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Wisconsin Comprehensive Planning Grant Program
The 1999-2001 Wisconsin State biennial budget
included the most complete comprehensive planning legislation in Wisconsin's
history. This comprehensive planning legislation (occasionally
referred to as "Smart Growth") provides the framework for developing
comprehensive plans, a grant program which will provide communities an
incentive to further advance the local efforts in their comprehensive
planning process, and a connection to other planning related actions to help
provide overall consistency with the plan developed by the local community.
The legislation outlines how the newly defined
"comprehensive plan" relates to previous and continuing planning efforts.
Each plan must address the 9 planning elements.
The detail on each comprehensive plan depends, in part, on the type of
planning jurisdictions. Additionally, communities accepting state
grant funds are required to incorporate the 14 planning
goals and objectives. By 2010, all land use related actions
(regulations, etc.) must be consistent with the adopted comprehensive plan.
This includes, but is not limited to: incorporation procedures,
annexation procedures, boundary agreements, subdivision regulation,
extraterritorial plat review, zoning ordinances, or agricultural
preservation plans. As part of the comprehensive planning process,
each governmental entity must adopt a Public
Participation Plan to facilitate public involvement, following
procedures outlined by WI Statue 66.1001(4) (See More Links below).
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14 Planning Goals and Objectives
- Promotion of the redevelopment of lands with existing infrastructure
and public services and the maintenance and rehabilitation of existing
residential, commercial and industrial structures.
- Encouragement of neighborhood designs that support a range of
transportation choices.
- Protection of natural areas, including wetlands, wildlife habitats,
lakes, woodland, open spaces and groundwater resources.
- Protection of economically productive areas, including farmland and
forests.
- Encouragement of land uses, densities and regulations that promote
efficient development patterns and relatively low municipal, state
government and utility costs.
- Preservation of cultural, historical and archeological sites.
- Encouragement of coordination and cooperation among nearby units of
government.
- Building of community identity by revitalizing main streets and
enforcing design standards.
- Providing an adequate supply of affordable housing for individuals of
all income levels throughout each community.
- Providing adequate infrastructure and public services and an adequate
supply of developable land to meet existing and future market demand for
residential, commercial and industrial uses.
- Promoting the expansion or stabilization of the current economic base
and the creation of a range of employment opportunities at the state,
regional and local levels.
- Balancing individual property rights with community interests and
goals.
- Planning and development of land uses that create or preserve varied
and unique urban and rural communities.
- Providing an integrated, efficient and economical transportation
system that affords mobility, convenience and safety and that meets the
needs of all citizens, including transit-dependant and disabled citizens.
Have any questions?
Dane County Department of Planning & Development
210 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd Rm 116
Madison WI 53703-3342
Curt Kodl 608-266-4183
daneplan@co.dane.wi.us
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