Commission hears guidance on conditional uses, variance tests and recent state changes
Workshop presenters and commissioners reviewed conditional-use permitting, variance standards and a recent Wisconsin Supreme Court-led shift that changed statutory guidance for when conditional uses should be allowed or denied.
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Commission members spent substantial time on conditional uses, the measurable standards local ordinances should include, and the legal limits on denying conditional-use permits when applicants meet ordinance standards. Presenter Becky Roberts summarized the effect of recent case law and statutory updates: "there was a huge Wisconsin Supreme Court case and the state legislature actually changed the standards surrounding conditional uses."
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