Chapter 17.67
REGIONAL BUSINESS, OFFICE AND LIMITED INDUSTRY DISTRICT
Sections:
17.67.020 Building and parking locations.
17.67.010 Use regulations.
A. Permitted Uses. Subject to all approvals and conditions required by Chapter 17.100 and the provisions of this district, the permitted uses shall be:
1. Any use permitted in the B-1 local business district except: schools, preschools, child care centers, adult day care, and residences unless otherwise provided herein;
2. Offices;
3. Casual dining restaurants;
4. Research laboratories;
5. Training centers;
6. Light manufacturing plants producing millwork, machine tools, paper containers, patterns, die castings, light metal fabrication, and similar industries;
7. Artisan manufacturing;
8. Manufacturing establishments of 50,000 square feet or less;
9. Printing, lithographing, blueprinting and photocopying establishments;
10. Makerspaces and maker labs;
11. Wholesalers and distributors;
12. Brewpub or brewery as defined in Chapter 125, Wisconsin Statutes;
13. Fitness studio, gym, and other physical training, workout, and/or weight training facilities;
14. Theaters, dance halls and other amusement places;
15. Automobile repair;
16. Passenger car and truck rental agency with garage;
17. New passenger car and truck sales;
18. Greenhouses;
19. Commercial kennels;
20. Animal hospitals/clinics, veterinary hospitals/clinics, animal hospices;
21. Emergency animal hospitals/clinics and emergency veterinary hospitals/clinics;
22. Motels and hotels;
23. Shopping centers.
B. Accessory Uses.
1. Used passenger car and truck sales at a rental agency or at a new car and truck store;
2. A residence at motels, hotels, and animal/veterinary hospitals, emergency animal/veterinary hospitals and commercial kennels;
C. General Regulations.
1. All operations and activities within this district shall be conducted wholly inside a building or buildings, except as provided herein;
2. Outdoor product display is permitted as follows:
a. A drawing of the outdoor product display area must be submitted to the Inspection Services Department prior to display;
b. From an area designed and improved for outdoor display and not for outside storage;
c. Products are available for sale in the store on the site;
d. Located proximate to the tenant space where the product is for sale when in multi-tenant centers;
e. Displayed from covered, paved, and/or landscaped area(s) designed for the intended product(s) but may not cause the parcel to exceed the impervious surface area ratio of the zoning district;
f. Arranged so as not to obstruct pedestrian accessibility or reduce the path width of any pedestrian way on a terrace or patio area to a clear width less than five feet;
g. Located so as not to obstruct the provision of protective services;
h. Located on private property;
i. Outdoor display improvements may be located in the building setback but not in the parking setback or in any offset and are limited to one product display tier except for automobile sales or rental, which may have up to three;
3. Sidewalk sales are permitted as follows:
a. The products are located on a privately owned sidewalk or terrace and not a parking lot or other location;
b. Located proximate to the tenant from which the product is to be purchased and no wider than the width of the tenant space when in multi-tenant centers;
c. Arranged so as not to obstruct pedestrian accessibility or reduce the path width of any pedestrian way on a terrace or patio area to a clear width less than five feet;
d. Limited to a single tier or rack of product;
e. Brought indoors at the close of each business day;
f. Located so as not to obstruct the provision of protective services;
g. Sidewalk sale may be located in the building setback but not in the parking setback or in any offset; and
4. Outdoor seating at restaurants, taverns, and breweries and brew pubs is subject to plan and method of operation, revised plan and method of operation, or minor revision of plan and method of operation, per Section 17.100.020, approval by the Plan Commission and is subject to the regulations in subsection (D)(6) of this section.
D. Specific Regulations.
1. Restaurants.
a. Pickup window, drive-through, or delivery are subject to plan and method of operation, revised plan and method of operation, or minor revision of plan and method of operation, per Section 17.100.020, approval by the Plan Commission;
b. Drive-through windows are only allowed for casual dining restaurants on parcels that have more than 200 feet of street frontage.
2. Commercial Kennels. Outdoor animal exercise, training, and waste relief areas:
a. The outdoor area must be contiguous to the primary building, but not within the building setback or offset.
b. The outdoor area must be enclosed by a screening fence, as defined in Section 15.04.340, no less than six feet high and in compliance with the most current version of the Site Development and Landscaping Standards, and the required landscape and site plan must screen the outdoor area from view of all neighboring properties and public rights-of-way abutting the property.
c. Pet waste deposited in the outdoor area must be collected and disposed daily within closed trash receptacles. Trash enclosures may not be closer than 50 feet from a single-family residence district. Animal waste and odors must be controlled so as to not create a nuisance. On-site animal waste incineration is prohibited.
d. Animals in the outdoor area must be accompanied by staff at all times. The plan and method of operation must include the maximum number of animals to occupy the outdoor area at any time. Outdoor training and exercise operations are limited to the hours starting at 8:00 a.m. and ending at 6:00 p.m. daily.
3. Light Industrial Uses.
a. Sales or services rendered on the premises only to industrial customers, unless incidental or accessory to the principal permissible use of the premises or otherwise permitted herein;
b. Storage areas for vehicles and trailers may be secured by a gate or gate system consisting of fencing from the building to the gate and the gate to the property line. Permissible fencing located on adjoining lots can be connected at the adjoining lot lines. Gate systems are not permitted in the building setback. Gate systems shall be chain link or ornamental metal;
c. No continuous or intermittent noise from operations greater than the volume and range of noise emanating from vehicular traffic or its equivalent in noise shall be detectable at the boundary line of any residence district;
d. No toxic matter, noxious matter, smoke or gas, and no odorous or particulate matter detectable beyond the lot lines containing the use shall be emitted;
e. No vibrations shall be detectable beyond the lot lines containing the use;
f. No glare or heat produced by operations shall be detectable beyond the lot lines containing the use; and
g. No activities involving the storage, utilization, or manufacture of materials or products which decompose by detonation shall be permitted.
4. Emergency animal hospitals/clinics and emergency veterinary hospitals/clinics are intensive uses subject to the regulations set forth in Section 17.108.090.
5. Hotels and Motels.
a. The entrance to a hotel or motel site must have access to a controlled intersection capable of handling projected traffic levels, which requires submittal of a traffic analysis prepared by an engineer on behalf of the applicant;
b. A hotel or motel site shall have a minimum building offset of 50 feet and a minimum parking offset of 25 feet where the property is adjacent to an R-1, R-2, R-3 or R-4 residence district;
c. A hotel or motel site shall have pedestrian connection from primary building entry to public sidewalk;
d. The floor area ratio (FAR) shall not exceed 50%; however, an additional 5% of floor area may be devoted to interior courtyard space;
e. The lot coverage of the site shall not exceed 70%, including building footprints and paved area. A minimum of 30% of the site should be landscaped or a 30% landscape surface ratio (LSR);
f. A minimum of one parking space per room shall be provided. Accessory uses such as restaurants, lounges, or banquet halls shall be reviewed for parking requirements separately.
6. Chemicals Use and Storage. Chemicals, whether solid, liquid, or gas, shall be subject to the following conditions:
a. The storage, utilization, or manufacturing of materials or products ranging from incombustible to moderate burning is permitted.
b. The storage, utilization, or manufacturing of materials or products ranging from free to active burning is permitted, provided the following condition is met: such materials or products shall be stored, utilized, or manufactured within completely enclosed buildings having incombustible exterior walls and protected throughout by an automatic fire extinguishing system.
c. The manufacture of flammable materials which produce explosive vapors or gases is prohibited.
7. Outdoor Seating. Outdoor seating at restaurants, taverns, breweries and brew pubs may not exceed 35 percent of the indoor seating capacity and must comply with the provisions in Section 17.52.010 other than the seating numbers. (Ord. 2875-24 § 17, 2024; Ord. 2795-22 § 1, 2022; Ord. 2021-111612 § 1, 2021)
17.67.020 Building and parking locations.
A. Setback.
1. Twenty-five feet minimum for buildings;
2. Fifteen feet minimum for parking;
3. Five feet minimum for street yard accessory structures.
B. Offset.
1. Five feet minimum for principal buildings and zero feet for accessory structures except a zero-foot offset for two or more principal buildings on adjoining lots erected with common or directly adjoining walls located directly on the lot lines, provided they are, or look like, a single unified building and both ends of the “row” type building meet the offset requirements, as long as all property owners enter into and record a covenant, acceptable to the City, agreeing to the row type building;
2. Five feet minimum for parking;
3. A zero-foot offset for pavement in instances where shared driveways and parking areas are located within side and rear yards. (Ord. 2875-24 § 18, 2024; Ord. 2862-24 § 7, 2024; Ord. 2021-111612 § 2, 2021; Ord. 2618-20 § 1 (part), 2020)
17.67.030 Height regulations.
A. Principal building: thirty-five (35) feet maximum.
B. Accessory buildings: thirty (30) feet maximum. Accessory structures located in the setback are limited to twenty-four (24) feet maximum. (Ord. 2618-20 § 1 (part), 2020)
17.67.040 Area regulations.
A. Floor Area.
1. Minimum required: none.
2. Maximum FAR permitted: forty-five (45) percent including accessory buildings.
B. Lot Size.
1. Minimum area: forty thousand (40,000) square feet.
2. Minimum average width: one hundred fifty (150) linear feet.
C. Lot Coverage and Landscape Surface Ratio (LSR).
1. Maximum lot coverage: eighty (80) percent all buildings and impervious surfaces.
2. Minimum LSR: twenty (20) percent. (Ord. 2618-20 § 1 (part), 2020)