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Sec. 6.12.6240. Placement of buildings and structures on lots. <br />When more than one setback applies to a site, buildings, structures, and facilities must be located to meet all <br />setbacks. Buildings and structures shall be located as follows: <br />(1) Building, structure, and on -site sewerage system setbacks (in feet) from ordinary high-water level. <br />Public Water <br />Classification <br />Setbacks <br />Building/Structure <br />Sewage Treatment <br />System <br />Unsewered <br />Sewered <br />NE <br />150 <br />150 <br />150 <br />RD <br />1 100 <br />75 <br />75 <br />GD <br />75 <br />75 <br />1 75 <br />Tributary <br />100 <br />1 75 <br />1 75 <br />(2) Additional building and structure setbacks. The following additional setbacks apply, regardless of the <br />classification of the water body: <br />Setback from: Setback <br />(in feet) <br />Top of bluff 30 <br />Unplatted cemetery 50 <br />Right-of-way line of federal, state or county highway and local public 301 <br />and private roads <br />Except for accessory buildings on lakeshore lots as regulated in this chapter and except for buildings <br />and structures subject to less restrictive side yard adjacent to street setbacks as regulated in the <br />various zoning districts. <br />(3) Bluff impact zones. Buildings, structures and accessory facilities, except stairways, landings and lock <br />boxes, must not be placed within bluff impact zones. <br />(4) Uses without water -oriented needs. Uses without water -oriented needs must be located on lots or <br />parcels without public waters frontage, or, if located on lots or parcels with public waters frontage, <br />must either be set back double the normal ordinary high-water level setback or be substantially <br />screened from view from the water by vegetation or topography, assuming summer, leaf -on <br />conditions. <br />(5) Fences, docks, retaining walls. No fence shall be placed within the shore setback zone. Portions of dock <br />located landward of the OHWL shall be considered as a landing, subject to the regulations for landings <br />per section 6.12.6270. Retaining walls within the shore setback zone may be permitted according to <br />the following: <br />A retaining wall may be constructed within the shore setback zone if it is an integral part of a <br />permitted lake access stair and the retaining wall is designed to be the minimum size necessary. <br />A replacement retaining wall, including a change in material, may be permitted within a defined <br />bluff, bluff setback, or shore setback zone when all of the following conditions are met: <br />(Supp. No. 2, Update 1) <br />The wall is under four feet in height, and in the same location; <br />The existing wall shows signs of failure; and <br />Created: 2026-02-18 14:00:SS [EST] <br />Page 2 of 8 <br />172 <br />