Statutory Interpretation

By: Derek Hawkins//March 22, 2018//

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WI Court of Appeals – District II

Case Name: Lynn E. Schuldt, et al. Village of Union Grove, et al.

Case No.: 2016AP2119

Officials: Neubauer, C.J., Gundrum and Hagedorn, JJ.

Focus: Statutory Interpretation

Lynn E. Schuldt and Christina L. Bass (the landowners) appeal an order affirming a decision by the Village of Union Grove Board of Zoning and Appeals (the Board) that an addition built on the landowners’ property failed to comply with a Village of Union Grove zoning ordinance. The landowners argue that the Board acted unreasonably in applying the ordinance to their corner-lot property. They further challenge the Board’s composition as biased and statutorily insufficient. We reject the landowners’ arguments and affirm.

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