1290.04   WATERCOURSE AND WETLAND PROTECTION.
   (a)   Except as hereinafter provided in this section, it shall be unlawful for any person to do any of the following without obtaining a development permit from the Charter Township of Clinton:
      (1)   Deposit or permit to be deposited any material, including structures, into, within or upon any watercourse or wetland area or within twenty-five feet of the edge of any watercourse or wetland designated on the Charter Township of Clinton Master Drainage Plan.
      (2)   Dredge, fill or land-balance bottomlands, flood plains or wetlands.
      (3)   Enlarge, diminish or alter a lake, stream or any other naturally occurring waterway.
      (4)   Create, enlarge or diminish any natural or artificially constructed canal, channel, lagoon, lake or other waterway for navigation or any other purpose whether or not connected to an existing lake, stream or watercourse.
      (5)   Construct, place, enlarge, extend or remove a temporary or permanent operation or structure upon bottomlands or wetlands.
      (6)   Construct, extend, enlarge or connect any conduit, pipe, culvert or open or closed drainage facility erected for the purpose of carrying storm water run-off from any residential site of two or more one-family or multiple-family dwelling units, nonresidential sites, parking areas, paved or unpaved private or public roads or any other land use permitting discharge of silt, sediment, organic or inorganic materials, chemicals, fertilizers, flammable liquids or any substance producing turbidity, except through an interceptor, retention or settling basin, filter or treatment facility designed to control and eliminate the pollutant before discharge to any lake, pond, stream or watercourse.
      (7)   Construct, enlarge, extend or connect any private or public sewage or waste treatment plant to discharge to any lake, pond, stream, water or drainage course or wetland, except in accordance with the latest requirements of the County of Macomb, State of Michigan, and the Federal Pollution Control Acts, for improving and maintaining clean natural waters.
   (b)   The following operations and uses are permitted in the watercourse and wetland areas of the Charter Township of Clinton, subject to the conditions of this section.
      (1)   Conservation of natural habitats, soil, vegetation, water, fish and wildlife.
      (2)   Outdoor recreation, including play and sporting areas, field trails for nature study, hiking, horseback riding, swimming, skin diving, boating and fishing, where otherwise legally permitted and regulated.
      (3)   Grazing, farming, gardening and harvesting of crops and forestry and nursery practices, where otherwise legally permitted and regulated.
      (4)   Operation and maintenance of existing dams and other water control devices and temporary alteration or diversion of water levels or circulation for emergency maintenance or aquaculture purposes, if in compliance with State statutes.
(Ord. 260-A-204. Passed 8-13-90; Ord. Passed 10-30-23.)