A.

Intent. The intent of the ER-5 zoning district is to provide for rural estate lots with the option of keeping domestic animals.

B.

Uses. The following uses are allowed in the Estate Residential 5-Acre (ER-5) zoning district:

1.

Permitted uses.

a.

Community based residential facilities serving eight or fewer persons.

b.

Detached, single family dwellings.

c.

Floriculture.

d.

Forestry.

e.

Horticulture.

f.

Public parks and playgrounds.

2.

Conditional uses (subject to the regulations specified in RCO 18-10.10).

a.

Bed and breakfast establishments.

b.

Detached, two-family dwellings.

c.

Golf courses (including driving ranges, pitch and putt establishments, or miniature golf courses).

d.

Greenhouses for wholesale trade.

e.

Indoor kennels.

f.

Nurseries.

g.

Orchards.

h.

Ponds as regulated under RCO 18-07.00, Man-Made Bodies of Water.

i.

Small wind energy facilities, not requiring authorization under Wis. Stats. § 196.491(3).

j.

Additional activities as approved by the Town Board.

3.

Accessory uses (subject to the regulations specified in RCO 18-01.09(C)).

a.

Decks.

b.

Farm structures.

c.

Greenhouses (private, not for on-site retail sales).

d.

Home occupations as defined in RCO 18-01.08.

e.

Keeping of domestic animals or livestock consistent with RCO 18-12.00, Animals.

f.

Landscape ponds.

g.

Outbuilding(s) for the keeping of domestic animals, livestock, or for the storage of common household items.

h.

Paddocks.

i.

Pools (private).

j.

Roadside stands.

C.

Dimensional regulations.

1.

Lots.

a.

Lots in the Estate Residential 5-Acre (ER-5) zoning district shall have an area of at least five acres.

b.

Each lot shall contain a minimum of 250 feet of street frontage. In no case shall lot frontage measured at the right-of-way line of a cul-de-sac or curved street be less than 115 feet.

2.

Setback regulations.

3.

Height regulations.

a.

Principal structure: 35 feet maximum, except as provided in RCO 18-1.09(E).

b.

Accessory structures shall not exceed the height of the principal structure or 25 feet, whichever is the least, except as provided in RCO 18-01.09(E).

D.

Building size.

1.

Minimum size of a residential dwelling unit shall be 1,200 square feet of first floor area.

E.

Parking.

1.

Parking shall conform to the requirements set forth in RCO 18-05.00, Off-Street Parking Requirements.

F.

Other requirements.

1.

Minimum four-foot deep and eight-inch wide continuous frostwall on footings shall be required for all structures utilized as dwelling units in the Town of Rockland.

(Ord. No. 2016-03, 8-1-2016)