This section applies to all floodway areas on the Floodplain Zoning Maps and those identified pursuant to § 251-20.
The following open space uses are allowed in the Floodway District and the floodway areas of the General Floodplain District, if they are not prohibited by any other ordinance; they meet the standards in §§ 251-12 and 251-13; and all permits or certificates have been issued according to § 251-25:
A.
Agricultural uses, such as farming, outdoor plant
nurseries, horticulture, viticulture and wild-crop harvesting.
B.
Nonstructural industrial and commercial uses, such
as loading areas, parking areas and airport landing strips.
C.
Nonstructural recreational uses, such as golf courses, tennis courts, archery ranges, picnic grounds, boat ramps, swimming areas, parks, wildlife and nature preserves, game farms, fish hatcheries, shooting, trap and skeet activities, hunting and fishing areas and hiking and horseback riding trails, subject to the fill limitations of § 251-12D.
F.
Functionally water dependent uses, such as docks,
piers or wharves, dams, flowage areas, culverts, navigational aids
and river crossings of transmission lines, and pipelines that comply
with Chs. 30 and 31, Wis. Stats.
A.
B.
Structures. Structures accessory to permanent open
space uses or functionally dependent on a waterfront location may
be allowed by permit if the structures comply with the following criteria:
(1)
The structure is not designed for human habitation
and does not have high flood damage potential.
(2)
It must be anchored to resist flotation, collapse,
and lateral movement;
(3)
Mechanical and utility equipment must be elevated
or floodproofed to or above the flood protection elevation; and
(4)
It must not obstruct flow of floodwaters or cause
any increase in flood levels during the occurrence of the regional
flood.
D.
Fills or deposition of materials may be allowed by
permit, if:
(2)
No material is deposited in the navigable channel
unless a permit is issued by the Department pursuant to Ch. 30, Wis.
Stats., and a permit pursuant to Section 404 of the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act, Amendments of 1972, 33 U.S.C. § 1344
has been issued, if applicable, and the other requirements of this
section are met;
(3)
The fill or other materials will be protected against
erosion by riprap, vegetative cover, sheet piling or bulk heading;
and
(4)
The fill is not classified as a solid or hazardous
material.
All uses not listed as permitted uses in § 251-11 are prohibited, including the following uses:
A.
Habitable structures, structures with high flood damage
potential, or those not associated with permanent open space uses;
B.
Storing materials that are buoyant, flammable, explosive,
injurious to property, water quality, or human, animal, plant, fish
or other aquatic life;
C.
Uses not in harmony with or detrimental to uses permitted
in the adjoining districts;
D.
Any private or public sewage systems, except portable
latrines that are removed prior to flooding and systems associated
with recreational areas and Department-approved campgrounds that meet
the applicable provisions of local ordinances and Ch. Comm 83, Wis.
Adm. Code;
E.
Any public or private wells which are used to obtain
potable water, except those for recreational areas that meet the requirements
of local ordinances and Chs. NR 811 and NR 812, Wis. Adm. Code;
F.
Any solid or hazardous waste disposal sites;
G.
Any wastewater treatment ponds or facilities, except
those permitted under § NR 110.15(3)(b), Wis. Adm. Code;
H.
Any sanitary sewer or water supply lines, except those
to service existing or proposed development located outside the floodway
which complies with the regulations for the floodplain area occupied.