(A) The draining of any wetland is an activity expressly prohibited under Act 203; any activity occurring within the wetlands will be done in accordance with Public Act 203.
(B) Except for those activities expressly permitted by § 151.25, it shall be unlawful for any person to conduct any activity with a wetlands area without first having obtained a use permit upon proper application, including but not limited to the following:
(1) Depositing or permitting the depositing of any material, including but not limited to, hazardous chemicals, non-biodegradable aquatic pesticides and herbicides and harmful fertilizers into, within or upon any watercourse or wetland area;
(2) Dredging, removing or permitting the dredging or removal of material or minerals from a watercourse or wetland area;
(3) Erecting or building any structure including, but not limited to, buildings, roadways, bridges of any type, tennis courts, paving, utility or private poles or towers within or upon any watercourse or wetland area;
(4) Constructing, operating or maintaining any land use or development in a wetland or watercourse area;
(5) Enlarging, diminishing or altering any lake, stream or other naturally occurring watercourse;
(6) Creating, enlarging or diminishing any natural or artificially constructed canal, channel, ditch, lagoon, pond, lake or other waterway for navigation or any other purpose, whether or not connected to an existing lake, stream or watercourse;
(7) Constructing, placing, enlarging, extending or removing any temporary, seasonal or permanent operation or structure upon bottomland or wetlands, except seasonal docks, rafts, diving platforms and other water recreational devices customarily owned and used by individual households;
(8) Constructing, extending, enlarging or connecting any conduit, pipe, culvert or open or closed drainage facility carrying storm water runoff from any site, or any other land use permitting discharge of silt, sediment, organic or inorganic material, chemicals, fertilizers, flammable liquids or other polluting substances except in accordance with requirements of county, state, federal agencies and the Village of Pinckney;
(9) Constructing, enlarging, extending or connecting any private or public sewage or waste treatment plant discharge to any lake, pond, stream, watercourse or wetland, except in accordance with requirements of county, state, federal agencies and the Village of Pinckney; and
(10) Developments that increase the use of human density upon a wetland or watercourse that would threaten the natural character of the resource or produce a recreational impact beyond the capacity of the lake and/or stream to provide for the health and safety of existing users.
(Ord. 34, passed 7-24-1989) Penalty, see § 151.99