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1968: St. Croix County first adopted Shoreland Zoning
◦ Authority granted under § 59.692 and 281.31 Wisconsin Statutes
◦ NR-115, Wisconsin Administrative Code
2010 State of Wisconsin, Major rewrite NR115
◦ Established minimum shoreland standards
2011: Act 170
◦ Counties had to match standards exactly (nonconforming structures)
St. Croix County completed major rewrite April 1, 2014
History of Shoreland Zoning
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State Legislative Changes 2015-2018
◦ Act 55 “may not regulate a matter more restrictively than a matter is regulated by a shoreland zoning standard”
◦ Act 167
◦ Act 391
◦ Act 67
◦ Act 68
◦ Act 183
DNR Model Ordinance October 2019
2016 phase 1 amendments, effective 5-15-16
2020 phase 2 amendments
◦ Public Information Meeting February 20, 2020
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2020 Shoreland Rewrite
Utilized the following:
1. WI-DNR Model Ordinance, October 2019
2. SCC-Comprehensive Zoning Project (Chapter 15)
Repeal current code 17.30, Recreate as Chapter 16
1. Adopt as a standalone code1. any future changes (ex. legislative) would apply to this code only
2. Overlay District, applies to all unincorporated areas (21 towns)
3. New look, format
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1,000-feet OHWM of a Navigable
• Lake,
• Pond or
• Flowage
300-feet OHWM of a Navigable
• River,
• Stream
• landward side of floodplain
Structure Setback75-feet from OHWM
Shoreland Overlay
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Proposed Changes:
All wetlands within a shoreland area
• required by statute
Removed structure setback
Current Code:
Wetlands 10,000 square feet or larger and a 50-foot structure setback
Shoreland-Wetland Overlay
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Proposed Changes:
Remove the inland-wetland district
Current Code:
All wetlands outside of the Shoreland Overlay
1-acre or greater in size
50-foot structure setback
Inland-Wetland Overlay
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Wetlands
Wetland Regulations
• Federal: Clear Water Act• Army Corps of Engineers
• Interstate Wetlands
• State: Chapter 281, NR 103• Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
• Isolated Wetlands
• Local: Shoreland Overlay District• St. Croix County
• Shoreland-Wetlands
• Inland-Wetlands
State of Wisconsin-Isolated Wetlands• Wetland Rezoning process
• Mitigation, wetland bank
• Exemptions, discharges to wetlands• Urban areas, more than 1 acre wetland/parcel
• Agricultural related, more than 3 acres
• Act 183, Wetland Study Council (2019)
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Subject Current Code 17.30 Proposed Code
Chapter 16
Notes
Permitted Uses by
District
Shoreland
Shoreland-wetland
Shoreland-removed uses
Shoreland-wetland-no change
Uses regulated by the
underlying zoning districts
Minimum lot sizes Refers to subdivision
ordinance
Lot size standards added to new
code
Required changes per state
statutes
Structure setbacks Shoreland-75 feet
Bluffline/Shorelines-20 feet
Shoreland-wetland-50 feet
Inland-wetland-50 feet
Shoreland-75 feet
Removed setbacks to all other
areas
State model only addresses
structure setbacks within
shoreland areas
Exempt structures Several revisions to this section
Separated Principal Structures
from Accessory Structures
Required changes per state
statutes
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Subject Current Code 17.30 Proposed Code Chapter 16 Notes
Nonconforming
Structures
Several revisions to this section Required changes per state statutes
Impervious Surfaces Tiered impervious limits
10-25%
Several revisions to this section
*15-30%
**Treated impervious standards
Required changes per state statutes
Vegetation Vegetative Buffer Zones
0-35
35-75
Several revisions to this section
0-35 feet vegetative buffer zone
Required changes per state statutes
Land Disturbance Minor edits
Added land disturbance 400 cubic yards
Clarification purposes
Mitigation Revisions to this section Required changes per state statutes
Administrative
Procedures
Not included in current
code
Similar procedures from Chapter 15 Required since Chapter 16 is a
standalone overlay district
Definitions Not included in current
code
Added applicable definitions from Chapter
15 and State Statues
Required since Chapter 16 is a
standalone overlay district
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Timeline
Public
Information
Meeting• February 20, 2020
Public
Hearing• June 18, 2020
County Board • July (tentative)
Effective Date• August 1, 2020
(tentative)
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