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 Amery 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 storm- 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.
"Shoreland-Wetland Zoning Ordinance/Chapter for the City of
Amery, Wisconsin."
