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Fox Crossing Village
City Zoning Code

ARTICLE 13

Shoreland Zoning Overlay District SHO

§ 435.13-01 Statutory authorization.

This article is adopted pursuant to the authorization in §§ 61.35, 61.351, 61.353, 87.30 and 281.31, Wis. Stats.

§ 435.13-02 Jurisdiction.

This Shoreland Zoning Overlay (SHO) District shall apply to all shorelands within the Village corporate limits. This Shoreland Zoning Overlay (SHO) District does not apply to lands adjacent to an artificially constructed drainage ditch, pond, or stormwater retention basin if the drainage ditch, pond, or retention basin is not hydrologically connected to a natural navigable water body.

§ 435.13-03 Effect of base zoning district regulations.

All underlying or base zoning district regulations for lands "under" the Shoreland Zoning Overlay (SHO) District shall continue in full force and effect to the extent that the greater restriction applies.

§ 435.13-04 Shoreland provisions.

The following provisions apply to all shorelands within the jurisdiction of the Shoreland Zoning Overlay (SHO) District:
A. 
Shoreland setback area. There shall be a minimum shoreland setback area of at least 50 feet from the ordinary high-water mark, except as follows.
B. 
Principal buildings. Construction or placement of a principal building within the shoreland setback area may be allowed if all the following apply:
(1) 
The principal building is constructed or placed on a lot or parcel of land that is immediately adjacent on each side to a lot or parcel of land containing a principal building.
(2) 
The principal building is constructed or placed within a distance equal to the average setback of the principal building on the adjacent lots or 35 feet from the ordinary high-water mark, whichever distance is greater.
C. 
Accessory buildings and accessory structures. Construction or placement of an accessory building within the shoreland setback area may be allowed if all the following apply: the accessory building and/or accessory structure is constructed or placed no closer than 35 feet to the ordinary high-water mark.

§ 435.13-05 Vegetation.

Any vegetation that is maintained within the Shoreland Zoning Overlay (SHO) District shall meet the following requirements:
A. 
It shall comply with § 287-4, Trees, weeds and other vegetation, of the Fox Crossing Municipal Code.
B. 
The establishment or maintenance of a vegetative buffer within 35 feet of the ordinary high-water mark of navigable water is encouraged but not required.