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DOUGLAS COUNTY Planning, Zoning & Land Information Offices 1313 Belknap Street, Room 206 Superior, WI 54880 Zone District C-1 Ordinance & Setbacks Rev. 12-2014 Phone: [PHONE REDACTED] FAX: [PHONE REDACTED] Web: www.douglascountywi.org 3.7 C-1 COMMERCIAL DISTRICT This district is intended to provide for the orderly and attractive grouping, at appropriate locations, of retail stores, shops, offices and similar commercial establishments. 1. Permitted Uses Facilities such as, but not limited to the following: Retail stores and shops offering convenience goods and services. Business and professional offices and studios. Banks and savings and loan offices. Public and semipublic buildings and institutions. Commercial entertainment facilities. Laundromats (Chapter 8.0). Restaurants. Taverns. Medical and dental clinics. Auto service stations and maintenance facilities. Public and private marinas. Recreation service-oriented facilities as stated in the RR-1 District. Motels and tourist homes. Rooming and boarding houses. Essential services and utilities intended to serve the principal permitted use. 2. Uses Authorized by Conditional Permit Public and semipublic conditional uses as stated in the R-1 District. New and used car sales establishments. Wholesaling establishments. Transportation terminals. Farm implements sales firms. Outdoor theaters. Miniature golf, go-karts and amusement parks. Drive-in establishments offering in-car service to customers. Single family dwellings and mobile homes, but only when occupied by owners and/or persons engaged in commercial activities on the premises. ---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 C-1 Zone District Outside Shorelands Maximum Building Height 35’ Minimum Lot Area With Public Sewer 10,000 sq. ft. Without Public Sewer 20,000 sq. ft. Minimum Lot Width With Public Sewer 75’ Without Public Sewer 100’ Minimum Lotline Setbacks Front 10’ Rear Principal Building 20’ Accessory Building 20’ Side Principal Building 10’ Accessory Building 5’ Minimum Floor Area, Dwelling 3+ Bedrooms 700 sq. ft. 2 Bedrooms 600 sq. ft. 1 Bedroom 500 sq. ft. Minimum Floor Area, Mobile Home 3+ Bedrooms 800 sq. ft. 2 Bedrooms 700 sq. ft. 1 Bedroom 600 sq. ft. C-1 Zone District Within Shorelands1 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. Maximum Building Height 35’ Backlot Minimum Lot Area 2 With Public Sewer 10,000 sq. ft. Without Public Sewer (Backlots3) 20,000 sq. ft. Minimum Shoreline Lot Area Class 1 30,000 sq. ft. Class 2 40,000 sq. ft. Class 3 80,000 sq. ft. Minimum Lot Width 4 Class 1 150’ Class 2 175’ Class 3 200’ Minimum Setbacks from Ordinary High Water Mark 5 Class 1 75’ Class 2 100’ Class 3 125’ Minimum Front Lotline Setbacks Front 30’ Minimum Side Lotline Setbacks Class 1 and Class 2 10’ Minimum / 40’ Total Class 3 20’ Minimum / 50’ Total Minimum Floor Area, Dwelling 3+ Bedrooms 700 sq. ft. 2 Bedrooms 600 sq. ft. 1 Bedroom 500 sq. ft. 1 Bedroom 600 sq. ft.