By: Derek Hawkins//February 15, 2018//
WI Court of Appeals – District II
Case Name: Green Valley Investments, LLC, v. County of Winnebago
Case No.: 2017AP495
Officials: Neubauer, C.J., Reilly, P.J., and Hagedorn, J.
Focus: Ordinance Interpretation
In 2006, Green Valley Investments, LLC (Green Valley) opened Stars Cabaret (Stars), an adult cabaret offering nude entertainers, in knowing violation of the 2006 Winnebago County Town/County Zoning Ordinance (2006 ordinance) then in effect. After years of litigation in federal court, the matter comes to us on the sole question of whether the unconstitutional provisions of the 2006 ordinance are severable from the remainder of the ordinance. We conclude the unconstitutional provisions are severable, and we affirm.