2009 WISCONSIN ACT
351
An Act
to amend
59.69 (4) (intro.), 60.61 (2) (b), 62.23 (7) (b) and 66.1027 (3) (a); and
to create
66.1027 (3) (c) and 560.9802 (2) (h) of the statutes;
relating to:
traditional neighborhood development ordinances, mixed-use zoning, and the state housing strategy plan.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section
1
.
59.69 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
59.69
(4)
Extent of power.
(intro.) For the purpose of promoting the public health, safety and general welfare the board may by ordinance effective within the areas within such county outside the limits of incorporated villages and cities establish districts of such number, shape and area, and adopt such regulations for each such district as the board considers best suited to carry out the purposes of this section.
The board may establish mixed-use districts that contain any combination of uses, such as industrial, commercial, public, or residential uses, in a compact urban form.
The powers granted by this section shall be exercised through an ordinance which may, subject to sub. (4e), determine, establish, regulate and restrict:
Section
2
.
60.61 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
60.61
(2)
(b) Establish districts of such number, shape and area necessary to carry out the purposes under par. (a).
The town board may establish mixed-use districts that contain any combination of uses, such as industrial, commercial, public, or residential uses, in a compact urban form.
Section
3
.
62.23 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
62.23
(7)
(b)
Districts.
For any and all of said purposes the council may divide the city into districts of such number, shape, and area as may be deemed best suited to carry out the purposes of this section; and within such districts it may regulate and restrict the erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration or use of buildings, structures or land. All such regulations shall be uniform for each class or kind of buildings and for the use of land throughout each district, but the regulations in one district may differ from those in other districts. No ordinance enacted or regulation adopted under this subsection may prohibit forestry operations that are in accordance with generally accepted forestry management practices, as defined under s. 823.075 (1) (d).
The council may establish mixed-use districts that contain any combination of uses, such as industrial, commercial, public, or residential uses, in a compact urban form.
The council may with the consent of the owners establish special districts, to be called planned development districts, with regulations in each, which in addition to those provided in par. (c), will over a period of time tend to promote the maximum benefit from coordinated area site planning, diversified location of structures and mixed compatible uses. Such regulations shall provide for a safe and efficient system for pedestrian and vehicular traffic, attractive recreation and landscaped open spaces, economic design and location of public and private utilities and community facilities and insure adequate standards of construction and planning. Such regulations may also provide for the development of the land in such districts with one or more principal structures and related accessory uses, and in
such
planned development districts and mixed-use
districts the regulations need not be uniform.
Section
4
.
66.1027 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
66.1027
(3)
(a) Not later than January 1, 2002, every city and village with a population of at least 12,500 shall
, and every city and village with a population of less than 12,500 is encouraged to,
enact an ordinance that is similar to the model traditional neighborhood development ordinance that is developed under sub. (2) (a) if the ordinance is approved under sub. (2) (b), although the ordinance is not required to be mapped.
Section
5
.
66.1027 (3) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
66.1027
(3)
(c) Not later than January 1, 2011, every city and village with a population of at least 12,500 shall report to the department of administration whether it has enacted an ordinance under par. (a). A city or village whose population reaches at least 12,500, after January 1, 2011, shall report to the department of administration whether it has enacted an ordinance under par. (b) not later than the first day of the 18th month beginning after the city's or village's population reaches at least 12,500.
Section
6
.
560.9802 (2) (h) of the statutes is created to read:
560.9802
(2)
(h) Strategies and specific recommendations for public and private action that will facilitate the inclusion of bicycle-oriented and pedestrian-oriented design in residential developments and mixed-use developments that include residential elements.
