Chapter 9

Oneida County Zoning and Shoreland Protection Ordinance
Table of Contents

ARTICLE 2     ARTICLE 3     ARTICLE 4     ARTICLE 5     ARTICLE 6    

ARTICLE 7     ARTICLE 8     ARTICLE 9     ARTICLE 10     APPENDIX

ARTICLE 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
9.10   STATUTORY AUTHORIZATION
9.11   PURPOSE - UNDERLYING ORDINANCE
9.12   APPLICABILITY

1. State Agencies and Municipalities Regulated
2. Jurisdiction

9.13   COMPLIANCE
9.14   CITATION TO WISCONSIN STATUTES AND ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
9.15   TYPES OF PERMITS - GENERALLY

1. Zoning Permits
2. Administrative Review Permits
3. Conditional Use Permits
4. Sanitary Permits
5. Shoreland Alteration Permits
6. List of Issued Permits Provided to Towns

9.16   GENERAL PROVISIONS

1. Abrogation and Greater Restrictions
2. Interpretation
3. Buildings Under Construction
4. Repeal of Previous Zoning Provisions
5. Severability
6. Effective Date

9.17   UNSAFE STRUCTURES
9.18   PROHIBITION AGAINST USE OF VEHICLES FOR HUMAN HABITATION
9.19   RELAXATION OF STANDARDS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
ARTICLE 2 - ZONING DISTRICTS  TOP
9.20   ZONING DISTRICTS

1. Districts Created
2. District Boundaries
3. Condominiums - Generally
4. Types of Uses - Generally
5. Accessory Uses and Structures
6. Unclassified and Unspecified Uses

9.21   FORESTRY DISTRICTS 1-A, 1-B AND 1-C

1. DISTRICT 1-A FORESTRY
   1. Purpose
   2. Forestry Use/Structure Agreement
   3. Permitted Uses
   4. Administrative Review Uses
   5. Conditional Uses
   6. Minimum Lot Sizes
2. DISTRICT 1-B FORESTRY
   1. Purpose
   2. Permitted Uses
   3. Administrative Review Uses
   4. Conditional Uses
   5. Prohibited Uses
   6. Minimum Lot Sizes
3. DISTRICT 1-C FORESTRY
   1. Purpose
   2. Permitted Uses
   3. Administrative Review Uses
   4. Conditional Uses
   5. Minimum Lot Sizes

9.22   SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL (DISTRICT 2)

1. Purpose
2. Permitted Uses
3. Administrative Review Uses
4. Conditional Uses
5. Prohibited Uses
6. Minimum Lot Sizes

9.23   MULTIPLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL (DISTRICT 3)

1. Purpose
2. Permitted Uses
3. Administrative Review Uses
4. Conditional Uses
5. Minimum Lot Sizes

9.24   RESIDENTIAL AND FARMING (DISTRICT 4)
          RESIDENTIAL AND RETAIL (DISTRICT 14)

1. RESIDENTIAL AND FARMING (DISTRICT 4)
   1. Purpose
   2. Permitted Uses
   3. Administrative Review Uses
   4. Conditional Uses
   5. Minimum Lot Sizes
2. RESIDENTIAL AND RETAIL (DISTRICT 14)
   1. Purpose
   2. Permitted Uses
   3. Administrative Review Uses
   4. Conditional Uses
   5. Minimum Lot Sizes

9.25   RECREATIONAL (DISTRICT 5)

1. Purpose
2. Permitted Uses
3. Administrative Review Uses
4. Conditional Uses
5. Minimum Lot Sizes

9.26   BUSINESS B-1 AND B-2 (DISTRICTS 6 AND 7)

1. BUSINESS B-1 (DISTRICT 6)
   1. Purpose
   2. Permitted Uses
   3. Administrative Review Uses
   4. Conditional Uses
   5. Minimum Lot Sizes
2. BUSINESS B-2 (DISTRICT 7)
   1. Purpose
   2. Permitted Uses/Administrative Review Uses
   3. Conditional Uses
   4. Minimum Lot Sizes

9.27   MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL (DISTRICT 8)

1. Purpose
2. Permitted Uses
3. Administrative Review Uses
4. Conditional Uses
5. Special Conditional Uses
6. Minimum Lot Sizes

9.28   GENERAL USE (DISTRICT 10)

1. Purpose
2. Permitted Uses/Administrative Review Uses/Conditional Uses
3. Minimum Lot Sizes

9.29   RURAL RESIDENTIAL (DISTRICT 15)

1. Purpose
2. Permitted Uses
3. Administrative Review Uses
4. Conditional Uses
5. Minimum Lot Sizes

ARTICLE 3 - ZONING, ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW, AND SANITARY PERMITS  TOP
9.30   ZONING, ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND SANITARY PERMITS - PURPOSE
9.31   GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF PERMITS

1. Permitted Uses
2. Administrative Review Uses

9.32   ZONING PERMIT REQUIREMENT
9.33   EXCEPTIONS TO ZONING PERMIT REQUIREMENT

1. New Structure (Costs under $2,500)
2. Existing Structure (Alterations under $5,000)
3. Ordinary Maintenance and Repairs
4. Public Utility Lines or Structures
5. Open Fences
6. Recreational Vehicles
7. Construction Trailers
8. Other Requirements Apply

9.34   ZONING PERMIT APPLICATION PROCEDURE

1. Applications
2. Application Fee
3. Review for Completeness
4. Approval or Denial of Application
5. Moratorium

9.35   PERMITTED USES REQUIRING ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW
9.36   PROCEDURE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW PERMITS
9.37   MISCELLANEOUS ZONING AND ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW PERMIT PROVISIONS

1. Expiration
2. Reapplication After Denial
3. Posting of Permit
4. Committee Consultation
5. Permit Records

9.38   SANITARY PERMIT
ARTICLE 4 - CONDITIONAL USES AND STRUCTURES/HOME OCCUPATIONS  TOP
9.40   CONDITIONAL USES

1. Purpose
2. Conditional Use Permit

9.41   APPLICATION FOR CUP

1. Applicant
2. Application Fee
3. Filing of Application
4. Additional Information

9.42   CUP APPLICATION REVIEW PROCESS

1. Completed Applications Referred to Committee
2. Town Recommendation, Notice and Public Hearing
3. Issuance or Denial of Application
4. Conditions
5. General Standards for Approval of CUP
6. Reapplication After Denial
7. Recording of CUPs
8. Lapse of CUP

9.43   HOME OCCUPATIONS

1. Purpose
2. Home Occupation Standards
3. Home Occupation Compliance Checklist/Review Fee
4. Continuing Compliance

ARTICLE 5 - ADDITIONAL TYPES OF USES  TOP
9.50   LEGAL PRE-EXISTING STRUCTURES AND USES IN NON-SHORELAND AREA

1. Applicability
2. Burden of Proof
3. Legal Pre-Existing Uses
4. Legal Pre-Existing Structures

9.51   CONDOMINIUMS

1. Purpose
2. Compliance with Zoning Provisions Required
3. Platting Requirements
4. Minimum Lot Sizes
5. Final Condominium Plat Requirements
6. Preliminary Condominium Plats
7. Approval of Preliminary Plats
8. Approval of Final Plats
9. Amendments
10. More Restrictive Town Ordinances

9.52   MOBILE HOME, MANUFACTURED HOME AND HOUSE TRAILER PARKS

1. Site and Size
2. Yards and Setbacks
3. Parking
4. Landscaping
5. Design and Improvements
6. Common Space
7. Driveways, Parking Spaces, Roads, and Streets
8. Placement Requirement

9.53   CAMPGROUNDS AND RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARKS

1. Size
2. Yards and Setbacks
3. Height
4. Parking
5. Landscaping
6. Design and Improvement
7. Common Space
8. Exception, Special Event Campground

9.54   COMMUNICATION STRUCTURES

1. Applicability
2. Conditional Use Permit Required
3. Compliance with Federal Regulations and Standards
4. Minimizing the Number of Sites
5. Electromagnetic Interference
6. Aesthetics
7. Signs
8. Lighting
9. Fencing
10. Landscaping
11. Communication Structures on Existing Structures
12. Costs of Required Consultants
13. Charges for Co-Location
14. Conditions and Standards for Co-Location
15. Compliance with Conditions of CUP
16. Termination of Operation Under a CUP
17. Equipment Enclosures and Buildings
18. Identification and Removal of RF Equipment and Structures
19. Future Plans
20. Notice to Nearby Property Owners

9.55   ADULT ORIENTED BUSINESS ORDINANCE

1. Purpose & Intent
2. Definitions
3. Classification
4. Permit Required (SO BP)
5. Issuance of Permit
6. Fees
7. Inspection
8. Expiration of Permit
9. Suspension
10. Revocation
11. Judicial Review
12. Transfer of Permit
13. Location of Sexually Oriented Businesses
14. Regulations Pertaining to Exhibition of Sexually Explicit Films, Videos or Live Entertainment in Viewing Rooms
15. Additional Regulations for Escort Agencies
16. Additional Regulations Concerning Public Nudity
17. Prohibition Against Children in a Sexually Oriented Business
18. Hours of Operation
19. Exceptions
20. Injunction
21. Severablility
22. Conflicting Ordinances Repealed
23. Effective Date

9.56  DOMESTICATED CHICKENS/DUCKS

1. Purpose and Intent
2. Definitions
3. Number and Type of Chickens/Ducks Allowed
4. Coop and Pen Construction
5. Location
6. Other Provisions

ARTICLE 6 - NON-METALLIC MINING AND METALLIC MINERAL EXPLORATION, PROSPECTING AND MINING  TOP
9.60   NON-METALLIC MINING

1. Application for Conditional Use Permit
2. Operational Plan
3. Reclamation Plan
4. Topsoil Storage and Reapplication
5. Rock Quarry
6. Setbacks
7. Special Use Permit Application
8. Sureties
9. Other Considerations
10. Damage to County and Town Property
11. Activities Exempt from Section 9.60

9.61   METALLIC MINERAL EXPLORATION, PROSPECTING AND MINING

1. Purpose and Intent
2. Definitions
3. Restrictions on Mining and Prospecting
4. Special Conditional Use Permit Process
5. Special Conditional Use Permit Application Requirements
6. Special Conditional Use Permit Standards
7. Special Conditional Use Permit Implementation
8. Enforcement
9. Exploration

ARTICLE 7 - GENERAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS  TOP
9.70   HIGHWAY SETBACKS

1. Setback
2. Prohibition Against Locating in Setback

9.71   SIDE YARDS AND REAR YARDS
9.72   BUILDING HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS
9.73   DWELLING OVERLAY DISTRICTS (eliminated from ordinance 4/22/08)
9.74   FENCES, WALLS, AND HEDGES
9.75   LEGAL PRE-EXISTING LOTS
9.76   WASTE DISPOSAL
9.77   OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING SPACE

1. Required Parking Space and Setbacks
2. Business and Industrial Establishments
3. Retail Business and Service Establishments
4. Dimensions of Single Parking Space
5. Off-Street Parking
6. Exemptions to Parking Regulations
7. Uses Not Listed
8. Control of Surface Water Runoff

9.78   SIGN REGULATIONS

1. Purpose
2. On-Premise Signs
3. Off-Premise Signs
4. Prohibited Signs
5. Signs Specifically Exempted from This Ordinance
6. Lapse of Sign Permit
7. Legal Pre-Existing Off-Premise Signs
8. Legal Pre-Existing On-Premise Signs

ARTICLE 8 - ADMINISTRATION / ENFORCEMENT / VARIANCES AND APPEALS / AMENDMENTS  TOP
9.80   ZONING ADMINISTRATION - GENERALLY

1. Oneida County Board of Supervisors
2. Oneida County Planning and Zoning Committee
3. Zoning Administrator
4. Annual Report
5. Duties and Powers

9.81   FINANCIAL MATTERS
9.82   ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES

1. Investigation and Compliance; Notice of Violation
2. Prosecution, Injunctions, Fines and Forfeitures, Imprisonment
3. Violations of Permits Issued Under This Ordinance
4. Revocation of Permits
5. Permit Issued in Violation of This Ordinance
6. Enforcement and Penalties

9.83   COMPOSITION OF BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT/JURISDICTION
9.84   VARIANCES
9.85   APPEALS TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT

1. Appeals
2. Fee
3. Board Procedure
4. Hearing
5. Stays

9.86   CHANGES AND AMENDMENTS

1. Authority
2. Effectiveness
3. Initiation
4. Petitions
5. Procedure
6. General Standards
7. Floodplain Petitions

ARTICLE 9 - SHORELAND PROTECTION PROVISIONS  TOP
9.90   SHORELAND PROTECTION

1. Shoreland Jurisdiction
2. Most Restrictive Provisions Control
3. General Zoning Provisions Apply in Shoreland Jurisdiction
4. DNR Notices and Copies of County Decisions

9.91   SHORELAND-WETLAND ZONING (DISTRICT 11)

1. Purpose
2. Designation
3. Shoreland-Wetland District Boundaries
4. Permitted Uses
5. Prohibited Uses
6. Rezoning

9.92   SHORELAND-WETLAND RESTRICTIONS

1. Purpose
2. Applicability
3. Restrictions

9.93   LOT SIZE BASED ON WATERWAY CLASSIFICATION

1. Rationale
2. Identification
3. Applicability
4. Minimum Lot Area
5. Minimum Riparian Frontage Width
6. Minimum Lot Width
7. Lot Size Modification
8. Riparian Access

9.94   OHWM SETBACKS AND SPECIAL ZONING PERMISSION
          FOR STRUCTURES IN SHORELAND SETBACK

1. OHWM Setbacks
2. Special Zoning Permission for Structures in Shoreland Setback Area

9.95   SHORELAND VEGETATION PROTECTION AREA
9.96   SHORELAND MITIGATION PLAN
9.97   SHORELAND ALTERATION PERMITS

1. Shoreland Alteration Permit Required
2. Application
3. Permit Review Procedure
4. Slopes Greater than 45%
5. Inspection and Notification of Completion
6. Permit Conditions

9.98   PIERS, OTHER BERTH STRUCTURES

1. Purpose
2. Compliance
3. Berth Structures Limited
4. Number of Berths
5. Location of Berth Structures
6. Dimensional Requirements
7. Regulation of Lighting
8. Accessory Construction
9. Pier Construction Materials
10. Marina Permit Guidelines
11. Marina Facilities
12. Marina Facility Requirements
13. Boathouses

9.99   SHORELAND STRUCTURES AND USES

1. Applicability
2. Burden of Proof
3. Legal Pre-Existing Uses
4. Structures Less than Seventy-five (75) feet from the OHWM
5. Structures that Do Not Meet the Minimum Setbacks of This Ordinance

ARTICLE 10 - DEFINITIONS
APPENDIX A - L

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