Workshop Brochure
Zoning Leadership Workshop
Wednesday, October 22, Minoqua, WI
Resources
Introduction to Zoning
Land use specialist Rebecca Roberts describes the history, purposes and uses of zoning in Wisconsin.
Video
Roles and Responsibilities of Boards, Committees, and Staff
Land use specialist Rebecca Roberts explains roles and responsibilities of planning and zoning officials.
Video
Conditional Uses and Special Exceptions
Land use specialist Rebecca Roberts explains conditional uses and special exceptions.
Video
Variances
1. Overview of Variances
Land use specialist Lynn Markham provides an overview of variances.
Video
2. Additional Resources about Zoning Boards of Adjustment/Appeals
Shoreland Zoning
1. Overview of Shoreland Zoning
Lynn Markham provides an overview of basics, county efforts, and changes to NR 115.
Video
2. Champions of Public Trust
The DNR created a series of three videos about the history of the Public Trust Doctrine.
Videos
3. Impervious Surfaces - How they impact fish, wildlife and waterfront property values
Lynn Markham provides an overview of impervious surfaces
Video
Note: Impervious surface standards were incorporated into NR 115 for the first time in 2010 and are part of the current NR 115 that counties must comply with by Oct 1, 2016. While some counties have had impervious surface standards for ~10 years, they are new to other counties.
4. Additional Resources about Shoreland Zoning and Management
- Summary of shoreland zoning,
includes suggestions for zoning board members (10 pages)
- Publications for waterfront property owners available at this link, including the following:
- Does shoreland zoning work?
- Protecting your waterfront investment: 10 simple steps
- Impervious surfaces, How they impact fish, wildlife and waterfront property values
- Choosing the right waterfront property
- The Magic Goggles: Discovering the secrets of the lake (children's book)
- Protectors of the Land and Water: Environmentalism in Wisconsin 1961-1968: book by Thomas Huffman, University of North Carolina Press (Includes passage of the WI Water Resources Act which provided legal authority for shoreland zoning)
Floodplain Zoning
This PowerPoint provides several floodplain permitting scenarios. Please work your way through each of these scenarios prior to attending the workshop. We will review and discuss them as a group.
PowerPoint
Accommodations for the Disabled
Accomodations for the Disabled (Chapter 16, Zoning Board Handbook, 2006)
Case Law Summary (Wisconsin DNR, 2004)
Legal Captions (League of Wisconsin Municipalities, various dates)