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DOUGLAS COUNTY Planning, Zoning & Land Information Offices 1313 Belknap Street, Room 206 Superior, WI 54880 Zone District R-2 Ordinance & Setbacks Rev. 07/2013 Phone: [PHONE REDACTED] FAX: [PHONE REDACTED] Web: www.douglascountywi.org 3.4 R-2 RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT This district provides for one-family and two-family year-round residential development and for the continuation of forest programs. It is intended to encourage forest management programs and at the same time, allow large lot residential development. 1. Permitted Uses One and two-family year-round dwellings. Private garages and carports. Essential services and utilities intended to serve the principal permitted use. Signs subject to the provisions of Section 5.0. Horticulture and gardening. Chapter 8.0, Page 8 Customary accessory uses provided such uses are clearly incidental to the principal use. Production of forest crops, including tree plantations. Harvesting of wild crops such as marsh hay, ferns, moss, berries, tree fruits and tree seeds. 2. Uses Authorized by Conditional Permit Seasonal dwellings and customary accessory buildings (such as private garages and carports) on the same lot as the seasonal dwelling unit. Telephone, telegraph and power transmission towers, poles and lines, including transformers, substations, relay and repeater stations, equipment housing and other necessary appurtenant equipment and structures. A single mobile home provided lot area and setback requirements of this district are met and the owner provides an accessory building for storage purposes. Hobby farms including horses, dogs, chickens, etc., providing all structures housing such animals are 75 feet from all human habitation, 50 feet from lot lines and 100 feet from any highway. Home occupations or professional offices provided no such use occupies more than 25 percent of the total floor area of the dwelling, not more than one nonresident person is employed on the premises, and such use will not include an operational activity that would create a nuisance to be otherwise incompatible with the surrounding residential area. ---PAGE BREAK--- 1 Unless specified elsewhere in this ordinance or on the Official Zoning Map, the dimensional requirements of this schedule shall apply to the respective listed districts. Requirements for the W-1; Resource Conservation, SP-1; Shoreland Protection, and PUD (Planned Unit Development) are contained on the Official Zoning Map. 2 Minimum area for one-family dwellings: add 5,000 square ft. for each additional unit over one 3 Backlot: A parcel or tract of land located within a shoreland that does not front a navigable body of water, capable of being occupied by one residence and the accessory buildings or uses customarily incidental to it. 4 No lot shall be created with a length to width ratio greater than three to one 5 Setback requirements from rivers and streams = 125 ft. from the ordinary highwater mark (OHWM), EXCEPT the St. Croix, Brule and Eau Claire Rivers = 200 ft. All other = Class 3 Setbacks (125 feet) apply R-2 Zone District Setbacks and Dimensional Requirements for Land Outside Shorelands Minimum Lot Area 2 & 3 Maximum Building Height 35’ With Public Sewer 5 acres Without Public Sewer 5 acres Minimum Lotline Setbacks Minimum Lot Width 4 Front 50’ With Public Sewer 300’ Rear Without Public Sewer 300’ Principal Building 50’ Minimum Floor Area - Dwelling Accessory Building 50’ 1 Bedroom 800 sq. ft. Side 2 Bedrooms 900 sq. ft. Principal Building 20’ 3+ Bedrooms 1,000 sq. ft. Accessory Building 10’ Minimum Floor Area – Mobile Home 1 Bedroom 600 sq. ft. 2 Bedrooms 700 sq. ft. 3+ Bedrooms 800 sq. ft. R-2 Zone District Setbacks and Dimensional Requirements for Land Within Shorelands 8.4 Shoreland Zoning Ordinance / 2.1 Areas to be Regulated Areas regulated by this ordinance shall include all the lands (referred to herein as shorelands): 2.11 Within one thousand (1,000) feet of the ordinary highwater mark (OHWM) of navigable lakes, ponds or flowages. 2.12 Within three hundred (300) feet of the ordinary highwater mark (OHWM) of navigable rivers or streams, or to the landward side of the floodplain, whichever distance is greater. Minimum Shoreland Lot Area 2 & 3 Maximum Building Height 35’ With Public Sewer 5 acres Without Public Sewer 5 acres Minimum Lotline Setbacks Front 50’ Minimum Shoreline Lot Area Side Class 1 5 acres Class 1 10’ Minimum / 40’ Total Class 2 5 acres Class 2 10’ Minimum / 40’ Total Class 3 5 acres Class 3 20’ Minimum / 50’ Total Minimum Lot Width 4 Minimum Floor Area - Dwelling Class 1 300’ 1 Bedroom 800 sq. ft. Class 2 300’ 2 Bedrooms 900 sq. ft. Class 3 300’ 3+ Bedrooms 1,000 sq. ft. Minimum Setbacks From O.H.W.M. 5 Minimum Floor Area – Mobile Home Class 1 75’ 1 Bedroom 600 sq. ft. Class 2 100’ 2 Bedrooms 700 sq. ft. Class 3 125’ 3+ Bedrooms 800 sq. ft.