Ordinances

The Village of Merrimac Ordinances (at the bottom of this page) are downloadable in PDF and searchable.  


 		   Section Page #
Part I Administrative Legislation    
  General Provisions 1 4
  Assessments 5 13
  Boards, Commissions, and Committees                  9 15
  Finance and Taxation 15 18
  Officers and Employees 21 22
  Records 29 26
  Village Board 35 34
 
     Section Page # 
Part II General Legislation    37
  Adult Entertainment Establishments 42 38
  Animals 47 63
  Bicycles and Play Vehicles 53 71
  Cable Television 60 74
  Cigarettes 65 110
  Food and Dairy Products 74 111
  Intoxicating Liquor and Fermented Malt Beverages 83 114
  Mobile Homes and Mobile Home Parks 91 122
  Nuisances 97 125
  Peace and Good Order 102 131
  Property Maintenance 108 138
  Sewer Utility 116 144
  Solid Waste 123 152
  Streets and Sidewalks 129 155
  Transient Merchants 136 162
  Vehicles and Traffic 144 169
  Water Utility 152 175
 
    Section Page #
Part III Land Use Legislation   198
  Building Construction and Fire Prevention             161 199
  Buildings, Numbering of 165 211
  Planned Unit Development 170 212
  Land Division and Condominiums 176 222
  Wireless Communications Facilities 181 275
  Zoning (see table below for subsections) 185 283
 

 
Section 185 Zoning Subsection Page #
ARTICLE I INTRODUCTION    
  Title 1  
  Authority  2  
  Intent and Purpose 3  
  Abrogation and Greater Restrictions  4   
  Severability and nonliability  5  
ARTICLE II GENERAL PROVISIONS    
  Jurisdiction and general provisions  6  
  Use regulations 7  
  Site regulations  8  
ARTICLE III ZONING DISTRICTS     
  Districts Established 9  
  Zoning Map 10  
  Interpretation of District Boundaries 11  
  R-1 Single-Family Residential District 12  
  R-2 Single- and Two-Family Residential District 13  
  R-3 Multifamily Residential District 14  
  B-1 General Business District 15  
  B-2 Commercial District 16  
  B-3 Business Park District 17  
  I-1 Industrial District 18  
  A-1 Agricultural District 19  
  C-1 Conservancy District 20  
  F-1 Floodplain District 21  
ARTICLE IV CONDITIONAL USES    
  Findings 22  
  Administration 23  
  Initiation of Conditional Use 24  
  Application for conditional use 25  
  Hearing on application 26  
  Notice of hearing on application 27  
  Conditional use standards 28  
  Denial of application for conditional use permit 29  
  Conditions and guarantees 30  
  Validity of conditional use permit 31  
  Complaints regarding conditional uses 32  
  Bed-and-breakfast establishments 33  
  Boathouse construction 34  
ARTICLE V NONCONFORMING USES    
  Existing nonconforming uses 35  
  Abolishment or replacement of nonconforming uses 36  
  Existing nonconforming structures 37   
  Changes and substitutions 38  
  Substandard lots 39  
  Existing residential structures permitted as conditional use 40  
 ARTICLE VI ACCESSORY USES OR SRUCTURES     
  Principal use to be present  41  
  Placement restrictions 42  
  Use restrictions in residential districts 43  
  Placement restrictions in nonresidential districts 44  
  Reversed corner lots 45  
  Landscaping and decorative uses  46  
  Temporary uses 47  
  Garages in embankments in street yards 48  
  Outside storage of firewood 49  
  Fences and hedges 50  
  Swimming pools 51   
 ARTICLE VII MOBILE HOME PARKS AND TRAILER CAMPS    
  Mobile home parks 52  
  Trailer camps 53  
ARTICLE VIII TRAFFIC, LOADING, PARKING AND ACCESS    
  Traffic visibility 54  
  Loading requirements 55  
  Parking requirements 56  
  Driveways 57  
  Highway access 58  
  Storage and parking of recreational vehicles 59  
  Parking and storage of tractors and machinery  60  
 ARTICLE IX SIGNS AND BILLBOARDS    
  Signs 61  
  Billboards 62  
  Informational signs 63  
ARTICLE X ADMINISTRATION    
  General administration 64  
  Village Administrator 65  
  Building Inspector  66  
  Role of specific officials in zoning administration 67  
  Zoning, building or land use permit 68  
  Building, plumbing or electrical work 69  
  Site plan approval 70  
  Effect on municipal services 71  
  Violations and penalties 72  
ARTICLE XI AMENDMENTS    
  Authority 73  
  Initiation of changes or amendments 74  
  Procedure for changes or amendments 75  
  Protest 76  
ARTICLE XII APPEALS    
  General provisions 77  
  Hearings 78  
  Decisions 79  
  Variances 80  
  Review by court of record 81  
ARTICLE XIII DEFINITIONS    
  Definitions and word usage  82  
Village of Merrimac Ordinances
Wellhead_Protection_Ordinance_-_VoMerrimac_Approved_04_12_2022(1).pdf
WHP_Area_-_Overlay_District_-_ORD_185-21A(5).pdf
Village_of_Merrimac_Short_Term_Rental_and_Municipal_Room_Tax_Ordinances(4).pdf
Ordinance_185-66_Residential_and_Commercial_Building_Code(1).pdf
Ordinance_No._9-2a_Relating_to_Confidentiality_of_Information_Provided_to_Assessor(1).pdf
Chicken Ordinance No. 47-13 & 15 Series 2022
ATV-UTV Routes Ordinance 144-7
Amending_Fence_Ordinance_185-50_Signed.pdf