State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Wisconsin > 31 > 31.05

31.05

31.05 Applications for permits to construct. Any person, firm, corporation or municipality desiring a permit to construct, operate and maintain a dam shall file with the department a written application therefor, setting forth:

31.05(1)

(1) The name of the navigable waters in or across which a dam is proposed to be constructed and a specific description of the site for the proposed dam.

31.05(2)

(2) The purpose or purposes for which the proposed dam is to be constructed, operated and maintained.

31.05(3)

(3) In case the application is for a permit to construct, operate and maintain a dam for a private purpose, proof satisfactory to the department that the applicant owns or has an enforceable option to purchase the described dam site and at least 65% of the land to be flowed, or the flowage rights on at least 65% of such land. This subsection shall not apply to a person who has the power of eminent domain.

31.05(4)

(4) A general description of the proposed dam, of the material to be used in the construction thereof, and a general description of all booms, piers, and other protection works to be constructed in connection therewith.

31.05(5)

(5) The approximate amount of hydraulic power that the proposed dam is capable of developing.

31.05(6)

(6) The name of the city, village or town in which the site of the proposed dam will be located and the name of the nearest existing dam above and below the site of the proposed dam.

31.05(7)

(7) A map on the scale of not less than one inch per 1,000 feet showing the lands that may be affected by the construction, operation or maintenance of the proposed dam, or by any flowage that may be caused thereby and approximately the outline of such flowage, which map shall indicate the ownership of each tract of land within the flowage.

31.05(8)

(8) Such additional information of any nature that may be required by the department.

31.05 - ANNOT.

History: 1975 c. 349; 1993 a. 246.

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Wisconsin > 31 > 31.05

31.05

31.05 Applications for permits to construct. Any person, firm, corporation or municipality desiring a permit to construct, operate and maintain a dam shall file with the department a written application therefor, setting forth:

31.05(1)

(1) The name of the navigable waters in or across which a dam is proposed to be constructed and a specific description of the site for the proposed dam.

31.05(2)

(2) The purpose or purposes for which the proposed dam is to be constructed, operated and maintained.

31.05(3)

(3) In case the application is for a permit to construct, operate and maintain a dam for a private purpose, proof satisfactory to the department that the applicant owns or has an enforceable option to purchase the described dam site and at least 65% of the land to be flowed, or the flowage rights on at least 65% of such land. This subsection shall not apply to a person who has the power of eminent domain.

31.05(4)

(4) A general description of the proposed dam, of the material to be used in the construction thereof, and a general description of all booms, piers, and other protection works to be constructed in connection therewith.

31.05(5)

(5) The approximate amount of hydraulic power that the proposed dam is capable of developing.

31.05(6)

(6) The name of the city, village or town in which the site of the proposed dam will be located and the name of the nearest existing dam above and below the site of the proposed dam.

31.05(7)

(7) A map on the scale of not less than one inch per 1,000 feet showing the lands that may be affected by the construction, operation or maintenance of the proposed dam, or by any flowage that may be caused thereby and approximately the outline of such flowage, which map shall indicate the ownership of each tract of land within the flowage.

31.05(8)

(8) Such additional information of any nature that may be required by the department.

31.05 - ANNOT.

History: 1975 c. 349; 1993 a. 246.

State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Wisconsin > 31 > 31.05

31.05

31.05 Applications for permits to construct. Any person, firm, corporation or municipality desiring a permit to construct, operate and maintain a dam shall file with the department a written application therefor, setting forth:

31.05(1)

(1) The name of the navigable waters in or across which a dam is proposed to be constructed and a specific description of the site for the proposed dam.

31.05(2)

(2) The purpose or purposes for which the proposed dam is to be constructed, operated and maintained.

31.05(3)

(3) In case the application is for a permit to construct, operate and maintain a dam for a private purpose, proof satisfactory to the department that the applicant owns or has an enforceable option to purchase the described dam site and at least 65% of the land to be flowed, or the flowage rights on at least 65% of such land. This subsection shall not apply to a person who has the power of eminent domain.

31.05(4)

(4) A general description of the proposed dam, of the material to be used in the construction thereof, and a general description of all booms, piers, and other protection works to be constructed in connection therewith.

31.05(5)

(5) The approximate amount of hydraulic power that the proposed dam is capable of developing.

31.05(6)

(6) The name of the city, village or town in which the site of the proposed dam will be located and the name of the nearest existing dam above and below the site of the proposed dam.

31.05(7)

(7) A map on the scale of not less than one inch per 1,000 feet showing the lands that may be affected by the construction, operation or maintenance of the proposed dam, or by any flowage that may be caused thereby and approximately the outline of such flowage, which map shall indicate the ownership of each tract of land within the flowage.

31.05(8)

(8) Such additional information of any nature that may be required by the department.

31.05 - ANNOT.

History: 1975 c. 349; 1993 a. 246.