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DOUGLAS COUNTY Planning, Zoning & Land Information Offices 1313 Belknap Street, Room 206 Superior, WI 54880 Zone District RR-1 Ordinance & Setbacks Rev. 03-2019 Phone: [PHONE REDACTED] FAX: [PHONE REDACTED] Web: www.douglascountywi.org 3.5RR-1RESIDENTIAL-RECREATIONDISTRICT This district is intended to provide for residential development and essential recreation-oriented services in areas of high recreational value where soil conditions and other physical features will support such development without depleting or destroying natural resources. 1. Permitted Uses One-family and two-family year-round or seasonal dwellings. Private garages and carports. Horticulture and gardening. Essential services and utilities to serve the principal permitted use. Signs subject to the provisions of Section 5.0. Customary accessory uses provided such uses are clearly incidental to the principal permitted use. 2. Uses Authorized by Conditional Permit A single mobile home provided the lot area and setback requirements of this district are met and the owner provides an accessory building or garage for storage purposes. Mobile home parks and trailer parks subject to the provisions of Section 6.0. Telephone, telegraph, and power transmission towers, poles and lines, including transformers, substations, relays and repeater stations, equipment housing and other necessary appurtenant equipment and structures. Recreational service-oriented uses such as resorts and motels, restaurants and cocktail lounges, marinas, sport shops and bait sales, and other recreational services which, in the opinion of the County Zoning Committee, are of the same general character or clearly incidental to a permitted use or use authorized by conditional permit. ---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. 3 No lot shall be created with a length to width ratio greater than three to one RR-1 Zone District Setbacks & Dimensional Requirements1 Maximum Building Height 35’ Minimum Lot Area With Public Sewer 10,000 sq. ft. Without Public Sewer 20,000 sq. ft. Minimum Lot Width3 With Public Sewer 150’ Without Public Sewer 150’ 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.