A building or use which is:

See Article XIX of this chapter.

Any advertising sign, billboard, statuary, or poster panel which directs attention to a business, commodity, service, or entertainment not exclusively related to the premises where such sign is located or to which it is affixed, but does not include those advertising signs, billboards, or poster panels which direct attention to the business on the premises or to a brand name of a product or commodity with which the business is specifically identified and which is sold on the premises.

A facility located on a farm or farmstead that has at least one of the following as a primary and not merely incidental purpose:

The science and practice of the cultivation of the soil.

Any area of land or water which is used or intended for use for the landing and taking off of aircraft and any appurtenant areas which are used or intended for use for airport buildings or other airport facilities or rights-of-way, including all necessary taxiways, aircraft storage and tie-down areas, hangars and other necessary buildings and open spaces.

A public right-of-way or private way which affords only secondary vehicular access to abutting property.

A room or suite of two or more rooms which is designed for, intended for or occupied by one family doing its cooking therein.

See "dwelling, multiple-family."[1]

A man-made body of water utilized for recreational or conservational purpose in excess of two acres.

A minimum area of 180 square feet within a parking area.

Any premises on which more than one automotive vehicle, not in running or operating condition, or parts thereof are stored in the open.

A story partly or wholly underground.

Any place of lodging that provides eight or fewer rooms for rent to no more than a total of 20 tourists or other transients for more than 10 nights in a twelve-month period, is the owner's personal residence, is occupied by the owner at the time of rental, and in which the only meal served to guests is breakfast.[2]

A man-made ridge or hill elevation consisting of any type of material, generally organic, used in landscaping or for any other purpose such as a barrier or wall.

See Article XVII, Sign Regulations, of this chapter.[3]

A building or premises, other than a hotel, containing lodging rooms accommodating, for compensation, four or more persons not of the keeper's family. Lodging may be provided with or without meals.[4]

Establishments offering the rental of boats and fishing equipment.

Any structure built, used, designed, or intended for the support, shelter, protection, or enclosure of persons, animals, chattels, or property of any kind and which is permanently affixed to the land. When a building is divided into separate parts by unpierced fire or party walls extending continuously from the ground through all stories to and above the roof, each part shall be deemed a separate building.

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

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

The vertical distance to the level midway between the eaves and the highest point of the roof, at the center of the building's principal front, measured from the established grade from the front of the property line.

A building in which is conducted the principal use of the lot on which it is situated. In any residential district, any dwelling shall be deemed to be a main building on the lot on which it is situated.

A line located a stated distance from and parallel to a lot line or street right-of-way, including the nearest point to which a lot line or center line of a building may be erected.[5]

Any building not designed to be permanently located in the place where it is or where it is intended to be placed or affixed. Manufactured homes used as residences shall not be classified as temporary buildings.

A tract or parcel of land on which space is provided for camping. Includes day or overnight camping.[6]

The maximum number of persons that can avail themselves of the services (or goods) of such establishment at any one time, with reasonable safety and comfort, as determined by the Building Code or as may be determined by the Zoning Administrator.

An organization of specializing physicians or dentists, or both, who have their offices in a common building.

An association of persons for some common social purpose, not including groups organized primarily to render a service which is customarily carried on as a business. All organizations shall be recognized clubs or fraternities.

An agriculture enterprise where livestock is purchased and raised and then sold to a buyer, feedlot or slaughterhouse.

A place where three or more unrelated adults reside in which care, treatment, or services above the level of room and board, but not including nursing care, are provided to persons residing in the facility as a primary function of the facility and licensed by the Department of Health Services under § 50.01, Wis. Stats.

For purposes of Article XI, AG-FP Agricultural-Farmland Preservation District, means ownership by the same person or persons. "Common ownership" includes land owned by the same individual, married couple, corporation, limited liability company (LLC), partnership, estate, or trust. Solely for the purposes of this definition, a parcel owned by one member of a married couple is deemed to be owned by the married couple.

Use of a special nature as to make impractical its predetermination as a principal use in a zoning district.

A form of real property ownership in which the purchaser of each unit of an apartment building or in a complex of multiunit dwellings acquires full title to the unit and an undivided interest in the common elements (the land, roof, etc.).

Adjacent to or sharing a common boundary. Contiguous land includes land that is separated only by a river, stream, section line, public road, private road, railroad, pipeline, transmission line, or transportation or transportation right-of-way. Parcels are not contiguous if they meet only at a single point.

A yard along a side lot line from front yard to rear yard when said side lot line is parallel to a street right-of-way line.

Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.

A licensed establishment for the care and supervision of nine or more children under seven years old for more than four and less than 24 hours a day for more than 10 days a month.

A licensed establishment for the care and supervision of one to eight children under seven years old for more than four and less than 24 hours a day for more than 10 days a month.

A part or parts of the Town of Lawrence for which the regulations governing the height, location and use of buildings and the size of lots and open spaces are uniform.

An establishment with street access which provides no interior seating or service or an establishment which allows for interior seating or service but the majority of its business is conducted in the following manner:

A building, or portion thereof, excluding a manufactured home, hotel, motel, boardinghouse and trailer, designed or used exclusively for residential occupancy.

A building designed, or portion thereof, containing three or more dwelling units.

A building designed for and occupied exclusively by one family.

A building designed for and occupied exclusively by two families.

One or more rooms which are arranged, designed or used as living quarters for one family. Individual bathrooms and complete kitchen facilities, permanently installed, shall always be included for each dwelling unit.

A vegetated, elongated earthen mound used as a landscape barrier.

A place of business carrying out operations, the ownership and management of which are separate and distinct from those of any other place of business located on the same zoning lot.

The use of property, including the use and location of buildings, the size of lots and the dimensions of required yards, otherwise not allowable under the terms of this chapter for which a special permit may be issued under conditions specified in this chapter.

One or more persons living together in a single dwelling unit as a traditional family or the functional equivalent of a traditional family. It shall be a rebuttable presumption that four or more persons living together in a single dwelling unit who are not related by blood, adoption or marriage do not constitute the functional equivalent of a traditional family.[7]

All land under common ownership that is primarily devoted to agricultural use. For purposes of this definition, land is deemed to be primarily devoted to agricultural use if any of the following apply:

A rural parcel of land located in the Estate Residential Zone. Animals shall be kept for personal consumption or use and not for commercial purposes.

The principal use of a premises for the raising and harvesting of crops or the keeping of livestock.

A body of water utilized for the farm operation.

A one- or two-family residence that is the only residential structure on the farm or is occupied by any of the following:

The non-farmed area of a farm which typically contains the original farm dwelling and other buildings which are used for farming operations or activities. In some instances minor amounts of tilled acreage or pasture land would be contained within the farmstead, but tilled land and pasture land are generally separate from the farmstead itself.

A barrier made of wood, iron, stone, or other inorganic material.

Products obtained from stands of forest trees which have been either naturally or artificially established.

The selective cutting of forest crops under the supervision of a properly designated official of the Town and the storing of such crops, the operation of portable sawmills and planers and the production of maple syrup and sugar.

The length of all the property fronting on one side of a street between the two nearest intersecting streets, measured along the line of the street, or if dead-ended, then all the property abutting on one side of a street between an intersecting street and the dead end of a street.

The length of all the property of such zoning lot fronting on a street, measured between side lot lines.

Agricultural operation where the major income is derived from the selling or sale of fur-bearing animals and/or pelts.

An accessory to the main building which provides for the storage of motor vehicles and in which no occupation, business or service for profit is carried on.

Any building or premises, other than a private garage, where motor-driven vehicles are equipped, repaired, serviced, hired, sold, or stored.

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

The area of a lot reserved for lawn, pond, shrubbery, or park.

Gross receipts from agricultural uses, less the cost or other basis of livestock or other agricultural items purchased for resale which are sold or otherwise disposed of during the taxable year. "Gross farm revenue" includes receipts accruing to a renter but does not include rent paid to the landowner.

The sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several floors of a building or buildings measured from the exterior faces of exterior walls or from the center line of party walls separating two buildings.

Community living arrangement for the care and maintenance of five to eight children under 18 years of age which is a licensed child welfare agency, as set forth in § 48.60, Wis. Stats.

A driveway or parking lot surfaced with concrete, bituminous paving or crushed stone.

Institutions or organizations which provide specialized inpatient or outpatient medical and dental care.

A dense row of shrubs, etc., forming a boundary, fence, or barrier.

See "street."

Any occupation or profession carried on by a member of the immediate family residing on the premises, in connection with which there is used no sign or display that will indicate from the exterior that the building is being utilized in whole or in part for any purpose other than that of a dwelling; there is no commodity sold upon the premises; no person is employed other than a member of the immediate family residing on the premises; and no mechanical or electrical equipment is used, except such as is permissible for purely domestic or household purposes. A professional person may use his residence for infrequent consultation, emergency treatment, or performance of religious rites but not the general practice of his profession. No accessory building shall be used for such home occupation. Clinics, convalescent homes, hospitals, barbershops, beauty parlors, tea rooms and animal hospitals are examples that shall not be deemed to be home occupations.

A building in which lodging, with or without meals, is offered to transient guests for compensation and in which there are more than five sleeping rooms with or without cooking facilities in any individual room or apartment.

A special or exclusive type of planned industrial area designed and equipped to accommodate a community of industries, providing them with all necessary facilities and services in attractive surroundings among compatible neighbors. Industrial parks may be promoted or sponsored by private developers, community organizations, or government organizations.

An area where waste or scrap materials are bought, sold, exchanged, stored, baled, packed, disassembled, or handled, including but not limited to scrap iron and other metals, paper, rags, rubber tires, and bottles. A junkyard or salvage yard includes an auto wrecking yard but does not include uses established entirely within enclosed buildings.

A lot or building in which three or more dogs or four or more cats or other animals at least two months of age are kept commercially for board and/or propagation, training or sales, or other uses, all of which are conducted on the property itself.

A man-made area consisting of landscaping materials and water less than three feet in depth in any one space.

Materials used to make a plot of ground more attractive and/or stable. These materials may include, but are not limited to, trees, grasses, ground cover, vines, flowers, earthen berms, earth stabilization materials, rocks and stones, and wood chips.

The use of land or buildings first permitted in a certain district is less restricted than other uses first permitted in districts appearing earlier in the numerical order in which such districts are numbered in this chapter.

A portion of the primary building or an accessory building on the parcel used for the sale of merchandise or product directly related to the use of the parcel. Example: The sale of apples from an apple orchard, the sale of eggs from chickens, or the sale of alpaca merchandise made from alpaca fiber sheddings.

Bovine animals, equine animals, goats, poultry, sheep, swine, farm-raised deer, farm-raised game birds, camelids, ratites, and farm-raised fish.

An off-street space or berth on the same lot with or contiguous to a building or group of buildings which it serves, and abutting on or having direct access to a street or alley, for the temporary parking of a commercial vehicle while loading or unloading cargo. A loading space is not a parking space.

A building other than a hotel where rooms without board or kitchen facilities either in or in connection with such rooms are rented to persons not members of the resident family.

A parcel of land having a width and depth sufficient to provide the space necessary for one principal building and its accessory building, together with the open spaces required by this chapter, and abutting on a public street.

The area of a horizontal plane bounded by the front, side, and rear lot lines, but not including any area occupied by the waters of a duly recorded lake or river and/or public right-of-way.

A lot located at the intersection of two streets, the interior angle of such intersection not exceeding 135°.

The horizontal distance between the front lot line and the rear lot line, but not including any area occupied by the waters of a duly recorded lake or river and/or public right-of-way.

The average of the finished lot elevation upon completion of construction and landscaping between the street right-of-way line and a perpendicular point on the front yard setback line.

A lot other than a corner or reversed lot.

That boundary of a lot which is along an existing or dedicated public street or where no public street exists along a public way.

That boundary of a lot which is most distant from and is or is most nearly parallel to the front lot line.

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

A lot which is part of a subdivision, the plat of which has been recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds of Brown County, or a parcel of land, the deed to which was recorded in the office of said Register of Deeds prior to the adoption of this chapter, and certified survey maps approved and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds of Brown County.

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

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

The horizontal distance between the side lot lines of a lot, measured at the narrowest width within the first 30 feet of lot depth immediately in back of the front yard setback line.

See Article XVIII, Manufactured Home Regulations, of this chapter.[8]

A business consisting of a building or group of buildings of varying sizes of individual compartmentalized and controlled access stalls, spaces or lockers which are rented to individuals for the storage of personal property.[9]

A use of land or buildings first permitted in a certain district is more restricted than other uses first permitted in districts appearing later in the numerical order in which such districts are numbered in this chapter.

An establishment consisting of a group of attached or detached living or sleeping accommodations with bathroom and closet space, located on a single zoning lot and designed for use by transient guests, and where there is no permanent occupancy of any unit, except by the owner, his agent or his employees.

A self-propelled device used or intended to be used for the transportation of freight or passengers upon a street or highway.

A building lawfully erected at the time of the enactment of this chapter which does not conform to the height, setback, yard, parking or other bulk requirements of this chapter or any amendment thereto governing the zoning district in which such building is located.[10]

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

A parcel on which no buildings, other than hunting blinds or small sheds, have been constructed or approved for construction.

A building or premises off the public street, containing one or more parking spaces, open to the public free or for a fee, and providing access from a public street or alley to each parking space within such parking lot.

A graded and surfaced area of not less than 180 square feet in area, either enclosed or open, for the parking of a motor vehicle, having adequate ingress and egress to a public street or alley, exclusive of passageways, driveways or other means of circulation or access.

A wall constructed between two attached units or rooms which may or may not be separately owned.

An individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company (LLC), trust, estate, or other legal entity.

A tract of land which contains or will contain two or more principal buildings, developed under single ownership or control, the development of which is unique and intended to permit diversification and variation in the relationship of uses and structures and open space for developments conceived and implemented as comprehensive and unified projects. A planned development allows for flexibility not available under normal zoning district requirements.

Land division created by the recording of a subdivision plat or certified survey map as per the requirements of the Brown County subdivision and platting regulations and Town ordinances.

Man-made body of water, greater than 10 feet by 10 feet, up to two acres and greater than three feet in depth.

All of the following:

A building or use on a lot which constitutes the chief or primary use of the premises.

The office of a member of a recognized profession, including the offices of ministers, architects, professional engineers, lawyers, and such other similar professional occupations, including the office of a charitable organization and including also an insurance or financial institution which conducts its activities principally by mail.

Land that is any of the following:

A vehicle primarily used for leisure activities, including but not limited to trailers, boats with or without trailers, all-terrain vehicles and snowmobiles. For the purpose of this chapter, "recreational vehicle" does not include four-wheel-drive cars or trucks and motorcycles.

Sale of commodities and services directly to customers, when such commodities and services are used or consumed by the customer and not purchased primarily for purpose of resale.

A structure not permanently fixed to the ground that is readily removable in its entirety, covered or uncovered and not wholly enclosed, and used solely for the sale of farm products produced on the premises. No such roadside stand shall be more than 300 square feet in ground area and such stand shall be limited to 10 feet maximum height.

A device incorporating a reflective surface that is solid, open mesh, or bar configured and is in the shape of a shallow dish, cone, horn, or cornucopia. Such device shall be used to transmit and/or receive radio or electromagnetic waves between terrestrially and/or orbitally based uses. This definition is meant to include but not be limited to what are commonly referred to as satellite earth stations, TVROs, and satellite microwave antennas.

The minimum horizontal area between the front, side and/or rear line of the building or use, including porches, and the lot lines or street right-of-way lines.

The minimum horizontal distance between the side line of the building or use that runs perpendicular to the fronting street and the side right-of-way line perpendicular to the fronting street.

The minimum horizontal distance between the front line of the building or use and the street right-of-way line.

Lines established adjacent to the lot lines or street right-of-way lines for the purpose of defining limits within which any or certain buildings, structures, or uses may not be constructed, maintained or carried on, except as shown herein.

The minimum horizontal distance between the back line of the building or use and the rear lot line.

The minimum horizontal distance between the side line of the building or use and the side lot lines, unless the side line of the building or use is parallel to a street, whereas it shall be a corner side yard setback.

See Article XVII, Sign Regulations, of this chapter.[12]

A building or portion thereof used in the conducting of a business enterprise where animals are butchered or where animals or parts thereof are processed, cut or altered.

Shall have the same meaning as "garage," one animal being considered the equivalent of one self-propelled vehicle.

That portion of a building between any floor and the surface of the next floor above it, or, if there is no floor above, then the space between the floor and the ceiling above. A basement is a story if its ceiling is five feet or more above the level from which the height of the building is measured, or if it is used for business purposes, or if it contains any dwelling units other than one dwelling unit for the caretaker of the premises.

A story with at least two opposite exterior sides meeting a sloping roof not more than three feet above the floor of such story.

A public or private right-of-way which affords a primary means of vehicular access to abutting property, whether designated as a street, avenue, highway, road, boulevard, lane, throughway, or however otherwise designated, but does not include driveways to buildings.

Any change other than incidental repairs which would prolong the life of the supporting members of a building, such as the addition, removal, or alteration of bearing walls, columns, beams, girders, or foundations.

Anything constructed or erected which requires a permanent location on the ground or attachment to something having a permanent location on the ground.

The Town of Lawrence.

The governing body of the Town of Lawrence.

The officer appointed by the Town Board or contracted with an outside source under agreement to inspect new construction of buildings and administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter.

A dwelling for a single family.[13]

A use which may be lawfully established in a particular district(s), provided that it conforms to all requirements, regulations, and standards of such district.

That value at which a seller willing to sell, but not forced to sell, would sell to a buyer willing to buy, but not forced to buy.

A departure from the terms of this chapter as applied to a specific building, structure, or parcel which the Board of Appeals may permit when the Board of Appeals finds that a literal enforcement of the provisions of this chapter would result in practical difficulty or unnecessary hardship, owing to circumstances unique to the individual property on which the variance is sought, or literal application of such regulation will effect a limitation on the use of the property which does not generally apply to the other properties in the same district and for which there is not compensating gain to the public health, safety and welfare. In no case shall a variance be granted to permit any use not permitted in a particular zone.[14]

The vision corner is formed by measuring 30 feet along each property line from the corner where the two street sides of the property meet. Connecting these two lines with a diagonal line completes the triangle and forms the vision corner.

A building in which goods, raw materials or commodities are stored or distributed.

An open space on the same lot with a building or structure, unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward, except for vegetation. A yard extends along a lot line and to a depth or width specified in the yard requirements for the zone the lot is located in.

A yard extending along the full length of the front lot line between the side lot lines.

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

A yard extending across the full length of the rear lot line between the side lot lines.

Divisions of the Town, each area being accurately defined to boundaries and locations on the Official Zoning Map and in this chapter, for which the regulations and requirements governing use, lot, and bulk of buildings and premises are uniform.

An area within a single tract of land, under single ownership having a specific zoning district. A zoning lot may, therefore, not coincide with the lot of record and may be located on a parcel of land with two or more zoning districts.