Wisconsin Statutes

Wis. Stat. § 66.0205 (2026)

Standards to be applied by the circuit court

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66.020566.0205 Standards to be applied by the circuit court. Before referring the incorporation petition as provided in s. 66.0203 (2) to the board, the court shall determine whether the petition meets the formal and signature requirements and shall further find that the following minimum requirements are met:

66.0205(1)(1) Isolated village. Area, one-half square mile; resident population, 150.

66.0205(2)(2) Isolated city. Area, one square mile; resident population, 1,000; density, at least 500 persons in any one square mile.

66.0205(3)(3) Metropolitan village. Area, 2 square miles; resident population, 2,500; density, at least 500 persons in any one square mile.

66.0205(4)(4) Metropolitan city. Area, 3 square miles; resident population, 5,000; density, at least 750 persons in any one square mile.

66.0205(5)(5) Standards when near 1st, 2nd or 3rd class city. If the proposed boundary of a metropolitan village or city is within 10 miles of the boundary of a 1st class city or 5 miles of a 2nd or 3rd class city, the minimum area requirements are 4 and 6 square miles for villages and cities, respectively.

66.0205 HistoryHistory: 1977 c. 29; 1999 a. 150 s. 37; Stats. 1999 s. 66.0205; 2003 a. 171.

66.0205 AnnotationThe four square mile requirement of sub. (5) was met when 4.2 square miles of village land were proposed for annexation, although 2.5 square miles of that land was within floodway lines. Town of Campbell v. City of La Crosse, 78 Wis. 2d 246, 254 N.W.2d 241 (1977).

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 2001–2014 · leading case: Walt v. City of Brookfield, 2015 WI App 3 (Wis. Ct. App. 2014).

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Walt v. City of Brookfield, 2015 WI App 3 (Wis. Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 5× “0203(2)(c); and (3) the four-square-mile minimum area requirement under Wis. Stat. § 66.0205 (5) is not satisfied.”

Town of Sheboygan v. City of Sheboygan, 2001 WI App 279 (Wis. Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 3× “0203(8) limits the circuit court's authority to make a finding as to whether a petition complies with certain minimum standards as laid out in Wis. Stat. § 66.0205 , 5 and that if the court finds that a petition meets those standards, the court must refer it to the DOA.”

Town of Campbell v. City of La Crosse, 2003 WI App 139 (Wis. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 2× “First, the circuit court must determine whether the petition meets the formal and signature requirements and the additional requirements provided in Wis. Stat. § 66.0205 . Wis. Stat. § 66.0203 (8).”

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