Lawerence Town City Zoning Code
ARTICLE VI
R-1 Residential District
§ 300-30 Applicability.
The following regulations shall apply in R-1 Districts.
§ 300-31 Permitted uses.
§ 300-32 Permitted accessory uses.
A.
Private garages, carports and driveways.
B.
Home occupations.
C.
Toolhouses, sheds and other similar buildings used for the storage of common supplies.
D.
Conservatories and greenhouses for plants, provided that such activity is not designed for wholesale or retail trade.
E.
Family swimming pools.
F.
Satellite dish antennas less than 38 inches in diameter.
G.
Landscape pond.
H.
Transmission lines, television cable lines, substations, and telephone and public utility installments.
§ 300-33 Conditional uses.
A.
Planned development.
B.
Bed-and-breakfast establishments.
C.
Religious institutions in the form of convents, seminaries, and monasteries, as well as churches, chapels, temples, synagogues, rectories, parsonages, and parish houses, provided that the buildings are located 100 feet or more from any other lot in a residential district.
D.
Cemeteries.
E.
Fire stations, police stations, post offices, and other municipal facilities necessary for Town operation.
F.
Satellite dish antennas in excess of 38 inches in diameter.
G.
Temporary buildings, trailers, equipment, and signs necessary for construction purposes and the temporary storage of building materials and equipment for a period not to exceed the duration of such construction.
H.
The following institutional uses, provided that any building shall be located 100 feet or more from any other lot in a residential district:
(1)
Schools, public, denominational, or private, elementary, junior high, and senior high, including playgrounds, athletic fields, and other accessory uses required for operation.
(2)
Public open space, including customary park, playground and athletic field activities and functions.
(3)
Public libraries, museums, community centers or other public recreational buildings and grounds.
I.
Community living arrangements having a capacity for nine or more persons being served by the program, licensed and operated under the authority of the Department of Health Services in accordance with § 62.23(7)(i), Wis. Stats.
§ 300-34 Lot requirements with municipal sanitary sewer.
A.
Minimum area: 12,000 square feet of minimum lot area required.
B.
Zoning lot frontage. Residential lots where served by public sewer shall not be less than 100 feet wide measured at the right-of-way line; such minimum lot width may be measured at the building setback line if said lot is located on the outer radius of a curved street, such as a cul-de-sac.[1]
C.
Any lot smaller than herein required which was under separate ownership from adjoining lots at the time of the adoption of this chapter may be used for a one-family dwelling.
§ 300-35 Height regulations.
§ 300-36 Building setbacks.
Principal Structure | Accessory Buildings and Structures | |
|---|---|---|
Front yard | 30 feet from right-of-way | Not allowed |
Side yard | 1 story or more: 10 feet minimum each side from property line | 5 feet minimum from property line |
Rear yard | 25 feet minimum from property line | 5 feet minimum from property line |
Corner side | 30 feet minimum from right-of-way | 30 feet minimum from right-of-way |
§ 300-37 Building size.
Minimum ground floor area per dwelling shall be not less than 1,200 square feet for a one-story dwelling and not less than 1,500 square feet for dwelling having more than one story.
§ 300-38 Accessory uses.
§ 300-39 Parking.
Parking shall conform to the requirements as set forth in Article XX, Off-Street Parking Requirements.
§ 300-40 Signs.
Signs shall be regulated as set forth in Article XVII, Sign Regulations.