Amendment ASA1-AB834

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1999 - 2000 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1, TO 1999 ASSEMBLY BILL 834

March 16, 2000 - Offered by Committee on Conservation and Land Use.

AB834-ASA1,1,2 An Act to amend 62.23 (7) (c) of the statutes; relating to: changing the purposes for which municipal zoning ordinances may be enacted.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

AB834-ASA1, s. 1 Section 1. 62.23 (7) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB834-ASA1,2,5 62.23 (7) (c) Purposes in view. Such regulations shall be made in accordance with a comprehensive plan and designed to lessen congestion in the streets; to secure safety from fire, panic and other dangers; to promote health and the general welfare; to provide adequate light and air, including access to sunlight for solar collectors and to wind for wind energy systems; to encourage maximum healthy densities and a mix of residential, commercial and business areas which result in pleasant walkable neighborhoods; to encourage the protection of groundwater resources; to prevent the overcrowding of land; to avoid undue concentration of population; to facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks and other public requirements; and to preserve burial sites, as defined in s. 157.70 (1) (b). Such regulations shall be made with reasonable consideration, among other things, of the character of the district and its peculiar suitability for particular uses, and with a view to conserving the value of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of land throughout such city.

AB834-ASA1,2,6 (End)