Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 100-199 - Environmental Protection - General › Chapter NR 115 - Wisconsin's Shoreland Protection Program › Section NR 115.06 - Department duties

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) ASSISTANCE TO COUNTIES. To the full
				extent of its available resources, the department shall provide advice and
				assistance to counties in the development, adoption, administration and
				enforcement of their shoreland zoning and land division ordinances, seeking the
				highest practicable degree of uniformity consistent with the shoreland
				protection objectives found in s.
				281.31,
				Stats. As a part of this effort, the department shall prepare a model shoreland
				zoning ordinance which counties may use in meeting the requirements of s.
				59.692,
				Stats., and this chapter.
(2)
				REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF SHORELAND ZONING AND LAND DIVISION ORDINANCES. When
				determining whether a shoreland zoning or subdivision ordinance or any
				subsequent amendment enacted by a county complies with s.
				59.692,
				Stats., the department shall compare the ordinance and amendments with the
				minimum standards and requirements for shoreland regulation in this chapter.
(a)
Initial ordinance.
The
				department shall issue a certificate of compliance when a county has, in the
				opinion of the department, complied with s.
				59.692,
				Stats., and this chapter.
(b)
Amendments to ordinance.
The department and each county shall
				assure that the county shoreland ordinance continues to comply with this
				chapter by doing the following:
1. `County
				duties.' A county shall keep its shoreland zoning and subdivision ordinances in
				compliance with s.
				59.692,
				Stats., and this chapter by doing all of the following:
a. A county shall amend its shoreland and
				subdivision ordinances to meet the minimum standards in this chapter within two
				years after October 1, 2014.
Note:
On September 12, 2010, the Secretary of
				  the Department of Natural Resources signed an executive order extending the
				  date by which a county must adopt or amend shoreland and subdivision ordinances
				  to meet the revised standards in ch. NR 115. The date was extended to February
				  1, 2014.
b. Pursuant to s.
				NR
				115.05(4) (h) and (hm), a county
				shall provide the department notice of hearing on any proposed ordinance
				amendment and a copy of any decision denying or enacting an
				amendment.
2.
				`Department duties.'
a. The department may
				periodically reevaluate county shoreland zoning and subdivision ordinances for
				continuing compliance with s.
				59.692,
				Stats., and this chapter.
b. The
				department shall review any ordinance amendment enacted pursuant to subd. 1. a.
				and shall issue a certificate of compliance when the amended ordinance, in the
				opinion of the department, complies with s.
				59.692,
				Stats., and this chapter.
(c)
Proposed amendments to
				shoreland-wetland districts.
The department shall review all proposed
				amendments to shoreland-wetland zoning districts pursuant to s.
				NR
				115.04(2) to determine whether an
				ordinance which is amended as proposed will comply with s.
				59.692,
				Stats., and this chapter.