This chapter is adopted pursuant to the authorization
in §§ 62.23, 62.231, 87.30 and 281.31, Wis. Stats.
Uncontrolled use of the shoreland-wetlands and
the pollution of the navigable waters of the City of Weyauwega would
adversely affect the public health, safety, convenience and general
welfare and impair the tax base. The Legislature of Wisconsin has
delegated responsibility to all municipalities to:
A. Promote the public health, safety, convenience and
general welfare;
B. Maintain the stormwater and floodwater storage capacity
of wetlands;
C. Prevent and control water pollution by preserving
wetlands which filter or store sediments, nutrients, heavy metals
or organic compounds that would otherwise drain into navigable waters;
D. Protect fish, their spawning grounds, other aquatic
life and wildlife by preserving wetlands and other aquatic habitat;
E. Prohibit certain uses detrimental to the shoreland-wetland
area; and
F. Preserve shore cover and natural beauty by restricting
the removal of natural shoreland cover and controlling shoreland-wetland
excavation, filling and other earthmoving activities.
This chapter shall be known as the "Shoreland-Wetland
Zoning Ordinance/Chapter for the City of Weyauwega, Wisconsin."