The land that extends from the OHWM to a minimum of 35 feet
inland is designated as a vegetative buffer zone, and the removal
of vegetation is prohibited except as follows:
A. Routine maintenance of vegetation.
B. Removal of trees and shrubs in the vegetative buffer zone to create
access and viewing corridors. Per § 59.692(1f)(b), Wis.
Stats, the viewing corridor may be at least 35 feet wide for every
100 feet of shoreline frontage. The viewing corridor may run contiguously
for the entire maximum width of shoreline frontage owned.
C. Removal of trees and shrubs in the vegetative buffer zone on a parcel
with 10 or more acres of forested land consistent with "generally
accepted forestry management practices" as defined in § NR
1.25(2)(b), Wis. Admin. Code, and described in DNR publication "Wisconsin
Forest Management Guidelines" (publication FR-226), provided that
vegetation removal be consistent with these practices.
D. Removal of vegetation within the vegetative buffer zone to manage
exotic and invasive species, damaged vegetation, vegetation that must
be removed to control disease, or vegetation creating an imminent
safety hazard, provided that any vegetation removed be replaced by
replanting in the same area as soon as practicable.
E. Additional vegetation management activities in the vegetative buffer
zone may be authorized by a land use permit. The permit issued under
this subsection shall require that all management activities comply
with detailed plans approved by the County and designed to control
erosion by limiting sedimentation into the water body, to improve
the plant community by replanting in the same area, and to maintain
and monitor the newly restored area. The permit also shall require
an enforceable restriction to preserve the newly restored area.