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Sec.78-1279.- Placement of structures on lots.
When more than one setback applies to a site, structures and facilities must be located to meet all
setbacks. Structures shall be located as follows:
(1) Structure and on-site sewerage system setbacks(in feet)from ordinary high water level.-
Setbacks
evel.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) Additional structure setbacks. The following additional structure setbacks apply, regardless of
the classification of the water body:
Setback from: Setback
(in feet)
Top of bluff 30
Unplatted cemetery 50
Right-of-way line of federal, state or county highway and 30*
local public and private roads
* 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.
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(3) Bluff impact zones. 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 78-1282. 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. 101 2ndseries,§1(10.56(16)(0)),2-24-1992;Ord.No. 11 3rdseries,§1,5-24-2004;Ord.No. 106 3rd series,§28,6-10-
2013)
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