LRB-5034/1
EHS:skw
2019 - 2020 LEGISLATURE
January 8, 2020 - Introduced by Representatives Pronschinske, Oldenburg,
Dittrich, Horlacher, Knodl, Tranel, Tusler, VanderMeer and Skowronski,
cosponsored by Senators Marklein, Craig, Kapenga, Olsen, Nass, Stroebel
and Testin. Referred to Committee on Housing and Real Estate.
AB721,1,2
1An Act to create 87.30 (1d) (d) of the statutes;
relating to: the regulation of
2nonconforming buildings in a floodplain.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under this bill, if modifications made to a nonconforming building bring the
building into conformity with federal standards under federal laws relating to
floodplain land use, the Department of Natural Resources may not prohibit further
modifications based on cost.
Current law prohibits any person from placing or maintaining any structure,
building, fill, or development within any floodplain in violation of a floodplain zoning
ordinance adopted by a county, city, or village or by a Department of Natural
Resources order or determination. Current law prohibits a county, city, or village
under a floodplain zoning ordinance from permitting the repair, reconstruction, or
improvement of a nonconforming building if the nonconforming building, after
repair, reconstruction or improvement, will fail to meet any minimum requirement
applicable to a nonconforming building under the federal statutes and regulations
governing the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Under DNR rule, a
nonconforming building is an existing lawful building that is not in conformity with
the dimensional or structural requirements of a floodplain zoning ordinance for the
area of the floodplain that it occupies.
Current DNR rule prohibits the modification or addition to a nonconforming
building that over the life of the building would exceed 50 percent of its present
equalized assessed value unless the entire building is permanently changed to a
conforming building with a conforming use in compliance with DNR rules. Under
this bill, if, as a result of the repair, reconstruction, or improvement of a
nonconforming building, the entire building is permanently changed to be a
conforming building in compliance with the applicable requirements under the
federal statutes and regulations governing NFIP, DNR may not prohibit further
repair, reconstruction, or improvement of that building based on cost.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB721,1
1Section
1. 87.30 (1d) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
AB721,2,72
87.30
(1d) (d) If, as a result of the repair, reconstruction, or improvement of a
3nonconforming building, the entire building is permanently changed to be a
4conforming building in compliance with the applicable requirements under
42 USC
54001 to
4129 or the regulations promulgated under those provisions, the department
6may not prohibit further repair, reconstruction, or improvement of that building
7based on cost.
