City of Delafield - Delafield Mayor Ed McAleer will present to the Common Council Monday night a revised version of his proposal to impose a moratorium on future development in downtown Delafield until a downtown land use plan is completed and approved.

Instead, McAleer is going to recommended the moratorium be restricted to development in a 30 acre neighborhood located east and south of City Hall until the city determines whether it wants to develop a road network that will connect the neighborhood to Genesee Street and remaining downtown business districts.

McAleer said that Acting City Administrator Marilyn Czubkowski and developer Bob Lang convinced him to revise his proposal.

McAleer said he wanted a moratorium on all of the downtown business district until the city had an opportunity to complete a storm water control plan. However, the city has already completed such a plan, Czubkowski has informed the mayor.

McAleer said he also understood Lang's concerns that the word "moratorium" had a negative connotation that could affect Lang's and other downtown land owners ability to sell or develop their properties.

McAleer said since the storm water plan had been completed and the only land remaining in the city that might be redeveloped is the 30 acres behind City Hall, a moratorium on development throughout the business district may not be necessary.

Lang may still be impacted by the moratorium since he owns about 14 of the 30- acres behind city hall that will be subject to a moratorium, if approved by the Common Council, until the city decides on whether to plan a street network in the neighborhood.

Town of Lisbon - Voters at an Annual Town Meeting Tuesday night urged Town officials to "prepare to pursue the incorporation process" in an effort to protect the community's tax base and borders and provide autonomy in land use decisions.

The voters also asked Town officials to prepare a comprehensive land use plan and make other land use decisions "with the goal of incorporation in mind."

Some residents and Town Board members voted against the motions arguing that the Town Board already has the authority to consider incorporation. The town is also in the process of drafting a new zoning code and has been in negotiations for new and stronger border agreements with some of its neighboring communities.

Town Chairman Michael Reed said he anticipates there will be public information meetings later this year to consider future town governance alternatives.

The series of advisory motions appeared to ratify a draft recommendation offered last summer by a citizens group that suggested town officials should seek more and stronger border agreements with neighboring communities and consider incorporation as a village or city as a long term goal.

Proponents of incorporation have argued it is the only alternative that protects the towns' borders from being annexed by neighboring cities and villages and allows the Town to make land use decisions that are not subject to review by Waukesha county officials.

Town of Lisbon - The Plan Commission voted 5 to 2 Thursday to recommend that the Town Board implement a moratorium on new residential and commercial developments for six months or until a new zoning code is adopted by town officials.

Commission Chairman Michael Reed said he supported the proposal by Supervisor Matthew Gehrke, also a member of the commission. 

Gehrke said that without the moratorium town officials had no choice but to approve residential and commercial projects that might not be in compliance with proposed new zoning regulations.

Gehrke and Reed suggested it could take as long as a year for the proposed new code be approved by Waukesha County, reviewed by neighboring communities with which the Town has border agreements, and then approved by the plan commission and town board.

The moratorium will not apply to any development and land use proposal presented to the commission within the past 12 months. The commission and Town Board will review the moratorium after six months and, if necessary, consider extending it, according to Gehrke.

Commissioners Jane Stadler and Denise Wenger voted against the moratorium. Stadler argued the plan commission could control development without rely on a moratorium and Wenger argued the moratorium was an unnecessary infringement on individual property rights.