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Sec.45-212.-Activities allowed within a vegetative buffer zone. To protect water quality,fish and wildlife habitat and natural scenic beauty,and to promote preservation and restoration of native vegetation,the county ordinance shall designate land that extends from the ordinary high water mark to 35 feet inland as a vegetative buffer zone and prohibit removal of vegetation in the vegetative buffer zone except as follows: (1) The county may allow routine maintenance of vegetation. (2) The county may allow removal of trees and shrubs in the vegetative buffer zone to create access and viewing corridors.No filling and/or grading is allowed within the access and viewing corridors.Tree stumps should be removed by a stump grinder to preserve existing grade.Per Wis.Stats.§59.692(1f)(b),the viewing corridor may be at least 35 feet wide for every 100-foot increment of shoreline frontage.The viewing corridor may run contiguously for the entire maximum width of shoreline frontage owned.For lots with less than 100 feet of shoreline frontage,the viewing corridor can be up to 35 percent of the shoreline frontage. For lots over 100 feet of shoreline frontage,the viewing corridor will be 35 feet for every 100-foot increment of shoreline frontage.Some examples are: 100.00-199.99 feet of shoreline frontage gets 35 feet of corridor, 200.00-299.99 feet of shoreline frontage gets 70 feet of corridor,300.00-399.99 feet of shoreline frontage gets 105 feet of corridor,400.00-499.99 feet of shoreline gets 140 feet of corridor,this pattern continues on. (3) The county may allow removal of trees and shrubs in the vegetative buffer zone on a parcel with ten or more acres of forested land consistent with"generally accepted forestry management practices"as defined in Wis.Admin.Code§NR 1.25(2)(b),and described in Department publication"Wisconsin Forest Management Guidelines"(publication FR-226), provided that vegetation removal be consistent with these practices. (4) The county may allow removal of vegetation within the vegetative buffer zone to manage exotic or invasive species,damaged vegetation,vegetation that must be removed to control disease,or vegetation creating an imminent safety hazard,provided that any vegetation removed be replaced by replanting in the same area as soon as practicable. (5) The county may authorize by permit additional vegetation management activities in the vegetative buffer zone.The permit issued under this subsection shall require that all management activities comply with detailed plans approved by the county and designed to control erosion by limiting sedimentation into the waterbody,to improve the plant community by replanting in the same area,and to maintain and monitor the newly restored area.The permit also shall require an enforceable restriction to preserve the newly restored area. Note:Wis.Stats.§59.692(1f)(a)prohibits counties from requiring a property owner to establish a vegetative buffer zone on previously developed land or expand an existing vegetative buffer zone.However,as part of a counties shoreland mitigation standards,the establishment or expansion of the vegetative buffer may remain an option. (Res.No.2017-05,2-23-2017) State Law reference—Similar provisions,Wis.Admin.Code§NR 115.05(1)(c)2.