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General Resources

UW-Extension Cooperative Extension

Southwestern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission

Smart Growth and Green County (presentation) (35 slides, 830 KB)

Green County Zoning

Green County Zoning and Land Use Department (presentation) (57 slides, 970 KB)

Planificación Integral (Comprehensive Planning)

Folleto de Planificación Integral

Green County Map Viewer

The Green County Geographic Information Web Server provides online access to geographic and tax record information currently maintained by Green County for individual parcels of property.

Comprehensive"Smart Growth" Planning

Green County Comprehensive Planning Documents
This page contains links to the documents generated for each community participating in comprehensive planning in Green County. For each community there is a Community Profile, Public Participation Plan, Community Projection, Community Survey Results, and Community Vision Statements. For copies of communities' adopted comprehensive plans, contact the clerk of that unit of local government.

Planning Focus Fact Sheet 1:  What Makes Planning Comprehensive? (2 pages, 140 KB)
Wisconsin Guides to the Planning Elements

Legislation

Statute 66.1001

Wisconsin Comprehensive Planning Legislation (20 pages, 322 KB)

UW-Extension Comprehensive Planning Publications

Key Points to the Wisconsin Comprehensive Planning and Smart Growth Law

Required Elements of a Local Comprehensive Plan

Comprehensive Planning Fundamentals

FAQ's - Comprehensive Planning and Smart Growth

Visioning

Planning Focus Fact Sheet 3: The Importance of Public Participation: Visioning in the Comprehensive Planning Process (2 pages, 146 KB)
Visioning in the Comprehensive Planning Process (presentation) (27 slides, 760 KB)

Qualities of a Good Vision Statement, A Checklist

Plan Commission

Plan Commission Handbook (86 pages, 1260 KB)

Commissioners as Officials

Plan Commissioners as Officials (presentation) (36 slides, 180 KB)

Wisconsin's Open Meetings Law (9 pages, 175 KB)

Ethics - Private Interest vs. Public Responsibility

Ethics - Receipt of Food, Favors, Services, etc.

Plan Commission Basics

Plan Commission Basics (presentation) (43 slides, 440 KB)

The Town Plan Commission (9 pages, 43 KB)

Establishing Plan Commissions

Town Plan Commission Sample Ordinance and Notes (17 pages, 315 KB)

Public Participation

Planning Focus Fact Sheet 2:  Public Participation in Comprehensive Planning (2 pages, 115 KB)
Introduction to Public Participation (presentation) (28 slides, 522 KB)

Purpose, Promise and Methods Table

Summary of Public Participation Methods

20 Ways to Keep Citizens Informed

Open House Materials

Open House Workshop Handouts (6 pages, 72 KB)

Green County Comprehensive Planning Frequently Asked Questions (1 page, 64 KB)

Green County Comprehensive Planning Process Information & Project Contact Card (2 pages, 82 KB)

Public Hearing Resources
Wisconsin Statute § 66.1001 (4)(d): "holds at least one public hearing at which the proposed [comprehensive plan] ordinance or resolution is discussed.  That hearing must be preceded by a class 1 notice under ch. 985 that is published at least 30 days before the hearing is held..."
Planning Focus Fact Sheet 13: Public Hearings in the Comprehensive Planning Process (2 pages, 59 KB)
Public Hearings Fact Sheet (2 pages, 60 KB)
Media Release Template (2 pages, 27 KB)
Poster Template (1 page, 41 KB)
Postcard Template (1 page, 41 KB)

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Planning Focus Fact Sheets

This is a series of Comprehensive "Smart Growth" Planning Fact Sheets, each addressing a different topic related to Comprehensive Planning.