross floor area a building may contain. See "building size."

The largest amount of floor area permitted on a lot. See "floor area ratio."

The maximum number of dwelling units permitted per acre of gross site area. See "gross density.

The maximum height of the highest portion of any structure. See "building height."

See § 325-49H(13).

The narrowest permitted building separation.

The narrowest permitted dwelling unit separation.

The lowest elevation permissible for the construction, erection or other placement of any floor, including a basement or cellar floor, but not a crawl space floor.

The lowest permitted landscape surface ratio. See "landscape surface ratio."

The minimum size lot permitted within the specified zoning district and development option.

The smallest permissible lot width for the applicable dwelling unit type or nonresidential development option.

The narrowest distance permitted from a street, side or rear property line to a structure.

The minimum gross site area in which the specified development option may occur. See "gross site area (GSA)."

See § 325-49E(3), Personal storage facility.

See "structure, minor."

See § 325-49A(1)(h).

See § 325-49A(4).

See § 325-49A(3).

See § 325-49D(4), Outdoor display.

See "commercial indoor lodging."

See "commercial indoor lodging."

See "freight terminal."

See § 325-49A(1)(f).

See § 325-38E.

See § 325-38F.

Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, all natural inland lakes within Wisconsin and all rivers, streams, ponds, sloughs, flowages and other waters within the territorial limits of this state, including the Wisconsin portion of boundary waters, which are navigable under the laws of this state. The Wisconsin Supreme Court has declared navigable all bodies of water with a bed differentiated from adjacent uplands and with levels of flow sufficient to support navigation by a recreational craft of the shallowest draft on an annually recurring basis. [Muench v. Public Service Commission, 261 Wis. 492 (1952), and DeGaynor and Co., Inc. v. Department of Natural Resources, 70 Wis. 2d 936 (1975)] For the purposes of this chapter, rivers and streams will be presumed to be navigable if they are designated as either continuous or intermittent waterways on the United States Geological Survey quadrangle maps until such time that the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has made a determination that the waterway is not, in fact, navigable.

See § 325-40A.

See § 325-39A.

The area of a site that may be disturbed by development activity. Net developable area is the result of subtracting required resource protection area (RPA) from the gross site area (GSA).

See § 325-83.

Any building or other structure which was lawfully existing under ordinances or regulations preceding this chapter but which would not conform to this chapter if the building or structure were to be erected under the provisions of this chapter.

A lawful development approved under ordinances or regulations preceding the effective date of this chapter but which would not conform to this chapter if the development were to be created under the current provisions of this chapter. See § 325-24.

An active and actual use of land, buildings or structures which was lawfully existing prior to this chapter, which has continued as the same use to the present, and which does not comply with all the applicable regulations of this chapter. See § 325-24.

See § 325-34.

See § 325-49B through G.

Material capable of causing injury to living organisms by chemical reaction or is capable of causing detrimental effects on the physical or economic well-being of individuals.

See § 325-82, Liquid or solid waste, and § 325-87, Storage of hazardous materials.

See § 325-85.

Any development which physically blocks the conveyance of floodwaters such that this development by itself or in conjunction with any future similar development will cause an increase in regional flood height.

See § 325-49D(1).

See § 325-39.

The map adopted and designated by the Village as being the "Official Map" pursuant to s. 66.23(6), Wis. Stats.

The map adopted and designated by the Village as being the "Official Zoning Map." See §§ 325-35 and 325-36.

See § 325-49F(1).

Located on the lot in question, except in the context of on-site detention, when the term means within the boundaries of the development site as a whole.

See § 325-49B(5).

See § 325-49H(14).

See § 325-49I(6).

The degree to which vision is blocked by bufferyard. Opacity is the proportion of a bufferyard's vertical plane that obstructs views into an adjoining property.

An unenclosed portion of a lot or lot of record where goods are displayed for sale, rent or trade.

The point on the bank or shore of a body of water up to which the presence and action of 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 characteristics.

Permanently protected green space areas, which are not constrained by one of the protected natural resources (wetlands, floodplains, steep slopes, lakeshores, drainageways and woodlands). Examples include portions of private lots, outlots or parcels commonly held by a property owners' association which are deed restricted from site disruption.

See § 325-49I(2).

See § 325-49D(9).

See § 325-49D(4).

See § 325-49H(6).

See § 325-49C(4).

See § 325-49D(6).

See § 325-49I(7), Seasonal outdoor sales of farm products.

See § 325-49E(2), Outdoor storage and wholesaling.

See § 325-49E(2), Outdoor storage and wholesaling.

The person, persons or entity having the right of legal title to a lot or parcel of land.

See "development pad."

The area within the boundary lines of a lot. See "lot."

An area of parking spaces within a parking lot substantially separated from other areas of the parking lot by landscaped islands or medians.

See § 325-75F(9).

See § 325-75G(3).

See § 325-75F(7).

See § 325-75, Off-street parking and traffic circulation standards.

See § 325-49C(1).

See § 325-26.

A financial guarantee to ensure that all improvements, facilities or work required by this chapter will be completed in compliance with the chapter, regulations and the approved plans and specifications of a development.

Criterion established to control and limit the impacts generated by, or inherent in, uses of land or buildings. See Article VI.

The distance between a structure and the boundary of a development option.

An area in which site disruption and/or development is strictly limited.

See § 325-20A.

See § 325-49D(2).

See § 325-49E(3).

See § 325-49J(13).

The Plan Commission of the Village of Cottage Grove.

See § 325-40B.

See § 325-42A.

See § 325-41A.

See § 325-39B.

See "parking area pod."

See "building, principal."

Any and all of the primary uses of a property, treated as a use permitted by right or as a conditional use (rather than as an accessory use or a temporary use) per § 325-49A through G.

See § 325-49H(16).

See § 325-49H(15).

See § 325-49H(17).

See § 325-49D(2).

Resources such as floodways, flood fringes, floodplain conservancy areas, wetlands, drainageways, woodlands, steep slopes and lakeshores.

Any improvement, facility or service, together with customary improvements and appurtenances thereto, necessary to provide for public needs such as streets, roads, alleys or pedestrian walks or paths, storm sewers, flood control improvements, water supply and distribution facilities, sanitary sewage disposal and treatment, public utility and energy services.

See § 325-49C(5).

See "lot of record."

A vehicle designed and used principally for the transport of persons.

See § 325-49I(5).

The area of a site which may not be disturbed by development activity and which must also be reserved as permanently protected green space. Required resource protection area is the result of subtracting the net developable area (NDA) from the gross site area (GSA).

A collector street serving primarily residential land uses which primarily serves to connect local residential streets to collector or arterial streets.

See § 325-38.

See § 325-49A.

A property located in a residential district per § 325-34.

A regulation imposed by this chapter is more (less) restrictive than another if it prohibits or limits development to a greater (lesser) extent or by means of more (less) detailed specifications.

See "indoor commercial entertainment."

See "in-vehicle sales and service."

See § 325-37A.

See § 325-49E(4).

A term used to describe the gross floor area, height or volume of a single structure or group of structures.

The deposition of soil that has been transported from its site of origin by water, ice, wind, gravity or other natural means as a result of erosion.

See § 325-49B(6).

See § 325-49H(21).

A privately owned sewage treatment and disposal system serving a single structure with a septic tank and soil absorption field located on the same parcel as the structure. This term also means an alternative sewage system approved by the state, including a substitute for the septic tank or soil absorption field, a holding tank, a system serving more than one structure or a system located on a different parcel than the structure.

A sewage treatment and disposal system approved by the State Department of Natural Resources and maintained by a public agency authorized to operate such systems. This includes the Village of Cottage Grove sewer system.

The shortest distance between a building's or structure's exterior and the nearest point on the referenced lot line. See "minimum setback."

See § 325-49D(16).

See "group development."

Lands within the following distances from the ordinary high watermark of navigable waters: 1,000 feet from a lake, pond or flowage and 300 feet from a river or stream or to the landward side of a floodplain, whichever distance is greater. See Chapter 183.

A low-lying deciduous or evergreen plant. See § 325-63.

See Article VII.

See § 325-91C.

See § 325-49A(1)(a).

See § 325-38A.

See § 325-38B.

See "gross site area."

See § 325-112. See also § 325-112 for applicable procedures.

A window or other paned area located on the ceiling or roof of a structure.

A device, structure, or a part of a device/structure with the primary purpose of transforming solar energy (direct radiant energy received from the sun) into thermal, chemical, or electrical energy.

A collection system consisting of elevated solar panels installed above parking lots, carports, or other paved areas.

A collection system associated with mounting hardware that is affixed or placed upon the ground, including but not limited to fixed, passive, or active tracking racking systems.

A collection system structurally mounted to the roof of a building or other permitted structure, including limited accessory equipment associated with a system which may be ground-mounted. Normally installed parallel to the roof with a few inches gap.

Site on which the primary land use is an array of multiple solar collectors on ground-mounted racks or poles.

Zoning districts that primarily regulate the use of land and intensity or density of such use. See §§ 325-34 and 325-35.

See "commercial animal boarding."

See "private residential stable."

The numeric code for categorizing land uses developed by the United States Department of Commerce. SIC codes in this chapter are based on the listing contained within the 1987 manual.

The date the building permit is issued, provided the actual start of activity was within 730 calendar days of the permit date. The actual "start of activity" means either the first placement of permanent construction of a structure on the site such as the pouring of a slab or footings, the installation of piles or the construction of columns. Permanent construction does not include land preparation, such as clearing, grading and filling; nor does it include the installation of streets and/or walkways; nor does it include excavation for basement, footings, piers or foundations; nor does it include the erection of temporary forms; nor does it include the installation on the property of accessory buildings, such as garages or sheds not occupied as dwelling units or part of the main structure.

Steep slopes are areas which contain a gradient of 12% or greater (equivalent to a ten-foot elevation change in a distance of 83 feet or less), as shown on USGS 7.5 minute topographic maps for the Village of Cottage Grove and its environs.

See § 325-49E.

See § 325-89.

That portion of a building included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor next above; or if there is no floor above, the space between the floor and the ceiling next above. Neither a basement nor a cellar shall be counted as a story.

Unless specifically designated otherwise by the Village, any public or private way that is dedicated or permanently open to pedestrian and vehicular use, which is 22 feet or more in width if it exists at the time of enactment of this chapter or any such public right-of-way 60 feet or more in width when established after the effective date of this chapter.

A street which is anticipated to carry in excess of 3,500 vehicles per day in traffic volume, at desirable speeds ranging from 30 miles per hour to 45 miles per hour, and which is used for travel between areas within and outside the Village and is defined specifically as such on the Zoning Map.

A street which is anticipated to carry from 2,500 vehicles to 5,000 vehicles per day in traffic volume, at desirable speeds ranging from 25 miles per hour to 35 miles per hour, which serves a collecting function by distributing traffic between local streets and arterial streets and is defined specifically as such on the Zoning Map.

A street which is anticipated to carry fewer than 2,500 vehicles per day in traffic volume at desirable speeds up to 25 miles per hour, and which provides access to abutting property and primarily serves local traffic and is defined specifically as such on the Zoning Map.

A local street serving primarily to collect traffic originating directly from residential driveways and private residential courts and streets.

A collector street serving primarily residential land uses which primarily serves to connect local residential streets to collector or arterial streets.

See "lot line, front.

A pattern of land uses typified by nonresidential and/or multifamily development located along one or both sides of a street which is generally only one lot deep and which is characterized by many curb cuts, low green space ratios, low landscape surface ratios, high floor area ratios and/or low quantities of landscaping.

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. See § 325-24E.

Any structural 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:

Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires a more or less permanent location on the ground, or attached to something having a permanent location on the ground, excepting public utility fixtures and appurtenances.

A structure accessory to a principal use having a limited impact on a site, such as a children's swing set, clothesline, trellis, birdhouse or similar use.

A linear depression in land running downhill or having a marked change in contour direction in which sheet runoff would collect and form a temporary watercourse.

A sign permitted by ordinance which remains in place no longer the two weeks at any given time.

A land use present on a property for a limited and specified period of time.

See § 325-49A(1)(e).

See § 325-82.

See § 325-49F.

See "in-vehicle sales and service."

See § 325-49A(1)(c).

See § 325-49A(1)(d).

See § 325-38C.

The circumstance where special conditions affecting a particular property, which were not self-created, have made strict conformity with restrictions governing areas, setbacks, frontage, height or density unnecessarily burdensome or unreasonable in light of the purposes of the chapter.

The purpose or activity for which land or any building thereon is designed, arranged or intended or for which it is occupied or maintained.

See "accessory use."

See "conditional use."

See "principal use."

See § 325-49H(3).

A vehicle designed and used primarily for the transport of equipment and/or materials.

Permission to depart from the literal requirements of this chapter granted pursuant to § 325-113.

See § 325-84.

See § 325-25.

See § 325-73.

See § 325-49E(5).

See §§ 325-82 and 325-87.

Those areas where water is at, near or above the land surface long enough to support aquatic or hydrophytic vegetation and which have soils indicative of wet conditions. See Chapter 183.

See § 325-91B.

Maps prepared by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

Areas of trees whose combined canopies cover a minimum of 80% of an area of one acre or more, as shown on USGS 7.5 minute topographic maps for the Village of Cottage Grove and its environs.

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, excluding holidays granted by the Village of Cottage Grove to its department heads.

A required open space on a lot, which is unoccupied and unobstructed by a structure from its lowest ground level to the sky, except as expressly permitted in this chapter. A yard shall extend along a lot line and at right angles to such lot line to a depth or width specified in the yard regulations for the district in which such lot is located.

A yard extending along the full width of the front lot line between side lot lines and extending from the abutting front street right-of-way line to a depth required in the yard regulations for the district in which such lot is located.

A yard extending along the full width of the rear lot line between the side lot lines and extending toward the front lot line for a depth as specified in the yard regulations for the district in which such lot is located.

A yard extending along the side lot line between the front and rear yards, having a width as specified in the yard regulations for the district in which such lot is located.

The person authorized and charged by the Village with the administration of this chapter.

See § 325-114.

See § 325-34.

See § 325-34.

See "Official Zoning Map" above and see § 325-35.