Date
May 15th, 2019
Time
10:30am - 4:30pm
Contact
Mia Ljung
Phone
920-944-3628
This workshop is designed for local elected officials, plan commissions, and zoning boards of adjustment and appeals. Local government staff and community members are also welcome to attend. The workshop will help you understand the roles and responsibilities of local land use decision-makers, standards for decision-making, and procedural responsibilities. Participants are welcome to attend the entire workshop, or just those portions relevant to their positions.
Agenda
For the Plan Commission and Governing Body
10:00 AM Doors Open/Check-In
10:30 AM – Role of the governing body and plan commission
- Comprehensive planning, plan implementation, and consistency
- Review of subdivision plats and certifi ed survey maps
Noon – Lunch (catered)
For the Plan Commission, Governing Body and Zoning Board
1:00 PM – Procedural responsibilities
- Open meetings, public hearings, and site visits
- Making and recording decisions
- Impartial decision-makers and recusal
1:45 PM – Zoning
- Developing and amending the zoning ordinance
- Conditional uses and special exceptions, including new state standards
- Planning and zoning for shorelands and wetlands
For the Zoning Board of Adjustment/Appeals
3:00 PM – Zoning Board roles and responsibilities
- Role of the Zoning Board
- Variances
- Administrative appeals
4:30 PM Adjourn
This collaborative program is made possible by the Center for Land Use Education, the Town of Greenville, and Extension for Outagamie-Winnebago Counties. Register here: https://www.uwsp.edu/cnr-ap/clue/Pages/workshops/workshopspc.aspx
Local Government Center Teleconference offerings
The Local Government Center is offering some really relevant educational programming for local governments in Wisconsin. For their teleconferences, please contact me if your local government group or organization would be interested in meeting at an Extension office (either Outagamie or Winnebago), and your participation is then free of charge (otherwise $20). Please see below for remaining sessions for the following teleconference series:
Planning for the Autonomous and Connected Future – From Horseless to Driverless Carriage
Wednesday, April 10, 2019, 10:30 am – 12:00 noon
Annual Case Law Update
Wednesday, May 8, 2019, 10:30 am – 12:00 noon
Register: https://localgovernment.extension.wisc.edu/distance-education/local-land-use-planning-and-zoning-series/ | Phone: 608-262-0810
Meet with your Community Development Educator
As always, please contact me if you’d like to meet and discuss issues and opportunities for community and economic development in Outagamie and Winnebago counties. I really value meeting one-to-one with people in our communities whether or not you’re a resident, from a local non-profit or business, or from a local government.
Event Location
Town of Greenville, W6860 Parkview Dr, Greenville