Presenter warns conditional‑use approvals now constrained by state case law; recommends measurable standards

Becky Roberts told the commission that recent case law and legislative changes in Wisconsin clarified that conditional uses, when listed and subject to measurable standards in an ordinance, should generally be granted if applicants meet those standards. "Generally, if they meet the standards listed in your ordinance, as well as any other, conditions that you attach that must be reasonable, measurable, relate to your ordinance purposes, then you should be granting conditional uses," Roberts said.