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Land Use / Zoning

• Guide to Community Planning in Wisconsin, by Brian Ohm (Shaping Dane)
• Land Use (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
  Commentary with links to U.S. Constitution, federal statutes, regulations & opinions.
• Shoreland Zoning (WI Legislative Reference Bureau, 2004)
  Access resources related to shoreland zoning in Wisconsin.
• Understanding Wisconsin Township, Range, and Section Land Descriptions (WI Geological & Natural History Survey)
• Zoning Board Handbook
  Handbook to assist zoning boards in exercising their responsibilities. Discusses zoning board procedures & standards and how board decisions must comply with such procedures & standards.
• Zoning Legal Captions (League of Wisconsin Municipalities)
  Captions of legal opinions since 1997 with notes and comments written by League staff attorneys
• Zoning Forms from Wisconsin Counties (WI State Law Library)

The Law (Additional statutes, regulations & opinions may apply to your specific situation.)

• WI Statutes: ch. 59 "Counties", sub. ch. 7 "Land Use, Information and Regulation, Environmental Protection, Surveys, Planning and Zoning"
• WI Statutes: ch. 60 "Towns", sub. ch. 8 "Land Use and Planning
• WI Statutes: s. 61.35, 61.351, 61.354 "Village Planning, ..."
• WI Statutes: s. 62.23, 62.231, 62.234 "City Planning, ..."
• WI Statutes: ch. 236 "Platting Lands and Recording and Vacating Plats"

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Last Updated: October 17, 2012 | Up to Top