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<br /> vegetation,predominance of aquatic vegetation,—or (b) Any alteration of a designated historic -
<br /> other easily recognized characteristic. structure' or . site documented as deserving
<br /> (45) PERSON: An individual, or group of preservation by the Wisconsin State Historical
<br /> individuals, corporation, partnership, association, Society, or listed on the National.. Register of
<br /> municipality,or state agency. Historic.Places provided the alteration will not
<br /> (46) PRIVATE SEWAGE SYSTEM: A sewage preclude the structure's continued designation as
<br /> treatment and disposal _system serving a single an historic structure;8 .
<br /> structure with a septic tank and soil absorption (c) Ordinary maintenance repairs are not
<br /> field located on the same parcel as the structure. considered structural repairs, modifications or
<br /> This term also means an alternative sewage system additions. Such ordinary maintenance repairs
<br /> approved by the department of industry, labor and include internal and external painting, decorating,
<br /> human relations including a substitute for the paneling and the replacement of doors, windows
<br /> septic tank or soil absorption field, a holding tank, - and-other nonstructural components. Substantial-
<br /> a system serving more than one structure, or a improvement begins, when the first alteration of
<br /> system located on a different parcel than the any wall, ceiling, floor or other structural part of
<br /> structure. the building° commences, whether or not that
<br /> (47) PUBLIC UTILITIES: Those utilities using alteration affects the external dimensions of the
<br /> underground or overhead transmission lines such structure.
<br /> as electric, telephone and telegraph, and (51) UNNECESSARY HARDSHIP: Where special
<br /> distribution and collection systems such as water, conditions affecting a particular property, which
<br /> sanitary sewer and storm sewer. were not self-created, have made strict conformity
<br /> (48) REGIONAL FLOOD: A flood determined to with restrictions governing areas, setbacks,
<br /> be' representative of large floods known to have frontage, height or density unnecessarily
<br /> occurred in Wisconsin or which may be expected burdensome or unreasonable -in light of the
<br /> to occur on a particular lake, river or stream once purposes of the ordinance.
<br /> in every 100 years. (52) VARIANCE: An authorization by the board
<br /> (49) STRUCTURE: Any manmade object with ' of adjustment for the-construction or maintenance
<br /> form, shape and utility, either permanently or of a building or. structure in a manner which is
<br /> temporarily attached to, placed upon or set into the inconsistent with dimensional standards (not uses)
<br /> ground, stream bed or lake bed, including, but not contained in the floodplain zoning ordinance.
<br /> limited to, roofed and walled buildings, gas or (53) WATERSHED: The entire region or area
<br /> liquid storage tanks, bridges, dams and culverts. contributing runoff or surface water to a. particular
<br /> (50) SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT: Any watercourse or body of water.
<br /> structural repair,:reconstruction, or improvement of (54) WATER SURFACE PROFILE: A graphical
<br /> a structure, the cost of which equals or exceeds representation showing the elevation of the water
<br /> fifty percent (50%) of the present equalized surface of a watercourse for each position along a
<br /> assessed value of the structure either before the reach of river or stream at a certain flood flow. A
<br /> improvement or repair is started, or if the structure water surface profile of the regional flood is used in
<br /> has been damaged and is being restored, before regulating floodplain areas.
<br /> the damage occurred. The term does 'not, (55) WELL: An excavation opening in the ground
<br /> however, include any of the following: made by digging, boring, drilling, driving or other
<br /> (a) Any project for improvement of a 'structure methods, to obtain groundwater regardless of its
<br /> to comply with existing state or local health, intended use.
<br /> sanitary or safety code specifications which existed -
<br /> before the improvement began, was identified by a (17.06- 17.09 reserved for future,use.)
<br /> county official and which is necessary to assure
<br /> safe living conditions;
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<br /> See s. 17.05(33) for the definition of historic structure.
<br /> $ Annotation: As set forth in rev. federal rule, Oct. 1990.
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