Florence County

Florence County Comprehensive Planning

Florence County and its municipalities are developing comprehensive plans for the purpose of guiding and coordinating future development. These plans are a long-range (10-20 years), broad view of the past, present, and future. The plans will address a variety of issues such as:  community change, growth, and preservation; identification of values and issues; analysis of trends and inventory of resources. The comprehensive plans also aid the county and its municipalities to comply with the consistency requirements of s 66.1001- the state comprehensive planning law.  

The Florence County multi-jurisdictional planning process, which began in November 2008, is a bottom-up approach with each of the participating communities developing their own detailed  plans for adoption.  These adopted local plans will then be incorporated into the county framework plan. As a result, the county will leave most land use decisions to local communities.  The multi-jurisdictional planning process will be completed in April of 2010 with the adoption of the Florence County comprehensive plan.

Recognizing that the comprehensive plans must reflect the people they serve, Florence County and its communities encourage citizen input at all stages of the planning process.  Residents and property owners are highly encouraged to be active by attending planning meetings as your views have an impact on how your community and Florence County will look in the future. Please click on the Meetings link to become informed of upcoming meetings at the local and county levels.

Florence County Awarded State Comprehensive Planning Grant

Florence County Plan

• Meetings/Agendas
• Meeting Agendas & Minutes
  
• County/Towns Planning Committee
• Economic S.W.O.T.
• Planning Advisory Committee
• Regional Planning Document
• Nominal Group Results
• County/Towns Planning Committee

• Draft Plan Elements

• Volume I: County Plan

• Chapter 1-Introduction

• Chapter 2-Issues and Opportunities

• Chapter 3-Future Land Use

• Chapter 4-Implementation

• Volume II: County Resource Document

• DRAFT Chapter 5-Agricultural, Natural, and Cultural Resources

• Map 5.1: Quaternary Geology

• Map 5.2: Depth to Bedrock

• Map 5.3: Steep Slope

• Map 5.4: Watersheds/Sub-watersheds

• Map 5.5: Major Named Lakes

• Map 5.6: Major Rivers and Creeks

• Map 5.7: Shorelands

• Map 5.8: Floodplains

• Map 5.9: Wetlands

• Map 5.10: Woodlands

• Map 5.11: Woodland Ownership

• Map 5.12: Key Environmental Features

• Map 5.13: Prime Agricultural Soils

• DRAFT Chapter 6-Population and Housing

• DRAFT Chapter 7-Economics

• Map 8.1: Rural Functional Road System, Florence County

• Map 8.2: Rural Functional Road System, Unincorporated Community of Florence

• Map 8.3: Recommended Regional Bicycle Facilities, Florence County

• Map 8.4: State Bike Map, Florence County

• Map 8.5: ATV Trails

• DRAFT Chapter 9-Utilities and Community Facilities

• Map 9.1: Power Generation and Transmission Facilities

• Map 9.2: Sanitary Service Areas

• Map 9.3: Fire Department Service Areas

• Map 9.4: EMS/Ambulance Service Areas

• Map 9.5: Park and Recreation Facilities

• DRAFT Chapter 10-Land Use Inventory

• Map 10.1: 2009 Land Use

• DRAFT Chapter 8-Transportation

• Volume II: Appendices
• Appendix A-Housing Programs
• Appendix B-Economic Development Programs
• Appendix C-S.W.O.T.
• Appendix D-Transportation Resources
• Appendix E-Glossary
• Appendix F-Land Use Inventory Codes
• Appendix G-Detailed Land Use Inventory

• Multi-Jurisdictional Planning Process
• Timeline
• Planning Summary- November 2009
• Plan Outline

• Education and Resources
• County Visioning Worksheet
• County Visioning Worksheet Results
• Planning vs. Zoning
• Nine Smart Growth Elements
• Comprehensive Planning Legislation
• Public Participation Process
• Wisconsin's New Comprehensive Planning & Smart Growth Law
• The Town Plan Commission
• Village Powers For Town

• Other Florence County Documents
• Florence County Land and Water Resource Management Plan- 2000
  
• Florence County Land Use and Lake Protection Plan- 2001
• Florence County Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan 2006 to 2010- 2006
• Florence County Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan- 2007
  
  
• GIS Information
• Florence County Web Mapping Site
• DNR Web Mapping Sites

For more information on the planning process, please contact Richard Heath, Kim Miller, Ker Vang or Tony Bellovary (GIS Mapping) at the Bay-Lake Regional Planning Commission.
Phone:  (920) 448-2820
Email:  Richard Heath, rheath@baylakerpc.org
             Kim Miller, kmiller baylakerpc.org

             Ker Vang, kvang baylakerpc.org
             Tony Bellovary, tbellovary baylakerpc.org

 

 

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