The Village Board makes the following legislative findings relating
to the Shoreland Overlay District:
A.
Villages are required by § 62.353, Wis. Stats., to adopt
shoreland zoning regulations meeting the minimum standards set forth
in that section by July 1, 2014.
B.
The Village Board adopted such regulations on May 15, 2014.
C.
Uncontrolled use of the shorelands and pollution of the navigable
waters of the municipality would adversely affect the public health,
safety, and general welfare and impair the tax base.
This article promotes the public health, safety, and welfare
and is intended to:
A.
Further the maintenance of safe and healthful conditions and prevent
and control water pollution;
B.
Protect spawning grounds, fish, and aquatic life by controlling the
removal of shoreline vegetation;
C.
Control the placement of principal buildings by establishing setbacks
from waterways; and
D.
Preserve shore cover and natural beauty by:
A.
The Shoreland Overlay District includes land located within 1,000
feet of the ordinary high-water mark of a navigable lake, pond, or
flowage, or within 300 feet of the ordinary high-water mark of a navigable
river or stream, or to the landward side of the 100-year floodplain,
whichever distance is greater.
B.
Any feature designated as a lake or as a stream on the Zoning Map
has been determined to be navigable for the purpose of this section.
The Flood Insurance Rate Maps adopted under Article 9 are used in
determining the extent of the 100-year floodplain.
A.
Generally. Woody vegetation not located in a wetland and woody and
non-woody vegetation in a wetland located in the shoreline buffer
zone (i.e., 35 feet landward from the ordinary high-water mark) shall
not be removed, except as described in this section.
B.
Removal of invasive species. Vegetation in the shoreline buffer zone
that is listed by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources as
an invasive species under Ch. NR 40, Wis. Admin. Code may be removed,
provided that the property owner reestablishes vegetation within the
shoreline buffer zone consistent with a management plan approved by
the Plan Commission.
C.
Viewing/access corridor. The property owner may remove vegetation
in the shoreline buffer zone to create and maintain a viewing/access
corridor no more than 30 feet wide for every 100 feet of shoreline
frontage.
A.
Principal buildings. Principal buildings shall be no closer than
50 feet to the ordinary high-water mark, except that a lesser setback
is allowed if all of the following apply:
(1)
The principal building is constructed or placed on a lot or
parcel of land that is immediately adjacent on each side to a lot
or parcel of land containing a principal building.
(2)
The principal building is constructed or placed within a distance
equal to the average setback of the principal building on the adjacent
lots or 35 feet from the ordinary high-water mark, whichever distance
is greater.
A boathouse if otherwise allowed may be constructed in the viewing/access corridor as allowed in § 170.1403.
