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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. 07/2013 Phone: [PHONE REDACTED] FAX: [PHONE REDACTED] Web: www.douglascountywi.org 3.5 RR-1 RESIDENTIAL-RECREATION DISTRICT This district is intended to provide for seasonal 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 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 One-family and two-family year-round dwellings. 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. 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 RR-1 Zone District Setbacks and Dimensional Requirements for Land Outside Shorelands Minimum Lot Area 2 & 3 Maximum Building Height 35’ With Public Sewer 10,000 sq. ft. Without Public Sewer 20,000 sq. ft. Minimum Lotline Setbacks Minimum Lot Width 4 Front 30’ With Public Sewer 150’ Rear Without Public Sewer 150’ Principal Building 40’ Minimum Floor Area - Dwelling Accessory Building 40’ 1 Bedroom 500 sq. ft. Side 2 Bedrooms 600 sq. ft. Principal Building 10’ 3+ Bedrooms 700 sq. ft. Accessory Building 5’ Minimum Floor Area – Mobile Home 1 Bedroom 500 sq. ft. 2 Bedrooms 600 sq. ft. 3+ Bedrooms 700 sq. ft. RR-1 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 10,000 sq. ft. Without Public Sewer 5 acres Minimum Lotline Setbacks Front 30’ Minimum Shoreline Lot Area Side Class 1 30,000 sq. ft. Class 1 10’ Minimum / 40’ Total Class 2 40,000 sq. ft. Class 2 10’ Minimum / 40’ Total Class 3 80,000 sq. ft. Class 3 20’ Minimum / 50’ Total Minimum Lot Width 4 Minimum Floor Area - Dwelling Class 1 150’ 1 Bedroom 500 sq. ft. Class 2 175’ 2 Bedrooms 600 sq. ft. Class 3 200’ 3+ Bedrooms 700 sq. ft. Backlot 300’ Minimum Setbacks From O.H.W.M. 5 Minimum Floor Area – Mobile Home Class 1 75’ 1 Bedroom 500 sq. ft. Class 2 100’ 2 Bedrooms 600 sq. ft. Class 3 125’ 3+ Bedrooms 700 sq. ft.