12.09.040 Structures (8/6/02).
All structures, except navigational aids, piers, boat launching facilities and boat houses, and steps and stairs located above the ordinary high water mark and necessary for access to the shoreline, shall not be closer than the shore yard distance as specified in each district of this ordinance. See Section 12.38.020 for more information.
(a) The County shall not establish shoreland zoning standards that requires any of the following:
1. Approval to install or maintain outdoor lighting in shorelands, impose any fee or mitigation requirement to install or maintain outdoor lighting in shorelands, or otherwise prohibits or regulates outdoor lighting in shorelands if the lighting is designed or intended for residential use.
2. Requires any inspection or upgrade of a structure before the sale or other transfer of the structure may be made.
(b) The construction and maintenance of a facility is considered to satisfy the requirements of a shoreland zoning ordinance if:
1. The department has issued all required permits or approvals authorizing the construction or maintenance under ch. 30, 31, 281, or 283.
A “facility” means any property or equipment of a public utility, as defined in s. 196.01 (5), or a cooperative association organized under ch. 185 for the purpose of producing or furnishing heat, light, or power to its members only, that is used for the transmission, delivery, or furnishing of natural gas, heat, light, or power. [Code § 12.18-4.]