Whitefish Bay Village
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
ARTICLE IV
Prohibited Uses
§ 16-22 Prohibited in all districts.
[Amended by Ord. No. 1424]
In addition to the uses prohibited by other provisions of this chapter, no building or premises in this Village shall be used for the following purposes:
A.
Automobile wrecking, automobile dismantling, selling of used automobile parts, or used car lot.
B.
Building materials, storage yard or sales outlet.
C.
Contractor's plant or storage yard.
D.
Dog, cat or other animal hospital, clinic or office; pet shop; animal shelter or kennel.
E.
Live poultry or fowl market or poultry killing.
F.
Manufacturing of any kind, including metal fabrication and machine shops.
G.
Electric substations, except those used for municipal streetlighting purposes.
H.
The storage or parking of trucks, except in a building lawfully erected for such purposes.
I.
Self-service beverage-dispensing stations (except as a department or service of a larger retail establishment, where such department or service is not the predominant use or service rendered by such establishment).
J.
Storage of iron, bottles, rags, or junk (except for materials temporarily stored for recycling in a municipal recycling program) or the storage of any materials, except those used for retail sales or office use at the site.
K.
The keeping of nondomestic animals.
L.
Trailer lot.
M.
Trucking contractor's garage or storage yard.
N.
Warehouses and distributing stations.
O.
Wholesale stores.
P.
Sanitariums, hospitals and convalescent homes, whether profit or nonprofit.
Q.
Self-service laundry and dry-cleaning establishments.
R.
Bowling alleys, billiard parlors, archery ranges, dance halls, miniature golf courses and golf driving ranges.
S.
Coin-operated amusement devices and amusement centers.
T.
Parking, leaving or storing of any partially dismantled, inoperable, rusted, wrecked, junked or unlicensed motor vehicle, or motor vehicle with expired license plates on any premises, except that this section shall not apply to a motor vehicle kept in a garage, or a motor vehicle in custody of the Village.
U.
Magazine stand.
§ 16-23 Poultry, rabbits, etc., prohibited.
It shall be unlawful to erect, alter or maintain any coop, pen or cote for poultry, pigeons, guinea pigs, rabbits or any other rodents anywhere in the Village of Whitefish Bay within 200 feet of any building used for residence purposes, except that any Village resident may maintain, as a pet within his home, not more than two guinea pigs, hamsters or rabbits, providing this does not constitute a nuisance.
§ 16-24 Public garages, filling stations and greasing stations.
B.
Exception. The provisions of § 16-24 shall not operate to prevent, at any time prior to January 1, 1951, the construction or maintenance of a gasoline filling station or greasing station located on premises which were used as a public gasoline filling station independent of any garage operated in connection therewith at any time since the first day of January, 1924, but shall prevent the construction or maintenance of a gasoline filling station or greasing station located on such premises after January 1, 1951, notwithstanding the provisions of Article V, Nonconforming Uses and Structures, of this chapter.
C.
Additional exception. The provisions of § 16-24 shall not operate to prevent the construction prior to September 1, 1939, and its maintenance thereafter, of a public garage, gasoline filling station and greasing station on premises lawfully used for any of such purposes prior to the construction of a church within 500 feet thereof.
§ 16-25 Parking of automobiles on private property.
[Amended by Ord. No. 1279]
No person shall park or cause to be parked any motor vehicle on any lot or any parcel of ground of which he is not the owner, lessee, or a member, officer, agent or employee of the owner or lessee, and no person shall lease any lot or parcel of land for the parking of automobiles unless he also occupies the same for residence purposes, except as follows, on:
B.
Filling station premises.
(1)
Where the owner or lessee located in a business or apartment district shall use or devote the filling station premises for public parking after written application has been made to the Village Clerk-Treasurer and a license issued hereunder obtained. The Village Clerk-Treasurer, upon receipt of an application for a filling station premises parking permit, shall notify the Village Manager of such application, and the latter shall inspect or cause to be inspected such premises to determine whether it complies with the requirements and regulations of this chapter and the laws applicable thereto. The Village Manager shall furnish to the Village Board in writing the information derived from such investigation accompanied by a recommendation as to whether a license should be granted or refused. Upon the approval of the application by the Village Board, the Clerk-Treasurer shall issue a license to the applicant, which shall remain in force until the first day of January next after a granting thereof, unless sooner revoked.
(2)
The license fee shall be as specified in § 15-27 of the Code of the Village of Whitefish Bay. No license shall be granted to any applicant unless the described premises conforms to the following requirements and regulations:
(a)
Filling station premises shall be adequately drained.
(b)
There shall be no parking nearer than five feet from any building located on the premises, or nearer than 10 feet from a building located on adjoining premises, or closer than six feet to any public sidewalk.
(c)
Where night parking is permitted on such premises, the same shall at all times be adequately lighted, and it shall be the duty of the owner, lessee or operator thereof to prevent any unnecessary blowing of automobile horns or other noise or disturbances tending to annoy the neighborhood.
(d)
Parking of trailers or vehicles, with or without motive power, designed for carrying property or passengers, shall be prohibited at all times while the same are being used or occupied in any manner by any person or persons for living quarters.
[Amended 8-14-2017 by Ord. No. 1832]
(e)
The Village Board may at any time suspend or revoke any license granted hereunder for failure to comply with the provisions of this ordinance or upon conviction for the violation of any of its terms or provisions.
§ 16-26 Parking of mobile homes.
A.
An automobile or mobile home is defined as any structure intended or capable of being used for human habitation, mounted on wheels and intended or capable of being moved from place to place.
B.
It shall be unlawful to park or cause or permit to be parked any mobile home on any lot or parcel of ground in this Village, except that such mobile home may be parked by the owner or lessee of any dwelling or apartment on the lot upon which such dwelling or apartment is located, or by a bona fide guest of such owner or lessee for a period not exceeding 72 hours in any calendar month; permits for periods of time longer than the seventy-two-hour period above specified may be issued by the Village Clerk-Treasurer upon order of the Village Board.
§ 16-27 Buildings to front on street.
[Amended by Ord. No. 1227]
A.
Each building, other than an accessory building, shall front directly on a public street with no other building of any kind between any part of such building and any abutting street.
B.
In the event that a building, other than an accessory building, shall front directly on a private road with no other building of any kind between any part of such building and the private road on the effective date of this chapter and at all time thereafter, said building shall be deemed to comply with § 16-27A.
C.
Dwellings and accessory buildings fronting or abutting on a private road shall not have the setback distance from said private road reduced from the actual setback distance existing on the effective date of this chapter.
§ 16-28 Skateboard ramps.
[Amended by Ord. No. 1362]
A.
Definition. A skateboard ramp is an outdoor structure designed and principally intended to permit persons on skateboards to move continuously from one side to the other.
B.
It shall be unlawful to construct, erect, place or maintain a skateboard ramp on any property within the Village which ramp exceeds six feet in height.
C.
It shall be unlawful to construct, erect, place or maintain a skateboard ramp on any property with the Village which is not portable or detachable.
D.
It shall be unlawful to charge or to receive any consideration for the use of a skateboard ramp, or to use or operate a skateboard ramp in any commercial manner.