Planning

Comprehensive Planning

·         2010 Updates to Wisconsin's Comprehensive Planning Law, Summer 2010

·         The Impact of Wisconsin's Public Participation Requirement on Local Comprehensive Plans, Fall 2007

·         Status of Comprehensive Planning and Educational Needs in Wisconsin, Winter 2006

·         Revisions to Wisconsin's Comprehensive Planning Law, Summer 2004, page 3

·         The Wisconsin Planning Experience: Results From the Community Planning Survey, Summer 2004

·         Comprehensive Planning: Ready, Set, Go? Part 1, Summer 2003, page 8, Part 2, Fall 2003, page 7

·         Legal Q & A on Comprehensive Planning Law, Fall 2003, page 6

·         Top 10 Myths and Facts About Wisconsin's "Smart Growth" Law, Fall 2003, page 14

Environmental / Natural Resources Planning

·        Planning for High Water, Winter 2011

·         Mitigation Planning for Natural Hazards, Spring 2008

·         Planning for Community Food Systems, Winter 2007

·         Is Your Community Planning to Protect Its Drinking Water?, Fall 2007, page 10

·         Comprehensive Planning in Wisconsin:  Are Communities Planning to Protect Their Groundwater?, Part 1, Spring 2005, Part 2, Winter 2005, Part 3, Spring 2006, page 9

·         Tapping the New APA Energy Policy Guide to Make Wisconsin's Smart Growth Law Even Smarter, Winter 2004

·         The Role of Energy in Comprehensive Planning, Winter 2004, page 6

·         Smart Forestry for Smart Growth Planner's Toolbox: Incorporating Forests and Forestry into Local Comprehensive Plans, Fall 2004

·         Watersheds and Comprehensive Planning, Winter 2003-04, page 6

·         Integrating the Local Economy and Natural Resources in the Planning Process, Part 1, Summer 2003, Part 2, Fall 2003

·         Wildlife and Habitat in a Comprehensive Plan, Fall 2002, page 6 

Transportation / Capital Facilities Planning

·         Planning for Airports: The Role of Local Government, Fall 2011

·         Capital Improvement Plan Factsheet, Spring 2009, page 5

·         Planning for Walkable/Bikable Communities, Winter 2008, page 6

·         Planning for Your Airport: The Time is Now, Summer 2008

·         The Transportation Aspect of Disaster Planning, Spring 2008, page 6

·         Considering Noise Impacts of Transportation Facilities, Fall 2004, page 7

·         Connections 2030: The Wisconsin Department of Transportation's Long-Range Plan, Fall 2004, pg 10

·         Connecting Land Use and Transportation in Your Comprehensive Plan, Spring 2004

Community Development / Design

·         Creating a Third Place: Improving Economic Development and Quality of Life in Wisconsin Communities, Winter 2010

·         Principles of Community Placemaking, Fall 2010

·         Creativity, Culture, Community, Commerce, Winter 2009

·         Planning for Arts and Culture, Winter 2009, Page 5

·         Livable Communities: A Blueprint for Small Communities, Winter 2008

·         Planning for Third Places, Winter 2008, page 9

·         Designing Communities for Active Lifestyles, Winter 2006, page 10

·         Sustainable Communities: Lessons from Wisconsin and Sweden, Fall 2006

·        Do Wisconsin’s "Smart Growth" Plans Conform to Smart Growth Principles?, Summer 2005

·       Sustainable Sweden Workshop Visits Ashland, Spring 2005, page 11

·         Smart Growth: A Solution to Sprawl? Spring 2003, page 6

Plan Commissions

·         The Role of the Plan Commission, Summer 2011, page 4 

·         CLUE Offers Plan Commission and Zoning Board Workshops, Winter 2010, page 5

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Zoning

General

·         To Play the Game You Need to Know the Rules: Town-County Relationships in Zoning Administration, Winter 2003 

Shoreland Zoning

·         Working with the New Impervious Surface Standard, Fall 2011, page 4

·         New Publications Focus on Shoreland and Wetland Zoning, Summer 2011, page 9

·         State Shoreland Development Rules Updated, Summer 2010, page 6

·         Shoreland Protection Rule Revisions Move Forward:  Focus Groups Finalize Recommendations, Winter 2006, page 11

·         Effort to Update Shoreland Protection Rules Enters New Phase: Groups to Focus on Areas Criticized in Original Proposal, Fall 2006, page 11

Zoning Amendments

·         Court Rules Zoning Amendment May Nullify Conditional Use Permit, Summer 2011, page 8

·         Zoning Change Found by its Effect, Not its Label, Fall 2009, page 7 

Variances

·         Use Can be a Factor in Considering Area Variances, Spring 2010, page 6

·         Wisconsin Supreme Court Distinguishes Between Area and Use Variances and Changes the Standard for Area Variances, Summer 2004, page 8

·         Wisconsin Supreme Court Upholds Variance Standard, Fall 2001, page 9

·         A Special Exception to the Variance Rule?, Summer 2001, page 9 

Conditional Uses / Special Exceptions

·         Court Rules Zoning Amendment May Nullify Conditional Use Permit, Summer 2011, page 8

·         New Court Decisions Regarding Conditional Use Permits, Fall 2005, page 10

·         Standards of Review for Conditional Uses, Summer 2004, page 7

·         Conditional Uses, Spring 2004, page 6 

Nonconforming Uses, Structures and Lots

·         A Use for 12 Days Does Not Establish a Legal Nonconforming Use, Spring 2010, page 9

·         Nonconforming Structures, Summer 2005, page 11

·         A Recent Court Opinion About Expansion of Nonconforming Uses, Spring 2003, page 3

·         What Changes Invalidate a Nonconforming Use?, Winter 2002, page 10

·         A Guide to Developing Policies for Nonconforming Uses, Structures and Lots, Fall 2001 

Zoning Boards

·         Roles and Responsibilities of the Zoning Board, Spring 2011, page 4

·         CLUE Offers Plan Commission and Zoning Board Workshops, Winter 2010, page 5

·         Zoning Boards May Consider Zoning Official Mistake, Summer 2007, page 8

·         New Quorum and Alternate Requirements for Zoning Boards, Winter 2005, page 12

·         New Court Decision Impacts How Zoning Boards Record Decisions, Fall 2005, page 11

·         Better Meeting Management: Conduct of Zoning Board Hearings, Summer 2001, page 10

Zoning Officials

·         Leadership Program Aims to Ease Workforce Challenges in Wisconsin’s County Zoning Offices, Summer 2007, page 9

·         Retirements In County Zoning Offices Spur New Ideas For Facilitating Workforce Succession, Fall 2005 

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Land Development

·         Platting Law Changes, Winter 2010, page 8

·         Changes to Wisconsin's Platting Laws, Summer 2010, page 5

·         Landscape Features that Drive Parcelization, Summer 2009, page 7

·         The Roots of Landscape Change: Parcelization, Spring 2009

·         Regulatory Approaches to Conservation Subdivisions in Wisconsin, Summer 2007, page 6

·         Honing an Old Land Use Tool:  Regulating Rural Land Division at the Town Level, Spring 2006

·         CLUE Initiates Parcelization Study, Fall 2005, page 7

·         U.S. Supreme Court to Rule on Eminent Domain Case, Spring 2005, page 3

·         Gordie Boucher Case Overturned in Extraterritorial Subdivision Decision, Summer 2003, page 3

·         Defining and Characterizing Sprawl, Winter 2003, page 6

·         Siting Rural Development - to Protect Lakes and Streams and Decrease Road Costs, Fall 2002

·         An Innovative Tool for Managing Rural Residential Development: A Look at Conservation Subdivisions, Summer 2002

·         Managing Rural Residential Development, Spring 2002

·         Moratoria and Takings, Spring 2002, page 3

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Energy

·         Solar Power: What Local Government Can Do, Summer 2011

·         Location Efficiency and Housing Type: Boiling it Down to BTUs, Spring 2011

·         Wind Siting Rules Suspended , Spring 2011, page 10

·         New Wind Energy Rules to Go Into Effect, Winter 2010, page 6

·         Burning Biomass is a Hot Topic in Wisconsin, Fall 2010, page 11

·         Local Regulation of Wind Energy Systems Requires a Case-by-Case Approach, Spring 2010, page 7

·         Governor's Task Force on Global Warming: Proposed Policies for Energy Efficient Communities, Fall 2008

·         Land Use Impacts of Renewable Energy, Fall 2008, page 6

·         Wisconsin's Energy Independent Community Partnership, Fall 2008, page 8

·         Tapping the New APA Energy Policy Guide to Make Wisconsin's Smart Growth Law Even Smarter, Winter 2004

·         The Role of Energy in Comprehensive Planning, Winter 2004, page 6

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Food and Agriculture

·         Farming on the Edge: Land Use and Economic Impacts of Agricultural Land Conversion, Fall 2010, page 7

·         Urban Chickens Raise Unique Land Use Questions, Fall 2009, page 5

·         Are We Drinking Our Land Use Habits? Preserving Water Quality through Positive Food Choices, Summer 2009

·         Wisconsin Joint Finance Committee Completes Budget Work; Adopts Working Lands Initiative, Summer 2009, page 9

·         Planning for Community Food Systems, Winter 2007

·         Can Eating Local “Save the Environment?", Winter 2007, page 6

·         Farming Subdivisions: Problematic or Promising?, Winter 2007, page 8

·         Community Gardens: For Now or Forever?, Winter 2007, page 10

·         Dakota County Program Aims to Preserve Farmland and Natural Areas, Summer 2007

·         The First Year of the Livestock Facility Siting Law, Summer 2007, page 5

·         Wisconsin Working Lands Initiative, Spring 2007

·         Garber and Robertson: Frequently Asked Questions, Spring 2007, page 5

·         State and Local Steps for Successful Farmland Preservation, Spring 2007, page 7

·         TDR Program One of Many Protection Practices Used in Western Wisconsin, Spring 2007, page 9

·         Farmland Protection Strategies in Southern Wisconsin, Spring 2007, page 10

·         Northeast Wisconsin Considers Itself the “Heart of the Wisconsin Dairy Industry”, Spring 2007, page 11

·         Transfer of Development Rights Factsheet, Winter 2006, page 5

·          Adopting More Stringent Standards for Livestock Facility Siting, Fall 2006, page 10

·         New Technology for Manure Management, Summer 2006, page 7

·         Regulatory Options Under the Livestock Facility Siting Law and Rule, Summer 2006, page 10

·         The Wildland-Urban Interface and the Farmland-Urban Interface in Wisconsin, Winter 2004, page 10

·         TWisconsin Supreme Court Ruling:  Agricultural Use Value Assessment, Summer 2002, page 5 

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Forestry

·         The Wildland-Urban Interface and the Farmland-Urban Interface in Wisconsin, Winter 2004, page 10

·         Smart Forestry for Smart Growth Planner's Toolbox: Incorporating Forests and Forestry into Local Comprehensive Plans, Fall 2004

·         Free On-line Course for Local Officials and Woodland Owners, Fall 2004, page 5

·         Public Lands and Property Taxes: What is the Relationship?, Spring 2002, page 3

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Water

·         Helping Wisconsin Residents Save Money through Water Efficiency, Fall 2011, page 10

·         Lawns: A Large Part of Wisconsin’s Landscape, Spring 2010

·         What Happened to the Phosphorous? Homeowner Information on New Turf Fertilizer Restrictions, Spring 2010, page 5

·         Are We Drinking Our Land Use Habits? Preserving Water Quality Through Positive Food Choices, Summer 2009

·         With Growing Hope: A Study of the August 2007 Kickapoo Flood in the Village of Gays Mills, Spring 2008, page 9

·         Is Municipal Financing of Storm Water Projects Failing?, Winter 2005, page 10

·         Court of Appeals Upholds Rules for Private Onsite Wastewater Treatment, Summer 2002, page 5

·         Impervious Surface - An Environmental Indicator, Summer 2002, page 8

·         Rain and Snow, Where Do They Go and What Do They Take With Them?, Winter 2002, page 6

·         Siting Rural Development - to Protect Lakes and Streams and Decrease Road Costs, Fall 2002

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GIS / Technology

·         A New GIS-Based Toolkit to Help Planners and Developers with Sustainable Land Planning, Winter 2011, page 5

·         Comparing Zoning Systems through Spatial Modeling, Fall 2011, page 8

·         GIS Applications for Managing Working Lands and Operations, Winter 2010, page 9

·         GIS Mapping of Cultural Assets: The Case of Madison, Winter 2009, Page 8

·         Status of County GIS Mapping, Summer 2009, page 10

·         The Roots of Landscape Change: Parcelization, Spring 2009

·         Miskowiak to Spearhead GIS Center at UWSP, Winter 2008, page 11

·         Targeting Priority Working Lands and Operations, Summer 2008, page 5

·         What is LESA?, Summer 2008, page 6

·         Mapping Meaning and the Meaning of Maps, Fall 2007, page 5

·         Planning on the Cutting Edge Requires Fine Honing - What-if in Waupaca County, Summer 2006

·        L-THIA – Three Versions, Three Groups, Three Projects, Winter 2005, page 6

·         Web Mapping for Comprehensive Planning, Summer 2005, page 6

·         Fostering Outreach Education and Public Involvement with GIS, Spring 2005, page 7

·         The Wildland-Urban Interface and the Farmland-Urban Interface in Wisconsin, Winter 2004, page 10

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Public Participation

·         Managing Controversy: The Case for Community Dialogue, Fall 2009

·         Children’s Books Help Us Share Land Use Planning Ideas, Fall 2009, page 9

·         The Impact of Wisconsin's Public Participation Requirement on Local Comprehensive Plans, Fall 2007

·         Regional Collaboration:  A Framework for Solving Complex Planning Problems, Fall 2006, page 7

·         Fostering Outreach Education and Public Involvement with GIS, Spring 2005, page 7

·         E-Mail: Important Considerations for Local Officials, Spring 2004, page 10

·         Meaningful to Citizens-Functional for Planning: Using Public Participation Tools to Accomplish Planning Tasks, Winter 2003-04

·         Engaging Local Citizens: A Smart Growth Workshop Overview, Summer 2003, page 4

·         Critical Issues in Undertaking Community Surveys, Winter 2002

·         Tips for Successful Grant Writing, Fall 2001, page 6

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Boards, Commissions and Staff

·         The Role of the Plan Commission, Summer 2011, page 4

·         Roles and Responsibilities of the Zoning Board, Spring 2011, page 4

·         Who's Who in the Planning World, Winter 2002, page 8

·         How to Hire a Planning Consultant, Summer 2001, page 6