Friends of Beach Road, Two Rivers Wisconsin

We seek to preserve and clear this precious Public Access in The SPIRIT and INTENT of Wisconsin Public Trust Doctrine: our navigable waters belong to ALL Wisconsinites! https://friendsofbeachroad.blogspot.com/

Wisconsin State Statute applicable to our cause:
236.16 Layout requirements. In counties having a population of 40,000 or more, each lot in a residential area shall have a minimum average

width of 50 feet and a minimum area of 6,000 square feet; in counties of less than 40,000, each lot in a residential area shall have a minimum average width of 60 feet and a minimum area of 7,200 square feet. In municipalities, towns and counties adopting subdivision control ordinances under s. 236.45, minimum lot width and area may be reduced to dimensions authorized under such ordinances if the lots are served by public sewers. (2) Minimum street width. All streets shall be of the width specified on the master plan or official map or of a width at least as great as that of the existing streets if there is no master plan or official map, but no full street shall be less than 60 feet wide unless otherwise permitted by local ordinance. Widths of town roads platted after January 1, 1966, shall, however, comply with minimum standards for town roads prescribed by s. 82.50. Streets or frontage roads auxiliary to and located on the side of a full street for service to the abutting property may not after January 1, 1966, be less than 49.5 feet wide. (3) Lake and navigable stream shore plats; public access. (a) All subdivisions abutting on a lake or a navigable stream shall provide public access at least 60 feet wide providing access to the water’s edge so that there will be public access, which is connected to existing public roads, at not more than one-half mile intervals as measured along the lake or the navigable stream shore except where greater intervals and wider access is agreed upon by the department of natural resources and the department, and excluding shore areas where public parks or open-space streets or roads on either side of the navigable stream are provided. (b) No public access established under this chapter may be vacated except by circuit court action as provided in s. 236.43, except that such public access may be discontinued under s. 66.1003, subject to s. 66.1006. (c) Except as provided in par. (d), this subsection does not require any local unit of government to improve land provided for public access.

Where can the public walk along Lake Michigan? Shorewood case may settle the issue

12/29/2025

Professor receives a $313 ticket for walking on a WI beach. We are waiting to see what the judge does. But Beach Road is WHOLLY public! 60' to the low water mark! We just need encroachments removed!

Where can the public walk along Lake Michigan? Shorewood case may settle the issue "What's at stake, here, is the clash between private land ownership and public access," a local expert on water law and policy said.