Whitewater City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
CHAPTER 19
06 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sections
- 19.06.010 - Jurisdiction.
- 19.06.020 - Plan and architectural review commission—Created.
- 19.06.030 - Plan and architectural review commission—Qualifications and functions.
- 19.06.040 - Plan and architectural review commission—Architectural function.
- 19.06.050 - Plan and architectural review commission—Organization.
- 19.06.060 - Compliance required.
- 19.06.065 - Municipalities and state agencies regulated.
- 19.06.070 - Use restrictions.
- 19.06.080 - Accessory uses and structures.
- 19.06.090 - Unclassified or unspecified areas.
- 19.06.100 - Temporary uses.
- 19.06.110 - Height modifications.
- 19.06.120 - Yard modifications.
- 19.06.130 - Reduction or joint use.
- 19.06.140 - Lots to abut street and frontage.
- 19.06.150 - Structures to be located on a lot.
- 19.06.160 - Lots on undedicated portion of street.
- 19.06.170 - Private sewer and water service.
- 19.06.180 - Average street yards.
- 19.06.190 - Lots abutting more restrictive districts.
- 19.06.200 - Animal raising.
CHAPTER 19
09 - DEFINITIONS
Sections
- 19.09.010 - Generally.
- 19.09.015 - A zones.
- 19.09.020 - Accessory use or structure.
- 19.09.025 - Adult-oriented establishments.
- 19.09.030 - Alley.
- 19.09.035 - Alternative support structure.
- 19.09.040 - Apartment-style building.
- 19.09.050 - Arterial street.
- 19.09.055 - Base flood.
- 19.09.060 - Basement.
- 19.09.063 - Bed and breakfast establishment.
- 19.09.064 - Bedroom.
- 19.09.065 - Block.
- 19.09.070 - Building.
- 19.09.080 - Building, accessory.
- 19.09.090 - Building area.
- 19.09.100 - Building height.
- 19.09.110 - Building, principal.
- 19.09.113 - Building scale.
- 19.09.114 - Bulkhead line.
- 19.09.115 - Campground.
- 19.09.116 - Camping unit.
- 19.09.117 - Certificate of compliance.
- 19.09.120 - Classes of notice.
- 19.09.125 - Channel.
- 19.09.128 - Co-location.
- 19.09.130 - Commercial use.
- 19.09.140 - Commonly owned open space.
- 19.09.150 - Community living arrangements.
- 19.09.155 - Comprehensive (master) plan.
- 19.09.160 - Conditional uses.
- 19.09.171 - Crawlways or crawlspace.
- 19.09.173 - Day care center, adult.
- 19.09.177 - Day care center, child.
- 19.09.178 - Deck.
- 19.09.180 - Development.
- 19.09.185 - District, basic.
- 19.09.190 - Drive-in establishment.
- 19.09.191 - Driveway.
- 19.09.195 - Dryland access.
- 19.09.200 - Dwelling.
- 19.09.210 - Dwelling, attached.
- 19.09.220 - Dwelling, detached.
- 19.09.230 - Dwelling, multiple-family.
- 19.09.240 - Dwelling, single-family.
- 19.09.250 - Dwelling, two-family or duplex.
- 19.09.260 - Dwelling unit.
- 19.09.270 - Dwelling unit, efficiency.
- 19.09.275 - Encroachment.
- 19.09.280 - Essential services.
- 19.09.285 - Existing manufactured home park or subdivision.
- 19.09.286 - Expansion to existing mobile/manufactured home park.
- 19.09.290 - Family.
- 19.09.295 - Federal Emergency Management Agency.
- 19.09.296 - Flood frequency.
- 19.09.300 - First floor.
- 19.09.305 - Flood.
- 19.09.306 - Flood insurance rate map.
- 19.09.307 - Flood insurance study.
- 19.09.310 - Flood hazard boundary map.
- 19.09.312 - Flood profile.
- 19.09.314 - Flood protection elevation.
- 19.09.315 - Floodplain.
- 19.09.316 - Flood stage.
- 19.09.318 - Floodlands.
- 19.09.320 - Floodfringe.
- 19.09.321 - Floodplain island.
- 19.09.322 - Floodproofing.
- 19.09.323 - Floodplain management.
- 19.09.324 - Floodway.
- 19.09.326 - Flood storage.
- 19.09.330 - Fraternity or sorority house.
- 19.09.333 - Freeboard.
- 19.09.335 - Freestanding wireless telecommunications facility.
- 19.09.340 - Garage, private.
- 19.09.350 - Garage, public or commercial.
- 19.09.360 - Group lodging facilities.
- 19.09.370 - Group lodging house.
- 19.09.375 - Habitable structure.
- 19.09.376 - Hearing notice.
- 19.09.377 - High flood damage potential.
- 19.09.380 - Historic landmark.
- 19.09.385 - Historic structure.
- 19.09.390 - Household occupation or home occupation.
- 19.09.395 - Impervious surface.
- 19.09.400 - Incidental repairs.
- 19.09.401 - Increase in regional flood height.
- 19.09.403 - Land use.
- 19.09.405 - Letter of map change (LOMC).
- 19.09.410 - Living rooms.
- 19.09.420 - Loading area.
- 19.09.430 - Lodginghouse.
- 19.09.440 - Lodging rooms.
- 19.09.450 - Lot.
- 19.09.451 - Lot, corner.
- 19.09.452 - Lot coverage.
- 19.09.453 - Lot, through.
- 19.09.455 - Lot width.
- 19.09.457 - Major subdivision.
- 19.09.458 - Manufactured home.
- 19.09.470 - Minor structures.
- 19.09.475 - Minor subdivision.
- 19.09.480 - Mobile home.
- 19.09.490 - Mobile home park.
- 19.09.495 - Mobile recreational vehicle.
- 19.09.500 - Modular home.
- 19.09.501 - Motor vehicles.
- 19.09.502 - Municipality or municipal.
- 19.09.504 - National geodetic vertical datum.
- 19.09.505 - Navigable water.
- 19.09.507 - Neighborhood development plan.
- 19.09.508 - New construction.
- 19.09.510 - Nonconforming structure.
- 19.09.511 - Nonconforming use.
- 19.09.512 - Nonconforming lot.
- 19.09.513 - Development regulations.
- 19.09.520 - Nonfamily household.
- 19.09.521 - Obstruction to flow.
- 19.09.522 - Official floodplain zoning map.
- 19.09.524 - Open space use.
- 19.09.525 - Ordinary high water mark.
- 19.09.527 - Outdoor lighting fixture.
- 19.09.528 - Overlay permission area map.
CHAPTER 19
38 - WHITEWATER UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY PARK DISTRICT WUTP DISTRICT
Sections
- 19.38.010 - Purpose.
- 19.38.020 - General provisions.
- 19.38.030 - Permitted uses.
- 19.38.040 - Conditional uses.
- 19.38.050 - Lot area and lot width requirements.
- 19.38.060 - Floor area ratio.
- 19.38.070 - Yard requirements.
- 19.38.090 - Lot coverage.
- 19.38.100 - Building height.
- 19.38.110 - Development standards.
CHAPTER 19
39 - PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT
Sections
- 19.39.010 - Purpose and intent.
- 19.39.020 - Permitted uses.
- 19.39.030 - Lot, building, yard and parking requirements.
- 19.39.040 - Proposed developments—Issues for consideration.
- 19.39.050 - Procedures for rezoning, general development plan (GDP), and specific implementation plan (SIP) approval.
- 19.39.060 - Modifications and changes.
- 19.39.070 - Park fees.
CHAPTER 19
46 - FLOODPLAIN REGULATIONS3
Sections
- 19.46.010 - Statutory authorization, finding of fact, statement of purpose, title and general provisions.
- 19.46.020 - General standards applicable to all floodplain districts.
- 19.46.030 - Floodway district (FW).
- 19.46.040 - Floodfringe district (FF).
- 19.46.050 - Other floodplain districts.
- 19.46.060 - Nonconforming uses.
- 19.46.070 - Administration.
- 19.46.080 - Amendments.
- 19.46.090 - Enforcement and penalties.
- 19.46.100 - Definitions.
CHAPTER 19
51 - TRAFFIC, PARKING AND ACCESS
Sections
- 19.51.010 - Intersection visibility requirements.
- 19.51.020 - Loading requirements.
- 19.51.030 - Parking requirements—Generally.
- 19.51.040 - Adequate access—Driveways.
- 19.51.050 - Size, location, maintenance, and surface material of parking spaces.
- 19.51.060 - Lighting of parking areas.
- 19.51.070 - Buffer screening of on-grade parking areas.
- 19.51.080 - Front, side, and rear yard parking limitation.
- 19.51.090 - Designated parking areas.
- 19.51.100 - Landscaped islands for parking bays.
- 19.51.110 - Surfacing of parking areas.
- 19.51.120 - Curbs and barriers.
- 19.51.130 - Number of parking stalls—General requirements.
- 19.51.135 - Number of parking stalls—Review commission.
- 19.51.140 - Number of parking stalls—Combination uses.
- 19.51.150 - Number of parking stalls—Uses not listed.
- 19.51.160 - Parking exemption in B-2 central business district and the B-1A university mixed-use overlay district.
- 19.51.170 - Computation of required parking area.
- 19.51.180 - Truck, trailer, mobile home and equipment parking restrictions.
- 19.51.190 - Highway access limitations.
CHAPTER 19
54 - SIGN REGULATIONS4
Sections
- 19.54.010 - Purpose.
- 19.54.020 - Definition of a sign.
- 19.54.030 - Definitions and rules related to sign groups, sign categories, and sign types.
- 19.54.040 - Electronic message signs.
- 19.54.050 - Fuel price signs and fueling station canopy signs and stripes.
- 19.54.060 - Group developments.
- 19.54.070 - Permitted sign rules.
- 19.54.080 - Permanent business sign group.
- 19.54.090 - Temporary business sign group.
- 19.54.100 - Permanent miscellaneous sign group.
- 19.54.110 - Temporary miscellaneous sign group.
- 19.54.120 - Sign setback, height, measurement, and flexibility.
- 19.54.130 - Sign permits—Application, enforcement, and revocation.
- 19.54.140 - Sign prohibitions and limitations.
- 19.54.150 - Appearance, construction and maintenance of signage.
- 19.54.160 - Nonconforming signs.
- 19.54.170 - Removal of sign and sign structures where business is no longer in operation.
- 19.54.180 - Fees.
CHAPTER 19
55 - WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES
Sections
- 19.55.010 - Purpose.
- 19.55.020 - Applicability.
- 19.55.030 - Areas where wireless telecommunication facilities allowed.
- 19.55.040 - Type of approval required.
- 19.55.050 - Required application submittal information.
- 19.55.060 - Co-location and use of alternative support structures.
- 19.55.070 - Structural, design and aesthetic standards.
- 19.55.080 - Abandonment and removal.
- 19.55.090 - Compliance.
CHAPTER 19
57 - GENERAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
Sections
- 19.57.010 - Compliance with standards required.
- 19.57.020 - Air pollution prohibited.
- 19.57.030 - Fire and explosive hazards—Location—Safety precautions.
- 19.57.040 - Glare and heat restrictions.
- 19.57.050 - Liquid or solid wastes—Storage and discharge restrictions.
- 19.57.060 - Noise restrictions.
- 19.57.070 - Vibration.
- 19.57.080 - Odors.
- 19.57.090 - Radioactivity and electrical disturbances.
- 19.57.100 - Uses and land suitability.
- 19.57.110 - Topography preservation conditions.
- 19.57.130 - Minimum usable floor area.
- 19.57.140 - Required screens and buffers.
- 19.57.150 - Outdoor lighting standards.
- 19.57.160 - Keeping of horses as an accessory use.
CHAPTER 19
58 - NOISE RESTRICTIONS
Sections
- 19.58.010 - Policy, purpose, title, and scope.
- 19.58.020 - Definitions.
- 19.58.030 - Exemptions to this chapter.
- 19.58.040 - Residential noise.
- 19.58.050 - General noise disturbance prohibited.
- 19.58.060 - Maximum permissible sound levels by land use category.
- 19.58.070 - Emergency signaling devices.
- 19.58.080 - Specific activities prohibited.
- 19.58.090 - Sound equipment and sound-amplifying equipment.
- 19.58.100 - Motorized vehicles.
- 19.58.110 - Construction.
- 19.58.120 - Nonemergency signaling devices.
- 19.58.130 - Animals and birds.
- 19.58.140 - Enforcement.
- 19.58.150 - Noise variances.
- 19.58.160 - Penalty.
CHAPTER 19
60 - NONCONFORMING USES, STRUCTURES AND LOTS5
Sections
- 19.60.010 - Nonconforming uses, structures, and lots.
- 19.60.020 - Existing nonconforming uses.
- 19.60.030 - Conforming structures on nonconforming lots.
- 19.60.040 - Nonconforming structures on conforming or nonconforming lots.
- 19.60.050 - Vacant nonconforming lots.
- 19.60.060 - Changes and substitutions.
- 19.60.070 - Definitions.
CHAPTER 19
63 - PLAN REVIEW
Sections
- 19.63.010 - Zoning permit—Purpose—Required, when.
- 19.63.012 - Certificate of compliance—Purpose—Required, when.
- 19.63.014 - Other permits.
- 19.63.020 - Plan review—Application requirements.
- 19.63.030 - Zoning permit application—Review by zoning administrator.
- 19.63.040 - Zoning permit application—Review by plan and architectural review commission, when.
- 19.63.050 - Developments automatically requiring approval by plan and architectural review commission.
- 19.63.060 - Review procedures.
- 19.63.070 - Notification of public hearing.
- 19.63.080 - Conditions attached to approvals, when.
- 19.63.090 - Professional services—Consultation—Preparation of plans.
- 19.63.100 - Plan review guidelines.
- 19.63.110 - Zoning permit—Issuance conditions—Modification restrictions.
- 19.63.120 - Appeals procedure.
CHAPTER 19
66 - CONDITIONAL USES
Sections
- 19.66.010 - Issuance of conditional use permits authorized, when.
- 19.66.020 - Application for permit.
- 19.66.030 - Hearings.
- 19.66.040 - Notification to property owners.
- 19.66.050 - Standards for review and approval.
- 19.66.060 - Additional conditions authorized, when.
- 19.66.070 - Time limits and periodic review.
- 19.66.080 - No exemption from all other requirements.
- 19.66.090 - Determination of approval or disapproval.
- 19.66.100 - Record keeping requirements.
- 19.66.110 - Appeals procedure.
CHAPTER 19
69 - CHANGES AND AMENDMENTS
Sections
- 19.69.010 - City council authority.
- 19.69.020 - Who may initiate.
- 19.69.030 - Petitions—Contents and filing.
- 19.69.040 - Review and recommendation—Plan commission authority.
- 19.69.050 - Hearing—Notice to property owners.
- 19.69.060 - City council vote on proposed change or amendment.
- 19.69.065 - Floodland district boundary changes limited.
- 19.69.066 - Amendments to the C-1 and FWW districts.
- 19.69.070 - Protests against change or amendment.
CHAPTER 19
72 - BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
Sections
- 19.72.010 - Established—Purpose.
- 19.72.020 - Membership, appointment and officers.
- 19.72.030 - Organization—Meetings—Voting.
- 19.72.040 - Powers and duties.
- 19.72.050 - Application for appeal—Contents and filing time.
- 19.72.060 - Hearing—Time and conduct.
- 19.72.070 - Hearing—Notice to property owners.
- 19.72.075 - Hearings—Notice to DNR.
- 19.72.080 - Findings prerequisite to grant of variance.
- 19.72.085 - Wetland and floodland mapping disputes.
- 19.72.090 - Board decisions guided by title provisions.
- 19.72.100 - Decisions—Time limit—Additional conditions—Expiration and extensions.
- 19.72.110 - Notice to floodland variance applicants.
CHAPTER 19
75 - ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
Sections
- 19.75.010 - Introduction to Chapter 19.75.
- 19.75.020 - Zoning administrator—Office created—Powers and duties generally.
- 19.75.030 - Zoning administrator—Ordinance interpretation duties.
- 19.75.035 - Public information.
- 19.75.040 - Zoning administrator—Permit issuance duties.
- 19.75.050 - Certificate of zoning compliance requirements.
- 19.75.060 - Zoning administrator—Inspection of properties for zoning compliance—City attorney duties.
- 19.75.061 - Zoning administrator—Inspection of properties for occupancy compliance—City attorney duties.
- 19.75.070 - City manager's administrative responsibilities.
- 19.75.080 - Unlawful activities designated—Penalties—Additional remedies.