Legal Opinion
Opinion No. Oag 108-77, (1977)
Wisconsin Attorney General Reports
Decided December 19, 1977PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERT P. RUSSELL, Corporation Counsel, Milwaukee County
Your letter and attachments inform me that a man and wife rent a single family home in the City of Brookfield in an area zoned "R-3." Evidently, the permitted uses in an "R-3" district include "one-family dwellings, accessory buildings and uses." Section17.02 (14), of the Municipal Code defines "one-family dwelling" as a building "designed for and occupied exclusively by one family." Section 17.02 (17), defines "family" as follows:
"FAMILY. One or more persons related by blood, adoption or marriage, living and cooking together as a single…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Moore v. City of East ClevelandSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Berman v. ParkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Village of Belle Terre v. BoraasSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- City of Milwaukee v. McGregorWisconsin Supreme Court · 1909
- Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette v. Village of Whitefish BayWisconsin Supreme Court · 1954
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