LRB-4076/2
RCT:wlj:jf
1999 - 2000 LEGISLATURE
March 14, 2000 - Introduced by Senators Burke, Risser and Baumgart,
cosponsored by Representatives
Urban, Berceau, Black, Goetsch, J. Lehman
and Turner. Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Environmental
Resources and Campaign Finance Reform.
SB472,1,2
1An Act to create 91.75 (1m) of the statutes;
relating to: the number of lots into
2which a parcel of land in an exclusive agricultural use district may be divided.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, one of the eligibility requirements for the farmland
preservation credit is that the land to which the claim relates must be subject either
to a farmland preservation agreement or to an exclusive agricultural use zoning
ordinance that meets various requirements. Before January 1, 2001, one of the
requirements for an exclusive agricultural use zoning ordinance is that the
minimum parcel size to establish a residence or a farm operation is 35 acres.
Beginning on January 1, 2001, that requirement is replaced by a requirement that
the zoning ordinance specify a minimum lot size.
This bill establishes an additional requirement for exclusive agricultural use
zoning ordinances beginning on January 1, 2001. Under the bill, an ordinance must
provide that a parcel of land that is in an exclusive agricultural use district may not
be divided into more lots than the number of acres in the parcel on January 1, 2001,
or on the date that the parcel is first zoned for exclusive agricultural use if that date
is later, divided by 35.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB472, s. 1
1Section
1. 91.75 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB472,2,92
91.75
(1m) A parcel of land that is in an exclusive agricultural use district on
3January 1, 2001, may not be divided into more lots than the number of acres in the
4parcel on that date divided by 35, rounded to the nearest whole number. A parcel of
5land that is first zoned for exclusive agricultural use after January 1, 2001, may not
6be divided into more lots than the number of acres in the parcel when it is zoned for
7exclusive agricultural use divided by 35, rounded to the nearest whole number. A
8person who sells land that is subject to this subsection shall inform the purchaser of
9the number of lots into which the land may be divided.
SB472,2,1111
(1)
This act takes effect on January 1, 2001.
