2012AP170 Michaels v. Town of Farmington et al.
2011AP2224 Feuerstein v. Sawyer County Board of Appeals
2010AP1759 Town of Bradford v. Merriam, et al.
2010AP2398 Zwiefelhofer v. Town of Cooks Valley
2011AP663 Guse v. City of New Berlin
Among the worst things to say to a client, “I’m too busy for you” certainly ranks right up there. One Wisconsin lawyer has learned that rather elementary lesson the hard way.
Municipalities
Zoning; conditional use permits
Property Zoning; conditional use permits A revision to a municipality’s zoning code that causes a property to become a legal nonconforming use results in the CUP losing its enforceability and the property gaining the vested right to continue its historically allowed use. “We hold that in 1988 when the village eliminated the selling of cars [...]
Property Zoning; variances; undue hardship The Chippewa County Zoning Board of Adjustment appeals a circuit court judgment reversing its decision to deny Mark and Barbara Mueller an after-the-fact area variance. The Board contends the Muellers did not make the unnecessary hardship showing required to obtain an area variance because: (1) the alleged hardship is not [...]
Municipalities Zoning; certiorari Certiorari review of a zoning decision must be sought against the zoning board of appeals, not the municipality. “Looking first at the city planning statute, Wis. Stat. § 62.23(7)(e)10. provides: Any person or persons, jointly or severally aggrieved by any decision of the board of appeals, or any taxpayer, or any officer, [...]
