Section 326.02. Applicability.

 

(1)  This chapter shall apply to all piers and boat shelters constructed or maintained by riparians on the beds of navigable waterways for the purpose of providing improved navigation access to those waterways.

(2)  The department shall apply this chapter only in response to:

(a) Complaint by a riparian, municipality, or any other person that a pier or boat shelter exists in navigable waters in violation of s. 30.12 or 30.13 , Stats.;

(b) Complaint by a riparian that an adjacent riparian's pier or boat shelter interferes with access to navigable water;

(c) Complaint by a riparian or any other person that a pier or boat shelter interferes with rights of navigation;

(d) Request by a riparian for information regarding standards to be applied to pier or boat shelter construction;

(e) Application by a riparian for authority to construct a solid pier, any other pier requiring a permit or a permanent boat shelter under s. 30.12 , Stats.

History: Cr. Register, March, 1981, No. 303 , eff. 4-1-81; am. Register, August, 1991, No. 428 , eff. 9-1-91.