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Lower Wisconsin State Riverway — Wis. Stat. § 30.40 et seq. (WI)

Tracked preemption from the Wisconsin overlay bundle.

Overview

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Effective
1989-08-09
Sunset
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Authority
state
Scope
state:WI
Other Wisconsin preemptions
Wisconsin Livestock Facility Siting — Wis. Stat. § 93.90 + ATCP 51 (CAFO preemption)Wisconsin Nonmetallic Mining (Frac Sand) Reclamation — Wis. Stat. Ch. 295 + NR 135Wisconsin Local Historic Preservation — Wis. Stat. § 44.44 (Certified Ordinance)Fort McCoy / Volk Field AICUZ + Military Influence Area — federal/local coordinationWisconsin Brownfield Response / Spill Law — Wis. Stat. § 292.11 + DNR RR ProgramWisconsin Farmland Preservation — Wis. Stat. Ch. 91Wisconsin Tax Increment Law (TIF) — Wis. Stat. § 66.1105Lower St. Croix National Scenic Riverway — Wis. Stat. § 30.27

Trigger predicate

When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.

parcel.in_lower_wisconsin_state_riverway == True

Preempted fields

3 fields on the base district schema are rewritten when the trigger fires.

FieldOpValueNote
review_typerequirelower_wisconsin_state_riverway_board_permitThe Lower Wisconsin State Riverway Board (LWSRB) issues permits for development within the riverway corridor — Prairie du Sac dam downstream to the Mississippi River confluence. Scenic-impact rules apply in the 75-ft river edge zone and the 200-ft bluff zone.
base_districts[*].timber_harvest_and_clearingrestrictselection_cutting_minimum_basal_area_standards_in_river_edge_and_bluff_zones
base_districts[*].max_building_height_visible_from_river_ftcap_atbelow_tree_canopy_in_visual_protection_zones

Citation

Authority source
Wis. Stat. §§ 30.40–30.49 (Lower Wisconsin State Riverway); 1989 Wis. Act 31
https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/statutes/30.40

Research notes

Scenic-protection overlay spanning Sauk, Dane, Iowa, Richland, Grant, and Crawford counties (~92 mi corridor). Governs visual impact, timber, structures, and earth-moving in the river edge zone (75 ft landward of tree growth) and bluff zone (200 ft straddling the bluff line). LWSRB permitting runs concurrently with county shoreland zoning under §59.692.