Wisconsin City Planning & Zoning Enabling Act — Wis. Stat. § 62.23 (WI)
Tracked preemption from the Wisconsin overlay bundle.
Overview
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Effective
1923-01-01
Sunset
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Authority
state
Scope
state:WI
Other Wisconsin preemptions
Wisconsin Livestock Facility Siting — Wis. Stat. § 93.90 + ATCP 51 (CAFO preemption)Wisconsin Nonmetallic Mining (Frac Sand) Reclamation — Wis. Stat. Ch. 295 + NR 135Lower Wisconsin State Riverway — Wis. Stat. § 30.40 et seq.Wisconsin Local Historic Preservation — Wis. Stat. § 44.44 (Certified Ordinance)Fort McCoy / Volk Field AICUZ + Military Influence Area — federal/local coordinationWisconsin Brownfield Response / Spill Law — Wis. Stat. § 292.11 + DNR RR ProgramWisconsin Farmland Preservation — Wis. Stat. Ch. 91Wisconsin Tax Increment Law (TIF) — Wis. Stat. § 66.1105
Trigger predicate
When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.
city.government_form ∈ {1st_class_city, 2nd_class_city, 3rd_class_city, 4th_class_city, village}Preempted fields
4 fields on the base district schema are rewritten when the trigger fires.
| Field | Op | Value | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
review_type | require | wi_62_23_compliant_procedures | Zoning ordinance adoption, amendment, plan-commission review, master-plan consistency, official map, and Board of Appeals procedures must comply with §62.23 (cities) and §61.35 (villages, by incorporation). |
conditional_use_review | require | substantial_evidence_standard | §62.23(7)(de) — an applicant who provides substantial evidence that the CUP application meets local standards is entitled to approval. Reverses traditional discretionary CUP. 2017 Act 67. |
vested_rights_date | require | date_of_substantially_complete_application | §62.23(7)(hb) — when a substantially complete building permit application is filed, the zoning in effect at that moment governs (codifying McKee Family v. City of Fitchburg via 2015 Act 391). |
extraterritorial_zoning_jurisdiction | cap_at | 1.5_mi_2nd_3rd_4th_class_or_3_mi_1st_class | §62.23(7a) — ETZ authority capped at 1.5 mi (2nd/3rd/4th-class cities) or 3 mi (1st-class cities), with joint city/town committee approval. |
Citation
Authority source
Wis. Stat. § 62.23 (cities), § 61.35 (villages by incorporation); 2017 Wis. Act 67 (CUP substantial-evidence); 2015 Wis. Act 391 (vested rights)
Research notes
Core zoning enabling statute for Wisconsin cities and (by §61.35 incorporation) villages. Procedural floor + substantive ceilings: substantial-evidence CUP, vested-rights date-of-application rule, capped ETZ. Applies uniformly to home-rule cities and villages.