RURAL PLANNING COMMITTEE

• The Portage County Planning & Zoning Committee adopted the County's Comprehensive Plan on April 27, 2006, following a public hearing to accept input on the plan. The Portage County Board of Supervisors adopted the plan at its May 16, 2006 meeting.

Rural Area Comprehensive Plan Documents

• Cover Page (575 KB)
• Table of Contents (81 KB)
• Introduction (123 KB)
• Issues and Opportunities Chapter (1,212 KB)
• Housing Chapter (241 KB)
• Transportation Chapter (148 KB)
• Utilities and Community Facilities Chapter (188 KB)
• Agricultural, Natural, and Cultural Resources Chapter (378 KB)
• Economic Development Chapter (1,915 KB)
• Intergovernmental Cooperation Chapter (152 KB)
• Land Use Chapter (243 KB)
• Implemenation Chapter (162 KB)
• Appendix A: Public Participation Plan Cover (46 KB)
• Appendix A2: Public Participation Plan (219 KB)
• Appendix B: Rural Area Comprehensive Planning Survery Cover (32 KB)
• Appendix B2: Rural Area Comprehensive Planning Survey Summary Results (776 KB)
• Appendix C: Wisconsin Statutes Pertaining to Comprehensive Planning Cover (32 KB)
• Appendix C2: Wisconsin Statutes Pertaining to Comprehensive Planning (350 KB)
• Appendix C3: Wisconsin Act 233 (12 KB)
• Appendix D: Land Evaluation Site Assessment Cover (46 KB)
• Appendix D2: Land Evaluation Site Assessment Overview (200 KB)
• Appendix E: Portage County Threatened and Endangered Species List Cover (41 KB)
• Appendix E2: Portage County Threatened and Endangered Species List (163 KB)
• Appendix F: Portage County Economic Development Study Appendices A-C Cover (38 KB)
• Appendix F2: Portage County Economic Development Study Appendices A-C (224 KB)
• Appendix G: Portage County Planning and Zoning Committee Resolution for Adoption Cover (37 KB)
• Appendix G2: Portage County Planning and Zoning Committee Resolution for Adoption (37 KB)
• Appendix H: Portage County Board Ordinance for Adoption Cover (38 KB)
• Appendix H2: Portage County Board Ordinance for Adoption Cover (38 KB)
• Map 3.1: Rural Functional Classification System (1,945 KB)
• Map 3.2: Highway 10 Alternatives (1,932 KB)
• Map 4.1: Utilities(1,907 KB)
• Map 4.2: Drainage District Boundaries & Groundwater Protection Zones (1,940 KB)
• Map 4.3: Corporate Utilities (1,927 KB)
• Map 4.4: Fire Districts & Fire Stations (1,996 KB)
• Map4.5: Libraries (1,936 KB)
• Map 4.6: School Districts (1,930 KB)
• Map 4.7: County Parks, Recreational Lands and Trails (2,008 KB)
• Map 5.1: Highly Productive Agricultural Soils (4,527 KB)
• Map 5.2: Pleistocene Geology (3,997 KB)
• Map 5.3: Bedrock Geology (2,229 KB)
• Map 5.4: Surficial Geology (2,201 KB)
• Map 5.5: Topography (6,302 KB)
• Map 5.6: General Soil Associations (2,017 KB)
• Map 5.7: Groundwater Contamination Susceptibility (2,080 KB)
• Map 5.8: Nitrate Nitrogen in Private Wells (1,951 KB)
• Map 5.8A: Nitrate Nitrogen in Private Wells - Samples Prior to 1990 (1,743 KB)
• Map 5.8B: Nitrate Nitrogen in Private Wells - Samples Taken Between 1990 and 2000 (1,746 KB)
• Map 5.8C: Nitrate Nitrogen in Private Wells - Samples Taken Since 2000 (1,721 KB)
• Map 5.9: Atrazine Prohibition Areas (1,972 KB)
• Map 5.10: Hydrography (1,943 KB)
• Map 5.11: River Basins & Watersheds (2,069 KB)
• Map 5.12: Wetlands (3,254 KB)
• Map 5.13: Floodplains (2,018 KB)
• Map 5.14: Wildlife Areas (2,018 KB)
• Map 5.15: Forested Land (3,762 KB)
• Map 5.16: Non-metallic Mining Resources & Pits (2,180 KB)
• Map 8.1: General Land Use - 2005 (5,209 KB)
• Map 8.2A: Development Constraints (3,357 KB)
• Map 8.2B: Development Constraints (5,188 KB)
• Map 8.3: Future Land Use - 2025 (3,545 KB)

General Information

• Committee Members (2 pages, 82 KB)
• Joint Committee By-Laws (2 pages, 16 KB)
• Rural Vision Statement

Meeting Agendas

• September 28, 2005 Meeting Packet
• March 26, 2003 Meeting Packet
• November 20, 2002 Meeting Packet
• September 25 , 2002 Meeting Packet
• July 24, 2002 Meeting Packet
• Rural Planning Committee Meeting Agenda: May 2, 2002 (1 page, 87 KB)
  • May 2, 2002 Meeting Packet
• Rural Planning Committee: April 24, 2002 (1 page, 49 KB)
  • April 24, 2002 Meeting Packet
• Joint Planning Committee: March 27 , 2002 (1 page, 50 KB)
  • March 27, 2002 Meeting Packet
• Joint Planning Committee: February 27 , 2002 (1 page, 81 KB)
  • February 27, 2002 Meeting Packet
• Joint Planning Committee: January 30, 2002 (1 page, 83 KB)
  • January 30, 2002 Meeting Packet

• Joint Planning Committee: January 9, 2002 (1 page, 77 KB)
• Joint Planning Committee: November 28, 2001 (1 page, 72 KB)
• Joint Planning Committee: September 26, 2001 (1 page, 20 KB)
• Joint Planning Committee: August 22, 2001 (1 page, 20 KB)
• Joint Planning Committee: July 25, 2001 (1 page, 20 KB)
• Joint Planning Committee: June 27, 2001 (1 page, 20 KB)
• Joint Planning Committee: June 13, 2001 (1 page, 20 KB)

Meeting Minutes

• Draft Rural Committee Minutes from January 11, 2006 (126 KB)
• Adopted Rural Committee Minutes from November 30, 2005 (141KB)
• Adopted Rural Committee Minutes from October 26, 2005 (109 KB)
• Adopted Rural Committee Minutes from September 28, 2005 (113 KB)
• Adopted Rural Committee Minutes from August 31, 2005 (109 KB)
• Adopted Rural Committee Minutes from June 25, 2003 (4 pages, 182 KB)
• Adopted Rural Committee Minutes from April 23, 2003 (6 pages, 195 KB)
• Rural Planning Committee: March 26, 2003 (4 pages, 99 KB)
• Rural Planning Committee: September 25, 2002 (1 page, 114 KB)
• Rural Planning Committee: July 24, 2002 (3 pages, 93 KB)
• Joint Planning Committee: June 26, 2002 (2 pages, 71 KB)
• Rural Planning Committee: June 26, 2002 (3 pages, 90 KB)
• Joint Planning Committee, Rural Vision Hearing: May 22, 2002 (2 pages, 72 KB)
• Draft Rural Planning Committee Meeting Minutes: April 24, 2002 (2 pages, 78 KB)
• Joint Planning Committee: January 9, 2002 (3 pages, 107 KB)
• Joint Planning Committee: November 28, 2001 (2 pages, 72 KB)
• Joint Planning Committee: September 26, 2001 (3 pages, 78 KB)
• Joint Planning Committee: August 22, 2001 (4 pages, 45 KB)
• Joint Planning Committee: July 25, 2001 (3 pages, 23 KB)
• Joint Planning Committee: June 27, 2001 (4 pages, 28 KB)
• Joint Planning Committee: June 13, 2001 (4 pages, 18 KB)

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