2017 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 33. Public inland waters.
33.457 Implementation plan.
33.457 Implementation plan.
(1) The board of commissioners shall develop an implementation plan, with the advice of the Dane County Regional Planning Commission, and shall submit the plan to the presiding officers of each house of the legislature, the chairperson of the county board and the county executive of the county by July 1, 1992.
(2) The implementation plan shall include all of the following:
(a) Minimum standards for shoreland, floodplain and wetland zoning ordinances to control polluting activities.
(b) Storm drainage system plans that incorporate water quality protection measures to the maximum extent feasible.
(c) Minimum standards in urban areas for street sweeping, salt usage reduction, shoreline maintenance and leaf collection.
(d) Plans for bringing cropland soil erosion loss into conformance with the standards in s. 92.025.
(e) Barnyard and feedlot runoff and waste management control plans.
(f) Minimum standards for construction site erosion control ordinances. Minimum standards under this paragraph that are applicable to activities regulated under s. 281.33 (3) shall strictly conform with applicable uniform statewide standards established under s. 281.33 (3).
(g) Standards for algae and aquatic plant management.
(h) Proposals to finance the effectuation of the implementation plan.
(3) The implementation plan may include recommendations for any of the following:
(a) Dredging and maintenance of navigability of waterways.
(b) Operation of navigation locks and control of water levels and flow.
(c) Maintenance, protection and improvement of shorelines, banks and beds of navigable waters.
(cm) Protection of banks of nonnavigable streams, wetlands, groundwater recharge areas and other areas significant to environmental quality.
(d) Access to shoreline recreational areas and facilities.
(e) Water safety, navigational and boating regulations.
(f) Research activities and feasibility studies.
(4) Within 3 months after the implementation plan is developed and submitted under sub. (1), the department and the designated planning agency under s. 281.51 that covers the county shall evaluate the implementation plan to determine whether it is consistent with the criteria for water quality planning under s. 281.51 and whether the plan is adequate to:
(a) Protect and rehabilitate the water quality of the surface waters and the groundwaters of the county.
(b) Protect and enhance the recreational use of the navigable waters of the county.
(c) Increase water and boating safety on the navigable waters of the county.
