MDRoffers Consulting assists communities in modernizing, standardizing, adjusting, and updating a variety of municipal ordinances. These include zoning ordinances, building code, subdivision ordinances, and ordinances related to park land impact fees and assessments.
MDRoffers Consulting understands that modern, updated, standardized ordinances help clear confusion and resolve inconsistencies from previous piecemeal updates while making ordinances user-friendly and easy to navigate. Furthermore, standardized municipal ordinances help reduce municipal staff workload by streamlining processes of typical municipal functions such as permitting, reviews, and approvals.
The services offered by MDRoffers Consulting range from minor updates, such as incorporating recent changes of State law into municipal ordinances, to major updates, such as completely overhauling and re-writing a municipal building code or municipal zoning ordinance.
Recently, the City of Rhinelander hired MDRoffers Consulting to completely update the City’s zoning ordinance, which had been updated through minor patches and piecemeal updates over a span of 50 years. The zoning ordinance was outdated, difficult to navigate, and sometimes contradicted itself, making standard zoning processes challenging for municipal staff. Over the course of a year, MDRoffers Consulting met with municipal staff across departments, attended meetings with the Planning Commission, and took questions and comments from members of the public for the zoning ordinance update.
The end result was an entirely new zoning ordinance, with an easy-to-follow, organized format, which incorporated modern land uses and performance standards in clear and concise language. The new zoning ordinance will better position Rhinelander for improved housing and economic development while streamlining municipal workflows to lessen the burden on municipal staff.
MDRoffers has performed numerous ordinance updates of varying degrees and budgets for communities across Wisconsin, including Cottage Grove, New Glarus, Poynette, Prairie du Sac, Springfield, Rhinelander, and Weston.