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DOUGLAS COUNTY Planning, Zoning & Land Information Offices 1313 Belknap Street, Room 206 Superior, WI 54880 Zone District F-1 Ordinance & Setbacks Rev. 03-2019 Phone: [PHONE REDACTED] FAX: [PHONE REDACTED] Web: www.douglascountywi.org This district provides for the continuation of forest programs and related uses in those areas best suited for such activities. It is intended to encourage forest management programs and also to recognize the value of the forest as a recreational resource by permitting as a conditional use certain recreational activities which when adequately developed, are not incompatible to the forest. 1. Permitted Uses One and two-family year-round or seasonal dwellings. Private garages and carports. Production of forest crops, including tree plantations. Harvesting of wild crops such as marsh hay, ferns, moss, berries, tree fruits and tree seeds. Hiking trails wildlife refuges, and snowmobile trails and game management habitat areas. Signs, subject to the provisions of Section 5.0. Essential services and utilities intended to serve the principal permitted use. 2. Uses Authorized by Conditional Permit Public and private parks, playgrounds and winter sports areas. Dams, plants for production of electric power and flowage areas. Trailer camps subject to the provisions of Section 6.0. Forest-connected industries such as pulp and paper production plants, sawmills, debarking operations, chipping facilities and similar operations including temporary dwellings and mobile homes for persons engaged in these operations. Recreation and youth camps. Riding stables. Shooting ranges. Chapter 8.0 Quarrying and mining operations subject to the provisions of Section 6.0. Year-round residences for caretakers of recreational areas. Telephone, telegraph and power transmission towers, poles and lines including transformers, substations, relay and repeater stations, equipment housings and other necessary appurtenant equipment and structures, radio and television stations and transmission towers, fire towers and microwave radio relay towers. Garbage and refuse disposal sites subject to the provisions of Section 6.4. Airports subject to the provisions of Section 4.3. Gas lines. ---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 No lot shall be created with a length to width ratio greater than three to one F-1 Zone District Setbacks & Dimensional Requirements1 Maximum Building Height 35’ Minimum Lot Area With Public Sewer 10 acres Without Public Sewer 10 acres Minimum Lot Width2 With Public Sewer 300’ Without Public Sewer 300’ Lake / River Setbacks From Ordinary High Water Mark (OHWM) 75’ Minimum Lotline Setbacks Front (road setbacks may also apply; see below) 30’ Rear Principal Building 40’ Accessory Building 40’ Side Principal Building 10’ Accessory Building 5’ Class A (State and U.S. Numbered Highways): 130 feet from the centerline of the State or U.S. Highway or 66 feet from the right-of-way line, whichever is greater. Class B (County Highways): 75 feet from the centerline of such highway or 42 feet from the right-of-way line, whichever is greater. Class C (Town Roads / Highways): 63 feet from the centerline of the highway or 30 feet from the right-of-way line, whichever is greater.