The municipal governing body may alter, supplement or change the district boundaries and the regulations contained in this chapter in accordance with the requirements of § 62.23(7)(d)2., Wis. Stats., Ch. NR 117, Wis. Adm. Code, and the following:
A. 
A copy of each proposed text or map amendment shall be submitted to the appropriate district office of the Department within five days of the submission of the proposed amendment to the Plan Commission;
B. 
All proposed text and map amendments to the shoreland-wetland zoning regulations shall be referred to the Plan Commission, and a public hearing shall be held after Class 2 notice as required by § 62.23(7)(d)2., Wis. Stats. The appropriate district office of the Department shall be provided with written notice of the public hearing at least 10 days prior to such hearing.
C. 
In order to insure that this chapter will remain consistent with the shoreland protection objectives of § 281.31, Wis. Stats., the municipal governing body may not rezone a wetland in a Shoreland-Wetland Zoning District, or any portion thereof, where the proposed rezoning may result in a significant adverse impact upon any of the following wetland functions:
(1) 
Storm and floodwater storage capacity;
(2) 
Maintenance of dry season stream flow or the discharge of groundwater to a wetland, the recharge of groundwater from a wetland to another area or the flow of groundwater through a wetland;
(3) 
Filtering or storage of sediments, nutrients, heavy metals or organic compounds that would otherwise drain into navigable waters;
(4) 
Shoreline protection against erosion;
(5) 
Fish spawning, breeding, nursery or feeding grounds;
(6) 
Wildlife habitat; or
(7) 
Areas of special recreational, scenic or scientific interest, including scarce wetland types and habitat of endangered species.
D. 
Where the district office of the Department determines that a proposed rezoning may have a significant adverse impact upon any of the criteria listed in Subsection C of this section, the Department shall so notify the municipality of its determination either prior to or during the public hearing held on the proposed amendment.
E. 
The appropriate district office of the Department shall be provided with:
(1) 
A copy of the recommendation and report, if any, of the Plan Commission on a proposed text or map amendment, within 10 days after the submission of those recommendations to the municipal governing body.
(2) 
Written notice of the action on the proposed text or map amendment within 10 days after the action is taken.
F. 
If the Department notifies the Plan Commission in writing that a proposed amendment may have a significant adverse impact upon any of the criteria listed in Subsection C of this section, that proposed amendment, if approved by the municipal governing body, shall not become effective until more than 30 days have elapsed since written notice of the municipal approval was mailed to the Department, as required by Subsection E(2) of this section. If, within the thirty-day period, the Department notifies the municipality that the Department intends to adopt a superseding shoreland-wetland zoning ordinance for the municipality as provided by §§ 62.231(6) and 61.351(6), Wis. Stats., the proposed amendment shall not become effective until the ordinance adoption procedure under § 62.231(6) or 61.351(6), Wis. Stats., is completed or otherwise terminated.