7. An intergovernmental cooperation element that provides for joint planning
and decision making with other jurisdictions.
8. A land use element to guide the future development and redevelopment of
public and private property in the local governmental unit.
9. An implementation element that contains programs and specific actions to
be completed in a stated sequence, including proposed changes to any applicable
zoning ordinances, building codes or subdivision ordinances, to implement the other
elements.
Local governmental units that adopt or amend a comprehensive plan that
contains these elements are eligible for state land use planning grants that must be
used to finance the development of the comprehensive plan.

Beginning on January 1, 2010, any program or action of a local governmental
unit that affects land use must be consistent with that local governmental unit's
comprehensive plan. The actions to which this requirement applies include zoning
ordinances, municipal incorporation procedures, annexation procedures,
agricultural preservation plans and impact fee ordinances.
This bill specifies that beginning on January 2, 2010, if a local governmental
unit engages in any program or action that affects land use, the comprehensive plan
must contain at least all of the required planning elements.
Current law requires the University of Wisconsin-Extension to develop, not
later than January 1, 2001, a model ordinance for traditional neighborhood
development and an ordinance for conservation subdivision. "Traditional
neighborhood development" means a compact, mixed-use neighborhood where
residential, commercial and civic buildings are within close proximity to each other.
"Conservation subdivision" means a housing development in a rural setting that is
characterized by compact lots and common open space, and where the natural
features of land are maintained to the greatest extent possible. If the model
ordinances are approved, or considered approved, by a legislative committee in the
assembly and in the senate, every city and village, and every town with a population
of at least 12,500 is required to enact a traditional neighborhood development
ordinance and a conservation subdivision ordinance that is similar to the model
ordinances.
Under this bill, only a city or village with a population of at least 12,500 is
required to enact a traditional neighborhood ordinance. There is no requirement
that a city, village or town enact a conservation subdivision ordinance.
Currently, each state agency must ensure that, consistently with other laws,
whenever it administers a law under which a local governmental unit prepares a
plan, the actions of the local governmental unit are designed to further certain local
comprehensive planning goals. This bill provides instead that, consistently with
other laws, each state agency, whenever it administers a law under which a local
governmental unit prepares a plan, is encouraged to design its planning
requirements in a manner that makes it practical for local governmental units to
incorporate these plans into local government comprehensive plans.
Finally, the bill changes an annual appropriation to the department of
administration (an appropriation from which the department provides grants to
local governmental units to be used to finance the cost of planning activities related
to the transportation element of a comprehensive plan) to a biennial appropriation.
The bill also provides that the amount lapsed, if any, from the annual appropriation
at the end of fiscal year 1999-2000 is appropriated to that biennial appropriation for
transportation planning grants. An annual appropriation is expendable only up to
the amount shown in the schedule and only for the fiscal year for which made. At
the end of the fiscal year, the unencumbered balance in an annual appropriation
lapses to the fund from which appropriated. In contrast, dollar amounts shown in the
schedule for a biennial appropriation represent the most reliable estimates of the
amounts which will be expended in each fiscal year, the total for both years being the

biennial appropriation. Only at the end of the biennium do unencumbered balances
of biennial appropriations lapse to the fund from which appropriated.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB468, s. 1 1Section 1. 1.13 (3) of the statutes, as created by 1999 Wisconsin Act 9, is
2amended to read:
SB468,4,93 1.13 (3) Each state agency shall ensure that, consistently Consistently with
4other laws, each state agency, whenever it administers a law under which a local
5governmental unit prepares a plan, the actions of the is encouraged to design its
6planning requirements in a manner that makes it practical for
local governmental
7unit under the plan are designed to further the goals specified in sub. (2), to the
8extent practical
units to incorporate these plans into local comprehensive plans
9prepared under s. 66.0295
.
SB468, s. 2 10Section 2. 16.965 (4) (intro.) of the statutes, as created by 1999 Wisconsin Act
119
, is amended to read:
SB468,4,1412 16.965 (4) (intro.) In determining whether to approve a proposed grant, greater
13precedence
preference shall be accorded to applications of local governmental units
14that contain all of the following elements:
SB468, s. 3 15Section 3. 20.505 (1) (z) of the statutes, as created by 1999 Wisconsin Act 9,
16is amended to read:
SB468,5,217 20.505 (1) (z) Transportation planning grants to local governmental units.
18From Biennially, from the transportation fund, the amounts in the schedule to
19provide transportation planning grants to local governmental units under s.
2016.9651. All moneys received from the federal government and transferred from the

1appropriation account under s. 20.395 (3) (ix) shall be credited to this appropriation
2account.
SB468, s. 4 3Section 4. 59.69 (3) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 1999 Wisconsin Act 9, is
4amended to read:
SB468,5,155 59.69 (3) (a) The county zoning agency may direct the preparation of a county
6development plan or parts thereof for the physical development of the
7unincorporated territory within the county and areas within incorporated
8jurisdictions whose governing bodies by resolution agree to having their areas
9included in the county's development plan. The plan may be adopted in whole or in
10part and may be amended by the board and endorsed by the governing bodies of
11incorporated jurisdictions included in the plan. The county development plan, in
12whole or in part, in its original form or as amended, is hereafter referred to as the
13development plan. The Beginning on January 1, 2010, if the county engages in any
14program or action described in s. 66.0295 (3), the
development plan shall contain at
15least all of the elements described specified in s. 66.0295 (2).
SB468, s. 5 16Section 5. 62.23 (2) of the statutes, as affected by 1999 Wisconsin Act 9, is
17amended to read:
SB468,6,618 62.23 (2) Functions. It shall be the function and duty of the commission to
19make and adopt a master plan for the physical development of the city, including any
20areas outside of its boundaries which in the commission's judgment bear relation to
21the development of the city provided, however, that in any county where a regional
22planning department has been established, areas outside the boundaries of a city
23may not be included in the master plan without the consent of the county board of
24supervisors. The master plan, with the accompanying maps, plats, charts and
25descriptive and explanatory matter, shall show the commission's recommendations

1for such physical development, and shall, as described in sub. (3) (b), contain at least
2the elements described in s. 66.0295 (2). The commission may from time to time
3amend, extend or add to the master plan or carry any part or subject matter into
4greater detail. The commission may adopt rules for the transaction of business and
5shall keep a record of its resolutions, transactions, findings and determinations,
6which record shall be a public record.
SB468, s. 6 7Section 6. 62.23 (3) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 1999 Wisconsin Act 9, is
8amended to read:
SB468,6,249 62.23 (3) (b) The commission may adopt the master plan as a whole by a single
10resolution, or, as the work of making the whole master plan progresses, may from
11time to time by resolution adopt a part or parts thereof, any such part to correspond
12with one or more of the elements specified in s. 66.0295
of a master plan. Beginning
13on January 1, 2010, if the city engages in any program or action described in s.
1466.0295 (3), the master plan shall contain at least all of the elements specified in s.
1566.0295 (2)
. The adoption of the plan or any part, amendment or addition, shall be
16by resolution carried by the affirmative votes of not less than a majority of all the
17members of the city plan commission. The resolution shall refer expressly to the
18elements under s. 66.0295 and other matters intended by the commission to form the
19whole or any part of the plan, and the action taken shall be recorded on the adopted
20plan or part thereof by the identifying signature of the secretary of the commission,
21and a copy of the plan or part thereof shall be certified to the common council. The
22purpose and effect of the adoption and certifying of the master plan or part thereof
23shall be solely to aid the city plan commission and the council in the performance of
24their duties.
SB468, s. 7
1Section 7. 66.0295 (2) (h) of the statutes, as created by 1999 Wisconsin Act 9,
2is amended to read:
SB468,7,203 66.0295 (2) (h) Land-use element. A compilation of objectives, policies, goals,
4maps and programs to guide the future development and redevelopment of public
5and private property. The element shall contain a listing of the amount, type,
6intensity and net density of existing uses of land in the local governmental unit, such
7as agricultural, residential, commercial, industrial and other public and private
8uses. The element shall analyze trends in the supply, demand and price of land,
9opportunities for redevelopment and existing and potential land-use conflicts. The
10element shall contain projections, based on the background information specified in
11par. (a), for 20 years with detailed maps, in 5-year increments, of future residential,
12agricultural, commercial and industrial land uses including the assumptions of net
13densities or other spatial assumptions upon which the projections are based. The
14element shall also include a series of maps that shows current land uses and future
15land uses that indicate productive agricultural soils, natural limitations for building
16site development, floodplains, wetlands and other environmentally sensitive lands,
17the boundaries of areas to which services of public utilities and community facilities,
18as those terms are used in par. (d), will be provided in the future, consistent with the
19timetable described in par. (d), and the general location of future land uses by net
20density or other classifications.
SB468, s. 8 21Section 8. 66.0295 (4) (b) (intro.) of the statutes, as created by 1999 Wisconsin
22Act 9
, is amended to read:
SB468,8,523 66.0295 (4) (b) (intro.) The planning plan commission or other body of a local
24governmental unit that is authorized to prepare or amend a comprehensive plan may
25recommend the adoption or amendment of a comprehensive plan only by adopting

1a resolution by a majority vote of the entire commission. The vote shall be recorded
2in the official minutes of the planning plan commission or other body. The resolution
3shall refer to maps and other descriptive materials that relate to one or more
4elements of a comprehensive plan. One copy of an adopted comprehensive plan, or
5of an amendment to such a plan, shall be sent to all of the following:
SB468, s. 9 6Section 9. 66.0295 (4) (b) 2. of the statutes, as created by 1999 Wisconsin Act
79
, is amended to read:
SB468,8,108 66.0295 (4) (b) 2. Every The clerk of every local governmental unit that is
9adjacent to the local governmental unit which is the subject of the plan that is
10adopted or amended as described in par. (b) (intro.).
SB468, s. 10 11Section 10. 66.0295 (4) (b) 5. of the statutes is created to read:
SB468,8,1312 66.0295 (4) (b) 5. The regional planning commission in which the local
13governmental unit is located.
SB468, s. 11 14Section 11. 66.0295 (4) (b) 6. of the statutes is created to read:
SB468,8,1615 66.0295 (4) (b) 6. The public library that serves the area in which the local
16governmental unit is located.
SB468, s. 12 17Section 12. 66.0295 (4) (c) (intro.) of the statutes, as created by 1999 Wisconsin
18Act 9
, is renumbered 66.0295 (4) (c) and amended to read:
SB468,9,319 66.0295 (4) (c) No recommended comprehensive plan that is adopted or
20amended
recommended for adoption or amendment under par. (b) may take effect
21until the local governmental unit enacts an ordinance that adopts the plan or
22amendment is enacted as an ordinance by the local governmental unit. The local
23governmental unit may not enact an ordinance under this paragraph unless the
24comprehensive plan contains all of the elements specified in sub. (2). An ordinance
25may be enacted under this paragraph only by a majority vote of the members-elect,

1as defined in s. 59.001 (2m), of the governing body. An ordinance that is enacted
2under this paragraph, and the plan to which it relates, shall be filed with at least all
3of the following: entities specified under par. (b).
SB468, s. 13 4Section 13. 66.0295 (4) (c) 1. and 2. of the statutes, as created by 1999
5Wisconsin Act 9
, are repealed.
SB468, s. 14 6Section 14. 66.034 (3) (title) of the statutes, as created by 1999 Wisconsin Act
79
, is amended to read:
SB468,9,88 66.034 (3) (title) City, and village and town requirements.
SB468, s. 15 9Section 15. 66.034 (3) (a) of the statutes, as created by 1999 Wisconsin Act 9,
10is amended to read:
SB468,9,1511 66.034 (3) (a) Not later than January 1, 2002, every city and village, and every
12town with a population of at least 12,500 shall enact an ordinance under s. 62.23 (7)
13that is similar to the model traditional neighborhood development ordinance that is
14developed under sub. (2) (a) if the ordinance is approved under sub. (2) (b), although
15the ordinance is not required to be mapped.
SB468, s. 16 16Section 16. 66.034 (3) (b) of the statutes, as created by 1999 Wisconsin Act 9,
17is amended to read:
SB468,9,2418 66.034 (3) (b) A city or village that comes into existence, or town whose
19population reaches at least 12,500, after January 1, 2002, shall enact an ordinance
20under s. 62.23 (7) that is similar to the model traditional neighborhood development
21ordinance that is developed under sub. (2) (a) if the ordinance is approved under sub.
22(2) (b) not later than the first day of the 12th month beginning after the city or village
23comes into existence or after the town's
city's or village's population reaches at least
2412,500, although the ordinance is not required to be mapped.
SB468, s. 17 25Section 17. Appropriation changes.
SB468,10,9
1(1) Transportation planning grants to local governmental units. In the
2schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the
3department of administration under section 20.505 (1) (z) of the statutes, as affected
4by the acts of 1999, the dollar amount for fiscal year 2000-01 is increased by an
5amount equal to the amount, if any, of the moneys under that appropriation that
6were allocated for the purpose of transportation planning grants to local
7governmental units under section 16.965 of the statutes and that lapsed to the
8general fund on July 1, 2000, for the purpose of transportation planning grants to
9local governmental units under section 16.965 of the statutes.
SB468,10,1010 (End)
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