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Heef Realty and Investments, LLP, et al., v. City of Cedarburg Board of Appeals. WI zoning
The owners of two homes in Cedarburg, Wisconsin, were renting their homes as short-term rentals. The city took the position that this violated the zoning ordinance, The owners were cited, and they appealed to the Board of Appeals, which sided with the City. Undaunted, they sought review in the Circuit Court of Ozaukee County, where Judge Paul V. Malloy agreed with the owners. The Board then appealed to the Wisconsin Court of Appeals.
The appeals court agreed with the owners and affirmed. It held that a restriction on the free use of private property must be done clearly and unambiguously in the ordinances. As written, the ordinances permitted short-term rental of homes in a single-family residential district. The ordinance permitted a "single family dwelling," and the court held that was exactly what the property was being used for.
No. 2014AP62 (Wis. Ct. App. Feb. 4, 2015).
Please see the original opinion for the court's exact language.
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