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Adoption Procedures
See s. 66.1001(4) Comprehensive Planning Statutes
 PDF File 

PDF FileDirectory of Resources for Comprehensive Planning 

Element Guides
Element guides specifically designed for local comprehensive planning processes are available for seven of the nine required elements.

Model Ordinances
PDF File
 
Sample Ordinance for Creating a Town Plan Commission
PDF File 
Model Ordinance for a Conservation Subdivision
PDF File 
Model Ordinance for a Traditional Neighborhood Development
PDF File 
Model Ordinance: Adoption of a Local Comprehensive Plan
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Links to other Comprehensive Planning Resources

Applied Population Lab - mapping application

Center for Community Economic Development - Fund raising / grant writing links

Center for Land Use Education (CLUE)
This website provides a wealth of information on community planning in Wisconsin.

County planning and/or zoning department contact information

Environmental Protection Agency Smart Growth Implementation Assistance

GIS links - provided at Wisconsin Towns Association website

Groundwater in Wisconsin comprehensive planning website

Municipal and county associations
Wisconsin Counties Association
Wisconsin Towns Association
League of Wisconsin Municipalities
Wisconsin Alliance of Cities

Public Service Commission and Smart Growth Initiatives
This website contains suggestions for community planners and zoning officials on how to plan for electric transmission facilities in the comprehensive planning and zoning processes.

Regional Planning Commissions Directory

USDA - Forest Service
This is a link to the National Forest Management Act Webpage and includes development guidelines.

USDA - Rural Development
This Website contains information for agriculturally based communities on the subjects of business and finance, community development, cooperatives, utilities, and regulations.

UW Extension
Center for Community Economic Development
Downtown and Business District Market Analysis
University of Wisconsin Extension Local Government Center

WiscLINC - Wisconsin Land Information Clearinghouse

Wisconsin Coastal Management Program

Wisconsin county web mapping websites

Wisconsin Department of Administration population projections

WI Department of Commerce - Division of Housing and Community Development

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Land use planning and community resources
Webmapping applications
Comprehensive planning ATRI webmapping tool
Smart Forestry

WI Department of Transportation, Transportation and Land Use

Wisconsin Emergency Management, Hazard Mitigation

Wisconsin Historical Society Smart Growth Initiative


For more information on the planning grant program contact
Comprehensive Planning Program
101 E. Wilson Street, 9th Floor
Madison, WI 53703
Tel. 608.267.3369
Fax 608.267.6917

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