2014 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
61. Villages.
61.353 Zoning of annexed or incorporated shorelands.
61.353 Zoning of annexed or incorporated shorelands.
61.353(1)(1) In this section:
61.353(1)(a) (a) "Principal building" means the main building or structure on a single lot or parcel of land and includes any attached garage or attached porch.
61.353(1)(b) (b) "Shorelands" has the meaning given in s. 59.692 (1) (b).
61.353(1)(c) (c) "Shoreland setback area" has the meaning given in s. 59.692 (1) (bn).
61.353(2) (2) Every village shall, on or before July 1, 2014, enact an ordinance that applies to all of the following shorelands:
61.353(2)(a) (a) A shoreland that was annexed by the village after May 7, 1982, and that prior to annexation was subject to a county shoreland zoning ordinance under s. 59.692.
61.353(2)(b) (b) For a village that incorporated after April 30, 1994, under s. 66.0203, 66.0211, or 66.0213, a shoreland that before incorporation by the village was part of a town that was subject to a county shoreland zoning ordinance under s. 59.692.
61.353(3) (3) A village ordinance enacted under this section shall include at least all of the following provisions:
61.353(3)(a) (a) A provision establishing a shoreland setback area of at least 50 feet from the ordinary high-water mark, except as provided in par. (b).
61.353(3)(b) (b) A provision authorizing construction or placement of a principal building within the shoreland setback area established under par. (a) if all of the following apply:
61.353(3)(b)1. 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.
61.353(3)(b)2. 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.
61.353(3)(c) (c)
61.353(3)(c)1.1. A provision requiring a person who owns shoreland property that contains vegetation to maintain that vegetation in a vegetative buffer zone along the entire shoreline of the property and extending 35 feet inland from the ordinary high-water mark of the navigable water, except as provided in subd. 2.
61.353(3)(c)2. 2. If the vegetation in a vegetative buffer zone contains invasive species or dead or diseased vegetation, the owner of the shoreland property may remove the vegetation, except that if the owner removes all of the vegetation in the vegetative buffer zone, the owner shall establish a vegetative buffer zone with new vegetation.
61.353(3)(d) (d) A provision allowing a person who is required to maintain or establish a vegetative buffer zone under par. (c) to remove all of the vegetation in a part of that zone in order to establish a viewing or access corridor that is no greater than 30 feet wide for every 100 feet of shoreline frontage and that extends no more than 35 feet inland from the ordinary high-water mark.
61.353(5) (5) Provisions of a county shoreland zoning ordinance under s. 59.692 that were applicable, prior to annexation, to any shoreland annexed by a village after May 7, 1982, shall continue in effect and shall be enforced after annexation by the annexing village until the effective date of an ordinance enacted by the village under sub. (2).
61.353(6) (6) Provisions of a county shoreland zoning ordinance under s. 59.692 that were applicable prior to incorporation to any shoreland that is part of a town that incorporates as a village under s. 66.0203, 66.0211, or 66.0213 after April 30, 1994, shall continue in effect and shall be enforced after incorporation by the incorporated village until the effective date of an ordinance enacted by the village under sub. (2).
61.353(7) (7) An ordinance enacted under sub. (2) does not apply to lands adjacent to an artificially constructed drainage ditch, pond, or stormwater retention basin if the drainage ditch, pond, or retention basin is not hydrologically connected to a natural navigable water body.
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