NORTHWOODS - The proposed state budget could take some power away from Wisconsin counties. It would give the state control over shoreline zoning. Some people in the Northwoods don't think that's a good idea.
As of right now, many counties in Wisconsin make their own shoreline zoning laws. This means that they can set limits on how close people can build to the shoreline, as well as what they do with vegetation on their property. Many times, those rules are more restrictive than state rules.
But the proposed state budget would make the looser state rules the only rules allowed.
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