For the purpose of this Ordinance, certain words and terms are defined as listed below. Also, words used in the present tense include the future; the singular number includes the plural number and the plural number includes the singular number; the word "building" includes the word "structure"; the word "shall" is mandatory and not directory. Any words not herein defined shall be construed as defined in the State and City Building Codes.

(1)

ACCESSORY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE. (Ord. 01-08) Any detached building or structure subordinate to the main building or structure, and used for a purpose customarily incidental to the permitted use of the main building, structure or the use of the premises, not including detached garages as defined herein. Accessory buildings and structures include, but are not limited to, utility storage buildings less than 144 square feet in area, carports, greenhouses, screened enclosures, decks, swimming pools, bathhouse and filter equipment sheds, playhouses, gazeboes and satellite dish antennas.

(a)

[Utility Buildings.] Utility buildings exceeding 144 square feet in area will require a building permit and shall be included in the calculation of the allowable square footage for a detached private garage.

(b)

Outdoor Wood Burning Furnaces. (Cr. #05-06) Includes an accessory structure or appliance designed for location ordinarily outside the principal structure and to transfer or provide heat via liquid or other means, by burning wood, corn, pellets or other solid fuels for heating any principal or accessory structure on the premises. Does not include fire pits, barbecues, fryers or chimneys.

(i)

Prohibited in all districts.

(1a)

ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT. Additional living quarters on single-family lots that are independent of the principal dwelling unit. The separate living spaces are equipped with kitchen and bathroom facilities.

(2)

BOARDING HOUSES. A building other than a hotel or restaurant where meals or lodging are regularly furnished by prearrangement for compensation for 4 or more persons not members of a family, but not exceeding 6 persons and not open to transient customers.

(3)

BOATHOUSE. An accessory building designed for the protection or storage of boats, which shall not be used for either temporary or permanent dwelling purposes, and shall not exceed 8 feet in height, but this shall not prohibit the erection of a temporary flexible covering or sunshade over flat roofs or decks not to exceed 15 feet in height.

(4)

BUILDING. Any structure used, designed or intended for the protection, shelter, enclosure, or support of persons, animals, or property. When a building is divided into separate parts by unpierced walls extending from the ground up, each part shall be deemed a separate building.

(5)

BUILDING HEIGHT. The vertical distance from the average curb level; in front of the lot or the finished grade at the building line, whichever is higher, to the highest point of the coping of a flat roof, to the deck line of a mansard roof, or to the average height of the highest gable or a gambrel, hip or pitch roof.

(5a)

ADULT DAY CARE FACILITY. An adult day care facility means a facility that provides services for part of a day in a group setting to adults who need an enriched social or health-supportive experience, or who may need assistance with activities of daily living (ADL), supervision and/or protection. Services may include personal care and supervision, provision of meals, medical care, transportation, and activities designed to meet physical, social, and leisure time needs.

(6)

DWELLING, ONE-FAMILY. (Ord. 89-19; 94-13) A detached building designed for or occupied exclusively by one family, and excluding manufactured homes. A building with any of the following shall be presumed not be designed for one family:

(a)

A separate entry way to the outside without convenient open and usable interior passages way between them.

(b)

Separate electric or utility services.

(c)

Separate cooking facilities.

(d)

Separate post office addresses.

(e)

Other factors on a case by case basis that show an intent for occupancy by more than one family.

(7)

DWELLING, MULTIPLE. (Ord. 94-13) A building or portion thereof designed for and occupied by more than 2 families, including row houses, apartment houses and condominiums, and excluding manufactured homes.

(7m)

DWELLING, SPLIT TWO-FAMILY. (Ord. 00-19A) A building designed for or occupied exclusively by a single-family, which is attached on one side to another one-family dwelling, provided that:

(a)

The dwelling is not a manufactured home as defined in this Code;

(b)

The dwelling complies with the State of Wisconsin One-and Two-Family Dwelling Code as codified in § 101.60-60, Wis. Stats.;

(c)

The dwelling maintains a minimum one-hour-fire rated wall assembly division between the 2 dwelling units separating all areas from the lowest level to flush against the underside of the roof.

(d)

No more than 2 one-family dwellings are so attached, and each one-family dwelling is located on an individual lot.

(8)

DWELLING, TWO-FAMILY. (Ord. 89-19; 94-13) A detached or semi-detached building designed for or occupied exclusively by 2 families, and excluding manufactured homes. A building with any of the following shall be presumed to be designed for more than 2 families.

(a)

More than 2 separate entry ways to be outside without convenient open and usable interior passage ways between them.

(b)

More than 2 separate electrical or utility services.

(c)

More than 2 separate cooking facilities.

(d)

More than 2 separate post office addresses.

(e)

Other factors on a case by case basis that show an intent for occupancy by more than 2 families.

(9)

ESSENTIAL SERVICES. Services provided by public and private utilities necessary for the exercise of the principal use or service of the principal structure. These services include underground, surface or overhead gas, electricity, steam, water, sanitary sewage, stormwater drainage, and communication systems and accessories thereto, such as poles, towers, wires, mains, drains, vaults, culverts, laterals, sewers, pipes, catch basins, water storage tanks, conduits, cables, fire alarm boxes, police call boxes, traffic signals, pumps, lift stations, and hydrants, but not including buildings.

(10)

FAMILY. Any number of persons related by blood, adoption, or marriage, not to exceed 4 persons not so related, living together in one dwelling as a single housekeeping entity.

(11)

FARMING. The raising of crops and keeping of farm animals including, but not limited to cattle, fowl, rabbits, sheep, goats and horses.

(12)

FENCES. Any barrier constructed of wood, wire, metal, stone, or a combination thereof, excluding single strand or barbed wire fences. Such fences shall not exceed 72 inches in height except in industrial districts in the side or rear yard or 48 inches in height in the front yard. All fences in the front yard or a vision triangle shall not exceed 48 inches in height, shall be 90% see-through, and shall not obstruct the vision of pedestrians or motorists.

(13)

FRONTAGE. All the property abutting on one side of a road or street, between 2 intersecting roads or streets or all of the property abutting on one side of a road or street and the dead end of a road or street.

(14)

GARAGE, PRIVATE (ATTACHED). (Ord. 01-08) A building in residential areas for the storage of motor-driven vehicles that is physically attached to the principal building. Commercial vehicles except for cars, pickup trucks and vans may not be parked in a private attached garage and parking of such vehicles on a residential lot is prohibited in residential areas.

(a)

Attached private garage shall comply with the same setback requirements as for principal buildings.

(14a)

GARAGE, PRIVATE (DETACHED). (Ord. 01-08) A building in residential areas for the storage of motor-driven vehicles. Commercial vehicles except for cars, pickup trucks and vans may not be parked in a private detached garage and parking of such vehicles on a residential lot is prohibited in residential areas. Detached private garages shall comply with subsections (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e).

(a)

A detached private garage shall not occupy more than 1,400 square feet of area. (Am. #04-11)

(b)

Reserved. (Rep. #04-11)

(c)

No detached private garage shall be constructed on a residential lot until a principal structure is present or under construction.

(d)

Detached private garages shall comply with the setback requirements for accessory buildings.

(e)

Detached private garages shall be separated from the principal building by not less than 3 feet.

(15)

GARAGE, PUBLIC. Any building or premises, other than a private or storage garage, where motor-driven vehicles are equipped, repaired, painted, serviced, hired, sold or stored.

(15a)

GROUP CHILD CARE CENTER. (Ord. 14-09) A group child care center is licensed under DCF 251, Wisconsin Administrative Code, to provide care and supervision to 9 or more children for less than 24 hours a day. A group child care center can also be certified under DCF 202, Wisconsin Administrative Code, to provide care and supervision to school-age children 7 and older.

(16)

HOME OCCUPATIONS. Any occupation for gain or support conducted entirely within buildings by resident occupants, which occupation is customarily incidental to the principal use of the premises, is allowed provided the proposed home occupation meets the requirements of this Ordinance.

(17)

HOTEL. A building where rooms, with or without meals, are supplied to transient public, or to anyone who may apply, for compensation.

(18)

JUNKYARD. An area consisting of buildings, structures, or premises where junk, waste, discarded or salvage materials are bought, sold, exchanged, stored, baled, packed, disassembled, or handled, including automobile wrecking yards, but not including the purchases or storage of used furniture or household equipment or used cars in operable condition.

(19)

KENNEL. The use of land with related buildings and structures for the breeding, rearing, boarding, or training of more than 4 dogs and/or cats over 5 months of age.

(20)

LOT. A parcel of land having frontage or legal access to a public street, occupied, or intended to be occupied by a principal structure or use and sufficient in size to meet the lot width, lot frontage, lot area, yard, parking area, and other open space provisions of this Ordinance.

(21)

LOT, CORNER. A lot abutting on 2 or more streets at their intersection, provided that the interior angle of such intersection is less than 135 degrees.

(22)

LOT, DEPTH OF. The mean horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines.

(23)

LOT, THROUGH. An interior lot having frontage on 2 nonintersecting streets.

(24)

LOT LINES. The lines bounding a lot as defined herein.

(25)

LOT WIDTH. The width of a parcel of land measured at the rear of the specified setback lines.

(25m)

MANUFACTURED HOME. A structure certified and labeled as a manufactured home under 42 U.S.C. §§5401—5426, which, when placed on the site: (Ord. 94-13)

(a)

Is installed in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions.

(b)

Is properly connected to utilities.

(c)

Is set on an enclosed foundation in accordance with §70.043(1), Wis. Stats., and subchapters III, IV, and V of Ch. ILHR 21, Wis. Adm. Code, or be set on a comparable enclosed foundation system approved by the City Building Inspector. The Building Inspector may require a plan to be certified by a registered architect or engineer to ensure proper support for the home.

(26)

MOBILE HOME. Any vehicle or structure transportable in one or more sections, which is over 400 square feet in size intended for or capable of human dwelling or designed primarily for sleeping purposes with or without a permanent foundation, and said vehicle or structure shall contain the required utilities.

(27)

MOBILE HOME PARK. Any park, court, plot, parcel, or tract of land of at least 5 acres in size owned by a person, state government or a local government and is designed, maintained, intended, or used for the purpose of accommodating more than one mobile home, and shall include all buildings used or intended for use in conjunction therewith; however, mobile home parks shall not include automobile motor home or mobile home sales lots on which unoccupied mobile homes are parked for purposes of inspection and sale. Also excluded are farms where the occupants of the mobile homes work on the farm or are related to the farm owner or operator as father, mother, son, daughter, brother or sister.

(28)

MOBILE HOME LOT. A parcel of land in a mobile home park of not less than 6,000 square feet and designed for the placement of one mobile home.

(29)

MOTEL. A series of attached, semi-attached, or detached sleeping units for the accommodation of transient guests.

(30)

NONCONFORMING STRUCTURE. Any structure lawfully used, occupied, or erected at the time of the effective date of this Ordinance or amendments thereto, which structurally does not conform to the regulations of this Ordinance or amendments thereto. Any such structure conforming in respect to use, but not in respect to frontage, width, height, area, yard, parking, loading or distance requirements shall be considered a nonconforming structure and not a nonconforming use.

(31)

NONCONFORMING USE. A building or premises lawfully used or occupied at the time of the passage of this Ordinance or amendments thereto, which use or occupancy does not conform to the regulations of this Ordinance or amendments thereto.

(32)

OCCUPANCY. The residing of an individual or individuals overnight in a dwelling unit, or the installation, storage or use of equipment, merchandise or machinery in any public, commercial or industrial building.

(33)

OCCUPANT. The individual or individuals in actual possession of a premises.

(34)

PARKING AREA. An area other than a street used for the temporary parking of motor vehicles.

(35)

PRINCIPAL USE OF BUILDING. The main use of the land or building(s) as distinguished from an incidental and subordinate accessory use of land or building(s).

(36)

PROFESSIONAL OFFICE. The office of a doctor, surveyor, planner, dentist, minister, architect, landscape architect, professional engineer, lawyer, author, musician or a member of a recognized profession.

(36m)

RECREATIONAL VEHICLE. Recreational vehicle means any of the following: (Ord. 04-06)

(a)

Travel Trailer. A vehicular, portable structure built on a chassis and on wheels; that is, between 10 and 46 feet long, including the hitch, and 8.5 feet or less in width; designated to be used as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreation, vacation or other uses and towed by a car, station wagon or truck. It includes so-called fifth-wheel units.

(b)

Pick-up Coach. A structure designed to be mounted on a truck chassis for use as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreation, vacation or other uses.

(c)

Motor Home. A portable, temporary dwelling to be used for travel, recreation, vacation, or other uses, constructed as an integral part of a self-propelled vehicle.

(d)

Camping Trailer. A canvas or folding structure mounted on wheels and designed for travel, recreation, vacation or other uses.

(e)

Chassis Mounts, Motor Homes and Mini-Motor Homes. Recreational structures constructed integrally with a truck or motor van chassis and incapable of being separated therefrom.

(f)

Converted and Chopped Van. Recreational structures that created by altering or changing an existing auto van to make it a recreational vehicle.

(g)

Boat. Every description of watercraft used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water.

(h)

Boat, Snowmobile or All-Terrain, Utility Trailer. A vehicle on which a boat, ATV or snowmobile may be transported and is towable by a motor vehicle. When removed from the trailer, a boat or snowmobile, for purposes of this section is termed an unmounted boat or snowmobile.

(37)

SETBACK. The minimum horizontal distance between the street line and the nearest point of a building or any projection thereof, excluding uncovered steps.

(38)

SETBACK LINES. Lines established along highways and streets at specified distances from the right-of-way, which buildings or structures shall be set back of, or outside of, and within which they may not be placed except as hereinafter provided. "Within" the setback line means between the setback lines and the highway or street.

(38m)

SHIPPING CONTAINER. A Shipping Container is a steel box manufactured from steel or materials of similar strength and durability, which is characteristically used for temporary storage and shipping or other transport of products and materials between locations. Such containers are usually designed and constructed to standards established by the International Organization for Standards (ISO) and are typically 10, 20, 30 or 40 feet long, and may or may not have attached wheels.

(39)

SIGN. Any identification, description, illustration, or device illuminated or nonilluminated which is visible from any public place or is located on private property and exposed to the public and which directs attention to a product, service, place, activity, person, institution, business, or solicitation; including permanently installed, or situated merchandise or any emblem, painting, banner, pennant, placard, or temporary sign designed to advertise, identify, or convey information with the exception of window displays and flags. For the purpose of removal, signs shall also include all sign structures.

(40)

STORY. That portion of a building included between the surface of a floor and the surface of the floor next above it, or, if there be no floor above it, then the space between the floor and the ceiling next above it. A basement or cellar having one-half or more of its height above grade shall be deemed a story for purposes of height regulation.

(41)

STORY, HALF. The space under any roof except a flat roof which, if occupied for residential purposes, shall be counted as a full story.

(42)

STREET. All property dedicated or intended for public street purposes.

(43)

STREET LINE. A dividing line between a lot, tract, or parcel of land and a contiguous street.

(44)

STRUCTURE. Anything constructed or erected which is not readily or usually relocated and moved, the use of which requires permanent location on the ground or attached to something having a permanent location.

(45)

STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS. Any change in the supporting members of a building or any substantial change in the roof structure or in the exterior walls.

(46)

SWIMMING POOL. A container either temporarily or permanently constructed upon or within the ground so designed as to contain water exceeding 12 inches in depth and having an area greater than 150 square feet which is used primarily for swimming.

(46m)

VISION CLEARANCE TRIANGLE. (Ord. 99-15; Ord. No. 16-05) In each quadrant of every street intersection there shall be designated a vision clearance triangle, bounded by the property lines and a line connecting them 25 feet from their intersection. Within the triangle, no obstruction shall be allowed above a height of 2½ feet above the street if it obstructs the view across the triangle as determined by the Zoning Administrator or Public Works Director. This restriction shall not apply to posts, wire fences, or where the required setback is less than 30 feet.

(47)

YARD. An open space on the same lot with or without a structure, unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward except for vegetation and as otherwise provided herein. The street and rear yards extend the full width of the lot.

(48)

YARD, STREET FRONT. (Ord. 01-08) A yard extending the full width of the lot between the front lot line and the nearest part of the main building, excluding uncovered steps. See Explanatory Figures #4 and #5.

(48a)

YARD, STREET SIDE. (Ord. 01-08) A second yard on the side of a corner lot abutting 2 or more streets at their intersection. See Explanatory Figure #4. No driveway may be placed or constructed from the lot line to the building setback line on a street side yard less than 20 feet in length.

(49)

YARD, REAR. A yard extending the full width of the lot, being the minimum horizontal distance between the rear lot line and the nearest part of the building, excluding uncovered steps.

(50)

YARD, SIDE. A yard extending from the front yard to the rear yard, being the minimum horizontal distance between a building and the side lot line.

(51)

TRUCK/CAR STOP. (Ord. 96-03) A truck/car stop shall be defined as any business comprised of one or more of the following activities: Provision of fuel, repairs of cars, trucks, and other vehicles, sales of groceries and incidentals, restaurants and drive-ins, car washes, or similar related services.

(Ord. No. 14-09, § 1, 12-17-2014; Ord. No. 21-06, § 1, 8-31-2021; Ord. No. 22-02, § 2, 5-10-2022; Ord. No. 22-11, § 1, 12-13-2022; Ord. No. 25-12, § 1, 11-25-2025)