This division applies to all floodway areas on the floodplain Zoning Maps and those delineated pursuant to §
170.1253.
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 in the underlying zoning district, meet the development
standards in this division, and the Zoning Administrator has issued
a floodplain permit:
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 §
170.1232D.
D. Uses or structures accessory to open space uses, or classified as historic structures that comply with §§
170.1232 and
170.1233.
E. Extraction of sand, gravel, or other materials that comply with §
170.1232D.
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.
G. Public utilities, streets, and bridges that comply with §
170.1232C.
Any use that is not listed in §
170.1231 is 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. SPS 383, Wis. Admin. 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. Admin. 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. Admin. Code; and
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.