Mobile homes
In a town in which a countywide zoning ordinance is effective, a town ordinance which purports to regulate the location of individual mobile homes is a zoning ordinance which can only be enacted in compliance with the provisions of sec. 60.74(7) or (8), Stats. Once the exercise of town zoning authority under sec. 60.74(7), Stats., is approved by referendum, town zoning ordinances and amendments need only be approved by the County Board. Section 60.74(7), Stats., requires the appropriate town authorities to hold a public hearing on town zoning, but no further hearing by the county authorities is required. 65-288
The authority of a county to regulate house trailers or mobile homes under the county zoning authority set forth in sec. 59.97, Stats., and other zoning questions, discussed. 62-292
Multi-family residences
See also Foster homes
A community living arrangement which has a capacity for eight or fewer persons and which meets all other statutory criteria is entitled to locate in any zoning district where single or multi-family residences are a permitted use. Any such community living arrangement which has a capacity of from nine to fifteen persons is entitled to locate in any zoning district where multi-family residences containing more than two families are a permitted use, and is entitled to apply for special zoning permission to locate in any zoning district where single or two family uses are permitted. Such a community living arrangement which has a capacity of more than fifteen persons is entitled to apply for special zoning permission to locate in any zoning district where single or multi-family uses are permitted. A community living arrangement which meets all applicable statutory criteria is not entitled to locate in an exclusive agricultur
Municipalities
A town board, granted village powers under sec. 60.18(12), Stats., is not required to petition its County Board prior to adopting a town zoning ordinance. Sec. 60.74(1)(am) and (7), Stats. However, where the county has adopted a zoning ordinance under sec. 59.97, Stats., such town zoning ordinance will not become effective and cannot be enforced unless and until the county takes positive action approving such town ordinance. 62-139
Natural Resources, Department of
The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is not subject to local zoning ordinances with respect to its construction of any building, structure or facility whose purpose is to assure the general public access to outdoor recreational areas, rather than to facilitate the internal operations of DNR as a state agency. 81-56
Real estate broker
Provisions in Executive Order 67 (1973), with respect to duty of real estate broker to advise prospective purchasers of floodplain zoning status of property, do not constitute new standard but suggest course of action Real Estate Examining Board might take. Action to be taken would depend on facts in each case. 63-236
Shorelands
Towns exercising village powers can zone shorelands concurrently with counties, provided that the town ordinance is in conformance with or more restrictive than the county ordinance. 65-108
State
Under sec. 13.48(13), Stats., the State is subject to local governmental zoning regulations when remodeling a newly acquired or leased facility. 67-251
Towns
A town with village powers that is subject to a county zoning ordinance is not prohibited by statute from any and all regulation of driveway installation. A town which is subject to a county zoning ordinance that contains no limitation on the issuance of county zoning permits may not set a quota on the number of residential building permits that the town will issue each year. 76-60
Under the provisions of sec. 59.97(5)(c), Stats., town board approval of a comprehensive county zoning ordinance must extend to such ordinance in its entirety and may not extend only to parts of such ordinance. 63-199
Transportation, Department of
The jurisdiction of the Secretary of Transportation with respect to control over the erection of high structures is limited by the provisions contained in sec. 114.135(7), Stats., to those structures that either extend to a height of more than 500 feet above the ground or surface of the water within one mile of the location of the object, or a height determined by the ratio of one foot vertical to 40 feet horizontal measured from the nearest boundary of the nearest public airport in the State. If a local zoning ordinance, rule or regulation permits the erection of structures, which exceed these heights, a conflict of jurisdiction would arise and the Secretary could invoke sec. 114.135(9), Stats., to resolve the conflict. 62-232
Variance
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