COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING

• Plan Commission Handbook (86 pages, 1267 KB)

Contact People in Each County

• Richland County Extension Office
• Steve Kohlstedt
• 608/647-6148
• steven.kohlstedt@ces.uwex.edu
• Richland County Zoning (Richland County web site)
• Harriet Pedley
• 608/647-2447
• pedleyh@co.richland.wi.us
• SWWRPC (SouthWest Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission)
• Ron Niemann
• 608/342-1751
• niemannr@uwplatt.edu

Local Government Center Fact Sheets

• Wisconsin Open Meeting Law - Revised April 2003 (9 pages, 174 KB)
• Town Plan Commission Sample Ordinance & Notes (17 pages, 315 KB)
• Comprehensive Planning Smart Growth Law FAQ (7 pages, 50 KB)
• Planning Focus Fact Sheet 11: Addressing Land Use in the Comprehensive Plan (2 pages, 65 KB)
• Planning Focus Fact Sheet 12: Common Land Protection Tools (4 pages, 65 KB)

UW Extension Publications

• G3746 - Comprehensive Planning Fundamentals (4 pages, 155 KB)
• G3750 - Key Points about Wisconsin's New Comprehensive Planning & Smart Growth Law (2 pages, 50 KB)
• G3749 - Required Elements of a Local Comprehensive Plan (4 pages, 85 KB)

Presentations

• 2004 Visioning in the Comprehensive Planning Process (20 pages, 75 KB)
  presented by Steve Kohlstedt
• July 29, 2004 Comprehensive Planning: Public Participation (28 pages, 90 KB)
  presented by Steve Kohlstedt

Presentations from June 22, 2004 meeting on Plan Commission Training

• Plan Commission Basics (44 pages, 407 KB)
  Prepared by: Sarah Burgert, Community Resource Development EducatorGreen County UW-Extension
• Plan Commission Training (18 pages, 460 KB)
  Prepared by: R. Niemann
• Plan Commissioners as Local Officials Richland Center, WI June 22, 2004 (36 pages, 70 KB)
  Presented by: James H. Schneider, J. D. Local Government Center UW-Extension, Madison

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