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

Land Use Regulations and Comp Planning Report

• 2011 Local Land Use Regulations and Comp Planning Status Report
• When local governments make changes to zoning, land division, or official mapping ordinances, they must do so consistent with a comprehensive plan (s. 66.1001(3), Wis. Stats.)
• For more current info on plans submitted to DOA, see Library of Plans page.

• Data - Comprehensive Planning and Land Use Regulations Inventory

• Table of results - Excel spreadsheet with three worksheets (tabs) that detail comprehensive planning status and local land use regulations for each of the 1,922 Wisconsin towns, villages, cities, and counties

• Individual maps from the report

• Map of m​unicipal comprehensive planning status 
• Map of county comprehensive planning status 
• Map of zoning at the municipal level
• Map of municipal subdivision regulations 
• Map of county subdivision regulations
• Map of municipal official mapping
• Map of county official mapping
• Map of city and village shoreland wetland zoning
• Map of county shoreland zoning
• Map of municipal zoning, subdivision, and mapping regulations
• Map of county zoning, subdivision, and mapping regulations
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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
• 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 Department of Administration Demographic Services - Population projections
• WI Department of Transportation, Transportation and Land Use
  
• Wisconsin Emergency Management, Hazard Mitigation
  
• Wisconsin county GIS web mapping websites
  
• Wisconsin Land Use & Planning Law (2022 Edition)​
  
  
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