Heitman v. City of Mauston Common Council

Today, the majority has expanded considerably Wisconsin's definition of *556the term "zoning," and has added much to the matters that a municipality must submit to its plan commission. As I read the majority opinion, the reason why the Heitman ordinance failed was because the Mauston Common Council could not have adopted the ordinance without first submitting it to the Mauston plan commission. I do not see this as an impediment. The city council could have submitted the Heitman ordinance to the plan commission. But that begs the question of whether the Heitman ordinance required submission to the…