§ 525-16. Definitions.

For the purpose of this chapter, certain words are defined as follows. Words used in the present tense include the future; the singular number includes the plural number, and the plural number includes the singular. The word "building" includes the word "structure"; the word "shall" is mandatory and not directory.

ACCESSORY BUILDING

A building or portion of a building subordinate to the main building but not part of the main building and used for a purpose customarily incidental to the permitted use of the main building.

ALLEY

A street or thoroughfare affording only secondary access to abutting property.

BUILDING

Any structure used, designed, or intended for the protection, shelter, enclosure or support of persons or property.

BUILDING, HEIGHT OF

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 flat roof, to the deckline of a mansard roof, or to the average height of the gable of a gambrel, hip or pitch roof.

CONDITIONAL USE

A use of land, water or building which is allowable only after the issuance of a special permit by the Village Board under conditions specified in this chapter.

DWELLING, MULTIFAMILY

A building or portion thereof designed for and occupied by two or more families.

DWELLING, SINGLE-FAMILY

A detached building designed for or occupied exclusively by one family.

FAMILY

A group of persons related by blood or marriage and living together as a single housekeeping entity.

FLOODPLAIN

The land adjacent to a body of water which is subject to periodic overflow therefrom.

FLOODWAY

The channel of a stream and such adjacent portions of the floodplain as are required to accommodate flood flows.

GARAGE, PRIVATE

An accessory building or space for the storage only of not more than three motor-driven vehicles per dwelling.

GARAGE, PUBLIC

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

GARAGE, STORAGE

Any building or premises used for storage only of motor-driven vehicles and where no vehicle equipment, parts, fuel or oil is sold or where no vehicles are serviced, repaired, hired or sold.

HOME OCCUPATION

A gainful occupation conducted by members of the family only, within their place of residence, provided that no article is sold or offered for sale on the premises except such as is produced by such occupation, that no stock-in-trade is kept or sold, that no mechanical equipment is used other than such as is permissible for purely domestic purposes, and that no person other than a member of the immediate family living on the premises is employed.

HOTEL or MOTEL

A building in which lodging, with or without meals, is offered to transient guests for compensation.

LOT

A parcel of land having a width and depth sufficient to provide the space necessary for one main building and its accessory building, together with the open spaces required by this chapter, and on a public street.

LOT, CORNER

A lot abutting on two or more streets at their intersection.

LOT, DEPTH OF

The mean horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines.

LOT LINES

The lines bounding lots as defined herein.

MANUFACTURED HOME

A. 

A structure certified and labeled as a manufactured home under 42 U.S.C. §§ 5401 to 5426 which, when placed on the site:

(1) 

Is set on a permanent enclosed foundation in accordance with § 70.043(1), Wis. Stats., and Subchapters III, IV and V of Ch. Comm 21, Wis. Adm. Code, or is set on a comparable enclosed foundation system approved by the Village Zoning Administrator. The Village Zoning Administrator may require a plan to be certified by a registered architect or engineer to ensure proper support for the home.

(2) 

Is installed in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions.

(3) 

Is properly connected to all utilities.

(4) 

Is constructed with a pitched roof and overhanging eaves and sided with wood, aluminum or vinyl siding.

(5) 

Contains floor space of at least 800 square feet and has a minimum width of 16 feet.

(6) 

Is erected on a standard lot in a residential zone, as defined in § 525-4.

(7) 

Meets all other residential zoning requirements, such as setbacks.

B. 

A premanufactured home such as one produced by Terrace Homes or Wausau Homes is not considered a "manufactured home" within the above definition but rather is considered the same for regulation purposes as a home built on site from the ground up.

MINI WAREHOUSE

An unoccupied, compartmentalized warehouse building having one or more doors serving each compartment.

[Added 5-28-1992]

NONCONFORMING USE

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

SETBACK

The minimum horizontal distance between the street line and the nearest point of a building or any projection thereof.

SIGN

Any words, letters, figures, numerals, phrases, sentences, emblems, devices, designs, trade names, or trademarks by which anything is made known and which are used to advertise or promote an individual, firm, association, corporation, profession, business, commodity, or product and which are visible from any public street or highway.

STREET

All property dedicated or intended for public or private street purposes or subject to public easements.

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 is no floor above it, then the space between the floor and the ceiling next above it.

STREET LINE

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

STRUCTURAL ALTERATION

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

STRUCTURE

Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires permanent location on the ground.

VETERINARY CLINIC

A facility established for the purpose of providing diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and control of animal disease, as well as promoting the health and well-being of small animals. Kennels are provided only for the treatment and recuperation of animal patients and must be physically located inside the veterinary facility. Outdoor kennels or other outdoor exercise areas are included, provided that an employee of the clinic is on duty. Facilities established for the purpose of boarding animals are not included.

[Amended 4-14-1998]

VISION CLEARANCE

An unoccupied triangular space at the corner of a corner lot which is bounded by the street lines and a setback line connecting points determined by measurement from the corner of each street line.

WATERLINE

The shortest straight line at the waterfront end of a stream lot that lies wholly within the lot, provided that not less than 75% of the length of such waterline shall be on or on the landward side of the normal high-water mark of such stream.

YARD

An open space on the same lot with a building, unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward except as otherwise provided herein.

YARD, FRONT

A yard extending the full width of the lot between the front lot line and the nearest part of the main building.

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.

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.

Editor's Note: The definition of "building permit" which immediately followed this definition was deleted at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).

Editor's Note: The definition of "Zoning Administrator" which immediately followed this definition was deleted at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).

Added 11-11-1993