§ 78-102. NR-3 Single-family Residence District.

(1)

Purpose. This district is intended to provide for detached single-family residential development on a relatively small lot.

(2)

Permitted uses.

(a)

Single-family dwellings.

(b)

Community living arrangements for eight or fewer persons, subject to limitations set forth in Wis. Stats. § 61.35.

(3)

Permitted accessory uses:

(a)

Private garages, carports, accessory buildings, and paved parking areas. Maximum size of accessory buildings shall be subject to section 78-48 of this Code.

(b)

Home occupations and professional offices.

(c)

Private residential outdoor recreation facilities.

(d)

Any other structure or use normally accessory to the principal uses permitted.

(4)

Home occupations and professional offices. Home occupations and professional offices are permitted in residential structures only when the following requirements are met:

(a)

The home occupation shall have no employees. Only immediate family members residing on the premises may conduct the home occupation.

(b)

The home occupation shall be clearly incidental and subordinate to the residential use and shall under no circumstances change the residential character of the dwelling.

(c)

The floor area devoted to the home occupation shall not exceed 25 percent of the floor area of the dwelling.

(d)

There shall be no change in the outside appearance of the premises other than one unlighted nameplate no more than one square foot in area. Any sign shall be mounted flat against the wall of the building. There shall be no display that will indicate from the exterior that the building is being utilized in part for any purpose other than a dwelling.

(e)

No stock in trade or commodity shall be kept or sold upon the premises. Storage of materials or supplies used in the home occupations shall be done in enclosed buildings and within the space limitations of (c) above.

(f)

No mechanical equipment shall be used except such as is permissible for purely domestic and household uses. Further, no equipment shall be used in the home occupation which created fire hazards, electrical interference, noise, vibration, glare, fumes or odors detectable to the normal senses off the lot if the occupation is conducted in a single-family dwelling or outside the dwelling if conducted in other than a single-family dwelling. In the case of electrical interference, no equipment or process shall be used which creates visual or audible interference in any radio or television receivers off the premises, or causes fluctuations in line voltage off the premises.

(g)

No vehicular traffic shall be generated by the home occupation in greater volumes than would normally be generated by the dwelling unit. For the purpose of this section the typical trip generation rates for each type of residential use are those specified in Trip Generation, 5th Edition, published by the Institute of Traffic Engineers. In an instance where two or more trip generation rates may apply to a particular land use, the village shall determine the appropriate rate.

(h)

Any need for parking generated by the home occupation shall be met off the street and on the premises but other than in the front yard, except on driveways. No more than two motor vehicles associated with the home occupation may be kept on the premises.

(5)

Conditional uses.

(a)

Community living arrangements that have a capacity for nine or more persons.

(b)

Accessory dwelling units.

(6)

Area requirements.

(a)

Lot size.

1.

Minimum area of 18,000 square feet per lot, except that corner lots shall be ten percent larger.

2.

Minimum width of 100 feet, except that corner lots shall be ten percent larger.

(b)

Building location.

1.

Setback: Minimum of 25 feet from front lot line.

2.

Side yard: Minimum of 15 feet from side lot lines.

3.

Rear yard: Minimum of 25 feet from rear lot line.

(c)

Building size.

1.

Minimum living area of 1,000 square feet first floor and a total living area of 1,500 square feet.

2.

Maximum floor area ratio of 25 percent.

(d)

Building height.

1.

Principal structure: 35 feet maximum.

2.

Accessory structure: 15 feet maximum.

(Ord. of 8-5-06, § 3)