Wisconsin § 30.2039 - Great Lakes and river waterfront property.

§ 30.2039. Great Lakes and river waterfront property.

30.2039(1) (1) Definitions. In this section: 30.2039(1)(a) (a) “Concession” means a private allowable use that is a structure or facility that provides lodging, restaurant and food and beverage services, or retail services supporting the public interest in navigable waters and that support public access and use of navigable waters. 30.2039(1)(b) (b) “Great Lakes water” means Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Green Bay, or Sturgeon Bay. 30.2039(1)(c) (c) Notwithstanding s. 30.01 (4) , “municipality” means a city or village. 30.2039(1)(d) (d) “Public use” means public access and use, including the provision of, access to, and use of parkland, trails and roads, and public recreational facilities. 30.2039(1)(e) (e) “Record title holder” means a person with a claim of ownership of property based on a recorded conveyance of an ownership interest in the property. 30.2039(1)(f) (f) “Upland” means property that remained at an elevation above the current ordinary high water mark from December 9, 1977, to March 29, 2024, other than for temporary maintenance activities or because of accretion or reliction. 30.2039(2) (2) Waterfront development plan. 30.2039(2)(a) (a) Authority. A municipality may create a waterfront development plan with respect to parcels that include land that may have been part of a riverbed or that may have been part of the submerged bed of a Great Lakes water at the time of statehood. 30.2039(2)(b) (b) Elements of the plan. A municipality shall include all of the following information in a waterfront development plan under this subsection: 30.2039(2)(b)1. 1. A map identifying parcels of land that are subject to the proposed plan area. 30.2039(2)(b)2. 2. An approximate delineation of the shoreland at statehood based on existing government survey maps. 30.2039(2)(b)3. 3. A delineation of upland areas. In determining whether portions of the proposed plan area are upland, the municipality may use photographs, survey data, publicly available global positioning system mapping, geographic information system mapping, or other documentation. 30.2039(2)(b)4. 4. A delineation of any area that is subject to a lake bed grant or a submerged land lease, a bulkhead line established under s.