Municipal Law Newsletter
November/December 2017 Issue
Eileen A. Brownlee, Julia Potter, Jared Walker Smith, Richard Heinemann | 12.01.17
Articles in this issue
New Statute Governing Conditional Use Permits, Variances, and Substandard Lots
Eileen A. Brownlee, Julia Potter
On November 27, 2017, Governor Scott Walker signed several new laws. One of these laws, Act 67, contains provisions of particular importance to zoned municipalities.Limitations on Collecting Attorney Fees for Prosecution of Ordinance Violation
Jared Walker Smith
Foreiture actions are quasi-criminal proceedings classified by statute as civil actions. See Wis. Stat. §§ 778.01 and 800.02; see also City of Janesville v. Wiskia,…Court Rules that Fence Law Applies to Cities and Villages
Julia Potter
In a recent decision, White v. City of Watertown, 2016AP2259 (Wis. Ct. App. Oct. 1, 2017), the Wisconsin Court of Appeals made clear that Wis.…Upper Midwest Municipals Move Forward with Major New Solar Project
Richard Heinemann
Citing long term energy savings and immediate term capacity value, members of the Upper Midwest Municipal Energy Group ("UMMEG") have finalized and approved purchase agreements…This newsletter is published and distributed for informational pur-
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