Ashwaubenon, WI Building Setbacks & Zoning: Structure Height Limits (2026)

Section 17-5-200(D) sets the Village's building-height framework. Outside the two mapped height-overlay districts, no main building or part of one may exceed 36 feet, matching the 36-foot cap that also appears in the R-1 and R-2 residential dimensional tables. District A, mapped on the Village's Building Heights Restrictions, Exceptions and Districts Map dated February 13, 2007, allows main buildings up to 60 feet; District B on the same map allows up to 120 feet. Exceeding 36 feet, even for a building sited within District A or B, requires a conditional use permit under Section 17-5-200(D)(2)(a)(iii), and every building permit application for new construction in Districts A or B must be reviewed and approved by the Site Plan Review Committee.

Height is measured from established grade, the finished grade after grading or excavation; on a lot with a curb, the measuring point is the highest point of that curb, and corner lots use the higher of the two abutting curbs. Where a home is set back more than 25 feet from the curb, its height-to-setback ratio must follow the same graduated formula used for foundation-wall elevation under Section 17-5-200(D)(1)(b). Certain features are excluded from the height count entirely under Section 17-5-200(D)(3): spires, belfries, cupolas, clerestories, skylights, ventilators, chimneys and elevator shaft enclosures, though none of those exclusions may exceed the FAA's maximum allowable heights.

Clerestories and skylights may add up to 15 percent of the building height or 10 feet, whichever is less, and parapets up to 30 percent of building height or 10 feet, whichever is less. Structures the Village itself builds for municipal purposes are exempt from these height limits altogether.