SB 390

Under current law, if a town board has been granted the authority to exercise

village powers, the town board may enact zoning ordinances using the zoning

statutes that are used by cities and villages, subject to a number of conditions. If the

county in which the town is located has enacted a county zoning ordinance, town

zoning ordinances may not take effect until such ordinances are approved either by

a town meeting or by a referendum vote of the electors of the town. In addition, in

counties having a zoning ordinance, no town zoning ordinance, or amendment of a

zoning ordinance, may be adopted by the town unless approved by the county board;

the bill modifies this provision.

Under this bill, with regard to towns to which certain conditions apply, the town

may not adopt or amend a zoning ordinance without county board approval. The

conditions are the following: the town must be located in a county with a population

in excess of 380,000, that county must have a zoning ordinance in effect on January

1, 2013 and, the county must be adjacent to a county that has a population in excess

of 800,000.