County approves zoning code changes

Ag, livestock facilities can now cross common lot lines
By: 
Leader Staff

The Shawano County Board last week approved a long list of changes to the county zoning ordinance, though most were most were just a matter of housekeeping.

Planning and Development Director Andrew Popp said most of the amendments to the code were clarifications intended to make the code easier for the public to use and understand.

The most significant change, he said, dealt with agricultural structures and livestock facilities, which had previously not been allowed to cross lot lines, even if the adjacent lots belonged to the same owner.

The amendment adds an exemption allowing those structures and facilities to cross common lot lines, but the code still prevents crossing a lot line onto a lot owned by another party.

Other amendments to the code include:

• Allowing minor and major home occupations as an option in the OAR (Open Lands, Agriculture and Residential) Zoning District.

• Changes to fill permit requirements.

• Removal of the maximum building coverage requirement in residential zoning districts.

• Clarification of interior side yard setbacks in residential zoning districts.

• Clarification regarding walks and drives, ramps for person with disabilities and retaining walls and additions to temporary occupancy of recreational vehicle land use performance standards.