Manitowoc County Comprehensive Planning

Manitowoc 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 Manitowoc County multi-jurisdictional planning process, which began in August 2007, 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 December of 2009 with the adoption of the Manitowoc County comprehensive plan.

Recognizing that the comprehensive plans must reflect the people they serve, Manitowoc 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 Manitowoc County will look in the future. Please click on the Meetings link to become informed of upcoming meetings at the local and county levels.

Manitowoc County Plan

• Survey
• PLANNING SURVEY ARTICLE
• Meetings/Agendas
• MCPAC
• Northwest Cluster
• Southern Cluster
• Lakeshore Cluster
• Economic S.W.O.T.
• Mid-Point Open Houses
  

• Nominal Group Results
• MCPAC
• Northwest Cluster
• Southern Cluster
• Lakeshore Cluster

• 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-June 25th, 2008
  
• DRAFT Maps
• 5.2 Steep Slope
• 5.3 Elevation
• 5.4 Watersheds
• 5.5 Surface Water Features
• 5.6 Floodplains
• 5.7 Wetlands
• 5.8 Woodlands
• 5.9 Significant Natural Features
• 5.10 Environmental Corridors
• 5.11 Prime Agricultural Soils
• 5.12 Historic Sites
  
• DRAFT Chapter 6-Population and Housing- June 25th, 2008
  
• DRAFT Chapter 7-Economics- June 25th, 2008
• DRAFT Chapter 8-Transportation- June 25th, 2008
  
• DRAFT Maps
• 8.1 Functional Classification of Roads
• DRAFT Chapter 9-Utilities and Community Facilities- June 25th, 2008
  
• DRAFT Maps
• 9.1 Power Generation and Transmission Facilities
• 9.2 Fire Department Service Areas
  
• 9.3 EMS/Ambulance Service Areas
  
• 9.4 School Districts
• 9.5 Park and Recreational Facilities
  
• Chapter 10-Land Use Inventory
• DRAFT land use maps sent out to Communities for review
  

• Mulit-Jurisdictional Planning Process
• County Plan Timeline
• Phase I, II & III Planning Timeline
  
• Phase I, II & III Planning Process
• County Planning Cluster Map
  

• Education and Resources
• County Visioning Worksheet
• County Visioning Worksheet Results
  
• Planning vs. Zoning
• Nine Smart Growth Elements
• Public Participation Process

• GIS Information
• Manitowoc County Web Mapping Site
• DNR Web Mapping Sites
• USDA 2006 Aerial Photography Viewer
  

For more information on the planning process, please contact Brandon Robinson (Lakeshore), Jeff Agee-Aguayo  (Southern), Ker Vang (Northwest) and Tony Bellovary (GIS Mapping) at the Bay-Lake Regional Planning Commission.
Phone:  (920) 448-2820
Email:  Brandon Robinson, brobinsonbaylakerpc.org
             Ker Vang, kvangbaylakerpc.org
             Jeff Agee-Aguayo, jageebaylakerpc.org
             Tony Bellovary, tbellovarybaylakerpc.org

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