Persons interested in pond construction should always contact the DNR.

SHAWANO COUNTY POND REQUIREMENTS

1. Is the pond within 300 ft. of “navigable water”

No: go to step 2

Yes: 1a Pond will ultimately be connected with water

No – go to step 1b

Yes – Conditional Use Permit required per & 7.22 Shoreland Ordinance

1b Slopes are less than 12%:

Will disturb less than 2000 sq. ft. -- $60 SHAWANO COUNTY LAND-USE PERMIT

Will disturb more than above – CUP per & 7.21(3) Shoreland Ordinance

1c Slopes are 12-20%:

Will disturb less than 1000 sq. ft. -- $60 SHAWANO COUNTY LAND-USE PERMIT

Will disturb more than above – CUP per &7.21(2) Shoreland Ordinance

2. Is the pond in a Residential or AG-1 zoning district?

No: go to step 3

Yes: 1a Ponds in AG-1 designed by NRCS or LCD that are not in shoreland require only a $60 pond permit

1b Privately-designed ponds in AG-1 or any pond in Residential require CUP

3. $60 SHAWANO COUNTY LAND-USE PERMIT

IN ALL CASES

• placement of less than 200 cubic yards of spoils requires a $60 FILL PERMIT for the parcel on which the spoils are placed.
• placement of spoils in excess of 200 cubic yards requires a CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT for the parcel on which the spoils are placed.

IN SHORELAND AREAS, spoils shall not be piled waterward of the disturbed area. Spoils placed elsewhere should be stabilized as soon as possible.

Contact: Shawano County Planning & Development Department

Phone: (715) 526-6766 or (920) 822-9135

DNR REQUIREMENTS

A permit may be required if a pond is in a wetland or within 500’ of navigable water.

Not need permit: highway projects, ag uses, irrigation ponds for ag, DOT borrow pits

Activities eligible for EDR – exemption determination request:

Wildlife scrape through NRCS

Stormwater pond in an upland

Landscape pond in an upland

Dredge of previously permitted pond to original dimensions (county should require new permit)

Requiring ‘general permits’

Wildlife ponds, landscape ponds, stormwater ponds

Individual permit

Ponds in a wetland, w/in 500 feet of trout water, rip-rap is really fubar

Emergency rules: permits required on waters of.........

Special natural resources interest

Public rights feature

If pond is larger than an acre, must have DNR stormwater permit before pond permit issuance.

Contact: Department of Natural Resources, 647 Lakeland Road, Shawano WI 54166

Office hours are by appointment only.

Phone: (715) 524-2183 (Phone calls are transferred to the Green Bay Office)

ARMY CORPS

Requires permit for creation of ponds where ‘de minimis’ discharge will occur (e.g. the spoils spilling into a wetland in front of a moving bulldozer blade. Ponds dug with backhoe or dragline may not require permit.)

Contact: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Suite 211, Old Fort Square

211 North Broadway Street, Green Bay WI 54303

Phone: (920) 448-2824 Fax: (920) 448-2823