In all management overlay districts, the maximum structure height shall be measured, before filling and grading, between the average ground elevation and the uppermost point of the structure, excluding chimneys. The maximum structure height shall be 35 feet except for wireless communication service facilities in the Rural Residential Management Zone, which shall meet the height requirements of §
606-24C,
D and
E of this chapter.
The setback shall be measured on a horizontal plane from the
point of the structure that is nearest the ordinary high-water mark,
including roof overhangs and any cantilevered portions of the structure.
A. River Town Management Zone. All structures, except piers, wharves,
structural erosion control measures, stairways and lifts, shall be
set back at least 100 feet from the ordinary high-water mark.
B. Rural Residential Management Zone. All structures, except piers,
wharves, structural erosion control measures, stairways and lifts,
shall be set back at least 200 feet from the ordinary high-water mark.
The bluffline setback shall be measured on a horizontal plane
from the point of the structure that is nearest to the bluffline,
including roof overhangs and any cantilevered portions of the structure.
A. River Town Management Zone. All structures, except piers, wharves,
structural erosion control measures, stairways and lifts, shall be
set back 40 feet from the bluffline.
B. Rural Residential Management Zone. All structures, except piers,
wharves, structural erosion control measures, stairways and lifts,
shall be set back 100 feet from the bluffline as measured, except
that structures may be set back less than 100 feet from the bluffline,
but not less than 40 feet from the bluffline, if all of the following
conditions are met:
(1) No part of the structure protrudes above the bluff line when viewed
from at or near the midline of the river or from 250 feet riverward
from the shoreline, whichever is less.
(2) The structure is not located within a slope preservation zone.
(3) The structure utilizes earth-tone building materials that are of
a nonreflective nature, except that windows may be made of ordinary
window glass or nonreflective glass, but may not be made of glass
designed to reflect more light than ordinary window glass.
(4) The structure is visually inconspicuous.
(5) The structure is located more than 200 feet from the ordinary high-water
mark.
In all management zones, all new, expanded, reconstructed or
repainted structures shall be earth-tone-colored, except that structures
designated as historic buildings shall be either earth tones or colored
appropriate to the period in history for which they were designated.
In all management zones, signs are allowed if one or more of
the following criteria are met:
A. The sign is approved by state or local government and is necessary
for public health or safety.
B. The sign indicates areas that are available or not available for
public use.
C. The sign is not visible from the river and is otherwise lawful.
In all management zones, except for rock riprap that is allowed in compliance with the requirements in §
606-5 of this chapter, structural erosion control measures may only be placed above the ordinary high-water mark and within the ordinary high-water-mark setback area and bluffline setback area if all of the following criteria are met:
A. The structural erosion control measure is constructed outside of slope preservation zones, or a conditional use permit has been issued in compliance with the requirements of §
606-6A(6) that allows its construction inside of slope preservation zones.
B. The City determines that structural erosion control measures are
necessary to address significant ongoing erosion that nonstructural
erosion control measures cannot control.
C. The structural erosion control measure is constructed of natural
materials and is made as visually inconspicuous as possible.
D. The person seeking to construct the structural erosion control measure
submits a detailed construction plan, an erosion control plan and
a vegetative management plan, showing how the structural erosion control
measure will be constructed, what land disturbing activities will
take place, what, if any, vegetation will be removed, and how new,
native vegetation will be reestablished. Construction may not proceed
until the City has approved the plans.
No structures, except piers, wharves, structural erosion control
measures, stairways and lifts, may be placed in slope preservation
zones. Slopes greater than 12% may not be altered to become less than
12%.
If connection to the City of Prescott municipal sanitary sewer system is excepted under Chapter
470, Sewers, of this Code, private on-site wastewater treatment systems shall meet all applicable requirements of Chapter
470, shall require approval by the City, and shall be constructed in accordance with the requirements of Ch. SPS 383, Wis. Adm. Code, or stricter requirements that may be required by the City or by Pierce County in its sanitation code.
Filling and grading may be permitted outside slope preservation
zones if all of the following requirements are met:
A. Filling and grading activities are set back at least 40 feet from
slope preservation zones.
B. Filling and grading activities do not disturb more than 10,000 square
feet of land.
C. No wetlands are filled or drained.
D. Any vegetation that is removed is replaced with native vegetation.
E. Filling and grading activities are designed and implemented in a
manner to minimize erosion, sedimentation, and impairment of fish
and wildlife habitat.
F. As part of an erosion control plan, Wisconsin construction site best
management practices are implemented. [Note: Approved best management
practices for construction site erosion control can be found on DNR
website http://dnr.wi.gov/runoff/stormwater/techstds.htm.]