Hayward City Zoning Code
ARTICLE III
R-1 Residential District
§ 515-9 Purpose of district.
This district provides for one-family and two-family year-round residential development protected from traffic hazards and the intrusion of incompatible land uses. It is intended to encourage such development around existing residential areas where soil conditions are suitable for such development and in those areas which can be economically and readily served by utilities and municipal facilities.
§ 515-10 Permitted uses.
A.
One-family and two-family year round dwellings.
B.
Private garages and carports.
C.
Essential services and utilities intended to serve the principal permitted use.
D.
Signs subject to the provisions of Chapter 368, Signs.
E.
Horticulture and gardening.
F.
Customary accessory uses, provided such uses are clearly incidental to the principal use and that no such use generates traffic or noise that would create a public or private nuisance.
§ 515-11 Uses authorized by conditional permit.
[Amended 6-26-2006 by Ord. No. 464; 7-20-2009 by Ord. No. 490; 10-14-2019 by Ord. No. 541; 5-13-2024 by Ord. No. 566]
A.
Multifamily (three or more) dwelling units.
B.
Rooming or boarding houses.
C.
Mobile home parks subject to the provisions of Article XVIII of this chapter.
D.
Public and semipublic uses; exceptions.
(1)
Public and semipublic uses, including but not limited to the following: public and private schools, churches, public parks and recreation areas, hospitals, rest homes and homes for the aged, fire and police stations, and historic sites.
(2)
Sewage disposal plants, garbage incinerators and maintenance, repair or storage buildings shall not be permitted.
E.
Telephone, telegraph and power transmission towers, poles and lines, including transformers, substations, relay and repeater stations, equipment housing and other necessary appurtenant equipment and structures.
F.
Home occupations or professional offices, provided no such uses occupies more than 25% of the total floor area of the dwelling, not more than one nonresident person is employed on the premises, and such use will not include an operational activity that would create a nuisance to be otherwise incompatible with the surrounding residential area.
G.
Transitional living facilities.
H.
Off-premises parking for commercial property may be allowed, provided the commercial property and residential property are owned and maintained by the same individual/entity. The off-premises parking shall not be counted as part of the required off-street parking for the commercial property.
I.
Columbaria. Any religious association may establish an indoor columbarium or an outdoor columbarium as an accessory structure subject to § 157.123, Wis. Stats.
(1)
Indoor columbaria. A religious association may establish an indoor columbarium subject to the requirements of § 157.123, Wis. Stats., and the following requirements:
(a)
A plan of perpetual care and maintenance of any proposed columbarium pursuant to § 157.123(2)(b), Wis. Stats.
(2)
Outdoor columbaria. A religious association may establish an outdoor columbarium subject to the requirements of § 157.123, Wis. Stats., and the following requirements:
(a)
A plan of perpetual care and maintenance of any proposed columbarium pursuant to § 157.123(2)(b), Wis. Stats.
(b)
A religious association must submit a site plan for review and approval to the City of Hayward Public Works Department.
(c)
All outdoor columbaria must comply with the following physical requirements:
[1]
Location. A columbarium must be located outside a building owned and occupied by a religious association as defined by § 157.123(2)(a), Wis. Stats.
[2]
Setback. Columbaria structures shall meet the setback and yard requirements of the R-1 Residential One Zone District.
[3]
Appearance. Columbaria shall be consistent in material and design to the primary structure.
[4]
Signage. Signage shall be limited to inscriptions on the face of the columbarium niche and commemorative plaque on the columbarium structure.
[5]
Left objects. Left objects, such as flowers and mementos, are permitted, but must be monitored by the religious association and removed on a regular basis.
[6]
Removal of columbaria. In the event that the religious association ceases to use or occupy the church building or other place of worship where the columbarium is located, the religious association shall relocate all the urns in the columbarium containing cremated remains per the requirements of § 157.123(c), Wis. Stats.