Busse v. City of Madison

This is an appeal from an order affirming the City of Madison Common Council's rejection of the "River Ridge Run" revised preliminary plat. Because we conclude that the council's rejection was not arbitrary, unreasonable or discriminatory, we affirm.

BACKGROUND

River Ridge Joint Venture, a general partnership, purchased 198 acres of land from the Adult Christian Education Foundation, Inc. for the purpose of subdividing the land to provide residential building sites.1 The land straddles the boundary between the City of Madison and the Town of Westport, with 111 acres in *811the city and eighty-seven…