16.965(4)(b)4.
4. Protection of economically productive areas, including farmland and forests.
16.965(4)(b)5.
5. Encouragement of land uses, densities and regulations that promote efficient development patterns and relatively low municipal, state governmental and utility costs.
16.965(4)(b)6.
6. Preservation of cultural, historic and archaeological sites.
16.965(4)(b)7.
7. Encouragement of coordination and cooperation among nearby units of government.
16.965(4)(b)8.
8. Building of community identity by revitalizing main streets and enforcing design standards.
16.965(4)(b)9.
9. Providing an adequate supply of affordable housing for individuals of all income levels throughout each community.
16.965(4)(b)10.
10. Providing adequate infrastructure and public services and an adequate supply of developable land to meet existing and future market demand for residential, commercial and industrial uses.
16.965(4)(b)11.
11. Promoting the expansion or stabilization of the current economic base and the creation of a range of employment opportunities at the state, regional and local levels.
16.965(4)(b)12.
12. Balancing individual property rights with community interests and goals.
16.965(4)(b)13.
13. Planning and development of land uses that create or preserve varied and unique urban and rural communities.
16.965(4)(b)14.
14. Providing an integrated, efficient and economical transportation system that affords mobility, convenience and safety and that meets the needs of all citizens, including transit-dependent and disabled citizens.
16.965(4)(c)
(c) Planning efforts that identify smart growth areas.
16.965(4)(d)
(d) Planning efforts, including subsequent updates and amendments, that include development of implementing ordinances, including ordinances pertaining to zoning, subdivisions and land division.
16.965(4)(e)
(e) Planning efforts for which completion is contemplated within 30 months of the date on which a grant would be awarded.
16.965(4)(f)
(f) Planning efforts that provide opportunities for public participation throughout the planning process.
16.965 Cross-reference
Cross Reference: See also ch.
Adm 48, Wis. adm. code.
16.965 Annotation
Challenges to "Smart Growth": State Legislative Approaches to Comprehensive Growth Planning and the Local Government Issue. Yajnik. 2004 WLR 229.
16.9651
16.9651
Transportation planning grants to local governmental units. 16.9651(1)(1) In this section, "local governmental unit" means a county, city, village, town or regional planning commission.
16.9651(2)
(2) From the appropriation under
s. 20.505 (1) (z), the department may provide grants to local governmental units to be used to finance the cost of planning activities related to the transportation element, as described in
s. 66.1001 (2) (c), of a comprehensive plan, as defined in
s. 66.1001 (1) (a), including contracting for planning consultant services, public planning sessions, and other planning outreach and educational activities, or for the purchase of computerized planning data, planning software, or the hardware required to utilize that data or software. The department may require any local governmental unit that receives a grant under this section to finance not more than 25% of the cost of the product or service to be funded by the grant from the resources of the local governmental unit. Prior to awarding a grant under this section, the department shall forward a detailed statement of the proposed expenditures to be made under the grant to the secretary of transportation and obtain his or her written approval of the proposed expenditures.
16.9651 History
History: 1999 a. 9;
2001 a. 30.
16.9651 Cross-reference
Cross Reference: See also ch.
Adm 48, Wis. adm. code.
16.966
16.966
Geographic information systems. The department may develop and maintain geographic information systems relating to land in this state for the use of governmental and nongovernmental units.
16.967
16.967
Land information program. 16.967(1)(b)
(b) "Land information" means any physical, legal, economic, or environmental information or characteristics concerning land, water, groundwater, subsurface resources, or air in this state. "Land information" includes information relating to topography, soil, soil erosion, geology, minerals, vegetation, land cover, wildlife, associated natural resources, land ownership, land use, land use controls and restrictions, jurisdictional boundaries, tax assessment, land value, land survey records and references, geodetic control networks, aerial photographs, maps, planimetric data, remote sensing data, historic and prehistoric sites, and economic projections.
16.967(1)(c)
(c) "Land information system" means an orderly method of organizing and managing land information and land records.
16.967(1)(d)
(d) "Land records" means maps, documents, computer files, and any other information storage medium in which land information is recorded.
16.967(1)(e)
(e) "Systems integration" means land information that is housed in one jurisdiction or jurisdictional subunit and is available to other jurisdictions, jurisdictional subunits, public utilities, and other private sector interests.
16.967(3)
(3) Duties of department. The department shall direct and supervise the land information program and serve as the state clearinghouse for access to land information. In addition, the department shall:
16.967(3)(a)
(a) Provide technical assistance and advice to state agencies and local governmental units with land information responsibilities.
16.967(3)(b)
(b) Maintain and distribute an inventory of land information available for this state, land records available for this state, and land information systems.
16.967(3)(c)
(c) Prepare guidelines to coordinate the modernization of land records and land information systems.
16.967(3)(d)
(d) Review project applications received under
sub. (7) and determine which projects are approved.
16.967(4)
(4) Funding report. The department shall identify and study possible program revenue sources or other revenue sources for the purpose of funding the operations of the land information program, including grants to counties under
sub. (7).
16.967(6)
(6) Reports. By March 31 of each year, the department of administration, the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection, the department of commerce, the department of health services, the department of natural resources, the department of tourism, the department of revenue, the department of transportation, the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System, the public service commission, and the board of curators of the historical society shall each submit to the department a plan to integrate land information to enable such information to be readily translatable, retrievable, and geographically referenced for use by any state, local governmental unit, or public utility. Upon receipt of this information, the department shall integrate the information to enable the information to be used to meet land information data needs. The integrated information shall be readily translatable, retrievable, and geographically referenced to enable members of the public to use the information.
16.967(7)(a)(a) A county board that has established a county land information office under
s. 59.72 (3) may apply to the department on behalf of any local governmental unit, as defined in
s. 59.72 (1) (c), located wholly or partially within the county for a grant for any of the following projects:
16.967(7)(a)1.
1. The design, development, and implementation of a land information system that contains and integrates, at a minimum, property and ownership records with boundary information, including a parcel identifier referenced to the U.S. public land survey; tax and assessment information; soil surveys, if available; wetlands identified by the department of natural resources; a modern geodetic reference system; current zoning restrictions; and restrictive covenants.
16.967(7)(a)2.
2. The preparation of parcel property maps that refer boundaries to the public land survey system and are suitable for use by local governmental units for accurate land title boundary line or land survey line information.
16.967(7)(a)3.
3. The preparation of maps that include a statement documenting accuracy if the maps do not refer boundaries to the public land survey system and that are suitable for use by local governmental units for planning purposes.
16.967(7)(a)5.
5. To support technological developments and improvements for the purpose of providing Internet-accessible housing assessment and sales data.
16.967(7)(b)
(b) In addition to any other grant received under this subsection, the department may award a grant to any county in an amount not exceeding $300 per year to be used for the training and education of county employees for the design, development, and implementation of a land information system.
16.967(8)
(8) Advice; cooperation. In carrying out its duties under this section, the department may seek advice and assistance from the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System and other agencies, local governmental units, and other experts involved in collecting and managing land information. Agencies shall cooperate with the department in the coordination of land information collection.
16.967(9)
(9) Technical assistance; education. The department may provide technical assistance to counties and conduct educational seminars, courses, or conferences relating to land information. The department shall charge and collect fees sufficient to recover the costs of activities authorized under this subsection.
16.967 History
History: 1989 a. 31,
339;
1991 a. 39;
1993 a. 16;
1995 a. 27 ss.
403,
9116 (5),
9126 (19);
1995 a. 201;
1997 a. 27 ss.
141am to
141an,
9456 (3m);
1999 a. 9 ss.
114m,
114n,
9401 (2zu);
2001 a. 16;
2003 a. 33 ss.
2811,
2813;
2003 a. 48 ss.
10,
11;
2003 a. 206 s.
23;
2005 a. 25 ss.
92,
2493,
2495;
2007 a. 20 s.
9121 (6) (a).
16.967 Cross-reference
Cross Reference: See also ch.
Adm 47, Wis. adm. code.
16.9675
16.9675
Land activities. The department shall do all of the following:
16.9675(1)
(1) Identify state land use goals and recommend these goals to the governor.
16.9675(2)
(2) Identify state land use priorities to further the state's land use goals and recommend to the governor legislation to implement these priorities.
16.9675(3)
(3) Study areas of cooperation and coordination in the state's land use statutes and recommend to the governor legislation to harmonize these statutes to further the state's land use goals.
16.9675(4)
(4) Study areas of the state's land use statutes that conflict with each other and recommend to the governor legislation to resolve these conflicts to further the state's land use goals.
16.9675(5)
(5) Identify areas of the state's land use statutes that conflict with county or municipal land use ordinances, and areas of county or municipal land use ordinances that conflict with each other, and recommend to the governor legislation to resolve these conflicts.
16.9675(6)
(6) Establish a state agency resource working group that is composed of representatives of the departments of administration; agriculture, trade and consumer protection; commerce; natural resources; revenue; transportation; and other appropriate agencies to discuss, analyze, and address land use issues and related policy issues, including the following:
16.9675(6)(a)
(a) Gathering information about the land use plans of state agencies.
16.9675(6)(b)
(b) Establishing procedures for the distribution of the information gathered under
par. (a) to other state agencies, local units of government, and private persons.
16.9675(6)(c)
(c) Creating a system to facilitate, and to provide training and technical assistance for the development of, local intergovernmental land use planning.
16.9675(7)
(7) Study the activities of local units of government in the land use area to determine how these activities impact on state land use goals, and recommend to the governor legislation that fosters coordination between local land use activities and state land use goals.
16.9675(8)
(8) Identify procedures for facilitating local land use planning efforts, including training and technical assistance for local units of government, and recommend to the governor legislation to implement such procedures.
16.9675(9)
(9) Gather and analyze information about the land use activities in this state of the federal government and American Indian governments and inform the governor of the impact of these activities on state land use goals.
16.9675(10)
(10) Study any other issues that are reasonably related to the state's land use goals, including methods for alternative dispute resolution for disputes involving land use issues, and recommend to the governor legislation in the areas studied by the department that would further the state's land use goals.
16.9675(11)
(11) Gather information about land use issues in any reasonable way, including the following:
16.9675(11)(a)
(a) Establishing a state-local government-private sector working group to study and advise the department on land use issues.
16.9675(11)(b)
(b) Holding public hearings or information meetings on land use issues.
16.9675(11)(d)
(d) Consulting with any person who is interested in land use issues.
16.9675 History
History: 2005 a. 25.
16.968
16.968
Groundwater survey and analysis. The department shall allocate funds for programs of groundwater survey and analysis to the department of natural resources and the geological and natural history survey following review and approval of a mutually agreed upon division of responsibilities concerning groundwater programs between the department of natural resources and the geological and natural history survey, a specific expenditure plan and groundwater data collection standards. State funds allocated under this section shall be used to match available federal funds prior to being used for solely state-funded activities.
16.969
16.969
Fees for certain high-voltage transmission lines. 16.969(1)(a)
(a) "Commission" means the public service commission.
16.969(1)(b)
(b) "High-voltage transmission line" means a high-voltage transmission line, as defined in
s. 196.491 (1) (f), that is designed for operation at a nominal voltage of 345 kilovolts or more.
16.969(2)
(2) The department shall promulgate rules that require a person who is issued a certificate of public convenience and necessity by the commission under
s. 196.491 (3) for a high-voltage transmission line to pay the department the following fees:
16.969(2)(a)
(a) An annual impact fee in an amount equal to 0.3% of the cost of the high-voltage transmission line, as determined by the commission under
s. 196.491 (3) (gm).
16.969(2)(b)
(b) A one-time environmental impact fee in an amount equal to 5% of the cost of the high-voltage transmission line, as determined by the commission under
s. 196.491 (3) (gm).
16.969(3)(a)(a) The department shall distribute the fees that are paid by a person under the rules promulgated under
sub. (2) (a) to each town, village and city that is identified by the commission under
s. 196.491 (3) (gm) in proportion to the amount of investment that is allocated by the commission under
s. 196.491 (3) (gm) to each such town, village and city.
16.969(3)(b)
(b) The fee that is paid by a person under the rules promulgated under
sub. (2) (b) shall be distributed as follows:
16.969(3)(b)1.
1. The department shall pay 50% of the fee to each county that is identified by the commission under
s. 196.491 (3) (gm) in proportion to the amount of investment that is allocated by the commission under
s. 196.491 (3) (gm) to each such county.
16.969(3)(b)2.
2. The department shall pay 50% of the fee to each town, village and city that is identified by the commission under
s. 196.491 (3) (gm) in proportion to the amount of investment that is allocated by the commission under
s. 196.491 (3) (gm) to each such town, village and city.
16.969(4)
(4) A county, town, village, or city that receives a distribution under
sub. (3) (b) may use the distribution only for park, conservancy, wetland or other similar environmental programs, unless the commission approves a different use under this subsection. A county, town, village, or city that receives a distribution may request in writing at any time that the commission approve a different use. The commission shall make a decision no later than 14 days after receiving such a request. The commission shall approve a request if it finds that the request is in the public interest.
16.969 History
History: 1999 a. 9;
2003 a. 89.
16.969 Cross-reference
Cross Reference: See also Adm 46, Wis. adm. code.
