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General Provisions and Exceptions <br />f r o (1) Use„ <br />Section 10. 16 <br />(a) Except as otherwise expressly provided, any use listed as a permitted. use in any <br />district shall be construed as a prohibited use in a more restricted district. <br />(b) The following uses shall be permitted in the districts specified when such uses <br />do not alter the character of the premises in respect to their use for the purposes <br />permitted in:such district. <br />1. In any district, real estate offices and signs advertising property for sale, <br />for a period not to exceed one (1) year. <br />2. In any district., temporary buildings and the temporary storage of materials and <br />equipment incident to the construction of buildings on the premises, for a period not <br />to exceed one year. <br />3. In the RH-1 and the R--1 Districts-separate accessory buildings may be used for <br />the housing of servants or the accomodat�ion of guests of the owner or occupant. <br />4. In.any district, where lands are used for-farm and garden purposes, separate <br />accessory. buildings may be used for the regular or temporary housing of farm labor, or <br />a separate dwelling may be provided for the family of a farm manager or laborer. <br />5. In any district, while residential construction is in progress, the owner or <br />builder may occupy.a house.trailer on the premises for a period not to exceed six (6) <br />months prior to- commencement of such construction and for such period thereafter as <br />may be reasonably necessary for completion thereof. <br />(2) Height. <br />(a) Hospiitals, churches, schools, radio transmission towers, water towers, chimneys, <br />spires, pent houses, cupolos, silos, windmills and similar structures may be erected <br />to a height greater than the maximum permitted in the district in which they are lo- <br />cated, provided, however, that not part of such structure above the height limit shall <br />be used for residential purposes. <br />(3) Area, Frontage and Population Density. <br />j, (a) Any lot or parcel shown on a recorded subdivision,- plat or assessor s plat, or <br />conveyance recorded in the office of the register of deeds for Dane County.prior to <br />the adoption of this. ordinance, may be used as a building site, or for any purpose <br />permitted by this ordinance, even though such lot or parcel does not conform to the <br />minimum frontage or area requirements of the district in which it is located pro- <br />vided, however, that no multiple family dwelling,, or residential unit in combination <br />with some other use, shall be erected, structurally altered or converted in use on <br />lots having a width -of less than fifty (50) feet. <br />(b) Any lot or parcel shown on a recorded subdivision, plat, or assessor's plat, or <br />conveyance and recorded in the office of the register of deeds for Dane County prior to <br />the adoption of this ordinance, may be increased in size by the addition of all or <br />part of the adjoining lots or parcels and such resulting lots or parcels may be used <br />for any purpose permitted in the district in which it is located even though by such <br />addition such lots or parcels do not reach the minimum area or frontage required in <br />such district; provided, however, that subsequent to such addition, the side yard, <br />open space and p:Qcentage of occupancy provisions for lots of the resulting size shall <br />apply; and provided further, that after buildings have been erected on such lots or <br />parcels.their area or width shall not thereafter be reduced, except in conformity to <br />the provisions of this ordinance. <br />(4) Setback. <br />(a) The setback of buildings for uses designated in Section .10. 05 (1)(f),.(g) and <br />(h) shall be not I.exs than fifty (50) feet; and for uses designated in Section 10. <br />12 (1)(g) the minimum setback shall be seventy--five (75) feet. <br />(b) In no district shall any part of the building p roject.into any setback area <br />except chimneys, steps,, opn porches not covered or enclosed and not more than two (2) <br />feet above grade. <br />