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Fillmore County Zoning Ordinance
ADOPTED SEPTEMBER 19, 1989

AMENDED:
July 1990, May 4, 1993, July 25, 1994, January 5, 1995, August 6, 1996, September 3, 1996, October 1, 1996, October 28, 1997, January 27, 1998, May 28, 1998, April 6, 1999, June 8, 1999, December 14, 1999, May 9, 2000, October 3, 2000, July 17, 2001, June 4, 2002, December 24, 2002, July 1, 2003, August 12, 2003, December 2, 2003, February 27, 2007, March 27, 2007, June 12, 2007, September 4, 2007, November 6, 2007

Zoning Amendment Application

Table of Contents
SECTION 1 - 3 - 76KB [PDF]
Title
Intent and Purpose
Rules and Definitions
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SECTION 4 - General Provisions - 22KB [PDF]  
401 - Jurisdiction
402 - Application
403 - Separability
404 - Zoning Permits
405 - Non-Conforming Uses
406 - Notification to the DNR
407 - Uses not provided for in any Zoning District

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SECTION 5 - Zoning Administration and Enforcement - 42KB [PDF]
501 - Administrator
502 - Planning Commission
503 - Board of Adjustment
504 - Conditional Use Permits
505 - Variances
506 - Zoning Amendments
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SECTION 6 - Zoning Districts and Provisions - 163KB [PDF]
601 - Zoning Districts
602 - Overlay Zoning Districts
603 - Zoning Map
604 - Agricultural District (A)
605 - Residential Agricultural District (RA)
606 - Single & Two-Family Residential District (R1)
607 - General Commercial District (B1)
608 - General Industrial District (I1)
609 - Planned Unit Development (P)
610 - Flood Plain District (FP)
611 - Scenic Trail District (ST)
612 - Shoreland (SH)
613 - Blufflands (BL)
614 - Decorah Shale (DS)
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SECTION 7 - General Regulations & Performance Standards - 137KB [PDF]

701 - Purpose
702 - Apartments Townhouses & Other Multi- Family Dwelling Unit Structures
703 - Manufactured Home Parks
704 - Accessory Building & Structures
705 - Private Sewer Systems
706 - Home Occupations
707 - Dwelling Units Prohibited
708 - Relocating Structures
709 - Solar Energy Systems and Solar and Earth Sheltered Structures

710 - Recreation Vehicles, Boats, Campers, Equip.
711 - Recreational Camping Vehicles, Campground Regulations
712 - Exterior Storage
713 - Nuisances
714 - Glare
715 - Landscaping and Screening
716 - Traffic Control and Sight Distance
717 - Preservation of Natural Drainage Ways
718 - Parking
719 - Access Drives and Access
720 - Signs

721 - Excavation of Materials and Minerals, Open Pits, and Impounded Waters
722 - Sinkhole Dumping Abatement
723 - Essential Service Regulations
724 - Tile Drainage
725 - Watercraft
726 - Sawmills
727 - Sale of Dwellings
728 - Bed and Breakfast Establishments
729 - Country Inn

730 - Farmers Markets
731 - Privately Owned Airports
732 - Large Assemblies
733 - Telecommunications Facilities
734 - Rural Home Based Business
735 – Extraction of Water for Water Bottling Purposes

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SECTION 8 - 9 - 21KB [PDF]
Enforcement
Separability, Supremacy, and Effective Date
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