RE: shoreland work without permits, etc.

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, • 1485 Green Trees 29 April 2014 Page 3 of 5 Setbacks Sewage Public Water Structure Treatment Classification Unsewered Sewered System NE 150 150 150 RD 100 75 75 GD 75 75 75 Tributary 100 75 75 (2) Additionalstructure setbacks.The following additional structure setbacks apply, regardless of the classification of the water bod : Setback from: Setback (in feet) Top of bluff 30 Unplatted cemetery 50 Right-of-way line of federal, state or county highway and local public and private roads 30* * Except for detached garages on lakeshore lots as regulated in section 78-1435 and except for structures subject to less restrictive side yard adjacent to street setbacks as regulated in the various zoning districts. (3) Bluffimpactzones. 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, �etaining 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 78-128Z. Retaining walls shall not be placed within the shore setback zone. (6) Average lakeshore setback No principal or accessory structure shall be located closer to the lakeshore than the average distance from the shoreline of existing residence buildings on adjacent lots; except that this does not apply to stairways, lifts, landings, lockboxes, flagpoles and pump houses. Further, the average lakeshore setback shall apply only to classified lakes and shall not apply to tributaries. The average lakeshore setback line shall be a straight line connecting the most lakeward protrusions of the residence buildings on the immediately adjacent lakeshore lots. a. In instances where the average lakeshore setback can not be met, administrative approval may be granted at the discretion of the planning director provided no lake views of an adjacent lakeshore lot are obstructed and adjacent neighbors provide written approval. (Ord. No. 1012nd series, �1(10.56(16)(C)), 2-24-1992; Ord. No. 11 3rd se�ies, §1, 5-24-2004; Ord. No. 106 3�d series, §'28, 6-10-2013) Sec. 78-1285. Vegetation alterations. (a) No live tree within 75 feet of the shoreline or within the bluff impact zone with a diameter of six inches or more (or 19 inches in circumference or greater) measured three feet above the ground may be removed without first obtaining a permit from the city staff, provided that at least the equivalent number of replacement trees of a size and nature found acceptable to the stafF are planted at the same setback from the shoreline as those removed. Appeals of staff determinations as to type, size and quality of the trees to be replaced will be to the council. Removal of trees that are dead shall not require a permit, but such trees must be inspected by city staff prior to their removal.