What Will Your Community
Look Like?
Who will guide the
future of your community?
- Local Residents
- Government Officials
- Developers
- Recreational Home Owners
- Farmers
- Corporations
- Advocacy Groups
- Area Youth
- Mother Nature?
You
can help guide the future of your community through comprehensive
planning.
Consequences of Planning
and not Planning
- Planning
- Allows local government to prepare for public service
needs and associated costs.
- Gives residents an opportunity to discuss and direct the
future of their community.
- Explores alternatives that will serve and guide a community
in a preferred direction.
- Shows developers and government officials the location
and types of development that are wanted by the community.
- Implementation of a plan may restrict how you use your
property and how your neighbor uses their property.
- No Planning
- Local government may have to react to public service crises
resulting from unanticipated development or changes.
- The future just “happens” to a community rather
than the community guiding its own future.
- Without guidance from the community through a plan, decisions
that effect your land are determined by the opinion of government
officials, other residents, and outside interests.
- With nothing to implement, there can be fewer restrictions
on use of your property, and your neighbor is not restricted
from using their property in ways that may effect you.
Reality Check
- Developing a successful plan can be difficult, because there
is a need to balance conflicting views and needs.
- Plans take time and money. The plan will need to be updated
to keep up with the changing world.
- Planning will not provide a solution to every issue, however,
without a plan, few solutions are provided.
Planning vs. Zoning
Planning —
Describes how the community would like to develop based on the
existing & anticipated situation and describes how to get
there. A plan is a guide that can be implemented through a combination
of methods including: education, incentives, regulation, acquisition,
and self initiation.
Zoning —
Is one of many regulatory tools (methods) used to implement a
plan. It describes what can and can’t be done on a particular
parcel.
Smart Growth Legislation
In October 1999, Wisconsin
passed new law related to planning termed “Smart Growth”.
This new law elaborated on Wisconsin’s 1928 and 1967 definitions
of a plan. It includes a list of the 9 elements that make up a
comprehensive plan. In addition, it outlines plan adoption procedures
and requires that beginning January 1, 2010, any program or action
of a local government unit that effects land use must be consistent
with an adopted comprehensive plan.
9 Elements of a Comprehensive
Plan
- Issues & Opportunities
- Housing
- Transportation
- Utilities & Community Facilities
- Agricultural, Natural, and Cultural Resources
- Economic Development
- Intergovernmental Cooperation
- Land-Use
- Implementation
Local Planning Efforts
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