Extraterritorial plat approval on basis of land's use

What it does

Summary by the Legislative Reference Bureau, the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Current law specifies whether a county, town, city, or village has the right to approve or object to a plat (the map of a subdivision). Generally, the location of the subdivision determines which local governmental unit or units have the right to approve the plat. However, if a subdivision lies in the unincorporated area within three miles of the corporate limits of a first, second, or third class city, or within one and one-half miles of a fourth class city or village, the governing body of the city or village has the right to approve the plat under its extraterritorial plat approval jurisdiction, as well as the board of the town within which the subdivision lies and the planning agency of the county within which the subdivision lies if the planning agency employs on a full-time basis a professional engineer, a planner, or another person charged with administering zoning or other planning legislation. Approval of a plat is conditioned on, among other things, the plat's compliance with the local ordinances and a comprehensive, master, or development plan of the local governmental unit or units that have the right to approve the plat.

In Wood v. City of Madison , 2003 WI 24, 260 Wis. 2d 71, 659 N.W. 2d 31, the Wisconsin Supreme Court determined that a city with extraterritorial plat approval jurisdiction over a plat could object to the plat on the basis of the proposed use of land outside the city limits.

Who's behind it

19 lawmakers are its authors⁠. 10 are Republicans and 9 are Democrats.

6 more lawmakers signed on in support⁠.

Versions and amendments

Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.

• Amendment AA1-AB260
• Amendment AA2-AB260
• Amendment SA1-AB260