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Updated on July 29, 2008
Legal Update 98.07
Shoreland Zoning
 
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Topics Covered

Shoreland Zoning

Shoreland Zoning Glossary

  • Board of Adjustment
  • Conditional Use Permit
  • Floodplain
  • Navigable Waters
  • Ordinary High Watermark (OHWM)
  • Public Trust Doctrine
  • Shoreland
  • Variance
  • Wetlands
  • Wisconsin Wetland Inventory (WWI) Maps

Wisconsin’s Shoreland Program

  • Public Trust Doctrine
    • Muench v. Public Service Commission

History of Shoreland Zoning in Wisconsin

  • Just v. Marinette

Shoreland Zoning Standards

  • Municipal Regulation
  • Counties
  • Cities and Villages
  • Towns
  • DNR v. Walworth County Board of Adjustment

Defining Shorelands

Shoreland Zoning Minimum Standards

  • Shoreland-Wetlands
  • County of Adams v. Romeo

General Development Standards Structure

  • Minimum Lot Sizes
  • Structure Setbacks
  • Vegetative Cutting
  • Filling, Grading, Lagooning, Ditching and Excavating
  • Nonconforming uses
  • Subdivision Review
  • Sanitary Codes
  • Thompson v. La Crosse County Board of Adjustments
  • State v. Kenosha County Board of Adjustments
  • Laing v. Adams County Planning and development Department, and Boards of Adjustments
  • Onedia County v. Converse
  • Forest County v. Goode

Costs and Benefits of Shoreland Zoning

  • Private Costs
  • Public Costs
  • Private Benefits
  • Public Benefits

Conclusion

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