The provisions of this article shall apply to all areas within the Floodway District, as shown on the Official Floodplain Zoning Maps, and to the floodway portion of the General Floodplain District, as determined pursuant to § 548-31 of this chapter.
The Floodway District shall include mapped floodway areas so designated on the Official Floodplain Zoning Map showing the regional flood limits, which are based on the Flood Hazard Boundary Maps or Flood Insurance Study Maps prepared by FEMA. All such maps shall be approved by the Department of Natural Resources and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
A. 
The following open space uses are permitted within the Floodway District and in the floodway portion of the General Floodplain District, provided that they are not prohibited by any other ordinance; and provided, further, that they meet all of the standards contained in § 548-16 and a land use permit has been issued by the Zoning Administrator under § 548-28A.
(1) 
Agricultural uses, such as general farming, pasture, grazing, outdoor plant nurseries, horticulture, viticulture, truck farming, forestry, sod farming and wild crop harvesting.
(2) 
Nonstructural, industrial, commercial uses, such as loading areas, parking areas, airport landing strips.
(3) 
Private and public recreational uses, such as golf courses, tennis courts, driving ranges, archery ranges, picnic grounds, boat-launching ramps, swimming areas, parks, wildlife and nature preserves, game farms, fish hatcheries, shooting preserves, target ranges, trap and skeet ranges, hunting and fishing areas, hiking and horseback riding trails.
(4) 
Uses or structures accessory to open space uses or essential for historical areas, providing they are not in conflict with the provisions in § 548-16.
(5) 
Extraction of sand, gravel or other materials.
(6) 
Docks, piers or wharves, including docks, piers or wharves used as part of a marina, and other water-related uses, such as dams, flowage areas, culverts, navigational aids and river crossings of transmission lines, and pipelines.
(7) 
Public utilities, streets and bridges.
B. 
All uses not listed as permitted uses in Subsection A above are prohibited within the Floodway District and in the floodway portion of the General Floodplain District.
A. 
General requirements. Any development in floodway areas shall:
(1) 
Meet all of the provisions of § 548-12;
(2) 
Not obstruct flood flows; and
(3) 
Have a low flood damage potential.
B. 
Structures. Only structures which are accessory to permitted open space uses or are essential for historical areas may be allowed by permit, providing the structures meet all of the following criteria:
(1) 
They are not designed for human habitation;
(2) 
They are to be constructed and placed on the building site so as to offer minimum obstruction to the flow of floodwaters. Whenever possible, structures will be constructed with the longitudinal axis parallel to the direction of flow of floodwaters and will be placed with their longitudinal axes approximately on the same line as those of adjoining structures;
(3) 
They are firmly anchored to prevent them from floating away and restricting bridge openings or other restricted sections of the stream or river; and
(4) 
They have all service facilities, such as electrical and heating equipment, at or above the flood protection elevation for the particular area.
C. 
Public utilities, streets and bridges, provided that:
(1) 
Adequate floodproofing measures are provided to the flood protection elevation;
(2) 
Construction shall not cause any increase of 0.1 foot or greater in the height of the regional flood, except that reasonable increases up to 1.0 foot may be approved if the amendment procedures and all conditions of § 548-34 are met; and
(3) 
The Village amends its water surface profiles, floodplain zoning maps and this chapter, as needed, to reflect any changes resulting from such construction.
D. 
Fills or deposition of materials may be permitted, provided that:
(1) 
The provisions of § 548-12A are met;
(2) 
Fill or deposition of materials does not encroach on the channel area between the ordinary high-water mark on each bank of the stream unless a permit has been granted by the Department of Natural Resources 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. § 1334 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 and/or bulkheading sufficient to prevent erosion and leachate; and
(4) 
Such fills are not associated with private or public solid waste disposal.
E. 
Storage of any materials that are buoyant, flammable, explosive or injurious to human, animal, plant, fish or other aquatic life is prohibited.
F. 
Uses which are not in harmony with, or which may be detrimental to, the uses permitted in the adjoining districts are prohibited.
G. 
Private or public on-site sewage disposal systems are prohibited, with the exception of portable latrines that are removed during flooding and systems associated with public recreational areas and Department-approved campgrounds that meet the applicable provisions of Ch. SPS 383, Wis. Adm. Code, which may be permitted in floodway areas.
H. 
Wells, whether public or private, which are used to obtain water for ultimate human consumption, are prohibited.
I. 
Solid waste disposal sites, whether public or private, are prohibited.