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Menomonie City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 7

R-1 SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT

10-7-1: USES:

In the R-1 single-family residential district, no building or premises shall be used and no building shall hereafter be erected, converted in use, enlarged, moved or structurally altered unless otherwise provided in this title, except for one or more of the following uses:
Accessory buildings or one private garage.
Churches, public and parochial schools, public libraries and other public educational and cultural institutions, including accessory commercial activities as approved by the board of zoning appeals.
Community living arrangements, as defined in section 46.03(22), Wisconsin statutes, and meeting the criteria of section 59.69(15)(c), Wisconsin statutes (8 or fewer persons).
Foster homes, as defined in section 48.02, Wisconsin statutes.
Home occupations, provided that: a) such occupation is incidental to the use of the premises for residential purposes; b) does not involve any structural alteration of the building or any external construction not customary in dwellings; c) no article is sold or offered for sale on the premises except such as is produced by such occupation; d) no stock in trade is kept or sold; e) no mechanical equipment is used other than such as is permissible for purely domestic purposes; and f) no person other than a member of the immediate family living on the premises is employed.
Model homes, for not more than eighteen (18) months.
Municipal buildings, except sewage disposal plants, garbage incinerators, public warehouses, public garages, public shops and storage yards and penal or correctional institutions and asylums or other proprietary governmental or utilitarian use.
Not more than one person not a member of the family shall be permitted to board, lodge, reside or otherwise live with the family.
Professional office, when established in a dwelling, provided that such office shall be incidental to the residential occupation. Not more than fifty percent (50%) of the floor area of only one story of a dwelling unit shall be occupied by such office and not more than two (2) persons not members of the family may be employed in such office.
Public recreational and community center buildings and grounds, such as parks, playgrounds, golf courses and swimming pools.
Railroad right of way and passenger depots, not including switching, storage, freight yards or sidings.
Single-family dwellings.
Telephone buildings, exchanges and lines, unit or neighborhood substations and transformers, provided there is no service garage or storage yard; telephone, telegraph and power transmission poles and lines and necessary appurtenances, including portable public utility equipment housings. The setback requirements of this chapter shall not be applied to the necessary and customary construction, reconstruction and maintenance of public utility poles and lines.
Truck gardening, provided that there may be one roadside stand not more than three hundred (300) square feet in ground area on the same premises with each truck garden; nurseries for the propagation of plants; and other farming, provided that no livestock is kept or raised on the premises.
Uses customarily incident to any of the above uses when located on the same lot and not involving the conduct of a business. (1975 Code Ch. 18 § VII; amd. Ord. 2006-20, 11-6-2006)

10-7-2: HEIGHT, YARDS, AREA AND OTHER REGULATIONS:

In the single-family residential district, the height and width of buildings, the minimum dimension of yards, the minimum dwelling size, the minimum lot area, vision clearance, off street parking and other requirements shall be as follows for all buildings hereafter erected, converted in use, enlarged, moved or structurally altered:
   A.   Height: Thirty five feet (35') or two and one-half (21/2) stories in height, whichever is least.
   B.   Front Yard Setback: There shall be a front yard setback of twenty five feet (25').
   C.   Side Yard Setback: There shall be a side yard setback of six feet (6'); except that on any corner lot, the setback on the street side yard of the corner lot shall be ten feet (10').
   D.   Rear Yard Setback: There shall be a rear yard setback of twenty five feet (25').
   E.   Minimum Dwelling Size And Building Width: A minimum "floor area", as defined in section 10-1-4 of this title, of eight hundred (800) square feet shall be required. A minimum building width of twenty four feet (24') shall be required. "Width" means the distance from the exterior of one side wall to the exterior of the opposite side wall where the walls enclose living or other interior space, and that distance includes expandable rooms but not bay windows, porches, wall and roof extensions, or other attachments.
   F.   Lot Area: Same as provided in section 14-4-7 of this code.
   G.   Vision Clearance: Same as provided in subsection 10-4-5G of this title.
   H.   Off Street Parking: Same as provided in section 10-4-7 of this title. (Ord. 2008-05, 5-19-2008; Ord. 2024-08, 6-3-2024)

10-7-3: LODGING OR ROOMING HOUSES:

No "lodging or rooming house" as defined in section 10-1-4 of this title shall be permitted in this district. (1975 Code Ch. 18 § VII)