(1)

Districts enumerated. Zoning districts are provided as follows:

(a)

Single-family residential (R-1). The R-1 district is intended to provide a pleasant, safe and quiet neighborhood environment free from traffic hazards, incompatible land uses, or public annoyance for single-family residential development in the city.

(b)

Single-family residential (R-2). The R-2 district is intended to provide a pleasant, safe, and quiet neighborhood environment free from traffic hazards, incompatible land uses, or public annoyance for primarily single-family residential development, but at slightly higher density than the R-1 district.

(c)

Two-family residential (R-3). The R-3 district is intended to provide a pleasant, suitable location primarily for two-family residences, or for a mixture of single-family, two-family, and three-unit or four-unit multiple-family residences.

(d)

Multiple-family residential (R-4). The R-4 district is intended to provide for higher density residential uses and compatible nonresidential uses.

(e)

Manufactured home court residential (R-M). The R-M district is intended to provide areas for manufactured home/mobile home courts as a development option.

(f)

General commercial (C-1). The C-1 district is intended to provide commercial areas outside of the central business district. Permitted uses shall be general commercial uses as well as those commercial uses which are oriented to the highway user or which require greater space.

(g)

Central business district (C-2). The C-2 district is intended for the central business district on both the east and west sides of the city. It is intended to provide development and redevelopment opportunities consistent with the historic development pattern of the areas. Targeted uses shall be those commercial uses which do not detract from this area because of noise, smoke, odors, or disruption of traffic patterns.

(h)

Reserved.

(i)

Office/business park (C-4). The C-4 district is intended to provide limited areas within the commercial area of the city for office and business park development. The uses permitted are those uses which are compatible with office park development.

(j)

Mixed commercial-residential (C-5). The C-5 district is intended for areas of the city where residential properties are converting to commercial uses or vice versa, especially areas where it is desired to maintain the existing buildings or architectural character of the neighborhood. It is also intended for areas of the city where a continued mixture of residential and commercial uses is desirable. The uses permitted are those uses which are generally compatible in areas with a combination of both residential and commercial properties.

(k)

Light industrial (I-1). The I-1 district is intended to provide space for industrial and manufacturing uses at appropriate locations in the city. Such property shall be occupied and used only for those uses that would not generate noise, smoke, odor, vibration, air, water or other environmental pollution that would create a public or private nuisance.

(l)

Light industrial (industrial park) (I-1A). The I-1A district is intended to provide space for the same industrial and manufacturing uses permitted in the I-1 district, but subject to the additional development standards contained in section 20.32 of this chapter. This district provides property owners additional protection by requiring specific landscape and building design criteria for new development. It is intended primarily for the Sturgeon Bay Industrial Park.

(m)

Heavy industrial (I-2). This district reserves land for all uses permitted in the I-1 district plus certain businesses that require the use of unlimited outdoor storage and production yards and involve the use of heavy outdoor equipment and machinery.

(n)

Heavy industrial (industrial park) (I-2A). The I-2A district is intended to provide space for the same industrial and manufacturing uses permitted in the I-2 district, but subject to the additional development standards contained in section 20.32 of this chapter. This district provides property owners additional protection by requiring specific landscape and building design criteria for new development. It is intended primarily for the Sturgeon Bay Industrial Park.

(o)

Agricultural (A). The agricultural district is established to help conserve good farming areas and prevent uncontrolled, uneconomical spread of residential or commercial development, in accordance with the Sturgeon Bay comprehensive plan, since it results in excessive costs to the community for provision of essential public improvements and services (sewer and water lines, etc.).

(p)

Conservancy (CON). The conservancy district is intended to provide parkland and open space, to preserve the natural state of scenic areas, to provide natural areas and buffer strips and to discourage intensive development of marginal lands so as to prevent potential hazards to public and private property.

(q)

Planned unit development (PUD). The PUD district shall overlay on one or more of the zoning districts enumerated in this section. This district is intended to provide flexibility for development in a planned and coordinated manner, especially where a mixing of principal uses and development types is sought. This district is also intended for special development projects that do not neatly fit into one of the other enumerated zoning districts. The principal uses and other requirements for the PUD district shall be established for each individual planned unit development and are subject to the provisions of section 20.24.

(2)

Map. The official zoning map is an integral part of this chapter. The single official copy of this map, entitled "City of Sturgeon Bay Official Zoning Map," together with a copy of this chapter, shall be kept at the office of the city clerk-treasurer and shall be certified by the mayor and attested by the city clerk-treasurer. Any amendments to the zoning district boundaries shall be recorded on the map. No such amendment shall be effective until so recorded and until a duly certified and attested certificate describing the amendment is filed with the map.

(3)

District boundaries.

(a)

The district boundaries are either streets or alleys unless otherwise shown, and, where the designation on the map indicates that the various districts are approximately bounded by a street or alley, the centerline of such street or alley shall be construed to be the district boundary line.

(b)

Where the district boundary lines are not otherwise indicated and where the property has been or may hereafter be divided into blocks and lots, the district boundaries shall be construed to be lot lines, and, where the designation on the map is approximately bounded by lot lines, such lot lines shall be construed to be the boundary of the district.

(c)

In unsubdivided property, the district boundary shown on the map shall be determined by the use of the scale shown on such map.

(Ord. No. 961-1195, § 3, 11-7-95; Ord. No. 1174-0906, § 1, 9-20-06; Ord. No. 1410-0422, § 2, 4-19-22)