Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session
Relating to: the authority of a town and of a county to zone shorelands in a town that is located entirely on an island in Lake Superior and authorized to exercise village powers.
Lakes Land Land — Registration of title Ordinance Shoreland zoning Town Village Vocational rehabilitation
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, a county must enact a shoreland zoning ordinance for all
shorelands in its unincorporated area. Current law defines a shoreland to be an area
within a certain distance from the edge of a navigable water. Under current law, if
an existing town ordinance relating to shorelands is more restrictive than a county
shoreland zoning ordinance enacted later and affecting the same shorelands, it
continues as a town ordinance in all respects to the extent of the greater restrictions.
Under this bill, if a town ordinance enacted by a town that is located entirely
on an island in Lake Superior and authorized to exercise village powers is more
restrictive than a county shoreland zoning ordinance, regardless of the order of
enactment, the town ordinance applies in all respects to the extent of the greater
restrictions.
Sponsors
Full history
- Apr 8, 2015 · Assembly
Introduced by Representative Meyers; cosponsored by Senator Bewley
- Apr 8, 2015 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs and Government Operations
- Jan 13, 2016 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Apr 13, 2016 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1