This Ordinance shall be known, cited and referred to as the “City of New Richmond Zoning Ordinance” except as referred to herein, where it shall be known as “this Ordinance”.

The general intent of this Ordinance is to regulate and restrict the use of all structures, lands and waters and to:

1. Implement the Comprehensive Plan.
2. Promote and protect the comfort, public health, safety, morals, prosperity, aesthetics and general welfare of the people.
3. Divide the City into districts restricting and regulating the location, erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration and use of buildings, structures and land for residence, business and manufacturing and other specified uses.
4. Implement those municipal, County, watershed and regional comprehensive plans or components of such plans adopted by the City.
5. Provide for the administration and enforcement of this chapter and to provide penalties for the violation of this chapter.

It is the policy of the City of New Richmond that the enforcement, amendment, and administration of this Ordinance shall be accomplished by adhering to the recommendations contained in the Comprehensive Plan as developed and amended from time to time by the Plan Commission and Common Council. The Common Council recognizes the Comprehensive Plan as the guiding policy for responsibility to regulate land use and development in accordance with the purpose and provisions set forth in this Ordinance.

1. The jurisdiction of this Chapter shall apply to all structures, lands, water and air within the corporate limits of the City. In their interpretation and application, the provisions of this Ordinance shall be held as the minimum requirements for the promotion of the public health, safety and welfare.
2. Except as herein provided, no structure shall be erected, converted, enlarged, reconstructed or altered, and no structure or land shall be used for any purpose nor in any manner which is not in conformity with the provisions of this Ordinance.
3. Except as herein provided, no building, structure or premises shall hereafter be used or occupied and no building permit shall be granted that does not conform to the requirements of this Ordinance.
4. Except as herein provided, no land subdivision shall be permitted that creates non-conformities with this Ordinance.

1. This Ordinance is adopted pursuant to the authority granted by Wisconsin Statutes, including, but not limited to, § 62.23 (7), 87.30, and 91.51, and amendments thereto.
2. This Ordinance was adopted to promote the health, safety and general welfare of the City of New Richmond, Wisconsin and its citizens, including protection of the environment, conservation of land, energy and natural resources, reduction in vehicular traffic congestion, more efficient use of public funds, health benefits of a pedestrian environment, historic preservation, education and recreation, reduction in sprawl development, and improvement of the built environment.

It is not intended by this Chapter to repeal, abrogate, annul, impair or interfere with any existing easements, covenants, deed restrictions, agreements, rules, regulations or permits previously adopted or issued pursuant to law. However, whenever this Chapter imposes greater restrictions, or such documents, and no non-conformities are involved, the provisions of this Chapter shall govern.

It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City that several provisions of this Ordinance are separable in accordance with the following:

1. If any court of competent jurisdiction shall adjudge any provisions of this Ordinance to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect any other provision of this Ordinance not specifically included in said judgment.
2. If any court of competent jurisdiction shall adjudge invalid the application of any provision of this Ordinance to a particular property, building or other structure, such judgment shall not affect the application of said provision to any other property, building or structure not specifically included in said judgment.

The functions and uses of Table 3 are broad categories. Whenever in any zoning district a form or function is not allowed in Table 3, the use shall be considered prohibited. The Common Council, or the Plan Commission, on their own initiative or upon request, may conduct a study to determine if the proposed use is acceptable and if so what zoning district would be most appropriate and the determination as to conditions and standards relating to development of the use. Based on the findings in the study, the Common Council or the applicant may choose to initiate a Zoning Ordinance amendment to provide for the proposed form or function or the Common Council may find that the form or function is not appropriate.


Prohibited
form or function

1. Repeal of Existing Zoning Regulations. The existing zoning regulations entitled, “Zoning Ordinance” and as subsequently amended, are repealed. The adoption of this Ordinance, however, shall not affect nor prevent any pending or future prosecution of, or action to abate, an existing violation of prior regulations, as long as such violation occurred before January 1, 2015 of this Zoning Ordinance, as provided in NRMC 121-10.
2. Preservation of PUD Districts. Except as otherwise provided in this section, planned unit developments approved by the City as of January 1, 2015 are rescinded. The following properties are zoned planned unit development, in accordance with the identified ordinance or as provided herein:
   1. Richmond Crossings, Ordinance #464, adopted 2/10/14
   2. Armstrong-Skoglund, Ordinance #461, adopted 11/11/13 - amended Ordinance #579 01/10/22
   3. Rich River Trails, Ordinance #301, adopted 10/13/03 – amended 2/11/13; amended 3/10/25 to rezone Outlots 3, 4, 5, and 6 to Z4 General urban District.
   4. Deerfield, Ordinance #431, adopted 4/11/11 - repealed Ordinance #569 01/10/2022
   5. Horseshoe Heights, Approved as a PUD Plat March 2007
   6. Evergreen Valley Phase 3, Approved as a PUD Plat 6/13/05
   7. Evergreen Valley Phase 1, Approved as a PUD Plat 6/7/05, amended March 12, 2018 - repealed Ordinance #627 08/11/2025
   8. James Place, Ordinance #325, adopted 10/11/04, amended February 12, 2018
   9. Evergreen Valley Phase 2, Approved as a PUD Plat 9/7/04, amended May 11, 2026, by Ord #635, which established Evergreen Valley IV as a new PUD Plat
   10. Willowwind, Ordinance #308, adopted 11/10/03, amended 02/12/18, amended 04/10/2023 by Ordinance 595 (linked below)
   11. Richmond Prairie Condo, Ordinance #299, adopted 8/11/03
   12. Portion of Fox Run, Approved as a PUD Plat 4/4/02
   13. Fairway Pines, Approved as a PUD Plat 8/13/01
   14. Golf Side Villas, Approved as a PUD Plat 8/13/01
   15. Paperjack Place & Paperjack Creek Villas, Ordinance #264, adopted 4/9/01, amended August 13, 2018
   16. Woodland Creek, Approved as a PUD Plat 5/8/00, amended 02/12/18
   17. Northwind Addition, Approved as a PUD Plat 5/4/99
   18. West Ridge Condominiums, Ordinance #210, adopted 4/13/98
   19. Highview Estates, Approved as a PUD Plat 6/8/95
   20. Willow River Bluffs, In accordance with the PUD approved October 9, 2017

The Zoning Ordinance shall become effective January 1, 2015.