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10.13 C-1 COMMERCIAL DISTRICT. (1)
Permitted uses. (a) Retail and service uses
including, but not limited to, grocery stores,
drugstores, hardware stores, appliance and
furniture stores, barbershops and beauty shops
without limitation as to size.
(b) Self service laundries and dry cleaning
establishments.
(c) Warehousing and storage incidental to a
permitted use on the premises. Mini-warehouses
are excluded from use in this (C-1)
district.
(d) Medical, dental and veterinary clinics.
(e) Banks, offices, office buildings and
condominium office buildings devoting not more
than two (2) floors to office space.
(f) Utility services.
(g) Rooming and boarding houses.
(h) Bakeries, printing plants, laundries, dry
cleaning plants.
(i) Distribution centers and wholesale
businesses.
(j) Woodworking shops, machine shops,
manufacturing and assembly plants.
(k) Bicycle sales and service.
(L) Rental businesses, except for motor
vehicles and construction machinery and
equipment.
(m) Experimental laboratories not to exceed
5,000 square feet of floor area.
(o) Sales and repair of lawn and garden
equipment.
(p) Games such as horseshoes, volleyball or
similar activities not lighted for night operation.
(q) Marinas.
(r) Off-site parking of motor vehicles as
provided in section 10.18(3)(c).
(2) Conditional uses permitted in the C-1
Commercial District.
(a) Single family residences, duplexes, multi-family
residences.
(b) Banks, offices, office buildings and
condominium office buildings devoting more than
two (2) floors to office space.
(c) Motels, hotels, taverns, funeral homes and
drive-in establishments.
(d) Hospitals, veterinary hospitals, nursing
homes, convalescent centers, extended care
facilities.
(e) Mobile home parks, subject to special
conditions as provided for in s. 10.08(10).
(f) Outdoor amusement parks or other
entertainment activity that is open to the public
on either a permanent or temporary basis.
(g) Indoor or outdoor movie theater.
(h) Automobile laundries, car wash facilities.
(i) Dog and cat boarding kennels, grooming
and training facilities.
(j) Communication towers.
(k) Storage of motor vehicles awaiting
disposition either as abandoned vehicles or for
the settlement of an insurance claim.
(m) Governmental uses.
(n) Agricultural uses.
(o) Games such as horseshoes, volleyball or
similar activities lighted to operate at night.
(3) Building height limit. (a) For business
buildings, including offices, the maximum
building height shall be four (4) stories, provided,
however, that a conditional use permit shall be
required for any building that provides more than
two (2) stories devoted to office space.
(b) Lots or building sites for residential
purposes or for combined business and
residential uses shall comply with the
requirements of the R-4 Residence District.
(4) Area, frontage and population density
regulations. Area, frontage and population
density regulations shall be the same as for the
B-1 Local Business District.
(5) Setback requirements. Setback from front
lot line or highway right-of-way shall comply with
the provisions of section 10.17.
(6) Side yard requirements. Side yard
requirements shall be the same as for the B-1
Local Business District.
(7) Rear yard requirements. (a) For buildings
to be used exclusively for business purposes the
minimum depth of any rear yard shall be 10 feet.
(b) For residential buildings, or buildings
combining residential and business uses, the
minimum depth of any rear yard shall be 25 feet.
(8) Off-street parking. Off-street parking
space shall be provided in accordance with the
provisions of section 10.18.
(9) Screening provisions. On lots adjacent to
or abutting land in a residence district, the
screening provisions of section 10.16(8) shall be
complied with prior to the issuance of a
certificate of compliance.
[History: (1)(q) cr., Sub. 2 to OA 25, 1987-88, pub.
02/29/88; (1)(c) am., OA 1, 1994-95, pub. 09/02/94; (2)(c)
and (3)(a) am., OA 16, 1996-97, pub. 01/16/97; (2)(j) am.,
OA 57, 1996-97, pub. 09/02/97; (1)(r) cr., OA 39, 1997-98,
pub. 08/17/98; (8) am., OA 3, 2000-01, pub. 10/19/00.]
10.14 C-2 COMMERCIAL DISTRICT. (1)
Permitted uses. (a) All uses permitted in the C-1
Commercial District without limitations as to
size.
(b) Major repairs to motor vehicles.
(c) Sales of new and used motor vehicles.
(d) Sales of new and used mobile homes,
recreational equipment rental, sales and service.
(e) Sales of new and used contractor's
machinery and equipment.
(f) Repairs, storage and service of
contractor's machinery and equipment.
(g) Rental and leasing of motor vehicles,
contractor's machinery and equipment.
(h) Bulk fuel storage, sales and storage of
lumber and building material.
(i) Truck and bus terminals.
(j) Auxiliary or supplemental electric
generating stations.
(k) Fertilizer mixing or blending plants.
(L) Slaughterhouses, meat processing plants.
(m) Bottling plants.
(n) Utility services.
(o) Storage, repair and maintenance of
carnival, concession and circus machinery and
equipment.
(p) Automobile and truck driver training
schools and construction equipment operator
training schools that are privately owned and
operated for profit.
(q) Parking or storing of motor vehicles.
(r) Storage or processing of scrap or waste
materials, conducted entirely within a building.
(s) Warehouses.
(t) Games such as horseshoes, volleyball or
similar activities not lighted for night operation.
(u) Mini-warehouses.
(v) Adult book stores, subject to the standards
set forth in s. 10.193.
(2) Conditional uses permitted in the C-2
Commercial District.
(a) Outdoor amusement parks or other
entertainment activity whether on a permanent or
temporary basis that is open to the general
public.
(b) Movie theaters, outdoor theaters.
(c) Drive-in establishments.
(d) Automobile race tracks, snowmobile race
tracks and courses, all-terrain vehicle race tracks
and courses and motorcycle race tracks
including moto-cross and hill climbing courses.
(e) Mineral extraction subject to the special
conditions of section 10.191.
(f) Solid waste disposal operations, sanitary
landfill sites.
(g) Auto laundries, car washes.
(h) Taverns.
(i) Residence for a watchman or caretaker.
(j) Communication towers.
(k) Dog and cat boarding kennels, grooming
and training facilities.
(L) Governmental uses.
(m) Agricultural uses.
(n) Games such as horseshoes, volleyball or
similar activities lighted to operate at night.
(o) Religious uses.
(p) Motels and hotels.
(q) Storage of explosive materials in strict
conformance with Wisconsin Administrative
Code provisions relating to explosive materials.
(3) Building height limit. The maximum height
for all buildings shall be fifty (50) feet. Tanks,
storage bins, silos and towers shall not be
subject to this limitation.
(4) Area, frontage and population density
regulations.
(a) The area and frontage shall be the same
as for the B-1 Local Business District.
(b) Any principal building together with its
accessory building shall not cover more than
sixty percent (60%) of the lot area.
(5) Setback requirements. Setback from front
lot line or highway right-of-way shall conform to
the provisions of section 10.17.
(6) Side yard requirements. Side yard
requirements shall be the same as for the B-1
Local Business District.
(7) Rear yard requirements. (a) For business
and commercial buildings, the minimum depth of
any rear yard shall be 10 feet.
(8) Screening provisions. On lots adjacent to
or abutting land in a residence district, the
screening provisions of section 10.16(7) shall be
complied with prior to the issuance of a
certificate of compliance.
(10) Off-street parking. Off-street parking shall
be provided as required in section 10.18.
[History: (1)(u) cr., OA 1, 1994-95, pub. 09/02/94; (2)(o) cr.,
OA 42, 1994-95, eff. 09/26/95; (2)(d) am., Sub. 2 to OA 19,
1995-96, eff. 02/25/96; (2)(p) cr., OA 15, 1996-97, pub.
01/06/97; (2)(c) and (e) and (8) am., OA 16, 1996-97, pub.
01/16/97; (2)(j) am., OA 57, 1996-97, pub. 09/02/97; (10) cr.,
OA 39, 1997-98, pub. 08/17/98; (1)(v) cr., OA 3, 1998-99,
pub. 09/24/98; (2)(q) cr., OA 22, 1999-2000, pub. 06/27/00.]
10.15 M-1 INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT. (1)
Permitted uses. (a) Major repairs to motor
vehicles.
(b) Sales of new and used motor vehicles.
(c) Sales of new and used mobile homes.
(d) Sales of new and used contractor's
machinery and equipment.
(e) Repairs and service of contractor's
machinery and equipment.
(f) Rental and leasing of motor vehicles,
contractor's machinery and equipment.
(g) Bulk fuel storage, sales and outside
storage of lumber and building material.
(h) Truck and bus terminals.
(i) Auxiliary or supplemental electric
generating stations.
(j) Fertilizer mixing or blending plants.
(k) Slaughter houses, meat processing plants.
(Above 2 Uses Restricted by Plat Covenants)
(L) Bottling plants.
(m) Utility services.
(n) Foundries and forging plants.
(o) Structural steel fabrication plants.
(p) Metal pressing, stamping or spinning
plants.
(q) Manufacturing and assembly plants for
automobiles, farm equipment and construction
machinery.
(r) Mobile home and manufactured housing
plants.
(s) Parking or storing of motor vehicles.
(t) Storage or processing of scrap or waste
materials, conducted entirely within a building.
(u) All uses permitted in the C-2 Commercial
District.
(2) Conditional uses permitted in the M-1
Industrial District.
(a) Drive-in establishments.
(b) Automobile racetracks, motorcycle race
tracks including moto-cross and hill climbing
courses.
(c) Mineral extraction subject to the special
conditions of section 10.191.
(d) Solid waste disposal operations, sanitary
landfill sites.
(e) Auto laundries, car washes.
(f) Taverns.
(g) Residence for watchman or caretaker.
(h) Salvage recycling centers.
(i) Fertilizer manufacturing plants.
(j) Explosive and chemical manufacturing
plants.
(k) Communication towers.
(L) Governmental uses.
(m) Agricultural uses.
(3) Building height limit. The maximum height
for all buildings shall be 50 feet. Tanks, storage
bins, silos and towers shall not be subject to this
limitation.
(4) Setback requirements. Setback from front
lot line or highway right-of-way shall comply with
the provisions of section 10.17.
(5) Side yard requirements. For business or
commercial buildings no side yards shall be
required for interior lots; provided, however, that
if a business or commercial building is built on a
lot adjacent to a lot or parcel zoned residential,
then that business or commercial building shall
provide a side yard equal to that which is
required for the building on the adjacent lot.
(6) Rear yard requirements. For business and
commercial buildings, the minimum depth of any
rear yard shall be 10 feet.
(7) Off-street parking. Off-street parking
space shall be provided in accordance with the
provisions of section 10.18.
(8) Screening provisions. On lots adjacent to
or abutting land in a residence district, the
screening provisions of section 10.16(7) shall be
complied with prior to the issuance of a
certificate of compliance.
[History: (2)(h) am., Sub. 2 to OA 11, 1991-92, pub.
12/18/91; (2)(a) and (c) and (8) am., OA 16, 1996-97, pub.
01/16/97; (2)(k) cr., OA 57, 1996-97, pub. 09/02/97.]
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