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DANE COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE BEING CHAPTER 10 OF THE ORDINANCES OF DANE COUNTY An ordinance to alter, supplement and change the boundaries and regulations contained in that certain ordinance adopted by the Dane County Board of Supervisors on July 20, 1938, as amended to and including.October 25, 1949 which said ordinance is entitled- " A zoning ordinance-enacted pursuant to the provisions of Sections 59.97 and 59.99 of the statutes and providing penalties for the violation of its provisions ". The Dane County Board of Supervisors does ordain as follows: Section 1. That certain ordinance adopted by the County Board of Supervisors of Dane County of July 20, 1938, as. amended, the title to which is recited in the title to this ordinance, shall hereafter be known and numbered as Chapter 10, Dane County Ordi- nances, and as so entitled and numbered said title is amended to read as follows: An ordinance, to be known as Chapter 10, 'Dane County Ordinances, regulating, restrict- ing and determining the location of trades and industries, the location, height; bulk; number of stories; and size of buildings and other structures, the percentage of lot, which may be occupied, the size of yards and other open spaces, the density of pop- ulation, the location of buildings designed for specific uses; the areas along natural water courses, streams -arid creeks in which trades and industries and the location of. buildings for specific uses may be prohibited; establishing setback lines; and est- ablishing districts of such number, shape and area deemed best suited to carry out the purposes of this ordinance as it applies to lands outside the limits of incorporated cities and villages in Dane County; and providing penalties, pursuant to the author- ization of Sections 59•.97 and 59.99, Wisconsin Statutes. Section 2. Section 1 of the ordinance of July 20, 1938, the title to which is recited in the title to this ordinance, is renumbered to be Section 10.01, Dane County Ordi- nances, as so renumbered is amended to read: 10.01 DEFINITIONS: For the purposes of this ordinance certain terms used herein are defined as follows: any words not defined herein shall be construed as defined in the Wisconsin Building Code: (1) Accessory Building: A subordinate or supplemental building, the use of which is incidental to that of the main building on the same lot or the use of the premises on which it is located. (2) Accessory Use: A use customarily incident and accessory to the principal use of a lot or parcel, or building or structure on the same lot or parcel as the principal use. (3) Apartment House: A building containing accomodations for more than two families living independently of each other. (4) Apartment House Complex: A group of apartment houses, located on a single parcel of land with certain facilities, such as driveways, parking spaces and the like, common to the buildings in the complex. Apartment house complexes comprised of one hundred or more units may include a restaurant, grocery store, drug store, personal service shop and the.li.ke for the convenience of residents in the complex. MW