(A) Lot area and width standards. The lot area (in square feet) and lot width standards (in feet) for single, duplex, triplex and quad residential lots created after the date of enactment of this chapter for the lake and river or stream classifications are the following.
(1) Unsewered lakeshore areas (within 1,000 feet of ordinary high water mark).
Residential Lot Type; Lakeshore Area; Unsewered | Riparian Lots | Non-Riparian Lots | ||
Area (in Square Feet) | Width (in Feet) | Area (in Square Feet) | Width (in Feet) | |
Single | 20,000 | 100 | 40,000 | 150 |
Duplex | 40,000 | 180 | 80,000 | 265 |
Triplex | 60,000 | 260 | 120,000 | 375 |
Quad | 80,000 | 340 | 160,000 | 490 |
(2) Sewered lakeshore areas (within 1,000 feet of ordinary high water mark).
Residential Lot Type; Lakeshore Area; Sewered | Riparian Lots | Non-Riparian Lots | ||
Area (in Square Feet) | Width (in Feet) | Area (in Square Feet) | Width (in Feet) | |
Single | 15,000 | 75 | 10,000 | 75 |
Duplex | 26,000 | 135 | 17,500 | 135 |
Triplex | 38,000 | 195 | 25,000 | 190 |
Quad | 49,000 | 255 | 32,500 | 245 |
(3) River lot width standards. There is no minimum lot size requirements for rivers, except for those imposed in Ch. 153 of this code, regarding subdivisions. The lot width standards for single, duplex, triplex and quad residential developments for the South Fork Crow River are as follows. These dimensions must be at least as wide as those required in Ch. 153 for the zoning district.
Residential Lot Type; River Lots | Lot Width; Unsewered (in Feet) | Lot Width; Sewered (in Feet) |
Single | 100 | 75 |
Duplex | 150 | 115 |
Triplex | 200 | 150 |
Quad | 250 | 190 |
(B) Additional special provisions.
(1) Residential subdivisions with dwelling unit densities exceeding those in the tables in divisions (A)(2) and (A)(3) above can only be allowed if designed and approved as residential planned developments under §§ 152.090 through 152.096 of this chapter. Only land above the ordinary high water level of public waters can be used to meet lot area standards, and lot width standards must be met at both the ordinary high water level and at the building line. The sewer lot area dimensions in division (A)(2) above can only be used if publicly owned sewer system service is available to the property.
(2) Lots intended as controlled accesses to public waters or as recreation areas for use by owners of non-riparian lots within subdivisions are permissible and must meet or exceed the following standards:
(a) They must meet the width and size requirements for residential lots, and be suitable for the intended uses of controlled access lots;
(b) If docking, mooring or over-water storage of more than six watercraft is to be allowed at a controlled access lot, then the width of the lot (keeping the same lot depth) must be increased by the percent of the requirements for riparian residential lots for each watercraft beyond six, consistent with the following table.
Controlled Access Lot Frontage Requirements | |
Ratio of Lake Size to Shore Length (Acres per Mile) | Required Increase in Frontage (Percent) |
Less than 100 | 25 |
100 - 200 | 20 |
201 - 300 | 15 |
301 - 400 | 10 |
Greater than 400 | 5 |
(c) They must be jointly owned by all purchasers of lots in the subdivision or by all purchasers of non-riparian lots in the subdivision who are provided riparian access rights on the access lot; and
(d) Covenants or other equally effective legal instruments must be developed that specify which lot owners have authority to use the access lot and what activities are allowed. The activities may include watercraft launching, loading, storage, beaching, mooring or docking. They must also include other outdoor recreational activities that do not significantly conflict with general public use of the public water or the enjoyment of normal property rights by adjacent property owners. Examples of the non-significant conflict activities include swimming, sunbathing or picnicking. The covenants must limit the total number of vehicles allowed to be parked and the total number of watercraft allowed to be continuously moored, docked or stored over water, and must require centralization of all common facilities and activities in the most suitable locations on the lot to minimize topographic and vegetation alterations. They must also require all parking areas, storage buildings and other facilities to be screened by vegetation or topography as much as practical from view from the public water, assuming summer, leaf-on conditions.
(2004 Code, § 152.035) (Ord. 92-56, passed 4-14-1992) Penalty, see § 10.99