Planning Implementation Tools
Regulatory Tools
Land
Division Ordinance (2008) Land division and subdivision ordinances provide standards
and procedures for dividing and recording individual parcels of land within a
community.
Zoning Ordinance (2007) Zoning regulates land uses, densities and dimensional
standards such as lot sizes, setbacks and building height limitations.
To Play the Game -
You Need to Know the Rules: Town-county relationships in zoning administration. (2003)
Towns and counties have separate, well-defined roles in adoption, amendment and exceptions
to general zoning.
Overlay Zoning (2006) An overlay zone is
a special zoning district that is placed over existing base zones to protect specific
resources.
Adequate Public Facilities (2009) APF
regulations ensure that adequate public facilities, such as roads, transit facilities,
and sewer and water are in place prior to allowing new development.
Design-based Tools
Planned Unit
Development (2006) A PUD is
proposed and approved as a package; it allows a developer to meet overall community
density and land use goals without being bound by existing zoning requirements.
Conservation Design (2006)
Conservation design encourages the clustering of buildings and lots on a development
site in order to preserve specific resources.
Traditional
Neighborhood Design (2006) TND
promotes compact, mixed use neighborhoods where residential, commercial and civic buildings
are within close proximity to each other.
Financial Tools
Capital
Improvement Plan (2008) The CIP
identifies the proposed timing, location and financing of capital improvements over a
multi-year period.
Impact
Fees (2007) An impact fee
is used to recover the anticipated capital cost of providing public facilities needed
to serve a new development.
Purchase of
Development Rights (2006) PDR
is a voluntary program used to permanently protect productive or sensitive landscapes
while retaining private ownership and management of the land.
Voluntary, incentive-based tools
Transfer of
Development Rights (2006) TDR
is a voluntary program that allows landowners to sell development rights from their land
to a developer or other interested party who then can use those rights to increase the
density of development at another designated location.
Density
Bonus (2006) A density
bonus permits developers to increase the maximum allowable development on a property
in exchange for helping the community to achieve public policy goals
Conservation Easements (2006)
A conservation easement is a legal agreement voluntarily placed on a piece of property to
restrict the development, management or use of the land.
Land Use Approaches to Protect Natural Resources
Planning and Zoning for "Frac Sand" Mining (2012) Wisconsin is in
the midst of a sand mining boom, with many out-of-state and in-state
companies developing new sand mines and expanding others. The
state has lots of sand - and the right kind of sand for hydraulic
fracturing or fracking. This fact sheet focuses on the planning
and zoning aspects of sand mining in Wisconsin.
Are we drinking the pesticides sprayed on Wisconsin's crops? published in the Bay View Compass
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Map of pesticide use in Wisconsin, Created by Dan McFarlane from the Center for Land Use Education. 2005 CropScape data from USDA was multiplied by the 2005 Wisconsin average pesticide use per acre for each crop from the National Agricultural Statistics Service.
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Map of pesticide detections in Wisconsin private drinking water wells,
Created by Dan
McFarlane from the Center for Land Use Education. Data from the
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection,
the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, and 2005 CropScape data
from USDA.
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Map of organic farms in Wisconsin,
Created by Lisa Morrison, Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.
Community Supported Agriculture in
Wisconsin: Supporting Local Farmers and Protecting Drinking Water (2007) Every “eater”
affects groundwater quality through the farming practices they support when they purchase
food. Buying food from local CSA farms protect farmland, supports sustainable farming
practices, and conserves natural resources, including groundwater.
Organic Food Production
and Processing in Wisconsin: Strong Sales Driven by
Health Concerns (2007) Wisconsin farmers are leaders in organic food production which
affects human health, drinking water quality and farmers’ income and food processors.
Rain and
Snow - where do they go and what do they take with them - This
fact sheet describes how streams and fisheries are affected by
impervious (hard) surfaces and land use.
Impervious Surface - an environmental
indicator - This fact sheet describes the results of increased impervious surfaces and
community actions that can be adopted to address them.
Siting Rural Development - to protect lakes and streams and decrease road costs -
This fact sheet explores the
existing road system in Wisconsin and its cost per person, and specific tools for
minimizing pollutant sources and pollutant delivery to lakes and streams.
