Zoning Code Portal | Land Uses

Accessory Dwelling Unit Accessory dwelling units are residential dwellings located directly above the ground floor of a building used for an office, commercial, or institutional land use, or a residential dwelling unit located on the same lot as a single-family dwelling unit, either in the same building as the single-family dwelling unit or in a detached building. Accessory dwelling units may also be permitted on the ground floor of a building used for an office, commercial, or institutional land use, but may not be within the first 24 feet of the ground floor measured from the front of the building.
Active Outdoor Public Recreation Active outdoor public recreation land uses include all recreational land uses located on public property (including school district property) which involves active recreational activities. Such land uses include play courts (such as tennis courts and basketball courts), playfields (such as ball diamonds, football fields, and soccer fields), neighborhood parks, tot lots, outdoor swimming pools, swimming beach areas, fitness courses, public golf courses, and similar land uses. 
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Agricultural Service Agricultural service land uses include all operations pertaining to the sale, handling, transport, packaging, storage, or disposal of agricultural equipment, products, by-products, or materials primarily used or produced by agricultural operations. Examples of such land uses include agricultural implement sales, storage, or repair operations; feed and seed stores; agricultural chemical dealers and/or storage facilities; animal feed storage facilities; commercial dairies; food processing facilities; canning and other packaging facilities; and agricultural waste disposal facilities (except commercial composting uses, see Section 510-46B).
Airport Airports are transportation facilities providing takeoff, landing, servicing, storage, and other services to any type of air transportation. The operation of any type of air vehicle (including ultralight aircraft, hang gliders, parasails, and related equipment, but excepting model aircraft) within the jurisdiction of this Chapter shall occur only in conjunction with an approved airport. 
Apartment 5-8 units This dwelling unit type consists of a single structure with three or more individual attached dwelling units which take access from a shared entrance or hallway. 
Apartment 9-16 units This dwelling unit type consists of a single structure with three or more individual attached dwelling units which take access from a shared entrance or hallway. 
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Artisan Studio A building or portion thereof used for the preparation, display and sale of individually crafted artwork, jewelry, furniture, sculpture, pottery, leathercraft, hand-woven articles, and related items, as either a principal use or accessory use. An artisan studio is used by no more than three artists or artisans. An artisan production shop is an artisan studio used by more than three artists or artisans. 
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Bed and Breakfast Establishment Bed and breakfast establishments are exclusively indoor lodging facilities which provide meals only to paying lodgers. Such land uses may provide indoor recreational facilities for the exclusive use of their customers. 
Boarding House Boarding houses include any residential use renting rooms which do not contain private bathroom facilities. 
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Bus Yard A place where buses are parked when not in use and may include administrative offices and a building for the storage, care, and maintenance of buses in the fleet.
Campground Campgrounds include any facilities designed for overnight accommodation of persons in tents, travel trailers, or other mobile or portable shelters or recreational vehicles. 
Clear Cutting Clear cutting includes the one‑time, continuing, or cumulative clearing, cutting, harvesting, or other destruction (including by fire) of trees in an area (or combined areas) of more than 30 percent of the woodlands on a property (or up to 100 percent for developments approved prior to the effective date of this Chapter). 
Commercial Animal Boarding Commercial animal boarding facilities including land uses which provide short-term and/or long-term boarding for animals, commercial kennels and commercial stables. Exercise yards, fields, training areas, and trails associated with such land uses are considered accessory to and do not require separate consideration.
Commercial Indoor Lodging Commercial indoor lodging facilities include land uses which provide overnight housing in individual rooms or suites of rooms, each room or suite having a private bathroom. Such land uses may provide in-room or in-suite kitchens, and may also provide indoor recreational facilities for the exclusive use of their customers. Restaurant, lounge, fitness centers, and other on-site facilities available to non-lodgers are considered accessory uses and therefore require review as a separate land use
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Communication Tower Communication towers include all free‑standing broadcasting, receiving, or relay structures, and similar principal land uses; and any office, studio, or other land uses directly related to the function of the tower. 
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Community Garden Community garden areas for cultivation and related activities divided into one or more plots to be cultivated by more than one operator or member. These areas may be on public or private lands.
Community Living Arrangement 16+ Residents Community living arrangement land uses include all facilities provided for in Wisconsin Statutes 46.03(22), including child welfare agencies, group homes for children, foster homes, treatment foster homes, adult family homes, and community based residential facilities. Community living arrangements do not include group daycare centers (see § 510-42M); nursing homes (an institutional residential land use); hospitals, prisons, or jails (all indoor institutional land uses). Community living arrangement facilities are regulated depending upon their capacity as provided for in Wisconsin Statutes 62.23(7)(i), provided any such regulations do not violate federal or state housing or anti-discrimination laws.
Community Living Arrangement 1-8 Residents Community living arrangement land uses include all facilities provided for in Wisconsin Statutes 46.03(22), including child welfare agencies, group homes for children, foster homes, treatment foster homes, adult family homes, and community based residential facilities. Community living arrangements do not include group daycare centers (see § 510-42M); nursing homes (an institutional residential land use); hospitals, prisons, or jails (all indoor institutional land uses). Community living arrangement facilities are regulated depending upon their capacity as provided for in Wisconsin Statutes 62.23(7)(i), provided any such regulations do not violate federal or state housing or anti-discrimination laws. 
Community Living Arrangement 9-15 Residents Community living arrangement land uses include all facilities provided for in Wisconsin Statutes 46.03(22), including child welfare agencies, group homes for children, foster homes, treatment foster homes, adult family homes, and community based residential facilities. Community living arrangements do not include group daycare centers (see § 510-42M); nursing homes (an institutional residential land use); hospitals, prisons, or jails (all indoor institutional land uses). Community living arrangement facilities are regulated depending upon their capacity as provided for in Wisconsin Statutes 62.23(7)(i), provided any such regulations do not violate federal or state housing or anti-discrimination laws. 
Company Cafeteria A company cafeteria is a food service operation which provides food only to company employees and their guests.
Company On-Site Recreation - With Night Lighting This land use includes any active or passive recreational facility located on the same site as the principal land use, and which is reserved soley for the use of company employees and their guests.
Company On-Site Recreation - Without Night Lighting This land use includes any active or passive recreational facility located on the same site as the principal land use, and which is reserved soley for the use of company employees and their guests.
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Construction Equipment Sales and Service Construction equipment sales and service is a place where new and used construction equipment, such as dump trucks, excavators, graders, and scrapers are offered for rent, sale, lease, or exchange, or are taken on consignment. This use may include the repair of such equipment.
Contractor Shop/Showroom A place a contractor can use for office operations and for storing tools, equipment, and other related materials.
Contractor Yard Contractor yards are used by a general contractor, excavation contractor, landscaping contractor, building contractor, oil or well drilling contractor, or similar business for the storage of vehicles, equipment, and materials used in the day-to-day operation of the business. This use may include a building which may be used for administrative offices, indoor storage, and the care and maintenance of equipment and vehicles in the fleet.
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Cultivation Cultivation includes all operations primarily oriented to the on-site, outdoor raising of plants for commercial purposes. This land use includes the raising of trees as a crop to be replaced with more trees after harvesting, such as in nursery or Christmas tree operations. The raising of plants for consumption by farm animals is considered cultivation if said plants are consumed by animals which are located off-site. 
Distribution Center Distribution centers are facilities oriented to the short‑term indoor storage and possible repackaging and reshipment of materials involving the activities and products of a single user. Retail outlets associated with this use shall be considered accessory uses per Subsection 13-1-43(p), below. 
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Duplex This dwelling unit type consists of two separate residences, each having a private individual access, and no shared internal access. Duplexes are attached side-by-side units, each with a ground floor and roof. Duplex dwelling units are located on a shared lot.
Expanded Home Occupation Expanded home occupations are intended to provide greater flexibility than home occupations in terms of number of employees, number of customer visits, and allowable occupations. For example, retail trade may be conducted in an expanded home occupation, whereas home occupations are limited to service-oriented businesses and businesses that do not generate customer visits. 
Exterior Communications Device This land use includes any structures used for communication reception, such as satellite dishes.
Family Daycare Home Family daycare homes are occupied residences in which a qualified person or persons provide childcare for 4 to 8 children. 
Farm Residence A farm residence is a single-family detached dwelling unit located on the same property as any of the principal agricultural land uses listed in Section 13-1-36.
Farmer’s Market Farmer’s markets include the temporary or occasional outdoor retail sales of farm produce, plants and flowers, bakery goods, and/or crafts from vehicles or temporary stands located within a parking lot or public right-of-way.
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Freight Terminal Freight terminals are defined as land and buildings representing either end of one or more truck carrier line(s) which may have some or all of the following facilities: yards, docks, management offices, storage sheds, buildings and/or outdoor storage areas, freight stations, and truck maintenance and repair facilities, principally serving several or many businesses requiring trans-shipment. 
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Group Daycare Center 9+ Children Group daycare centers are land uses in which qualified persons provide childcare services for nine or more children. Examples of such land uses include daycare centers and nursery schools. Such land uses may be operated on a for-profit or a not-for-profit basis. Such land uses may be operated in conjunction with another principal land use on the same environs, such as a church, school, business, or civic organization. In such instances, group day care centers are not considered as accessory uses and therefore require review as a separate land use.
Ham Radio Tower and Antenna - 45 ft or less This land use includes any structures, appurtenances, and components used for ham radio purposes that are located outside of a permitted principal or accessory structure. Depending on the height of the structure, ham radio towers and antennas either are permitted by right or may require a conditional use permit. 
Ham Radio Tower and Antenna - more than 45 ft up to 75 ft This land use includes any structures, appurtenances, and components used for ham radio purposes that are located outside of a permitted principal or accessory structure. Depending on the height of the structure, ham radio towers and antennas either are permitted by right or may require a conditional use permit. 
Ham Radio Tower and Antenna - more than 75 ft This land use includes any structures, appurtenances, and components used for ham radio purposes that are located outside of a permitted principal or accessory structure. 
Heavy Industrial Heavy industrial land uses are land uses that may be wholly or partially located outside of an enclosed building; may have the potential to create certain nuisances which are detectable at the property line; and may involve materials which pose a significant safety hazard. Examples of heavy industrial land uses include meat product producers; paper, pulp or paperboard producers; chemical and allied product producers (except drug producers) including poison or fertilizer producers; petroleum and coal product producers; asphalt, concrete or cement producers; tanneries; stone, clay, or glass product producers; primary metal producers; heavy machinery producers; electrical distribution equipment producers; electrical industrial apparatus producers; transportation vehicle producers; commercial sanitary sewage treatment plants; railroad switching yards; recycling facilities not involving the on‑site storage of salvage materials; and large-scale alcoholic beverage producers exceeding the production limits in Chapter 125, Wisconsin Statutes. 
Heavy Vehicle Sales and Service Heavy vehicle sales and service is a place where new and used large vehicles, such as recreational vehicles and campers, personal watercraft, and heavy trucks, are kept out of doors and offered for sale, lease, or exchange, or are taken on consignment. This use may include the repair and servicing of the aforementioned as a subordinate use to the extent deemed appropriate by the Plan Commission.
Home Occupation Home occupations are economic activities performed within a single-family detached residence. Examples include personal and professional services and handicrafts. Home occupations are intended to provide a means to accommodate a small home-based family or professional business without the necessity of a rezoning from a residential to a business district. Home occupations are limited to service-oriented businesses and businesses that do not generate customer visits.
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Husbandry Husbandry land uses include all operations primarily oriented to the on-site raising and/or use of animals at an intensity of less than one animal unit (defined in Section 510-12) per acre. This includes horses, cattle, sheep, goats, llamas (and related species), deer, antelope, swine, foul (including chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, peacocks, guinea hens, game birds), aquatic species (including fish, shellfish, crustaceans, echinoderms, plants, and algae), and any animals typically hunted or trapped. This excludes animals typically kept as pets and commonly available at commercial pet stores (e.g., domestic dogs and cats, fish, small rodents, reptiles, amphibians, tropical/exotic birds). Apiaries are also considered husbandry land uses. 
Incidental Indoor Sales Incidental indoor sales include any retail sales activity conducted exclusively indoors which is incidental to a principal land use such as warehousing, wholesaling, or any light industrial land use on the same site.
Incidental Light Industrial These land uses include any light industrial activity conducted exclusively indoors which is incidental to a principal land use, such as indoor sales or service, on the same site.
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Incidental Outdoor Display Incidental outdoor display includes the sales and display of merchandise or equipment outside of an enclosed building and is incidental to a principal commercial or industrial land use.
Indoor Commercial Entertainment Indoor commercial entertainment land uses include all land uses which provide entertainment services entirely within an enclosed building. Such activities often have operating hours that extend significantly later than most other commercial land uses. Examples of such land uses include restaurants, taverns, theaters, bowling alleys, arcades, roller rinks, pool halls, and fitness studios and instructional studios (e.g., dance, art, martial arts) where the occupancy load is more than 25 people.