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Ordinance Interpretation

By: Derek Hawkins//February 15, 2018//

Ordinance Interpretation

By: Derek Hawkins//February 15, 2018//

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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.

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Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing partner at Hawkins Law Offices LLC, where he heads up the firm’s startup law practice. He specializes in business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, private equity and venture capital funding and mergers & acquisitions. Check out the website at www.hawkins-lawoffices.com or contact them at 262-737-8825.

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