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Wis. Stat. § 703.27 (2026)
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703.27(1)(1) A zoning or other land use ordinance or regulations may not prohibit the condominium form of ownership or impose any requirements upon a condominium that it would not impose if the development were under a different form of ownership. No provision of a state or local building code may be applied differently to a building in a condominium than it would be applied if the building were under a different form of ownership unless the different application is expressly permitted in that provision and the different application is reasonably related to the nature of condominium ownership. No subdivision ordinance may apply to any condominium unless the ordinance is, by its express terms, applicable to condominiums and the application is reasonably related to the nature of condominium ownership.
703.27(2)(2) No county, city, or other jurisdiction may enact any law, ordinance, or regulation that would impose a greater burden or restriction on a condominium or provide a lower level of services to a condominium than would be imposed or provided if the condominium were under a different form of ownership.
703.27 NoteNOTE: 2003 Wis. Act 283, which affected this section, contains extensive explanatory notes.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2007–2026 · leading case: FAS, LLC v. Town of Bass Lake, 2007 WI 73 (Wis. 2007).
FAS, LLC v. Town of Bass Lake, 2007 WI 73 (Wis. 2007). “[12] Wis. Stat. § 703.27 . "[A] condominium is a form of ownership [and] not a form of land use, [nor] is [it] a subdivision as defined in ch.”
State Ex Rel. Vill. of Newburg v. Town of Trenton, 2009 WI App 139 (Wis. Ct. App. 2009). “As Wis. Stat. § 703.27 states, "zoning or other land use ordinance[s] or regulations may not prohibit the condominium form of ownership or impose any requirements upon a condominium that it would not impose if the development were under a different form of ownership.”
Pheasant Run Condo. Homes Ass'n v. City of Brookfield, 580 F. Supp. 2d 735 (E.D. Wis. 2008). “They argue that the City has a policy of treating subdivision-style condominium owners differently than other property owners and that the policy violates their Fourteenth Amendment rights to equal protection and due process 1 as well as Wis. Stat. § 703.27 , which prohibits…”
Stephan B. Nordstrom v. Steven G. Kane, 2021 WI App 71 (Wis. Ct. App. 2021). “§ 703.27(1) expressly states that a subdivision ordinance may apply to a condominium as long as the ordinance “is, by its express terms, applicable to condominiums and the application is reasonably related to the nature of condominium ownership.”
Wisconsin Realtors Ass'n, Inc. v. Polk Cnty. (Wis. Ct. App. 2026). “§ 703.27,8 and is contrary to WIS. STAT. ch.”
— Wis. Stat. § 703.27(1) — 1 case
Stephan B. Nordstrom v. Steven G. Kane, 2021 WI App 71 (Wis. Ct. App. 2021). “§ 703.27(1) expressly states that a subdivision ordinance may apply to a condominium as long as the ordinance “is, by its express terms, applicable to condominiums and the application is reasonably related to the nature of condominium ownership.”
— Wis. Stat. § 703.27(2) — 1 case
Pheasant Run Condo. Homes Ass'n v. City of Brookfield, 580 F. Supp. 2d 735 (E.D. Wis. 2008). “They argue that the City has a policy of treating subdivision-style condominium owners differently than other property owners and that the policy violates their Fourteenth Amendment rights to equal protection and due process 1 as well as Wis. Stat. § 703.27 , which prohibits…”
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