The IN institutional district is intended to accommodate broad-scale development of an interrelated nature, including congregate housing, colleges, universities, schools, hospitals, cemeteries and municipally owned land.

A.

Uses Permitted by Right. In the institutional district no building or land shall be used and no building shall be erected or structurally altered, unless otherwise provided in this chapter, except for the following uses:

1.

Housing including dormitories, residence halls, multifamily dwelling, single-family dwellings, sorority or fraternity housing, which is intended for the members of the particular institution's community and not generally held open to the public;

2.

Administrative and faculty offices;

3.

Hospitals, clinics and related professional offices;

4.

Classrooms and laboratories including facilities for the keeping of laboratory animals;

5.

Student unions;

6.

Museums, libraries, art galleries, theaters, parks, playgrounds, chapels and outdoor athletic facilities;

7.

Gymnasiums or other health or fitness centers;

8.

Meeting or conference rooms;

9.

Nonprofit clubs and lodges;

10.

Bookstores or college stores;

11.

Taverns, restaurants and cafeterias intended for the benefit of members of the institutional community and not generally held open to the public;

12.

Physical plant and power generation facilities;

13.

Observatories, greenhouses or nature centers;

14.

Parking lots related to a use permitted within the IN district, roadways, walkways and stairways.

15.

Stormwater management facilities, including but not limited to retention ponds or any stormwater management structures as required by city ordinance or the State of Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources' rules and regulations.

B.

Uses Permitted by Conditional Use.

1.

Group child care facilities.

(Ord. 1196, 2005; Ord. 1127 (part), 1998).

(Ord. No. 1457, 11-28-2016)

A.

Front Yard. There shall be a minimum front yard setback equal to the required front yard setback of the abutting zoning district.

B.

Side and Rear Yards. There shall be a minimum ten-foot setback required for all side and rear yards, except when a structure is erected adjacent to a residential zone, where the setback shall be thirty feet.

(Ord. 1127 (part), 1998).

In the institutional district there shall be no height regulations for structures, except when a structure is within one hundred feet of an abutting residentially-zoned property, then a structure that is over twenty-five feet in height shall require the setback to be increased one foot for each additional foot in height over twenty-five feet.

(Ord. 1127 (part), 1998).

A.

Spaces Required.

1.

All parking areas under this section shall be on property owned by the institution.

2.

One space per three dwelling units/beds shall be provided.

3.

One space per two employees per shift shall be provided in addition to the required parking for beds.

4.

Parking spaces for college dormitories shall be within five hundred feet of each dormitory building.

B.

Improvements Required. Parking area for more than four vehicles shall provide the following:

1.

Yards. The front yard setback before the parking area shall be the same as for buildings in the district in which the parking area is located. Side and rear yards shall be seven feet from the lot line on either side of the parking area;

2.

Surfacing.

a.

All driveways and open off-street parking areas shall be surfaced with bituminous or concrete.

b.

Driveway aprons between the street and sidewalk shall be of concrete.

c.

Grading. Open off-street parking areas shall be graded and drained so as to dispose of surface water into an on-site collection system going into the municipal stormwater sewer system;

3.

Screening and Landscaping. (See Title 23—Landscaping and Bufferyard Regulations)

C.

Ingress and Egress.

1.

Parking lots accommodating twenty-four or fewer cars:

a.

One-way access to the parking lot shall be a minimum ten feet in width;

b.

Driveways accommodating two-way traffic shall be a minimum of twenty feet in width.

2.

Parking lots accommodating twenty-five or more vehicles:

a.

One-way access shall be a minimum of twelve feet in width;

b.

Driveways accommodating two-way traffic shall be a minimum of twenty-four feet in width.

3.

Parking lots accommodating commercial or industrial vehicles:

a.

One-way access shall be a minimum of fourteen feet in width;

b.

Driveways accommodating two-way traffic shall be a minimum of twenty-eight feet in width.

D.

Lighting. Any lighting used to illuminate off-street parking areas shall use full cut-off design fixtures and such fixtures shall be directed downward to minimize light spill onto adjacent properties. See Chapter 23.025—Exterior Lighting Standards.

(Ord. 1127 (part), 1998).

(Ord. No. 1423, 3-12-2013; Ord. No. 1441, 1-27-2014)

Space must be provided for off-street loading of sufficient size so that no streets, alleys or sidewalks are blocked when a vehicle is loading.

(Ord. 1127 (part), 1998).