Filling, grading, lagooning, dredging, ditching and excavating
may be permitted only in accordance with the provisions of § NR
115.04, Wis. Adm. Code, the requirements of Ch. 30, Wis. Stats., and
other state and federal laws where applicable, and only if done in
a manner designed to minimize erosion, sedimentation and impairment
of fish and wildlife habitat and natural scenic beauty.
Filling, grading, lagooning, dredging, ditching or excavating which does not require a permit under §
316-33 may be permitted in the shoreland area, provided that:
A. It is not done within the vegetative buffer zone unless necessary
for establishing or expanding the vegetative buffer or for the construction
of an exempt structure.
B. It is done in a manner designed to minimize erosion, sedimentation
and impairment of fish and wildlife habitat.
C. Filling, grading, lagooning, dredging, ditching or excavating in a shoreland-wetland district meets the requirements of §
316-14B and
C of this chapter.
D. All applicable federal, state and local authority is obtained in
addition to a permit under this chapter.
E. Any fill placed in the shoreland area is protected against erosion
by the use of riprap, vegetative cover or a bulkhead.
In granting a permit under §
316-33, the County shall attach the following conditions, where appropriate, in addition to those provisions specified in §
316-53 or §
316-55.
A. The smallest amount of bare ground shall be exposed for as short
a time as feasible.
B. Temporary ground cover (such as mulch or jute netting) shall be used
and permanent vegetative cover shall be established.
C. Diversion berms or bales, silting basins, terraces, filter fabric
fencing, and other methods shall be used to prevent erosion.
D. Lagoons shall be constructed to avoid fish trap conditions.
E. Fill shall be stabilized according to accepted engineering standards.
F. Filling shall comply with any local floodplain zoning ordinance and
shall not restrict a floodway or destroy the flood storage capacity
of a floodplain.
G. Channels or artificial watercourses shall be constructed with side
slopes of two units horizontal distance to one unit vertical or flatter
which shall be promptly vegetated, unless bulkheads or riprap are
provided.