Unless otherwise determined by the body undertaking the plan review, the following setbacks shall apply:
(a) A twenty-five foot setback from the boundary or edge of a wetland, as defined and regulated in Chapter 1226.
(b) A twenty-five foot setback from the ordinary high water mark of a watercourse, including, from a natural or artificial lake, pond or impoundment, river, stream or creek which may or may not be serving as a drain as defined by Act 40 of the Public Acts of 1956, as amended, or any other body of water which has definite banks, a bed and visible evidence of a continued flow or continued occurrence of water.
(c) A setback distance determined during plan review to be reasonably required in order to prevent probable and unreasonable physical intrusion in or onto a protected natural feature, taking into consideration degree of slope, soil type, the nature and type of activities anticipated to impact upon the natural feature and the nature and type of the natural feature to be protected, provided, in all events, that the setback shall not be greater than twenty-five feet. For purposes of this provision, unreasonable physical intrusion shall be deemed to be a physical intrusion which would be damaging, impairing and/or undermining to the usefulness and/or function of the natural feature. Such unreasonable physical intrusions may include an architectural feature of a dwelling or accessory building, including porches and decks, or playground equipment and other similar structures.
(Ord. 191. Passed 6-13-94.)