Examples of Zoning Districts and Issue not covered in assessment:

Environmentally Sensitive Areas: Defined by Federal, State, and County requirements

Wetlands

Dunelands

Inland Lakes and Streams and Ponds

Great Lakes/Lake Michigan Shoreline

Flood Plains and Floodways

Dominant Ridgeline

Soil Erosion

Conservation District

Permitted Uses:

Parks

Playgrounds

Conservation Areas

Customary accessory use

Special/Conditional Uses:

Marinas and launching ramps (no refreshment or incidental restaurant facilities

Recreation

Refreshment and service structures under supervision of municipal authorities and provided no structures are erected in an area subject to flooding

Dominant Ridgeline:

A line including vegetation, at the top of a hill or hills, which background is open sky as seen from a public road, at elevation above 650 ft. mean sea level (USGS)

1. Naturally reduce the pronounced appearance of structures without interfering with the scenic views from within those structures. Those that are treed, and those trees form a background for the roofline of a structure, no additional vegetation is required.

2. Structures shall be placed downgrade of the dominant ridgeline, unless said structures area screened with background and/or lateral plantings so as not to be the primary ridgeline element seen from a public road during the first week of July.

C. Exempted are towers permitted and agricultural barns and silos