(A) Statutory authorization. This chapter is adopted pursuant to the authorization in Wis. Stats. §§ 61.35 and 61.351 and the requirements in Wis. Stats. §§ 87.30 and 281.31.
(B) Title. This chapter shall be known as the Shoreland-Wetland Zoning Code for the Village of Newburg, Washington and Ozaukee Counties, Wisconsin.
(C) Finding of fact. Uncontrolled use of the shoreland-wetlands and pollution of the navigable waters of the municipality would adversely affect the public health, safety, convenience, and general welfare and impair the tax base.
(D) Statement of purpose. The legislature of the state has delegated responsibility to all municipalities to:
(1) Promote the public health, safety, convenience, and general welfare;
(2) Maintain the stormwater and floodwater storage capacity of wetlands;
(3) Prevent and control water pollution by preserving wetlands which filter or store sediments, nutrients, heavy metals, or organic compounds that would otherwise drain into navigable waters;
(4) Protect fish, their spawning grounds, other aquatic life, and wildlife by preserving wetlands and other aquatic habitat;
(5) Prohibit certain uses detrimental to the shoreland-wetland area; and
(6) Preserve shore cover and natural beauty by restricting the removal of natural shoreland cover and controlling shoreland-wetland excavation, filling, and other earth moving activities.
(Prior Code, § 23.01)