62.23 (6) (g) Before taking any action authorized in this subsection, the board of appeals or city council shall hold a hearing at which parties in interest and others shall have an opportunity to be heard. At least 15 days before the hearing notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be published as a class 1 notice, under ch. 985. Any such decision under this paragraph shall be subject to review by certiorari issued by a court of record in the same manner and pursuant to the same provisions as in appeals from the decisions of a board of appeals upon zoning regulations pursuant to sub. (7) (e) 10. a., except that if the decision is on an application for an approval, as defined in s. 781.10 (1) (a), the decision shall be subject to review under the procedures contained in s. 781.10.

62.23 (6) (h) In any city which that has established an official map as herein authorized, no public sewer or other municipal street utility or improvement shall may be constructed in any street, highway, or parkway until such the street, highway, or parkway is duly placed on the official map. No permit for the erection of any building shall may be issued unless a street, highway, or parkway giving access to such the proposed structure has been duly placed on the official map. Where the enforcement of the provisions of this section would entail practical difficulty or unnecessary hardship, and where the circumstances of the case do not require the structure to be related to existing or proposed streets, highways, or parkways, the applicant for such a permit may appeal from the decision of the administrative officer having charge of the issue of permits to the board of appeals in any city which that has established a board having power to make variances or exceptions in zoning regulations, and the same provisions are applied to such appeals under this paragraph and to such boards as are provided in cases of appeals on zoning regulations. The board may in passing on such an appeal under this paragraph make any reasonable exception, and issue the permit subject to conditions that will protect any future street, highway, or parkway layout. Any such decision under this paragraph shall be subject to review by certiorari issued by a court of record in the same manner and pursuant to the same provisions as in appeals from the decision of such board upon zoning regulations sub. (7) (e) 10. a., except that if the decision is on an application for an approval, as defined in s. 781.10 (1) (a), the decision shall be subject to review under the procedures contained in s. 781.10. In any city in which there is no such board of appeals the city council shall have the same powers and be subject to the same restrictions, and the same method of court review shall be available. For such purpose such of appeal under this paragraph, the council is authorized to act as a discretionary administrative or quasi-judicial body. When so acting it shall not sit as a legislative body, but in a separate meeting and with separate minutes kept.

62.23 (7) (b) Districts. For any and all of said purposes the council may divide the city into districts of such number, shape, and area as may be deemed best suited to carry out the purposes of this section; and within such districts it may regulate and restrict the erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration or use of buildings, structures or land. All such regulations shall be uniform for each class or kind of buildings and for the use of land throughout each district, but the regulations in one district may differ from those in other districts. No ordinance enacted or regulation adopted under this subsection may prohibit forestry operations that are in accordance with generally accepted forestry management practices, as defined under s. 823.075 (1) (d). The council may establish mixed-use districts that contain any combination of uses, such as industrial, commercial, public, or residential uses, in a compact urban form. The council may with the consent of the owners establish special districts, to be called planned development districts, with regulations in each, which in addition to those provided in par. (c), will over a period of time tend to promote the maximum benefit from coordinated area site planning, and diversified location of structures and which may have mixed compatible uses. Such regulations shall provide for a safe and efficient system for pedestrian and vehicular traffic, attractive recreation and landscaped open spaces, economic design and location of public and private utilities and community facilities and insure ensure adequate standards of construction and planning. Such regulations may also provide for the development of the land in such districts with one or more principal structures and related accessory uses, and in planned development districts and mixed-use districts the regulations need not be uniform.

62.23 (7) (de) 5. If a city denies a person's conditional use permit application, the person may appeal the decision to the circuit court under the procedures contained in par. (e) 10. a., or if the decision is on an application for an approval, as defined in s. 781.10 (1) (a), under the procedures described in par. (e) 10. b.

62.23 (7) (e) 10. b. Notwithstanding subd. 10. a., a decision of the board of appeals on an application for an approval, as defined in s. 781.10 (1) (a), is subject to review under the procedures contained in s. 781.10.

66.10015 (title) Limitation on development regulation authority and down zoning.

66.10015 (1m) Applicability of definitions. The definitions under sub. (1) do not apply to s. 66.10016.

66.10015 (3) (title) Zoning ordinance amendments.

66.10015 (3) (a) Except as provided in par. (b) and ss. 59.69 (5) (e) 5m., 60.61 (4) (c) 3., and 62.23 (7) (d) 2m., the enactment of a zoning amendment shall be approved by a simple majority of a quorum of the members-elect.

66.10016 Permits for residential housing developments. (1) In this section:

(a) “Permit” means any permit or administrative approval required to proceed with a residential housing development. “Permit” does not include a change to an existing ordinance or zoning classification of land or an approval of a conditional use as defined under s. 59.69 (5e) (a) 1., 60.61 (4e) (a) 1., or 62.23 (7) (de) 1. a.

(b) “Political subdivision” means a city, village, town, or county.

(2) The definitions under s. 66.10015 (1) do not apply to this section.

(3) If a person submits a complete application for a permit related to a residential housing development meeting all existing requirements that must be satisfied to obtain the permit at the time the application is filed, the political subdivision shall grant the application. An application is deemed complete under this subsection if it complies with form and content requirements. An application is filed under this subsection on the date that the political subdivision receives the application.

(4) A person aggrieved by a political subdivision's failure to approve an application under sub. (3) may seek relief through an action for mandamus as provided in ch. 783. If the court finds that the political subdivision improperly failed to approve the application under sub. (3), the court shall issue a writ of mandamus ordering the political subdivision to approve the application. For purposes of any mandamus claim filed under this subsection, substantial damages or injury shall be assumed.