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17-2 - 17.01 STATUTORY AUTHORIZATION. This permissive, "shall" is mandatory and not ordinance is adopted pursuant to the authority of discretionary. ss. 59.97, 59.971 and 59.99,Wis. Stats. ,(1) A-ZONES: Those areas shown on the [History: ch. 17 cr., Sub. 1 to OA 47, 1993-94, Official Floodplain Zoning Map which would be pub. 03/22/95.] inundated by the regional flood.' These areas may be numbered or unnumbered A-Zones. The A- 17.02 FINDING OF FACT. The county board Zones may or may not be reflective of flood finds that uncontrolled development and use of the profiles, depending on the availability of data for a floodplains, rivers or streams of this county would given area. adversely affect the public health, safety, (2) ACCESSORY STRUCTURE or USE: A convenience and general welfare and impair the detached subordinate structure or a use which is tax base. clearly incidental to and customarily found in connection with the principal structure or use to 17.03 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE. To regulate which it is related and which is located on the development in flood hazard areas to protect life, same lot as that of the principal structure or use. health and property the county board declares the (3) BASEMENT: Any enclosed area of a purpose of these rules to be to: building having its floor subgrade, i.e., below (1) Protect life, health and property; ground level,on all sides.' (2) Minimize expenditures of public monies for (4) BUILDING: See STRUCTURE. costly flood control projects; , (5) [reserved for future use.] (3) Minimize rescue and relief efforts, generally (6) CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE: A undertaken at the expense of the tax paying public; certification issued by the zoning administrator (4) Minimize business interruptions which stating that the construction and the use of land or usually result in the loss of local incomes; a building, the elevation of fill or the lowest floor (5) Minimize damage to public facilities on the of a structure is in compliance with all of the floodplains such as water mains, sewer lines, provisions of this ordinance. streets and bridges; (7) CHANNEL: A natural or artificial (6) Minimize the occurrence of future flood watercourse with definite bed and banks to confine blight areas on floodplains; and conduct normal flow of water. (7) Discourage the victimization of unwary (7m) COMMITTEE: The Zoning and Natural land and home buyers; and Resources Committee of the County Board of (8) Prevent increases in regional flood heights Supervisors of the County of Dane. that could increase flood damage and may result in (7n) COUNTY: The County of Dane. conflicts or litigation between property owners. (8) CRAWLWAYS or CRAWL SPACE: An enclosed area below the first usable floor of a 17.04 TITLE. This ordinance shall be known as building, generally less than five (5) feet in height, the Floodplain Zoning Ordinance for Dane used for limited access to plumbing and electrical County, Wisconsin. utilities.3 (9) DEPARTMENT: The Wisconsin Department 17.05 DEFINITIONS. (intro.) Unless specifically of Natural Resources. defined below, words and phrases used in this (10) DEVELOPMENT: Any artificial change to ordinance shall have the same meaning as they improved or unimproved real estate, including,,but have at common law and to give this ordinance its not limited to, the construction of buildings. most reasonable application. Words used in the structures or accessory structures; the construction present tense include the future, the singular of additions or substantial improvements to number includes the plural and the plural number buildings, structures or accessory structures; the includes the singular. The word "may" is placement of buildings or structures; mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation or 1 The term Official Floodplain Zoning Map is defined in s. 17.05(42). The term regional flood is defined in s. 17.05(48). Annotation: July 1991. 3 Annotation: July 1991. rev. 043095