Revised zoning rules prompt cool reception

From the Vilas County News Review

Despite four years of study and more than a dozen draft proposals, the latest effort by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to update shoreland development rules drew a cool response at a public hearing last Wednesday.

The DNR held the second of its eight sessions statewide in Rhinelander to hear public comment on proposed new rules along lakes and rivers. The new ideas reflect changes made to earlier drafts as a result of several public hearings and more than 50,000 comments received since the DNR launched efforts to update the 40-year-old rules in 2003.

The rules are contained in Chapter 115 of the Wisconsin Administrative Code.