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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 1047
February 26, 2026 - Introduced by Representatives
Duchow
and
Dittrich
. Referred to Committee on Housing and Real Estate.
AB1047,1,3
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An Act
to amend
59.692 (1n) (c) 1. and 59.692 (1n) (c) 2.;
to create
59.692 (1n)
2
(c) 1m. of the statutes;
relating to:
setback restrictions in shoreland zoning
3
ordinances in Waukesha County.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, a county shoreland zoning ordinance (ordinance) may establish a setback for a new principal structure that is equal to the average of the setbacks for existing principal structures on adjacent lots that was required for those structures at the time they were built (average setback). Currently, this applies only if the existing structures are 1) on adjacent lots and within 200 feet of the proposed structure, 2) more than 75 feet from the ordinary high-water mark, and 3) at or farther landward from the setback that was required at the time each structure was built.
This bill provides that, in Waukesha County, an ordinance must establish an average setback if existing structures are within 250 feet of the proposed structure on any lots and located more than 75 feet from the ordinary high-water mark.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
AB1047,1
4
Section
1
.
59.692 (1n) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1047,2,8
1
59.692
(1n)
(c) 1. Except as provided in subd.
1m. or
2., if the closest principal
2
structure in each direction along the shoreline to a proposed principal structure
3
exists on an adjacent lot and within 200 feet of the proposed principal structure and
4
both of the existing principal structures are set back more than 75 feet from the
5
ordinary high-water mark at or farther landward from the setback that was
6
required at the time each structure was built, a county shoreland zoning ordinance
7
may establish a setback equal to the average of the setbacks required for those
8
structures at the time they were built.
AB1047,2
9
Section
2
.
59.692 (1n) (c) 1m. of the statutes is created to read:
AB1047,2,16
10
59.692
(1n)
(c) 1m. Except as provided in subd. 2., on a parcel located in
11
Waukesha County, if the closest principal structure in each direction along the
12
shoreline to a proposed principal structure exists within 250 feet of the proposed
13
principal structure and both of the existing principal structures are set back more
14
than 75 feet from the ordinary high-water mark, a county shoreland zoning
15
ordinance shall establish a setback equal to the average of the setbacks required for
16
those structures at the time they were built.
AB1047,3
17
Section
3
.
59.692 (1n) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1047,2,20
18
59.692
(1n)
(c) 2.
Subdivision 1. does
Subdivisions 1. and 1m. do
not apply if
19
the resulting setback limits the placement of the proposed principal structure to an
20
area on which the structure cannot be built.
AB1047,2,21
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