Resources

• See s. 66.1001(4) of state statutes

Element Guides

• Housing
• Transportation
• Planning for Agriculture
• Natural Resources Planning
• Cultural Resources Planning 
• Economic Development
• Intergovernmental Cooperation
• Land Use
• Implementation
• Public Participation

Comprehensive Plan Checklist

• Voluntary Comprehensive Plan Checklist - PDF version
• Voluntary Comprehensive Plan Checklist - Microsoft Word version

Model Ordinances

• Adoption of a Comprehensive Plan
• Conservation Subdivision
• Traditional Neighborhood Development

Comp Plan and Land Regulations Inventory Report​

• The​ 2023 Wisconsin Comprehensive Plan and Local Land Regulations Inventory Report analyzes the Comp Plan and Land Regs Inventory as it existed in June of 2023.   

• Individual maps from the report:
  

  • ​Map of Online Ordinance Availability of Municipality 
  • Map of Comprehensive Plan Status by Municipality  
    
  • Map of Comprehensive Plan Status by County 
  • Map of Consistency Requirement Risk by Municipality
    
  • Map of General Zoning by Municipality
    
  • Map of Subdivision Ordinances by Municipality​
    
  
  

Links

• Applied Population Lab - Mapping application
• Center for Land Use Educatio​n (CLUE) - Provides information on community planning in Wisconsin, including guides on plan implementation tools, plan commissions, and crafting a public participation plan
• Clerk contact info - Online database of Wisconsin municipal and county clerk contact info
  
• Community Development Block Grant - Planning Program​ - Potential funding for comprehensive planning
  
• Drainage District Mapping Application for Wisconsin
• Environmental Protection Agency Smart Growth
  
• Groundwater in Wisconsin comprehensive planning website
• Municipal and county associations - Wisconsin Counties Association
  
• Municipal and county associations - Wisconsin Towns Association
  
• Municipal and county associations - League of Wisconsin Municipalities
  
• NOAA's Coastal Change Analysis Program Land Cover Atlas (online data viewer) - Provides maps and reports of land cover change at the county level in coastal regions
• Regional Planning Commissions directory
  
• UW Department of Urban and Regional Planning: Compilation of planning and land use laws
• Wisconsin Coastal Management Program
• Wisconsin county GIS web mapping websites​
  
• Wisconsin Department of Administration, Demographic Services - Population projections
• Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Transportation and Land Use
  
• Wisconsin Emergency Management, Hazard Mitigation
  
• Wisconsin Land Use & Planning Law (2022 Edition)​
  
  
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