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Code · Wisconsin · Chapter 86 — Miscellaneous highway provisions

86.074 Highway setback areas.

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86.074 Highway setback areas.
(1)In this section:
(a)“Highway setback area” means an area abutting a highway in which the construction or placement of structures and improvements is prohibited without a special exception permit issued by the department consistent with the terms of sub.
(2).
(b)“Improvement” means any permanent addition to or betterment of real property that involves the expenditure of labor or money to make the property more useful or valuable. “Improvement” includes parking lots, parallel driveways, surface or sub-surface utility structures, storm water facilities, loading docks, in-ground swimming pools, wells, septic systems, retaining walls, signs, buildings, building appendages such as porches, and drainage facilities. “Improvement” does not include terraces, patios, landscaping, or open fences.
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