Environmentally Sensitive Areas

Environmentally Sensitive Areas. The Committee shall encourage land division or other development activity, including any activity stipulated in a MOA, to occur in a manner which the Committee deems will not significantly degrade or deplete, or compromise the function or integrity, of any Environmentally Sensitive Areas ("ESA"). The location of ESA shall reflect the most current and best data and information available to the Agency at the time of administration and enforcement of this Ordinance. ESA shall include all of the following:(a) Floodplain - Lands identified as floodplain by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), as delineated in accordance with the most current FEMA floodplain maps adopted by the Rock County Board of Supervisors(b) Groundwater protection areas - Lands identified as groundwater protectionareas, as delineated by the Agency(c) Hydric soils- Lands with soils identified as hydric, as delineated by the Agency(d) Kettles and depressional topography - Lands identified as kettles and/or depressional topography, as delineated by the Agency(e) Natural areas- Lands with scores of five (5) or higher, in accordance with theRock County Natural Areas Survey- 2001(f) Shallow bedrock - Lands identified with bedrock within twenty (20) inches ofthe surface, as delineated by the Agency(g) Shorelands- Lands identified within seventy-five (75) feet of the ordinary highwater mark of a surface water feature(h) Steep slopes- Lands identified with slopes sixteen percent (16%) and greater, as delineated by the Agency(i) Wetland - Lands identified as wetland, as delineated by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources or another qualified entity(j) Wetland buffers - Lands identified within fifty (50) feet of wetlands, as delineated by the Agency环境敏感区（Environmentally Sensitive Areas，ESA）。委员会应推动土地分割或其他开发活动（包括协议备忘录（Memorandum of Agreement, MOA）中规定的任何活动）以委员会认定的方式开展，确保此类活动不会显著退化、耗竭任何环境敏感区，或损害其功能与完整性。环境敏感区的划定范围应以本条例实施与执行时，主管机构可获取的最新最优数据与信息为依据。环境敏感区应包含以下全部类型： (a) 洪泛区——由联邦紧急事务管理局（Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA）认定为洪泛区的土地，其划定依据为洛克县监事会采用的最新版FEMA洪泛区地图； (b) 地下水保护区——由主管机构划定的地下水保护区范围内的土地； (c) 湿土（Hydric soils）——由主管机构划定的、被认定为湿土的土地； (d) 冰碛湖与洼地地形——由主管机构划定的、被认定为冰碛湖和/或洼地地形的土地； (e) 自然区域——符合2001年《洛克县自然区域调查》标准，评分达到5分（含）及以上的土地； (f) 浅埋藏基岩——由主管机构划定的、地表以下20英寸（含）范围内存在基岩的土地； (g) 岸带区域——位于地表水体普通高水位线75英尺（含）范围内的土地； (h) 陡坡——由主管机构划定的、坡度达到16%（含）及以上的土地； (i) 湿地——由威斯康星州自然资源部或其他合格机构认定为湿地的土地； (j) 湿地缓冲区——由主管机构划定的、位于湿地周边50英尺（含）范围内的土地。