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60.47   Public contracts and competitive bidding.
SUBCHAPTER VII
PUBLIC WORKS AND PUBLIC SAFETY
60.50   Public works.
60.52   Sewer and water systems of adjoining municipality.
60.53   Service pipes and laterals.
60.54   Solid waste transportation.
60.55   Fire protection.
60.553   Combined protective services.
60.555   Fire safety regulations.
60.557   Reimbursement for fire calls on highways.
60.56   Law enforcement.
60.563   Rewards for crime information.
60.565   Ambulance service.
60.57   Police and fire commission.
SUBCHAPTER VIII
LAND USE AND PLANNING
60.61   General zoning authority.
60.62   Zoning authority if exercising village powers.
60.625   Required notice on certain approvals.
60.627   Town construction site erosion control and storm water management zoning.
60.63   Community and other living arrangements.
60.635   Environmental protection; interstate hazardous liquid pipelines.
60.64   Historic preservation.
60.65   Board of adjustment.
60.66   Town park commission.
SUBCHAPTER IX
TOWN SANITARY DISTRICTS
60.70   Definitions.
60.71   Creation of town sanitary district by town board order.
60.72   Creation of town sanitary district by order of the department of natural resources.
60.726   Property with private on-site wastewater treatment system included.
60.73   Review of orders creating town sanitary districts.
60.74   Commissioners; method of selection.
60.75   Commissioners; requirements.
60.76   Organization of the commission.
60.77   Powers and duties.
60.78   Powers to borrow money and issue municipal obligations.
60.782   Power to act as a public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district.
60.785   Changes in district boundaries.
60.79   Alteration of town sanitary districts.
SUBCHAPTER X
MISCELLANEOUS
60.80   Publication or posting of ordinances and resolutions.
60.81   Population; use of federal census.
60.82   Regional planning programs.
60.83   Destruction of obsolete town records.
60.84   Monuments.
60.85   Town tax increment law.
Ch. 60 Note NOTE: 1983 Wisconsin Act 532, which completely revised chapter 60, has extensive notes explaining the revision. See Laws of Wisconsin, 1983.
subch. I of ch. 60 SUBCHAPTER I
DEFINITIONS
60.001 60.001 Definitions. In this chapter:
60.001(1) (1)“Annual town meeting" means the town meeting held under s. 60.11.
60.001(2) (2)“Special town meeting" means a town meeting, other than the annual town meeting, held under s. 60.12.
60.001(3) (3)“Town meeting" means the annual town meeting or a special town meeting.
60.001 History History: 1983 a. 532.
subch. II of ch. 60 SUBCHAPTER II
LEGAL STATUS; ORGANIZATION
60.01 60.01 Legal status; general powers.
60.01(1)(1)A town is a body corporate and politic, with those powers granted by law. A town shall be designated in all actions and proceedings by its name, as “Town of ....".
60.01(2) (2)A town may:
60.01(2)(a) (a) Sue and be sued.
60.01(2)(b) (b) Acquire and hold real and personal property for public use and convey and dispose of the property.
60.01(2)(c) (c) Enter into contracts necessary for the exercise of its corporate powers.
60.01 History History: 1983 a. 532.
60.03 60.03 Division and dissolution of towns generally.
60.03(1)(1)General rule. Subject to sub. (7), a town may be divided or dissolved under subs. (2) to (6).
60.03(2) (2) Petition. If at least 20 percent of the residents of a town who have a freehold interest in real property located in the town and who constitute at least one-third of the electors of the town file a petition with the county board, conforming to the requirements of s. 8.40, requesting division or dissolution of the town and file the petition with the town clerk at least 60 days before the next annual town meeting, a referendum shall be held at the annual town meeting on the question of division or dissolution.
60.03(3) (3) Notice of referendum. A town clerk who receives a petition under sub. (2) shall, at least 30 days before the annual town meeting, give notice that a referendum on the question of division or dissolution will be held at the annual town meeting. The notice shall describe any proposed division. Notice of a division or dissolution shall be published as a class 2 notice under ch. 985. Notice of a division referendum shall also be made by posting the notice in 3 public places in each subdivision of the town proposed by the petition under sub. (2). Notice of a dissolution referendum shall also be made by posting the notice in 3 public places in the town.
60.03(4) (4) Ballot question. In a referendum under this section, the ballot on the question of division shall pose the question as “For Division" and “Against Division" and describe the proposed division. The ballot on the question of dissolution shall pose the question as “For Dissolution" and “Against Dissolution".
60.03(5) (5) Referendum vote; authority of county board.
60.03(5)(a) (a) Division. The electors of each subdivision proposed under sub. (2) shall vote separately. If a majority of the electors voting in either subdivision favors division, the town clerk shall certify the result to the county board of the county in which the town is located. Upon receipt of the certified result, the county board may divide the town accordingly. If the county board does not divide the town within 180 days after the board receives the certified result of the referendum, the board's authority to divide the town, based on that referendum, lapses.
60.03(5)(b) (b) Dissolution. If a majority of the electors votes in favor of dissolution, the town clerk shall certify the result to the county board of the county in which the town is located. Upon receipt of the certified result, the county board may dissolve the town. If the county board does not dissolve the town within 180 days after the board receives the certified result of the referendum, the board's authority to dissolve the town, based on that referendum, lapses.
60.03(6) (6) Validity of proceeding. Any person aggrieved may have the validity of proceedings under this section reviewed by commencing an action in circuit court. An action brought under this subsection shall be brought within the time provided under s. 893.73 (1) (b). A town which has exercised the powers and functions of a town for one year is conclusively presumed to have been duly organized.
60.03(7) (7) Division not permitted. No town may be divided if division results in a town of less than 36 sections in area unless each resulting town of less than 36 sections contains 75 electors and real estate valued, at the last preceding assessment, at at least 40 percent of the equalized value of real estate in the town before division.
60.03 History History: 1983 a. 532; 1989 a. 192.
60.05 60.05 Organization of towns in special cases.
60.05(1)(1)Application.
60.05(1)(a)(a) In this subsection, “area" means any government township or any contiguous territory which is part of one or more towns, which is equal in area to more than one government township but not more than 2 government townships and which is within one county.
60.05(1)(b) (b) Any area which has at least 300 residents who have a freehold interest in real property located in the area, at least 150 of whom are electors who have resided in the area for at least one year prior to verification of the petition under sub. (2), and which has an equalized valuation of at least $5,000,000, according to the last preceding assessment, may be organized into a town if the remaining territory of any town of which the newly organized town was formerly a part is not less than 36 square miles and has not less than 75 electors and real estate valued at at least 40 percent of the equalized value of real estate in the town before division, according to the last preceding assessment.
60.05(2) (2) Petition. To initiate a proceeding to organize a town under this section a petition, signed by a majority of the electors of the proposed town, shall be filed with the circuit court of the county in which the area is located. The petition shall demonstrate that the area is entitled to be organized as a town under sub. (1) and shall contain an accurate description of the proposed area of the town, the name of the town of which the area is currently a part, the names of the electors of the proposed town and the proposed name of the new town. The petition shall be verified by at least 3 signers. Upon receipt of a petition, the court shall establish the time and place for a hearing on the petition and direct that a copy of the petition and order be served upon the clerk of the town of which the proposed town is currently a part. The petition and order shall be served upon the clerk at least 20 days before the hearing. The court shall order that a notice of the hearing be published in the area of the proposed town as a class 3 notice under ch. 985.
60.05(3) (3) Hearing. The court shall conduct a hearing on the petition and shall permit any elector or taxpayer of the area of the proposed town, or of any town of which the proposed area is currently a part, to be heard. The court may adjourn the hearing from time to time and refer any issue of fact to a referee. The fees and expenses of the referee shall be established and apportioned by the court after the trial of any issue and paid by any town of which the area of the proposed town is a part.
60.05(4) (4) Court order. If, after the hearing under sub. (3), the court finds that the area of the proposed town meets the requirements of sub. (1), the court shall enter an order establishing a new town under the name proposed in the petition and shall designate the location of the first town meeting of the new town. The clerk of court shall immediately file certified copies of the order with the secretary of administration and the county clerk.
60.05(5) (5) Apportionment of debts. Assets and liabilities of the newly organized town and any town or towns of which it was a part shall be apportioned under s. 66.0235.
60.05(6) (6) Attachment of remainder of old town. If the remaining territory of any town from which a new town is organized is divided into 2 detached parts by the organization of the new town, the detached portion with the least number of electors shall be attached to and become part of the new town.
60.05 History History: 1983 a. 532; 1999 a. 150 s. 672; 2015 a. 55.
60.06 60.06 Validity of attachment or detachment. The town board may bring an action to test the validity of an ordinance attaching or detaching all or part of the territory of the town to or from any town, village or city. Any expense incurred by the town board and its agents, attorneys and representatives in the action shall be paid by the town.
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