NR 116.05 Adoption and upgrading of floodplain zoning ordinances. NR 116.06 Areas to be regulated. NR 116.07 Standards for hydrologic and hydraulic studies. NR 116.08 Uses downstream of dams. NR 116.09 Data required to be shown on floodplain zoning maps. NR 116.10 Conflicts between water surface profiles and floodplain zoning maps. NR 116.11 Criteria for establishing and rezoning floodplain districts. NR 116.12 Development standards in floodway areas. NR 116.13 Development standards in floodfringe areas. NR 116.14 Development standards in other floodplain areas. NR 116.15 Nonconforming uses and nonconforming buildings. NR 116.17 Levees, floodwalls and channel improvements. NR 116.18 Procedures for changing floodplain, floodway, floodfringe, shallow depth flooding, flood storage and coastal floodplain district limits. NR 116.19 Appointment and duties of zoning administrator, zoning agency and board of adjustment or appeals. NR 116.20 Municipal responsibilities. NR 116.21 Permits, special exceptions, conditional uses, variances, appeals and amendments. NR 116.22 Department duties. Ch. NR 116 NoteNote: Chapter NR 116 as it existed on February 28, 1986 was repealed and a new chapter NR 116 was created effective March 1, 1986.
NR 116.01(1)(1) The Wisconsin legislature in enacting chapter 614, laws of 1965, recognized that floodplain zoning is a necessary tool to protect human life, health and to minimize property damages and economic losses. Municipalities are required by s. 87.30 (1), Stats., to adopt reasonable and effective floodplain zoning ordinances within their respective jurisdictions to regulate all floodplains where serious flood damage may occur within one year after hydraulic and engineering data adequate to formulate the ordinance becomes available. If a municipality has a floodplain zoning ordinance already in effect, the provisions in s. NR 116.05 shall apply. NR 116.01(2)(2) The purpose of these rules is to provide a uniform basis for the preparation and implementation of sound floodplain regulations for all Wisconsin municipalities, to: NR 116.01(2)(b)(b) Minimize expenditures of public monies for costly flood control projects; NR 116.01(2)(c)(c) Minimize rescue and relief efforts, generally undertaken at the expense of the general public;