[Adopted 5-4-2017 by Ord.
No. 2017-1]
This article adopts by reference § 70.47(7)(af), Wis.
Stats. Income and expense information provided by a property owner
to an Assessor for the purposes of establishing the valuation for
assessment purposes by the income method of valuation shall be confidential
and not a public record open to inspection or copying under § 19.35(1),
Wis. Stats.
An officer may make disclosure of such information under the
following circumstances:
A.
The Assessor has access to such information in the performance of
his/her duties;
B.
The Board of Review may review such information when needed, in its
opinion, to decide upon a contested assessment;
C.
Another person or body has the right to review such information due
to the intimate relationship to the duties of an office or as set
by law;
D.
The officer is complying with a court order;
E.
The person providing the income and expense information has contested
the assessment level at either the board of review or by filing a
claim for excessive assessment under § 74.37, Wis. Stats.,
in which case the base records are open and public.
The several sections of this article are declared to be severable.
If any section or portion thereof shall be declared by a court of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid, unlawful or unenforceable, such
decision shall apply only to the specific section or portion thereof
directly specified in the decision, and shall not affect the validity
of any other provisions, sections, or portions thereof of the article.
The remainder of the article shall remain in full force and effect.
Any other ordinances whose terms are in conflict with the provisions
of this article are hereby repealed as to those terms that conflict.
