STEP NOW CITIZENS v. PLANNING & ZONING

No. 02-2760.

264 Wis.2d 662 (2003)

2003 WI App 109

663 N.W.2d 833

STEP NOW CITIZENS GROUP, Gregory & Kristin Armstrong, Robert Bruss, Gary Eake, John & Lucia Franzen, Edwin Gallatin, Jr. & Debra Gallatin, Gambrinus Enterprises d/b/a Utica Golf Course, Mark Haslanger, Carrol & Elaine Josephson, Jane Josephson, Mike & Sandy Miller, Scot Nerenhausen, Richard Oelschlager, Arthur & Alison Pontynen, Fred & Susan Rosenmeier, Sandra Schaetz, Doug & Sheila Schoenfeldt, Joy Smith, Kurt & Cindy Sorenson, Jeff White, Ronald & Donna Wiles, Mike Willeford & David Willeford, Plaintiffs-Respondents-Cross-Appellants, v. TOWN OF UTICA PLANNING & ZONING COMMITTEE, Town Board of the Town of Utica, Town of Utica Town Clerk, Winnebago County and Winnebago County Board of Supervisors, Defendants-Co-Appellants-Cross-Respondents, Robert POTRATZ, Marilyn Potratz and Algoma Ethanol, LLC, Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided April 16, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the defendants-appellants-cross-respondents Robert Potratz and Marilyn Potratz, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Richard J. Carlson of Silton, Seifert, Carlson, Gamble & Schubert, S.C., Appleton. On behalf of the defendant-appellant-cross-respondent Algoma Ethanol, LLC and joined by defendants-co-appellants-cross-respondents Winnebago County and Winnebago County Board of Supervisors, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Eric M. McLeod and Edward J. Pardon of Michael, Best & Friedrich, LLP, Madison. On behalf of the Potratzes and Algoma Ethanol, LLC, there was oral argument by Richard J. Carlson.

On behalf of the defendants-co-appellants-cross-respondents Town of Utica Planning & Zoning Committee, Town Board of the Town of Utica, and Town of Utica Town Clerk, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Raymond J. Pollen and Ryan G. Braithwaite of Crivello, Carlson & Mentkowski, S.C., Milwaukee. There was oral argument by Ryan G. Braithwaite.

On behalf of the plaintiffs-respondents-cross-appellants, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Edward R. Garvey, Glenn M. Stoddard and Diane L. Milligan of Garvey & Stoddard, S.C., Madison. There was oral argument by Glenn M. Stoddard.

Before Brown, Anderson and Snyder, JJ.


¶ 1. SNYDER, J.

The Town of Utica Planning & Zoning Committee, the Town Board of the Town of Utica, the Town of Utica Town Clerk (collectively, the Town), Winnebago County and the Winnebago County Board of Supervisors (collectively, the County), Robert and Marilyn Potratz (the Potratzes) and Algoma Ethanol, LLC (Algoma) all appeal a judgment of the circuit court that reversed the County's vote to amend a zoning ordinance adopted by the Town, concluding that...

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