Legislative Tweaks Have Caused More Interest In Development, Left Local Officials Playing Catch-Up...
...Recent changes to Wisconsin`s shoreland zoning rules have caused interest in lakefront development to spike in some counties. But they`ve also left local officials sorting through complex and often-overlapping requirements governing where waterfront owners can build.
...Recent changes to Wisconsin`s shoreland zoning rules have caused interest in lakefront development to spike in some counties. But they`ve also left local officials sorting through complex and often-overlapping requirements governing where waterfront owners can build.
As part of the state budget last summer, lawmakers passed Act 55, which requires all waterfront properties to be built following the state’s minimum standard of 75 feet from the shoreline, effectively tossing out more restrictive local ordinances or lake classification systems in many northern counties meant to prevent overdevelopment or diminished water quality....
Ken Notes: This law was lobby driven and most likely written which means it will have loopholes the developers can use. It is too bad the communities and counties could not have been at the table to discuss the details. I was actually the last Local Government Liaison for Wisconsin and I left in 2004ish...
Share this article on you social outlets
Our Sponsors
- - Volume: 4 - WEEK: 20 Date: 5/10/2016 9:27:40 AM -