Rothschild, WI Building Setbacks & Zoning: Setback Rules (2026)

Village Code § 590-13D, part of the Zoning Chapter's district-boundary article, sets a flat 75-foot waterfront setback from the ordinary high-water mark that applies to any building or accessory structure in Rothschild, expressly naming sheds, parking structures, and fences alongside primary buildings. The provision cross-references § 590-79A for the accompanying shoreland buffer standards, and it works in addition to, not instead of, the separate shoreland-wetland overlay in Chapter 584 and the floodplain standards in Chapter 572, since Rothschild's river frontage can put a single parcel under more than one setback rule at once.

The same section, § 590-13C, separately bans placing any mobile home on any lot in the Village, and § 590-13B automatically places vacated street or alley land into whichever zoning district borders it. Beyond the waterfront rule, each zoning district established under § 590-12, from the R-1 through R-6 residential districts to the C-1 through C-3 commercial districts, carries its own numeric front-yard, side-yard, and rear-yard table in Article II, so the exact building setback on any given lot depends first on which district the parcel sits in and then on whether the waterfront rule also applies.

Property owners should confirm both figures with the Village Building Inspector/Zoning Administrator before siting a new structure, since the waterfront setback is measured from the water's edge rather than from the lot line used for the district tables.