10-19-2025 - Agenda Packet Planning Commission - PC Packet

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Created: 2025-07-31 14:51:31 [EST] Page 14 of 19 1 Except for accessory buildings on lakeshore lots as regulated in this chapter and except for buildings and structures subject to less restrictive side yard adjacent to street setbacks as regulated in the various zoning districts. (3) Bluff impact zones. Buildings, structures and accessory facilities, except stairways, landings and lock boxes, must not be placed within bluff impact zones. (4) Uses without water-oriented needs. Uses without water-oriented needs must be located on lots or parcels without public waters frontage, or, if located on lots or parcels with public waters frontage, must either be set back double the normal ordinary high-water level setback or be substantially screened from view from the water by vegetation or topography, assuming summer, leaf -on conditions. (5) Fences, docks, retaining walls. No fence shall be placed within the shore setback zone. Portions of dock located landward of the OHWL shall be considered as a landing, subject to the regulations for landings per section 6.12.6270. Retaining walls within the shore setback zone may be permitted according to the following: a. A retaining wall may be constructed within the shore setback zone if it is an integral part of a permitted lake access stair and the retaining wall is designed to be the minimum size necessary. b. A replacement retaining wall, including a change in material, may be p ermitted within a defined bluff, bluff setback, or shore setback zone when all of the following conditions are met: 1. The wall is under four feet in height, and in the same location; and 2. The existing wall shows signs of failure. 3. The wall is screened by deep-rooted, native vegetation so as not to be visible from the waterbody in year-round conditions. 4. A landscape plan is required to identify vegetative removals in the location of the new and/or replacement walls to ensure removals are limited to the minimum necessary to support the installation of the walls, subject to Sec. 6.12.6300. Replacement plantings must consist of deep- rooted, native vegetation to provide necessary support for the slope. c. A new retaining wall, or a replacement wall four feet in height or greater, constructed within a defined bluff, bluff setback, or shore setback zone shall require a conditional use permit. All walls must meet the following conditions: 1. The walls are used only to correct an existing erosion or slope stability problem documented by a licensed professional engineer, and not for aesthetic reasons; and 2. The walls must be screened by deep-rooted, native vegetation so as not to be visible from the waterbody in year-round conditions; and 3. The number, height, and length of the walls are the minimum necessary to control the erosion or slope stability problem and are not taller than 4 feet or longer than 10 feet, unless the licensed professional engineer determines that a larger wall is necessary to correct the documented erosion or slope stability problem; and 4. A landscape plan is required to identify vegetative removals in the location of the new and/or replacement walls to ensure removals are limited to the minimum necessary to support the installation of the walls, subject to Sec. 6.12.6300. Replacement plantings must consist of deep-rooted, native vegetation to provide necessary support for the slope. d. If the project includes work at or below the OHWL or within a WCA jurisdictional wetland, that portion of the project must be approved and/or permitted by the appropriate governing agency. 248