Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 30 - Navigable waters, harbors and navigation.
30.78 - Local regulation of seaplanes.

30.78 Local regulation of seaplanes.
(1) City, village and town ordinances. Any city, village or town adjoining or surrounding any waters may, after public hearing, by ordinance:
(a) Prescribe reasonable safety regulations relating to the operation on the surface of such waters of any aircraft capable of landing on water.
(b) Prescribe the areas which may be used as a landing and take-off strip for the aircraft or prohibit the use of the waters altogether.
(c) Provide proper and reasonable penalties for the violation of any such ordinance.
(1g) Lake district ordinances.
(a) A public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district, after public hearing, may enact and enforce local ordinances applicable to a lake entirely within its boundaries if each town, village and city having jurisdiction on the lake adopts a resolution authorizing the lake district to do so.
(b) Ordinances authorized under par. (a) are limited to the type of ordinances authorized under sub. (1) (a) to (c).
(c) If any town, village or city having jurisdiction on the lake rescinds the resolution authorizing the public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district to enact and enforce ordinances under this paragraph, the lake district ordinances are void.
(1r) Notice to department of transportation. The department of transportation shall receive timely notice of the public hearing required under subs. (1) and (1g) and shall have an opportunity to present testimony on the proposed ordinance. An ordinance under sub. (1) (b) or (1g) that regulates or restricts an area of surface waters for landing or take-off purposes shall be filed with the department of transportation.
(2) Marking of regulated or restricted areas. Any ordinance that regulates or restricts an area of surface waters under sub. (1) or (1g) shall direct that the area be marked by standard marking devices.
(3) Conflicting ordinances.
(a) If a public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district enacts an ordinance under sub. (1g), the lake district ordinance supersedes all conflicting provisions of a town, village or city ordinance enacted under sub. (1) that are applicable to that lake.
(b) Any conflict in jurisdiction arising from the enactment of ordinances by 2 or more municipalities shall be resolved under s. 66.0105.
History: 1975 c. 269; 1989 a. 159; 1993 a. 167; 1999 a. 150 s. 672.

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Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations

Chapter 30 - Navigable waters, harbors and navigation.

30.01 - Definitions.

30.025 - Permit procedure for utility facilities.

30.027 - Lower Wisconsin State Riverway.

30.03 - Enforcement of forfeitures; abatement of nuisances; infringement of public rights.

30.05 - Applicability of chapter to municipally-owned submerged shorelands.

30.053 - Applicability of chapter to artificial water bodies and certain impoundments.

30.056 - Exemption from certain permit requirements.

30.06 - Waiver of certain provisions of this chapter.

30.07 - Transportation of aquatic plants and animals; placement of objects in navigable waters.

30.10 - Declarations of navigability.

30.102 - Website information.

30.103 - Identification of ordinary high-water mark by town sanitary district.

30.105 - Determining footage of shoreline.

30.11 - Establishment of bulkhead lines.

30.12 - Structures and deposits in navigable waters.

30.121 - Regulation of boathouses and houseboats.

30.122 - Unauthorized structures.

30.123 - Bridges and culverts.

30.124 - Waterfowl habitat management.

30.125 - Shoreline maintenance in outlying waters.

30.1255 - Report on control of aquatic nuisance species.

30.126 - Regulation of fishing rafts.

30.13 - Regulation of wharves, piers and swimming rafts; establishment of pierhead lines.

30.131 - Wharves and piers placed and maintained by persons other than riparian owners.

30.132 - Riparian rights.

30.133 - Prohibition against conveyance of riparian rights.

30.1335 - Marina condominiums.

30.134 - Use of exposed shore areas along streams.

30.135 - Regulation of water ski platforms and jumps.

30.14 - Reports of and hearings on violations.

30.15 - Penalty for unlawful obstruction of navigable waters.

30.16 - Removal of obstructions to navigation.

30.18 - Withdrawal of water from lakes and streams.

30.19 - Enlargement and protection of waterways.

30.195 - Changing of stream courses.

30.196 - Enclosure of navigable waters; issuance of permits to municipalities.

30.20 - Removal of material from beds of navigable waters.

30.201 - Financial assurance for nonmetallic mining.

30.202 - Dredge disposal in and near the Mississippi, St. Croix and Black rivers by the U.S. corps of engineers.

30.2022 - Activities of department of transportation.

30.2023 - Seawalls; Wolf River and Fox River basins.

30.2025 - Lake Koshkonong comprehensive project.

30.2026 - Lake Belle View and Sugar River project.

30.203 - Lake Winnebago comprehensive project.

30.2035 - Shoreline protection study.

30.2037 - Big Silver Lake high-water mark.

30.2038 - Milwaukee shoreline established.

30.204 - Lake acidification experiment.

30.205 - Water resources development projects.

30.206 - General permits.

30.2065 - General permit for certain wetland restoration activities.

30.207 - General permit pilot program.

30.208 - Applications for individual permits and contracts; department determinations.

30.209 - Contracts and individual permits; administrative and judicial review.

30.2095 - Limits and conditions for permits and contracts.

30.21 - Use of beds of Great Lakes by public utilities.

30.24 - Bluff protection.

30.25 - Wolf River protection.

30.255 - Florence Wild Rivers Interpretive Center.

30.26 - Wild rivers.

30.265 - Adopt a river program.

30.27 - Lower St. Croix River preservation.

30.275 - Scenic urban waterways.

30.277 - Urban rivers grant program.

30.28 - Fees for permits, other approvals, and determinations.

30.285 - Records of exemptions and permitted activities.

30.29 - Operation of motor vehicles in waters prohibited.

30.291 - Inspections for certain exemptions and permitted activities.

30.292 - Parties to a violation.

30.294 - Nuisances, abatement.

30.298 - Penalties.

30.30 - Municipal authority to make harbor improvements.

30.31 - Procedural and other requirements to be followed in making harbor improvements.

30.32 - Contracts; competitive bidding; exceptions.

30.33 - Harbor railway belt lines.

30.34 - Financing harbor improvements and operations generally.

30.35 - Financing harbor improvements through bonds or notes.

30.37 - Boards of harbor commissioners authorized.

30.38 - Powers and duties of boards of harbor commissioners.

30.40 - Definitions.

30.41 - Creation.

30.42 - Departmental duties, powers, prohibitions.

30.43 - Board duties.

30.435 - Board powers.

30.44 - Permits and waivers; board procedures.

30.443 - Erosion prevention and control.

30.445 - Piers.

30.45 - Prohibited and restricted activities in the riverway.

30.452 - Prohibited activities in the river.

30.455 - Department of transportation activities.

30.46 - Agricultural use.

30.47 - Restrictions on recreational use.

30.48 - Applicability.

30.49 - Enforcement.

30.50 - Definitions.

30.501 - Capacity plates on boats.

30.505 - Certificate of number system to conform to federal system.

30.51 - Certificate of number and registration; requirements; exemptions.

30.52 - Certificate of number and registration; application; certification and registration period; fees; issuance.

30.523 - Certification or registration card to be on board; display of decals and identification number.

30.525 - Voluntary contributions for nonmotorized boats.

30.53 - Certificate of origin; requirements; contents; guaranteed asset protection waivers.

30.531 - Certificate of title; requirements; exemptions.

30.533 - Application for certificate of title; hull and engine identification numbers.

30.535 - Department to examine records.

30.537 - Certificate of title; issuance, records, fees.

30.539 - Contents of certificate of title.

30.54 - Lost, stolen or mutilated certificates.

30.541 - Transfers of boat titles.

30.543 - Report of stolen or abandoned boats.

30.544 - Inspection of boats purchased out-of-state.

30.547 - Alterations and falsifications prohibited.

30.549 - Transfer of ownership of boats with a certificate of title, certificate of number or registration.

30.55 - Notice of abandonment or destruction of boat or change of address.

30.553 - Sharing boat title records.

30.57 - Perfection of security interests.

30.571 - Notification of person who has perfected security interest.

30.572 - Duties on creation of security interest.

30.573 - Assignment of security interest.

30.574 - Release of security interest.

30.575 - Secured party's and owner's duties.

30.576 - Method of perfecting exclusive.

30.577 - Suspension or revocation of certificate of title, certificate of number, or registration.

30.578 - Grounds for refusing issuance of certificate of title.

30.60 - Classification of motorboats.

30.61 - Lighting equipment.

30.62 - Other equipment.

30.625 - Rental of motorboats.

30.63 - Sale and use of certain outboard motors restricted.

30.635 - Motorboat prohibition.

30.64 - Patrol boats.

30.65 - Traffic rules.

30.66 - Speed restrictions.

30.67 - Accidents and accident reports.

30.675 - Distress signal flag.

30.678 - Boating safety certificates; requirements; exemptions; operation by minors.

30.68 - Prohibited operation.

30.681 - Intoxicated boating.

30.682 - Preliminary breath screening test.

30.683 - Implied consent.

30.684 - Chemical tests.

30.686 - Report arrest to department.

30.687 - Officer's action after arrest for violating intoxicated boating law.

30.69 - Water skiing.

30.70 - Skin diving.

30.71 - Disposal of waste from boats equipped with toilets.

30.72 - Watercraft use rules, Lower St. Croix River.

30.73 - Use regulations, Brule River.

30.74 - Additional functions of department.

30.742 - Water exhibitions and races; rules.

30.745 - Limited jurisdiction for administration and enforcement of navigation aids by municipalities.

30.75 - Service of process on nonresident.

30.77 - Local regulation of boating.

30.772 - Placement and use of moorings; restrictions; permits.

30.773 - Designated mooring areas.

30.78 - Local regulation of seaplanes.

30.79 - Local water safety patrols; state aids.

30.80 - Penalties.

30.81 - Local regulations on icebound inland waters.

30.90 - Public access to Lake Lions.

30.92 - Recreational boating projects.

30.99 - Parties to a violation.