Greendale City Zoning Code
ARTICLE III
Agriculture District
17.11 A Agriculture District.
(1)
General requirements.
(a)
Uses of land or buildings listed in the A Agriculture District shall be permitted under conditions specified herein. No land or building shall be devoted to any use other than a use permitted in the A Agriculture District, with the exception of the following:
(b)
Uses lawfully established on the effective date of this chapter (April 8, 1964).
(c)
Conditional uses allowed in accordance with provisions set forth in § 17.36.
[Amended 1-21-2025 by Ord. No. 968]
(d)
Uses lawfully established on the effective date of this chapter (April 8, 1964) and rendered nonconforming by the provisions thereof shall be subject to regulations of Wisconsin Statutes governing nonconforming uses.
(2)
Permitted uses.
(a)
Agriculture, but not including commercial feed lots or buildings for fattening swine, cattle or poultry for market, except when such operations are incidental and accessory to the pursuit of agriculture.
(b)
Nurseries, growing of farm and truck garden crops, accessory buildings and structures, including greenhouses, wholesale sales and incidental seasonal retail sales of plant materials, farm and garden crops a substantial percentage of which is grown on the premises on a lot not less than five acres in area, provided that there are no dwellings or permanent business or commercial buildings on the lot.
(c)
Filling of holes, pits and natural lowlands subject to flooding with noncombustible material free from refuse or food waste when the method and scope of such operations are approved by the Village Board, based upon an agreement signed by the applicant for a permit that the filling operations shall not extend beyond the area or above the grade shown on topographic and finished grading maps accompanying the application. Mining, quarrying or extraction of sand, gravel or other building aggregate and soil shall not be permitted.
(d)
Temporary buildings for construction purposes for a period not to exceed such construction and when located on the same lot where such construction is being undertaken or a contiguous lot thereto.
(3)
Accessory uses. Those customarily accessory to the pursuit of agriculture, provided that operations thereof conform to applicable performance standards set forth in the Manufacturing District regulations. Temporary roadside stands, provided that each roadside stand shall have a floor area of not more than 600 square feet and a height of not more than one story or 17 feet, whichever is lower. Such stand shall be located not less than 50 feet from a street or highway right-of-way line, and only one such stand shall be located on a lot.
(4)
Conditional uses. The following allowable conditional uses shall be allowed only in accordance with procedures, regulations and standards set forth in § 62.23(7)(d), Wis. Stats., and § 17.36 of the Village Code. When applicable, more restrictive federal, state, county or other Village regulations and standards and additional regulations and standards may be recommended by the Plan Commission and required by the Village Board. Development plans and specifications shall be submitted at the time of application for a conditional use permit, and such plans and specifications shall show, when applicable, utility installations; site and land improvements; location, architectural elevations and construction details of buildings and structures; locations of vehicular ingress and egress and traffic control facilities; and other improvements. Conditional use status shall not be granted unless all of the accompanying standards are met.
[Amended by Ord. No. 571; 1-21-2025 by Ord. No. 968]
(a)
Educational and institutional uses. Each of the following conditional uses shall be located on a lot not less than 10 acres in area:
1.
Colleges, junior colleges and universities, including fraternity and sorority houses, dormitories and other accessory structures and facilities necessary to the operation of a college or university, but not business colleges or trade schools.
2.
Schools, boarding-nursery, elementary, junior high and high, and accessory uses, buildings and structures.
3.
(Reserved)
4.
Institutions for the care of the aged and for children and accessory uses, buildings and structures.
5.
Philanthropic and charitable institutions and accessory uses, buildings and structures, but not including businesses sponsored by such institutions, except such as are accessory or incidental to and located in the principal building of such institution.
(b)
Cemeteries, provided that facility meets all state and federal requirements and that adequate internal circulation allows for safe traffic movement.
(d)
Golf courses, standard or par three, semipublic or private, provided that a golf course being only par three hole occupy not less than 25 acres for each eighteen-hole course and that the clubhouse and other accessory buildings on standard or par three golf courses shall be located not less than 200 feet from any side lot line and that such golf courses shall not include commercial miniature golf courses or golf driving ranges.
(e)
(Reserved)
(f)
Parks, playgrounds and recreation areas (publicly owned or operated).
(g)
Nursery schools, elementary schools, junior high schools, high schools, or junior colleges, provided that boarding schools are not allowed. When school facilities are vacant and not being used for educational purposes, the vacant space may be rented on a year-to-year basis. The process for conditional use permits, as outlined in § 17.36 of the Village Code, must be followed for approval of the use. The adding of additional tenants only requires Plan Commission approval, but does not require a public hearing.
(h)
Uses, buildings and structures accessory to publicly owned educational and recreational uses. Playgrounds, play fields, athletic fields and stadiums, auditoriums, gymnasiums, swimming pools, heating plants, provided that operations conform to performance standards as set forth in the Manufacturing District regulations,[1] and administration and recreation buildings, including sale of food and refreshments.
(i)
Uses, buildings and structures accessory to institutional uses, parsonages, rectories or parish houses. Housing for faculty, students and others residing on the premises, stores or commissaries for incidental retail sales of commodities for use only by persons residing on the premises, and heating plants, provided that operations conform to performance standards as herein set forth in the Manufacturing District regulations.
(j)
Uses, buildings and structures accessory to all permitted or conditional uses. Individual sewerage and water systems and signs, provided that installations conform to applicable regulations of this chapter.
(5)
Public service uses. The following public service uses on lots having areas and widths recommended by the Plan Commission and required by the Village Board shall be permitted only in accordance with procedures, regulations and standards set forth in this chapter. When applicable, more restrictive federal, state, county or other Village regulations and standards and additional regulations and standards that may be recommended by the Plan Commission and determined by the Village Board shall be required. Development plans and specifications, when required by the Village Board, shall be submitted at the time of application for a conditional use permit and such plans and specifications shall show, when applicable, utility installations, site and land improvements, locations, architectural elevations and construction details of buildings and structures; location of vehicular ingress and egress and traffic control facilities; duration of use, whether for a specified number of years or perpetually; and other improvements.
[Amended 1-21-2025 by Ord. No. 968]
(a)
Electric and telephone substation and distribution centers.
(b)
Filtration plan, pumping station and water reservoirs, public or community.
(c)
Sewage treatment plant, public or community.
(d)
Police and fire station.
(e)
Telephone exchange buildings and radio and television receiving-transmitting or relay station towers.
(f)
Other governmental and public utility service uses.
(6)
Recreational uses. Outdoor recreation (privately or publicly owned or operated in unified ownership) on a lot not less than 10 acres in area, one or more of the following uses: polo field, equestrian sports, horse shows and hunter trials; dog shows and field trials; hunt clubs and gun clubs; conservation clubs; Girl Scout and Boy Scout camps and lodges; archery ranges; swimming clubs and tennis clubs; private or semipublic parks and accessory uses, buildings or structures such as off-street parking and loading spaces; and administration, maintenance and clubhouse buildings, including sale of food and beverages, provided that such accessory buildings are located no less than 200 feet from a residence district boundary line and such building and off-street parking and loading spaces shall be set back from any lot line in accordance with requirements set forth by the Village Board.
(7)
Residential uses. Single-family detached dwellings on any lot of record (April 8, 1964) and on a lot recorded after the effective date of this chapter (April 8, 1964) containing not less than 10 acres in area and accessory uses customarily incidental thereto, including also growing of farm crops, vegetable gardens and orchards and keeping of horses, other livestock and poultry, provided that buildings or structures for sheltering livestock and poultry are located no less than 150 feet from a lot line adjoining a street and 50 feet from an interior lot line.
(8)
Lot area. Not less than 10 acres, except as otherwise regulated herein for a specific permitted or conditional use.
[Amended 1-21-2025 by Ord. No. 968]
(9)
Lot width. Not less than 300 feet, except as otherwise regulated herein for a specific permitted or conditional use.
[Amended 1-21-2025 by Ord. No. 968]
(10)
Floor area ratio. Not to exceed 0.1.
(11)
Yards. Except as otherwise regulated herein for a specific permitted or conditional use, yards shall be provided as follows:
[Amended 1-21-2025 by Ord. No. 968]
(12)
Signs. Nonflashing, nonilluminated signs are permitted under the conditions specified.
[Amended by Ord. No. 682; 5-20-2008 by Ord. No. 840; 10-16-2018 by Ord. No. 899]
(a)
Nameplate and identification signs, subject to the following:
1.
Agricultural use. One nameplate not more than six square feet in area for each principal farm dwelling; on a corner lot, two such nameplates, one facing each street.
2.
Nonagricultural use. A single identification sign, not exceeding 24 square feet in area; on a corner lot, two such signs, one facing each street.
3.
Location. A sign or nameplate shall project higher than one story or 15 feet above curb level, whichever is lower.
(b)
Temporary signs. Temporary signs are subject to the requirements of § 17.365(11) of this chapter.
(c)
Temporary business signs accessory to roadside stands, subject to the following:
1.
(Reserved)
2.
Area and number. The signs shall be on the same lot as the roadside stand, and there shall be no more than two signs per lot. No sign shall exceed 12 square feet in area nor be closer than 50 feet from any other lot.
3.
Location. No sign shall project beyond the property line into the public way.
4.
Height. No sign shall project higher than 15 feet above curb level.
(d)
(Reserved)
(e)
Temporary signs shall be governed according to §§ 17.12(3)(e) and 17.365(11) of this chapter.
(f)
Maximum sign area. The total sign area allowed on the lot shall be 13 square feet for every 200 lineal front feet of the lot line abutting the public roadway. In making this calculation, the lineal front feet of the lot line shall be rounded down to the nearest number divisible by 200 notwithstanding the foregoing, if the lot abuts less than 200 feet of public roadway, the total sign area allowed on the lot is 13 square feet.
(14)
Site plan, landscape plan, and lighting plan submission and Village review required. Detailed site plan(s), landscape plan(s), and lighting plan(s) are required to be submitted to the Village and shall be reviewed by the Village as set forth and required under the provisions of § 17.10(6), Site plan, landscape plan, and lighting plan review required in all zoning district; and § 17.38, Site plan, § 17.39, Landscape plan, and § 17.40, Lighting plan, of the Village of Greendale Zoning Code. All single-family dwellings on lots (and their associated accessory structures) and two-family dwellings on lots (and their associated accessory structures) are hereby deemed exempt from the requirements of site plan, landscape plan, and lighting plan review.
[Added 12-21-2010 by Ord. No. 854]