Comprehensive Plan

Comprehensive Plan: Adopted on November 6th, 2024 

The Town contracted with the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission (in June of 2022) to update to the Comprehensive Plan. The updated plan was unanimously adopted by the Town Board on November 6, 2024, via Ordinance 2024-9. This action followed a recommendation from the Plan Commission via Resolution at their October 16th meeting. Public comment period was September 16th - October 9th. Public comment was also accepted at the Public Hearing held at the November 6th Town Board meeting. The Comprehensive Plan will act as the main planning document for the Town with a plan year out to 2050 (will be revisited every 10 years).

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Comprehensive Plan Open House: 9/18/2024: Press Release: Open House

Click here: Open House Informational Sheet 9-18-24

 

Cedarburg Traffic Planning Study  

The Town’s Comprehensive Plan calls out as a policy that the Town, “Pursue and support consulting studies conducted to assist in the improvement and expansion of the Town’s infrastructure.” The Town and City of Cedarburg jointly commissioned a Cedarburg Traffic & Access Planning Study with raSmith for the WIS 60/Horns Corners Road to Keup Road, Washington Avenue/WIS 60 to Bridge Road, and Sheboygan Road (County I)/WIS 60 to Washington Avenue areas.

Click here: Cedarburg Traffic Planning Study 2025

Comprehensive Planning Resources

 

Zoning Code Update: In-Progress

Press Release: Zoning Code Open House April 29th 6-7:30pm

Maps

Below are maps from the Open House on April 29, 2024 that show proposed Zoning Map changes in draft form.

Current Zoning Map

Proposed Draft Updated Zoning Map

Proposed Draft Updated Zoning Map showing only properties that have proposed zoning changes

The Town approved a scope of services with SEH (Short Elliot Hendrickson) in the summer of 2023 to update the Zoning Code. The update will contemplate a refreshed vision of the 5 Corners Town Center, and reflect the 20-year boundary agreement reached with the City of Cedarburg in 2021 to guide growth a responsible manner. The Zoning Code is the backbone of Town land use and daily implementation. The project does not have an anticipated end date, with work ongoing. The Zoning Code and Comprehensive Plan are to be consistent with one another, so completing both projects concurrently has many benefits.

Open House: The Plan Commission held an Open House for viewing of the progress on the Zoning Code update on April 29, 2024. The Open House followed two workshop visioning sessions held in late 2023 with the Town Board, and reviews by the Plan Commission at their February and March meetings. The Open House featured the existing Zoning Map, draft proposed Zoning Map, along with a detailed list of land uses broken down by zoning district that would be proposed to be allowed as principal uses and conditional uses. Staff from SEH presented a summary of the work to date, which primarily addresses the Town Center and business districts, took questions and comments, and provided comment cards. The Town also mailed out notices to property owners affected by the Zoning Code update, and published a notice in the News Graphic. The Zoning Code chapter is likely to be adopted through several separate ordinances (not all at once with one ordinance), and the Comprehensive Plan amended at the completion of the Zoning Code project to meet the statutory consistency requirement.

Current Status: The Plan Commission is working through draft articles of the Zoning chapter, anticipating draft sections ready for legal review in summer of 2025.