Eight or fewer.

Nine or more.

Sixteen or more.

Number of floors.

Acre.

Business Central (zoning district).

Business Local (zoning district).

Business Neighborhood (zoning district).

Business Regional (zoning district).

Decibel.

Floor area ratio.

Foot.

Gross site area.

Green space ratio.

Impervious surface ratio.

Landscape surface ratio.

Maximum.

Maximum building size.

Manufacturing General (zoning district).

Maximum gross density.

Manufacturing Heavy (zoning district).

Maximum height.

Minimum.

Manufacturing Light (zoning district).

Maximum lot area.

Minimum site area.

Not applicable.

Net developable area.

Nonresidential.

Office Neighborhood (zoning district).

Office Park (zoning district).

Residential Estate (zoning district).

Residential.

Rural Holding (zoning district).

Residential Multifamily-12 (zoning district).

Residential Mixed-8 (zoning district).

Resource protection area.

Residential Single-Family-2 (zoning district).

Residential Single-Family-3 (zoning district).

Residential Single-Family-5 (zoning district).

Square feet.

To reduce the degree, quantity, or intensity.

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

A means of vehicular entry to or exit from a property, street or highway.

See § 13-3-702.

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

A use or structure subordinate to, and serving the principal use or structure on the same lot and customarily incidental thereto. See § 13-3-202(5).

43,560 square feet.

See § 13-3-206(3)(b).

An area which 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 fire wall 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 § 13-2-105.

See § 13-3-206(2).

See § 13-3-206(2)(d).

See § 13-3-710.

See § 13-3-206(6)(b).

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

The act of changing the appearance of the outside of a structure or pavement.

See § 13-4-903.

See § 13-4-902.

A measure which represents a common denominator for the purposed 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 which comprise a single animal unit:

See § 13-3-403(14).

A means for obtaining review of a decision, determination, order, or failure to act pursuant to the terms of this Title as expressly authorized by the provisions of § 13-4-912.

That part of a building which is immediately below and wholly or partly within the roof framing.

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 100-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 § 13-3-206(4)(n).

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

A variance which is automatically granted by a provision of this Title in order to reduce the creation of legal nonconforming developments (See § 13-3-307.) or legal nonconforming residential structures [See § 13-3-409(9).].

See § 13-4-934.

See § 13-3-206(4)(q).

Any permitted combination of distance, vegetation, fencing and berming which results in a reduction of visual and other interaction with an adjoining property. See Article E of Chapter 13-3.

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 party walls, each unit is a building.

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 §§ 13-3-208, 13-3-403, and 13-3-404.)

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

The vertical distance from: 1) the average elevation of the adjoining ground level or 2) 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, to the mean distance of the highest gable on a pitched or hip roof. Also applies to structures.

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 Title. The building line determines the area in which buildings are permitted subject to all applicable provisions of this Title. This is also referred to as a "setback."

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

The total gross floor area of a building. See "maximum building size."

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 combination of building height, size, and location on a lot. See Article C of Chapter 13-3.

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 § 30.11, Wisconsin Statutes, 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 Title.

See § 13-2-105(3)(f).

See § 13-2-102.

See § 13-2-105(3)(e).

See § 13-2-105(3)(c).

See § 13-2-105(3)(d).

See § 13-3-206(8)(h).

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 § 13-3-206(4)(p).

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.

An open-sided, roofed vehicle shelter, usually formed by extension of the roof from the side of a building. See § 13-3-206(8)(d).

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 § 13-4-909.

A change in regular or temporary activity occurring on a property which, in the opinion of the Zoning Administrator, changes the classification of property from one land use category in § 13-3-206 to another category.

See § 13-3-206(2)(g).

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 § 13-3-610.

See § 13-3-206(4)(l).

See § 13-3-206(8)(a).

See § 13-2-102.

See § 13-3-206(4)(m).

See § 13-3-206(4).

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 § 13-3-206(7)(c).

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

See § 13-3-206(3)(g) through (i).

A development which contains permanently protected open space at a minimum of 50%. See § 13-3-206(1)(e).

See § 13-3-206(8)(i).

See § 13-3-206(5)(f).

The Comprehensive Master Plan of the City of Delavan, Wisconsin, adopted in 1991 and as subsequently amended.

A land use which requires a conditional use permit in order to develop. See § 13-3-202(4). See § 13-4-905 for applicable procedures.

See § 13-3-718.

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

See § 13-3-206(9)(b).

See § 13-3-206(9)(a).

See § 13-3-206(1)(a).

See § 13-3-206(2)(a).

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 principle structure. If attached, it is required to have main supports and continuous footings below grade by 48 inches and must be raised above grade and must comply with principal setback requirements, or as modified by § 13-3-406(4). If detached, it 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 room in a dwelling unit containing no closets that is smaller than the prime living room.

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

See § 13-3-510.

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 Title.

The type of residential or nonresidential development as categorized by the proportion of the site devoted to permanently protected green space. See § 13-3-304 for residential uses, and § 13-3-305 for nonresidential uses.

The area of a lot within a large lot residential development which is devoted to structures and septic systems. See § 13-3-510(2)(d).

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

See § 13-3-206(5).

See § 13-3-206(6)(d).

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.

See § 13-3-717.

See § 13-3-206(8)(n).

See § 13-3-506(1).

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

See § 13-3-206(4)(k).

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 § 13-3-403(10).

A residential building or one or more portions thereof occupied or intended to be occupied exclusively for residence purpose, but not including habitations provided in nonresidential uses, such as lodging uses and commercial campgrounds.

A room or group of rooms providing or intended to provide living quarters for not more than one family. See § 13-3-403(1) through (16).

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

A dwelling which is joined to another dwelling at one or more sides by a party wall or walls.

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

A dwelling designed for and occupied by not more than one family and having no roof, wall, or floor in common with any other dwelling unit.

Authorization by a property owner for another party to use for a specified purpose any designated part of his property.

See § 13-3-712.

A nonbasement 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 the floodway.

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 City of Delavan exercises extraterritorial powers.

A development (which is a form of loose cluster development) which contains permanently protected open space at a minimum of 15% and permits the keeping of horses on private lots or common green space. See § 13-3-206(1)(b).

The act of establishing the physical presence of a structure or pavement.

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

Facilities that are:

See § 13-3-714.

See § 13-3-206(7)(d).

The area outside of the City limits in which the City of Delavan exercises extraterritorial powers of 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 four persons not so related maintaining a common household.

See § 13-3-206(8)(u).

See § 13-3-206(8)(c).

See § 13-4-935.

See § 13-3-720.

See § 13-3-206(8)(o).

See § 13-3-714.

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

A general and temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of normally dry land areas caused by:

The probability of a flood occurrence. A flood frequency is generally determined from statistical analyses. The frequency of a particular flood event is usually expressed as occurring, on the average, once in a specified number of years or as a percent chance of occurring in any given year.

That area of the floodplain lying outside of the floodway but still lying within the 100-year floodplain.

An official map of a community on which the Federal Emergency Management Agency has delineated the floodway area as "Zone A."

An official map of a community on which the Federal Emergency Management Agency has delineated both the flood fringe and floodway areas.

The official report provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The report contains flood profiles, as well as the Flood Boundary Map and the water surface elevation of the base flood.

An elevation two feet of freeboard above the water surface profile elevation designated for the regional flood.

Those floodplain areas where storage of floodwaters has been taken into account during analysis in reducing the regional flood discharge.

For the purpose of this Code, all lands contained in the regional flood. For the purpose of zoning regulation, the floodlands are divided into the Floodway Overlay District, the Floodplain Conservancy Overlay District, and the Floodplain Fringe Overlay District.

Those areas along streams or swales inundated by the 100-year flood, comprised of the floodway and flood fringe areas, as designated on the FEMA flood insurance maps. See § 13-3-503.

Those floodlands, outside the floodway, subject to inundation by the regional flood. For the purpose of this Code, the floodplain fringe includes the Floodplain Conservancy Overlay Zoning District and Floodplain Fringe Overlay Zoning District.

A natural geologic land formation within the floodplain that is surrounded, but not covered, by floodwater during the regional flood.

Structural additions, changes, or adjustments to structures subject to flooding which reduce or eliminate flood damages to a structure, and/or its contents.

The channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent land areas required to discharge the base flood without cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation more than one foot.

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." See also the Key to Table 13-3-305, and § 13-3-403(1) through (16).

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 § 13-3-206(6)(c).

Any floor which is completely or partially habitable per the Building Inspector.

A detached accessory building or portion of the principal building, including a carport, used primarily for storing passenger vehicles, trailers or one truck of a rated capacity not in excess of 10,000 pounds. See § 13-3-206(8)(d).

See "in-vehicle sales" or "in-vehicle 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 § 13-3-206(9)(e).

The brightness of a light source which causes eye discomfort.

See § 13-3-713.

The percentage of the gross site area which is preserved as permanently protected green space. Green space ratio is calculated by dividing the area of permanently protected green space by the gross site area. See "minimum green space ratio." See also, the Key to Table 13-3-304.

The result of dividing the number of dwelling units located on a site by the gross site area. See "maximum gross density." See also, the Key to Table 13-3-304.

The total floor area of a building.

The total area of a site available for inclusion in calculations of the maximum permitted density or intensity of development, as determined by the calculation contained in § 13-3-303(3)(a). See "minimum site area." See also, the Key to Table 13-3-304.

See § 13-3-206(4)(o).

See § 13-3-208.

Any building, or portion thereof used for human habitation.

Publication or posting meeting the requirements of Chapter 985, Wisconsin Statutes. 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 § 13-3-713.

See "building height."

See § 13-3-206(6)(b).

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

(Federal rule, October 1990) Any structure that is:

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

See § 13-3-206(8)(s).

See § 13-3-206(2)(b).

See § 13-3-206(4)(g).

See § 13-3-206(8)(k).

See § 13-3-206(4)(g).

See § 13-3-206(8)(l).

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 § 13-3-206(4)(h).[1]

See § 13-3-206(3)(c).

See § 13-3-206(4)(e).

See § 13-3-206(4)(c).

See § 13-3-206(8)(l).

See § 13-3-206(4)(c).

See § 13-3-206(5)(a).

See § 13-3-206(5)(a).

See § 13-2-102.

See § 13-3-206(7).

Development located in areas which are for the most part developed already.

Includes active and passive outdoor public recreational, indoor and outdoor institutional, public service and utilities, institutional residential, and community living arrangement uses, as defined in § 13-3-206(3).

Residential development designed to accommodate land uses such as retirement homes, nursing homes, convents, dormitories, and other similar land uses not considered to be community living arrangements under the provisions of § 62.23, Wisconsin Statutes. See § 13-3-206(3)(f). See § 13-3-206(1)(f).

See § 13-3-403(15).

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 § 13-3-206(2)(c).

See § 13-4-911 for application procedures. See also, § 13-4-932(2)(n).

See § 13-3-206(5)(d).

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 a) such lands are not adjacent to a navigable stream or river; b) those parts of such drainage ditches adjacent to such lands were not navigable streams before ditching or had no previous stream history; and c) such lands are maintained in nonstructural agricultural use. See § 13-3-505(1).

The type of development and/or activity occurring on a piece of property.

See § 13-3-603.

The percentage of the gross site area or lot area which is preserved as permanently protected landscaped area. Landscape surface ratio is calculated by dividing the area of permanently protected landscape by the gross site area. See the Key to Table 13-3-305 and § 13-3-403.

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.

See § 13-3-206(8)(p).

See § 13-3-206(7)(a).

See § 13-3-206(8)(m).

See § 13-3-707.

See § 13-3-705.

A road which primarily serves to collect traffic originating directly from residential driveways and private residential courts and streets.

A development which contains permanently protected open space at a minimum of 15%. See § 13-3-206(1)(c).

A parcel of land that:

The area contained within the property boundaries of a recorded lot. See "minimum lot area." See also, Key to Table 13-3-304 and Key to Table 13-3-305.

A lot situated at the junction of and abutting on two or more intersecting 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 mean horizontal 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 Title shall be provided at each such line.

A lot other than a corner lot.

The property line 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 Title.

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

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 opposite the lot line along which the lot takes access to a street.

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

Any lot line which 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 metes and bounds description which has been approved by the City or by Walworth County; and has been recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds.

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."

A lot which 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). Except for through lots which abut an arterial or nonresidential collector street, through lots shall be prohibited under the provisions of this Title.

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 Title.

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

Refer to the State of Wisconsin Uniform Dwelling Code (UDC).

Refer to the State of Wisconsin Uniform Dwelling Code (UDC).

See § 13-2-102.

See § 13-2-105(3)(h).

See § 13-2-105(3)(i).

See § 13-2-105(3)(g).

A plan, map, report, or other document pertaining to the physical development of the City which has been adopted by the City Plan Commission, as described in Wisconsin Statutes § "62.23(2) and (3).

The largest permitted total gross floor area a building may contain. See "building size." See also, the Key to Table 13-3-305.

The largest amount of floor area permitted on a site. See "floor area ratio" which is calculated by dividing the total floor area of all buildings on a site by the gross site area. See also the Key to Table 13-3-305 and § 13-3-403.

The maximum number of dwelling units permitted per acre of gross site area. See "gross density." See also the Key to Table 13-3-304.

The maximum height of the highest portion of any structure. See "height." See also §§ 13-3-403 and 13-3-404.

See the Key to Table 13-3-305.

See § 13-3-206(8)(v).

See § 13-3-206(5)(c).

The narrowest permitted building separation. See "building separation."

The narrowest permitted dwelling unit separation. See "dwelling unit separation." See also, § 13-3-403.

The lowest elevation permissible for the construction, erection, or other placement of any floor, including a basement floor.

The lowest permitted landscape surface ratio. See "landscape surface area ratio," which is calculated by dividing the total area of permanently protected landscape by the gross site area. See also, §§ 13-3-305 and 13-3-403.

The minimum size lot permitted within the specified zoning district and development option. See also the Keys to Tables 13-3-304 and 13-3-305.

The smallest permissible lot width for the applicable dwelling unit type (§ 13-3-403) or nonresidential development option (Table 13-3-404). See also, "lot width."

The narrowest distance permitted from a street, side, or rear property line to a structure. See §§ 13-3-403 and 13-3-404.

The minimum gross site area in which the specified development option may occur. See "gross site area (GSA)." See also the Key to Table 13-3-304.

See § 13-3-403(16).

See § 13-3-206(1)(h).

See § 13-3-206(1)(h).

See § 13-3-206(1)(g).

See § 13-3-206(4)(d).

A development which contains permanently protected open space a minimum of 30%. See § 13-3-206(1)(d).

See "commercial indoor lodging."

See "freight terminal."

See § 13-3-403(13).

An indoor institutional land use for the purposes of displaying and storing objects of public interest.

Zoning districts which primarily identify and regulate the disturbance of areas containing protected natural resources. See §§ 13-2-106 and 13-2-107. See "overlay zoning district."

See § 13-3-303.

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 Title, 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.

The area of a site which may be disturbed by development activity. Net developable area is calculated in § 13-3-303(3)(c), and is the result of subtracting required resource protection area (RPA) from the gross site area (GSA).

See § 13-3-709.

An active and actual use of land, buildings or structures lawfully existing prior to this Title which has continued as the same use to the present and which does not comply with all the applicable regulations of this Title. See § 13-3-207.

See § 13-2-102.

See § 13-3-206(2) through (7).

See § 13-3-715.

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

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 § 13-3-711.

See § 13-3-206(6)(a).

See § 13-3-206(4)(a).

See § 13-2-102.

See § 13-2-105(3)(a).

See § 13-2-105(3)(b).

The map adopted by the Common Council which indicates the existing and proposed location of streets, highways, parks, playgrounds, roads, rights-of-way, waterways, public transit facilities and other public facilities as authorized by state statutes.

See §§ 13-2-103, 13-2-104, and 13-2-107.

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 § 13-3-206(2)(e).

See § 13-3-206(8)(t).

See § 13-3-206(8)(b).

See § 13-3-206(9)(d).

The degree to which vision is blocked by bufferyard. Opacity is the proportion of a bufferyard's vertical plane which 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 under Article D of Chapter 13-3. Examples include portions of private lots, outlots, or parcels commonly held by a property owners' association (as in a cluster development) which are deed restricted from site disruption. See § 13-3-509.

See § 13-3-206(9)(g).

See § 13-3-206(4)(j) and (k).

See § 13-3-206(4)(d).

See § 13-3-206(8)(j) through (k).

See § 13-3-206(3)(d).

See § 13-3-206(4)(f).

See § 13-3-206(5)(b).

See § 13-3-206(5)(b).

A zoning district which imposes uniform restrictions on all properties within its area which are in addition to the restrictions specific to the standard zoning districts described in § 13-2-102, as well as the general restrictions of this Title. See §§ 13-2-106, 13-2-107, 13-2-108, 13-2-109, 13-2-110, 13-2-111, 13-2-112, and Article D of Chapter 13-3.

The person or persons 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.

Areas of open space and outdoor recreational facilities set aside for public use. See active outdoor public recreation and passive outdoor public recreation uses as defined in § 13-3-206(3)(a) and (b). Also includes public indoor institutional uses that provide indoor recreation facilities to the public, such as a community center or YMCA, and may include other accessory indoor entertainment uses affiliated with the public use, for example a snack bar in a golf course clubhouse.

See § 13-3-704(6)(j).

See § 13-3-704(7)(c).

See § 13-3-704(6)(h).

See § 13-3-704.

See § 13-3-206(3)(a).

See § 13-4-936.

A financial guarantee to ensure that all improvements, facilities, or work required by this Title will be completed in compliance with the Title, 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 F of Chapter 13-3.

The distance between a structure and the boundary of a development option. See § 13-3-403.

An area in which site disruption and/or development is strictly limited. See § 13-3-204.

See § 13-3-202(2).

See § 13-3-206(4)(b).

See § 13-3-206(5)(c).

The Plan Commission of the City of Delavan. See also § 13-4-933.

See "building, principal."

Any and all of the primary uses of a property, treated as a use permitted by right, as a special use, or as a conditional use (rather than as an accessory use or a temporary use) per § 13-3-206(1) through (7).

See § 13-3-206(8)(g).

A 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 Department of Industry, Labor, and Human Relations, 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.

See § 13-3-206(4)(b).

Resources such as floodways, floodway fringes, floodplain conservancy areas, wetlands, drainageways, woodlands, steep slopes, and lakeshores, which are protected by the provisions of this Title. See § 13-2-106 and Article D of Chapter 13-3.

A local, county, state or federal agency.

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.

A local, county, state or federal agency.

See § 13-3-206(3)(e).

Includes the City of Delavan sewer system and other forms of sewer systems approved by the State Department of Natural Resources and maintained by a public agency authorized to operate such systems.

See "lot of record."

See § 13-3-206(9)(c).

The act of changing the location of a structure or pavement.

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 calculated in § 13-3-303(3)(b), and 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 § 13-2-102.

See § 13-2-105(2)(a).

See § 13-3-206(8)(f).

See § 13-3-206(1).

See § 13-2-105(2)(e).

See § 13-2-105(2)(f).

See § 13-3-206(8)(e).

See § 13-2-105(2)(b).

See § 13-2-105(2)(c).

See § 13-2-105(2)(d).

See § 13-3-206(8)(g).

A property located in a residential district per § 13-2-102.

See "indoor commercial entertainment."

See "in-vehicle sales" and "in-vehicle service."

A regulation imposed by this Title 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 § 13-2-105(1)(a).

See § 13-3-206(5)(d).

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

See § 13-3-206(9)(f).

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 § 13-3-206(2)(f).

See § 13-3-206(8)(q).

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

See § 13-3-206(4)(r).

The officially adopted map depicting the boundaries of natural resource protection overlay zoning districts. Where this document has not been officially adopted, it shall be compiled by the property owner and approved by City staff from other applicable source maps and on-site analysis as depicted on a Detailed Site Analysis Map as described in § 13-3-510(3)(b).

See "group development."

See § 13-3-504(4).

See § 13-3-504(3).

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 the landward side of the floodplain, whichever distance is greater. Shorelands shall not include those lands adjacent to farm drainage ditches where a) such lands are not adjacent to a navigable stream or river; b) those parts of such drainage ditches adjacent to such lands were not navigable streams before ditching or had no previous stream history; and c) such lands are maintained in nonstructural agricultural use.

A low-lying deciduous or evergreen plant. See § 13-3-611.

See § 13-3-802. See also, § 13-3-802 for applicable procedures.

See § 13-3-403(1) through (9).

See "gross site area."

See § 13-4-908. See also, § 13-4-908 for applicable procedures.

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

Any fence which cannot be seen through. Such fences include basket weave fences, stockade fences, plank fences, and similar fences.

A land use which must be developed per a set of requirements specifically applying to that use. See §§ 13-3-202(3) and 13-4-904 for applicable procedures.

See "commercial animal boarding."

See "private residential stable."

The numeric code for categorizing land uses developed by the U.S. Department of Commerce. SIC codes in this Title are based on the listing contained within the 1987 Manual.

Zoning districts which primarily regulate the use of land, and intensity or density of such use. See §§ 13-2-102, 13-2-103 and 13-2-105.

The date the building permit is issued, provided that 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.

See § 13-3-508(1).

See § 13-3-706.

See § 13-3-706.

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.

Any public or private way 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 Title; and any such public right-of-way 66 feet or wider in width when established after the effective date of this Title.

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.

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

Any building or other structure which is lawfully existing under provisions preceding this Title which would not conform to the applicable regulations if the building or structure were to be erected under the provisions of this Title. See § 13-3-409.

A lawful development approved under provisions preceding the effective date of this Title which would not conform to the applicable regulations if the development were to be created under the current provisions of this Title. See § 13-3-307.

A lot of record which lawfully existed prior to this Title which would not conform to the applicable regulations if the lot were to be created under the current provisions of this Title. See § 13-3-408.

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 land use which is present on a property for a limited and specified period of time. See § 13-3-206(9). See also § 13-4-906 for applicable procedures.

See § 13-3-403(12).

See § 13-3-715.

See § 13-3-206(6).

See "in-vehicle sales" and "in-vehicle service."

See § 13-3-403(11).

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 Title.

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 "special use."

See § 13-3-206(8)(d).

Permission to depart from the literal requirements of this Title granted pursuant to § 13-4-910.

See § 13-3-708.

See § 13-4-936.

See § 13-3-703.

See § 13-3-206(5)(e).

See § 13-3-716.

An area where water is at, near, or above the land surface long enough to be capable of supporting aquatic or hydrophytic vegetation and which has soils indicative of wet conditions. See § 13-3-504(2).

Maps prepared by the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, noted as "Final" as of December 12, 1986.

See § 13-3-507(1).

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday; excluding holidays granted by the City of Delavan 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 Title. 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 City employee charged with the application and interpretation of this Title. See § 13-4-932.

See § 13-2-102.

See § 13-2-102.

See "official zoning map," above.