Schmidt v. City of Kenosha

Section 114.136, STATS., grants municipalities extraterritorial zoning power to ensure the safety of aerial approaches to airports. Pursuant to this statute, the City of Kenosha enacted such an ordinance. Certain landowners affected by the ordinance, but residing outside the corporate limits of the City, claim that § 114.136 unconstitutionally infringed upon their right to participate in the political process which culminated in the ordinance. We agree with the trial court, however, that the statute is a valid exercise of the state's police power which does not infringe upon the voting rights…