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11.05(3)(e)- 11.06(5) navigable body of water or where the purpose is 11.06 SHORELAND-WETLAND . AND the ultimate connection with a navigable body of INLAND-WETLAND DISTRICTS. (1) Purpose: water. This ordinance is adopted to maintain safe and (f) Any deposition of dredged spoils in areas healthful conditions, to prevent water pollution, to described as per(a)through (d) above. protect fish spawning grounds and wildlife habitaf, (4) Permit conditions: In considering a special to preserve shore cover and natural beauty, to exception permit the board of adjustment shall conserve inland-wetland areas occurring evaluate the effect of the proposal as to possible throughout the unincorporated areas of Dane water pollution including erosion and County, and to control building and development sedimentation, harmful changes to fish life or in wetlands whenever possible. When aquatic plants, maintenance of safe and healthful development is permitted in a wetland, the conditions. development should occur in a manner consistent (a) In granting a special exception permit, the with state and federal law that minimizes adverse board of adjustment shall attach the following impacts upon the wetland. conditions where appropriate: (2) Designation: (a) The shoreland-wetland 1. The smallest amount of bare ground shall be district shall include all shorelands which are exposed for as short a time as feasible. designated as wetlands of two acres or more in 2. Temporary ground cover (such as mulch) area on the Wisconsin Wetland Inventory Maps of shall be used and permanent cover(seeding or sod) 1986 (or subsequent appropriate year) applicable shall be planted. to Dane County. 3. Diversion, silting basin, terraces and other (b) The inland-wetland district shall include all methods shall be used to trap sediment. non-shoreland wetlands, as shown on the • 4. Lagooning shall be conducted in such a Wisconsin Wetland Inventory Maps,which are two manner as to avoid creation of fish trap conditions. acres or more in area and located in the 5. Fill shall be stabilized according to accepted unincorporated territory of Dane County. engineering standards. (c) The Wisconsin Wetland Inventory Maps are 6. Fill shall not restrict a floodway or destroy incorporated herein by reference and are on file in the storage capacity of a flood plain. the office of the Dane County Zoning 7. Sides of a channel or artificial water course Administrator. Wetlands that extend across the shall be stabilized to prevent slumping. corporate limits of an adjacent municipality or 8. Sides of channels or artificial watercourses across the shoreland boundary shall be included in shall be constructed with slopes (side) of 2 units the appropriate wetland district if the total horizontal distance to one unit vertical or flatter, contiguous wetland area is two acres or more in unless bulkheads or rip-rapping are provided. area 9. Other specifications found in the USDA—SCS , (4) Discrepancies: When an apparent discrepancy Technical Guide may be required by the board of exists between the shoreland-wetland district adjustment. shown on the official wetlands inventory maps and (5) Department of natural resources: (a)Written actual field conditions at the time the maps were notice shall be given to the appropriate district adopted, involving an area of five acres or more in office of the department of natural resources at size, the zoning administrator shall contact the least 10 days prior to hearing on proposed appropriate field office of the department to shoreland variances, special exceptions determine if the shoreland-wetland district as (conditional uses), appeals for map or text mapped is in error. If the department staff concur interpretations, and map or text amendments. with the zoning administrator that a particular area (b) Copies of decisions on shoreland variances, of five acres or more in size was incorrectly special exceptions (conditional uses), appeals for mapped as a wetland, the zoning administrator map or text interpretations, and map or text shall have the authority to immediately grant or amendments shall be submitted to the appropriate deny a land use permit in accordance with the district office of the department of natural regulations applicable to the correct zoning district. resources within 10 days after they are granted or (5) In order to correct wetland mapping errors denied. shown on the official zoning map, the zoning (History: (2)(c)am.,OA 32,1996-97,pub.03/20/97.] administrator shall initiate a shoreland-wetland or inland-wetland map amendment within a reasonable period of time. Page 11-4 rev. 073197