Dane County Code of Ordinances (2)

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(Sec. 11. 03( 2) (a) con' t) 11-3 shall be not less than seventy- (d) The maintenance and repair five- 175) feet; measured hori- ; of non-conforming boathouses zontally, from an- ordinary high- which are located below the or- water mark unless otherwise spe- dinary high-water mark of any cified by the County Flood Plain navigable waters shall comply Zoning Ordinance provisions. with the requirements of section (b)'' Reduced setback: Proposed 30-.,121 of the Wisconsin Statutes. primary buildings which will be located within 200 feet of exist Section 11.04 SHORE COVER. ing primary building(s) , which ! have a setback of less than 75 ( 1) Purpose: To maintain trees feet, may have a reduced setback and shrubbery in the shoreland as follows: areas for protection of scenic beauty, control erosion and re- 1. Where there is a primary '• duce effluent and nutrient flow building on each side of the pro from the shoreland. These provi- posed site, the setback for the sions shall not apply to the re- proposed building shall be they moval of dead, diseased or dying average of the setbacks of the trees or shrubbery or to silvi- existing buildings. cultural thinning upon recommen- 2. If there is an existing pri-; dation of a forester. mary building on only one side, (2) Shoreline cutting: Tree and the setback for the proposed shrubbery cutting in a strip par- -, building shall be the average of alleling the shoreline and ex- the required (75 ' ) setback and tending 35 feet inland from all the existing building ' s setback. points along the ordinary high- 3. Other setbacks may be per- water mark of the shoreline shall mitted by the Board of Adjust be limited in accordance with the ment as per section 10.26(6) (c) , . following provisions: Dane County Zoning Ordinance. (a) No more than 30 feet in any (3) Boathouses: 100 feet, as measured along the ordinary high-water mark, may be (a) Boathouses shall not be con- ' clear cut to the depth of the 35 structed below the ordinary high- 1 foot strip. water mark. (b) Natural shrubbery shall be (b) . Boathouses shall not be preserved as far as practicable utilized for human habitation. and, where removed, it shall be (c) Height of a boathouse shall, replaced with other vegetation be measured vertically from the that is equally effective in re- _ tarding runoff, preventing ero- ordinary high-water mark. Rail-' sion and preserving natural ings may be placed on top of the boathouse provided the railing is beauty. not solid in appearance and not (3) Alternate cutting: A special greater than 3.5 feet in height. ; cutting plan allowing greater cutting may be permitted by the Fourth Qtr . , Supp. #12, 5/92