Date of enactment: December 12, 2013
2013 Senate Bill 183   Date of publication*: December 13, 2013
* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes: Effective date of acts. "Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication."
2013 WISCONSIN ACT 80
An Act to repeal 59.692 (2m) (c), 59.692 (7), 66.0203 (10), 66.0213 (2) (b), 66.0215 (7) (b) and 66.0216 (8) (b); to renumber 66.0213 (2) (a), 66.0215 (7) (a) and 66.0216 (8) (a); to amend 20.370 (3) (ma), 30.2022 (1), 41.41 (8), 59.692 (6m), 66.0217 (8) (a), 66.0219 (6), 66.0223 (1), 66.1001 (3) (q), 70.32 (1g), 93.90 (3) (a) 3., 281.31 (2) (e), 281.31 (8), 281.36 (10), 281.36 (13m), 289.33 (3) (d), 289.35, 289.43 (7) (c) and 295.607 (1) (a) 2.; and to create 61.353 and 62.233 of the statutes; relating to: shoreland zoning ordinances that apply to shorelands that are annexed by a city or village or that are part of a town incorporated as a city or village and making an appropriation.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
80,1 Section 1. 20.370 (3) (ma) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.370 (3) (ma) General program operations — state funds. From the general fund, the amounts in the schedule for regulatory and enforcement operations under chs. 30, 31 and 280 to 299 and ss. 44.47, 59.692, 59.693, 61.351, 61.353, 61.354, 62.231, 62.233, 62.234 and 87.30, for reimbursement of the conservation fund for expenses incurred for actions taken under s. 323.12 (2) (c); for review of environmental impact requirements under ss. 1.11 and 23.40; and for enforcement of the treaty-based, off-reservation rights to fish, hunt and gather held by members of federally recognized American Indian tribes or bands.
80,2 Section 2. 30.2022 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
30.2022 (1) Activities affecting waters of the state, as defined in s. 281.01 (18), that are carried out under the direction and supervision of the department of transportation in connection with highway, bridge, or other transportation project design, location, construction, reconstruction, maintenance, and repair are not subject to the prohibitions or permit or approval requirements specified under s. 29.601, 30.11, 30.12, 30.123, 30.19, 30.195, 30.20, 59.692, 61.351, 61.353, 62.231, 62.233, or 87.30 or chs. 281 to 285 or 289 to 299. However, at the earliest practical time prior to the commencement of these activities, the department of transportation shall notify the department of the location, nature, and extent of the proposed work that may affect the waters of the state.
80,3 Section 3. 41.41 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
41.41 (8) Zoning. Notwithstanding ss. 13.48 (13) (a), 59.69 (4), 60.61 (2), 60.62 (1), 61.35 and 62.23 (7), the Kickapoo valley reserve is not subject to the zoning ordinance of any county or municipality, except that any ordinance enacted under s. 59.692, 61.351, 61.353, 62.231, 62.233, or 87.30 governing the zoning of floodplains, shorelands or wetlands in shorelands and any ordinance that is required by law under s. 59.693, 61.354 or 62.234 governing construction site erosion control or storm water management applies in the reserve.
80,4 Section 4. 59.692 (2m) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
80,5 Section 5. 59.692 (6m) of the statutes is amended to read:
59.692 (6m) For an amendment to an ordinance enacted under this section that affects an activity that meets all of the requirements under s. 281.165 (2), (3) (a), or (4) (a), the department may not proceed under sub. (6) or (7) (b) or (c), or otherwise review the amendment, to determine whether the ordinance, as amended, fails to meet the shoreland zoning standards.
80,6 Section 6. 59.692 (7) of the statutes is repealed.
80,7 Section 7. 61.353 of the statutes is created to read:
61.353 Zoning of annexed or incorporated shorelands. (1) In this section:
(a) "Principal building" means the main building or structure on a single lot or parcel of land and includes any attached garage or attached porch.
(b) "Shorelands" has the meaning given in s. 59.692 (1) (b).
(c) "Shoreland setback area" has the meaning given in s. 59.692 (1) (bn).
(2) Every village shall, on or before the first day of the 7th month beginning after the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date], enact an ordinance that applies to all of the following shorelands:
(a) A shoreland that was annexed by the village after May 7, 1982, and that prior to annexation was subject to a county shoreland zoning ordinance under s. 59.692.
(b) For a village that incorporated after April 30, 1994, under s. 66.0203, 66.0211, or 66.0213, a shoreland that before incorporation by the village was part of a town that was subject to a county shoreland zoning ordinance under s. 59.692.
(3) A village ordinance enacted under this section shall include at least all of the following provisions:
(a) A provision establishing a shoreland setback area of at least 50 feet from the ordinary high-water mark, except as provided in par. (b).
(b) A provision authorizing construction or placement of a principal building within the shoreland setback area established under par. (a) if all of the following apply:
1. The principal building is constructed or placed on a lot or parcel of land that is immediately adjacent on each side to a lot or parcel of land containing a principal building.
2. The principal building is constructed or placed within a distance equal to the average setback of the principal building on the adjacent lots or 35 feet from the ordinary high-water mark, whichever distance is greater.
(c) 1. A provision requiring a person who owns shoreland property that contains vegetation to maintain that vegetation in a vegetative buffer zone along the entire shoreline of the property and extending 35 feet inland from the ordinary high-water mark of the navigable water, except as provided in subd. 2.
2. If the vegetation in a vegetative buffer zone contains invasive species or dead or diseased vegetation, the owner of the shoreland property may remove the vegetation, except that if the owner removes all of the vegetation in the vegetative buffer zone, the owner shall establish a vegetative buffer zone with new vegetation.
(d) A provision allowing a person who is required to maintain or establish a vegetative buffer zone under par. (c) to remove all of the vegetation in a part of that zone in order to establish a viewing or access corridor that is no greater than 30 feet wide for every 100 feet of shoreline frontage and that extends no more than 35 feet inland from the ordinary high-water mark.
(5) Provisions of a county shoreland zoning ordinance under s. 59.692 that were applicable, prior to annexation, to any shoreland annexed by a village after May 7, 1982, shall continue in effect and shall be enforced after annexation by the annexing village until the effective date of an ordinance enacted by the village under sub. (2).
(6) Provisions of a county shoreland zoning ordinance under s. 59.692 that were applicable prior to incorporation to any shoreland that is part of a town that incorporates as a village under s. 66.0203, 66.0211, or 66.0213 after April 30, 1994, shall continue in effect and shall be enforced after incorporation by the incorporated village until the effective date of an ordinance enacted by the village under sub. (2).
(7) An ordinance enacted under sub. (2) does not apply to lands adjacent to an artificially constructed drainage ditch, pond, or stormwater retention basin if the drainage ditch, pond, or retention basin is not hydrologically connected to a natural navigable water body.
80,8 Section 8. 62.233 of the statutes is created to read:
62.233 Zoning of annexed or incorporated shorelands. (1) In this section:
(a) "Principal building" means the main building or structure on a single lot or parcel of land and includes any attached garage or attached porch.
(b) "Shorelands" has the meaning given in s. 59.692 (1) (b).
(c) "Shoreland setback area" has the meaning given in s. 59.692 (1) (bn).
(2) Every city shall, on or before the first day of the 7th month beginning after the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date], enact an ordinance that applies to all of the following shorelands:
(a) A shoreland that was annexed by the city after May 7, 1982, and that prior to annexation was subject to a county shoreland zoning ordinance under s. 59.692.
(b) For a city that incorporated after April 30, 1994, under s. 66.0203, 66.0211, 66.0213, or 66.025, a shoreland that before incorporation as a city was part of a town that was subject to a county shoreland zoning ordinance under s. 59.692.
(3) A city ordinance enacted under this section shall include at least all of the following provisions:
(a) A provision establishing a shoreland setback area of at least 50 feet from the ordinary high-water mark, except as provided in par. (b).
(b) A provision authorizing construction or placement of a principal building within the shoreland setback area established under par. (a) if all of the following apply:
1. The principal building is constructed or placed on a lot or parcel of land that is immediately adjacent on each side to a lot or parcel of land containing a principal building.
2. The principal building is constructed or placed within a distance equal to the average setback of the principal building on the adjacent lots or 35 feet from the ordinary high-water mark, whichever distance is greater.
(c) 1. A provision requiring a person who owns shoreland property that contains vegetation to maintain that vegetation in a vegetative buffer zone along the entire shoreline of the property and extending 35 feet inland from the ordinary high-water mark of the navigable water, except as provided in subd. 2.
2. If the vegetation in a vegetative buffer zone contains invasive species or dead or diseased vegetation, the owner of the shoreland property may remove the vegetation, except that if the owner removes all of the vegetation in the vegetative buffer zone, the owner shall establish a vegetative buffer zone with new vegetation.
(d) A provision allowing a person who is required to maintain or establish a vegetative buffer zone under par. (c) to remove all of the vegetation in a part of that zone in order to establish a viewing or access corridor that is no greater than 30 feet wide for every 100 feet of shoreline frontage and that extends no more than 35 feet inland from the ordinary high-water mark.
(5) Provisions of a county shoreland zoning ordinance under s. 59.692 that were applicable, prior to annexation, to any shoreland annexed by a city after May 7, 1982, shall continue in effect and shall be enforced after annexation by the annexing city until the effective date of an ordinance enacted by the city under sub. (2).
(6) Provisions of a county shoreland zoning ordinance under s. 59.692 that were applicable prior to incorporation to any shoreland that is part of a town that incorporates as a city under s. 66.0203, 66.0211, 66.0213, or 66.0215 after April 30, 1994, shall continue in effect and shall be enforced after incorporation by the incorporated city until the effective date of an ordinance enacted by the city under sub. (2).
(7) An ordinance enacted under sub. (2) does not apply to lands adjacent to an artificially constructed drainage ditch, pond, or stormwater retention basin if the drainage ditch, pond, or retention basin is not hydrologically connected to a natural navigable water body.
80,9 Section 9. 66.0203 (10) of the statutes is repealed.
80,10 Section 10. 66.0213 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 66.0213 (2).
80,11 Section 11. 66.0213 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
80,12 Section 12. 66.0215 (7) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 66.0215 (7).
80,13 Section 13. 66.0215 (7) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
80,14 Section 14. 66.0216 (8) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 66.0216 (8).
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