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Doug Kaler

Doug Kaler

Doug Koehler is the Principal Planner for the City of Waukesha, Wisconsin, guiding zoning, redevelopment, and city planning.

Aug 28, 2026

1:47
Going back to the question of what the zoning code is and how it affects residents' daily lives, I mean, I imagine most residents don't see in quotes there the zoning code, but they're interacting with it more than they know.
2:00
Sure.
2:01
So the zoning code basically determines what uses can happen on any property in the city.
2:09
So if you're a resident and you have a single family home, you notice that all the other properties around you are probably single family homes and the zoning code is what's defining that.
2:18
It's obvious that most people, if you have a home, don't want to be surrounded by industrial properties.
2:23
Usually, yeah.
2:24
High traffic, commercial corridors, things like that.

27 MINS LATER

29:33
I would say one of

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