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All applicable use, site, or sanitary restrictions and regulations shall apply to shorelands in addition to those listed below. Shoreland regulations apply to all the lands in the unincorporated areas of Kenosha County which are:

(a) Within one thousand (1,000) feet of the ordinary high-water mark of navigable lakes, ponds or flowages.

(b) Within three hundred (300) feet of the ordinary high-water mark of navigable rivers or streams, or to the landward side of the floodplain, whichever distance is greater.

(c) Determinations of navigability and ordinary high-water mark location shall initially be made by the zoning administrator. When questions arise, the zoning administrator shall contact the appropriate office of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources for a final determination of navigability or ordinary high-water mark.

(d) Under s. 281.31(2m) Wis. Stats., notwithstanding any other provision of law or administrative rule promulgated thereunder, this shoreland zoning ordinance does not apply to:

1. Lands adjacent to farm drainage ditches if such lands are not adjacent to a natural navigable stream or river or those parts of such drainage ditches adjacent to such lands were not navigable streams before ditching.

2. Lands adjacent to artificially constructed drainage ditches, ponds or storm water retention basins that are not hydrologically connected to a natural navigable water body. [Code § 12.18-1.]