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Zoning Information

 

 

 

Fillmore County Zoning Ordinance
ADOPTED SEPTEMBER 19, 1989

LAST AMENDED: May 10, 2011

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 - 37KB [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 - 162KB [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 - 124KB [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 - Repealed (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 - 9KB [PDF]
Enforcement
Separability, Supremacy, and Effective Date
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