State Ex Rel. Department of Natural Resources v. Walworth County Board of Adjustment

This is another case in which a landowner and the DNR do battle over the state's shoreland zoning policies. Here, the landowner contends that the DNR has no standing under our statutes to appeal local board of adjustment decisions, and that even if the DNR does have standing, it did not correctly follow the statute in initiating its appeal. Because the DNR is a "trustee" of the navigational waters of this state, it is a "person aggrieved" and has standing to appeal; further, the DNR correctly followed the statute in initiating its appeal. We affirm as to the DNR. The town of Richmond,…