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/ 7 I7 yards shall be fifteen (15) feet and no single side yard shall be less than five (5) feet. 2. On lots less than fifty (50) feet in width the minimum side yard on each side shall be five (5) feet. (b) Corner Lots: 1. When the long side of a corner lot is formed by a Class A, B or C highway the side yard on such street shall conform to the setback requirements for such highway. 2. When the long side of a corner lot is formed by a Class D or E highway the side yard for such street shall be not less than one-fifth of the width of the lot, but in no event less than ten (10) feet. The ten (10) foot minimum shall apply only on lots fifty (50) feet or less in width. (c) Side Yards for Special Uses: 1. Side yards for uses designated in lection 10.05 (1)(f), (g) and (h) shall be not less than fifty (50) feet on each side of the building and for uses designated in Section 10.12 (1)(g) the minimum side yard on each side shall be seventy-five (75) feet; provided that when such building is located on a corner lot the side yard on the side toward the side street may be reduced by twenty-five (25) feet but not below the required setback for such street. (6) REAR YARDS (a) Location of accessory buildings in rear yards: 1. On interior lots sixty (60) feet or more in width no accessory building shall be erected, moved or added to so as to be nearer than four (4) feet to the side lot line or rear lot line. 2. On'interior lots less than sixty (60) feet in width no accessory building shall be erected, moved or added to so as to be nearer than two and one-half (21) feet to the side lot line or the rear lot line. 3. On interior lots abutting on two streets, or corner lots abutting on three streets, no accessory building shall be erected, moved or added to so as to be nearer the rear street than the setback for such street. This provision shall not apply to alleys. 4. On corner lots abutting on two streets no accessory building shall be erected, moved or added to so as to be nearer to the side street than the distance required for the main building on such street; provided, however, that for garages with entrances facing the side street the minimum distance from such side street - shall be twenty (20) feet. When the rear lot line of the corner lot forms the side line of an adjoining or abutting lot no accessory building shall be erected, moved or added to so as to be nearer such rear lot line than the side line required for the building on the adjoining lot. 5. For uses designated in Sections 10.05 (1)(f), (g) and (h) and 10.12 (1)(g) the minimum rear yard shall be the same as the side yard required for such use. I(7) SHORELAM AREA PROVISIONS (a) Shoreland areas shall include all lands in the unincorporated areas of Dane County which are one thousand (1,000) feet from the normal high water lins of lakes, ponds or flowage:: listed in "Surface dater Resources of Dane County" published by the Wisconsin Conservation Commission, 1961, and all lands which are three hundred feet from the normal high water line or to the landward aide of a flood plain of the navigable reaches of rivers and streams. (b) Lot area, width and density requisites for lots located in shoreland areas shall not be less than those required in Section 10.05 (3) R-1 Residence District, and Section 10.16 (3) General Provisions and Exceptions. (c) Setbacks from water in shoreland areas for all buildings and structures, except piers, hoist, boathouses and similar uses shall be not less than seventy-five (75) feet measured horizontally, and not les3than two (2) feet measured vertically from a normal high water line unless otherwise specified by the County flood plain zoning ordinance provisions. (d) Exceptions to setbacks from water in shoreland areas shall be permitted as follows: A building on a lot which is within one-hundred (100) feet of an existing building or buildings with setbacks less than 75 feet, shall have a setback at least as great as the setback of either adjoining building, but in no case shall the setback be less than fifty (50) feet. (e) Normal high water line shall be defined for the purpose of this ordinance as the line where natural vege- tation changes from predominantly aquatic to predominantly terrestrial. The Zoning Supervisor shall determine the location of the normal high water elevation line where not established by a state or county governmental agency. (f) Removal of tree-in in exoens of twenty (20) per cent of the number of trees within 75 feet from the high water mark on a lot or parcel of land is prohibited in shoreland areas, and no building permit for a building or structure shall be issued for property so situated where more than twenty (20) per cent of the trees have been removed since the date of adoption of this provision, provided, however, that at the discretion of the property owner removal of dead, diseased or dying trees, or silvicultural thinning shall be permitted. -19-