Delavan council adopts comprehensive-plan amendment to allow housing at Lake Lawn golf course

The Delavan Common Council on a voice vote approved an amendment to the city’s comprehensive plan that reclassifies a portion of the Lake Lawn Resort golf course from parks/recreation/conservancy to single‑family and multifamily residential uses.

Jackie Mish, the city planning consultant with Van Duwel & Associates and associate city planner for the City of Delavan, opened the joint planning commission–council public hearing by saying, “This evening, we are meeting to consider a proposed amendment to the city's comprehensive plan. This is pertaining to the Lake Lawn Resort, specifically the golf course area, adjacent to Delavan Lake.” The amendment covers land the applicant identified on the resort’s west side and, if approved, would make future zoning actions consistent with the plan.

Why it matters: A comprehensive‑plan amendment does not itself approve any buildings or infrastructure; it changes the future‑land‑use designation that later zoning, general development plan (GDP) and precise implementation plan (PIP) reviews must follow. Jackie Mish told both bodies that state law requires local zoning actions to be consistent with an adopted comprehensive plan and noted that the planning…