(A) Setbacks. Front, side and rear setbacks are determined by the underlying zoning district of the subject property, with the following requirements for bluff, slopes over 12% and ordinary high water level setbacks:
(1) Undeveloped Properties.
(a) Ordinary high water level. All buildings shall be placed at least 100 feet from the ordinary high water level of the Mississippi River.
(b) Bluff. All buildings, decks or other appurtenances shall be set back 40 feet from the edge of a bluff with slopes 12% or greater.
(2) Properties upon which a principal structure was constructed prior to March 26, 2001.
(a) The foundation footprint of an existing principal structure, or of a new principal structure constructed to replace a principal structure that has been damaged, destroyed or removed from the property, may be expanded and/or reconstructed in any direction that does not encroach further toward bluffs or the river and complies with § 152.222.
(b) Existing attached garages, detached accessory structures, decks, patios, three-season porches and other residential structures may be rebuilt or expanded or reconstructed provided that they do not encroach further toward bluffs or the river and comply with § 152.222.
(c) Attached garages, detached accessory structures, decks, patios, three-season porches and other residential structures that are damaged, destroyed or removed from the property may be reconstructed in the same location as previously existed and may be expanded in any direction that do not encroach further toward bluffs and/or the river and comply with § 152.222.
(Ord. 2001-951, passed 3-26-01)