[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Muskego 1-23-2003 by Ord. No.
1123 (Ch. 41 of the 1964 Code). Amendments noted
where applicable.]
[Amended 4-23-2009 by Ord. No. 1293]
The purpose of this chapter is to establish the City of Muskego
2020 Comprehensive Plan as the official Comprehensive Plan of the
City of Muskego, as defined by Wisconsin Statutes. The Comprehensive
Plan is intended to promote public health, safety, and welfare of
the City of Muskego by effectively guiding long-range growth and development
within the City of Muskego and its extraterritorial planning jurisdiction.
The Comprehensive Plan provides goals, objectives, policies, and recommendations
for future land use, transportation, housing, economic development,
utilities, community facilities, agricultural resources, natural resources,
cultural resources, intergovernmental relations, and implementation.
Implementation of the Comprehensive Plan is accomplished through other
sections of the Muskego Municipal Code, more detailed plans, public
investments, private development decisions, intergovernmental cooperation
and citizen involvement.
The authority for the City of Muskego to prepare and adopt a
Comprehensive Plan is established under §§ 62.23 and
66.1001, Wis. Stats. Section 66.1001(2), Wis. Stats., specifies the
required contents of a Comprehensive Plan.
[Amended 4-23-2009 by Ord. No. 1293]
The City of Muskego Comprehensive Plan, adopted by Resolution No. 007-2009 of the Plan Commission and by Ordinance No. 1293 of the Common Council, is the official Comprehensive Plan of the City of Muskego. The above-mentioned Comprehensive Plan supersedes and replaces all Comprehensive Plans previously adopted by the City of Muskego, except as explicitly provided for in the Comprehensive Plan document or under § 380-6 below. The text, maps, tables, graphics, goals, objectives, policies, and recommendations of the Comprehensive Plan are intended to serve as a guide as the City of Muskego undertakes subsequent actions to implement the plan, except as otherwise provided for under Wisconsin Statutes.
Per § 66.1001(4)(b), Wis. Stats., following adoption
of the Comprehensive Plan, the City Clerk-Treasurer of the City of
Muskego shall send a copy of the adopting ordinance and the adopted
Comprehensive Plan document to all of the following:
A.
Every governmental body located in whole or in part within the boundaries
of the City of Muskego.
B.
The Clerk of every local governmental unit that is adjacent to the
City of Muskego.
C.
The State of Wisconsin Department of Administration.
D.
The Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission (SEWRPC).
E.
The Muskego Public Library.
A.
Requirements. The Wisconsin Smart Growth Act, § 66.1001(4)(a),
Wis. Stats., requires the City to "adopt written procedures that are
designed to foster public participation, including open discussion,
communication programs, information services and public meetings for
which advance notice has been provided, in every stage of the preparation
of a comprehensive plan. The written procedures shall provide for
wide distribution of proposed, alternative or amended elements of
a comprehensive plan and shall provide an opportunity for written
comments on the plan to be submitted by members of the public to the
governing body and for the governing body to respond to such written
comments."
B.
Purpose. This public participation procedure is prepared to implement
a public involvement process for the development of the Comprehensive
Plan's 2010 Smart Growth Update and its components. The procedure
brings diverse stakeholder viewpoints into the decisionmaking process,
enabling the City to make more informed decisions and improve quality
through collaborative efforts. This procedure is designed as a general
framework within which 2010 Smart Growth Updates will operate. It
promotes openness and two-way communication. It is not intended to
affect requirements imposed by law, regulation, or contract agreements;
neither does it modify any rights available to the public under the
current law.
C.
Public participation goals and objectives.
(1)
The effectiveness of a plan depends upon its success in meeting the
expectations of the public. Further, plans need to be reassessed periodically
to determine if the public's evolving needs and expectations
are adequately being met. This procedure ensures that the public will
be kept informed of activities and given meaningful opportunities
to participate in the development and review of public plans and policy.
(2)
Goal. The 2010 Smart Growth Update process shall provide to the public
complete information, timely notice and full access to key decisions
and shall support early and continuing involvement of the public.
(a)
Objective 1: Provide the public with timely notice and reasonable
access to information about physical development issues and processes.
(b)
Objective 2: Create opportunities for all segments of the public
to become informed about issues and proposals under consideration.
(c)
Objective 3: Share with the public the tasks of identifying
concerns, developing alternatives and evaluating policies to address
the concerns.
(d)
Objective 4: Be open, honest, and accurate in public statements
and accountable for diligent follow-up and timely results from the
commitments they make.
(e)
Objective 5: Listen and respond to suggestions made by the public.
The City will incorporate public input into the plan documents.
(f)
Objective 6: Foster candid information exchanges and ongoing
two-way communication using a variety of media.
D.
Procedures for public participation. The City anticipates a four-step
planning process for the development of the 2010 Smart Growth Update.
The following procedures for public participation shall be undertaken
for informing and getting citizens involved during each phase of the
comprehensive planning process:
(1)
Analysis. Appropriate participation tools are identified and utilized
to obtain a complete demographic profile of the community and get
a sense of the strengths, weaknesses, issues and opportunities.
(2)
Visioning. The appropriate participation tools are identified and
utilized to access which services and types of development are considered
important to the community, as well as determine issues to address
and strengths to build on.
(3)
Synthesis. The public's vision is drafted into document form
which includes demographic information and translates the public's
desires into statements of goals and policies.
(4)
Formal review and approval. The draft document is distributed to
the public, City library, neighboring communities, and overlapping
jurisdictions, as well as all others who express interest in receiving
the draft plan. Responses to written public comments and suggestions
on the draft document are reviewed by the Common Council and addressed
before additions, edits or other changes to the draft plan are recommended
by the Council to the Plan Commission. A public hearing is held for
formal public review and comment on the final draft. Common Council
reviews and addresses the public written comments on the final draft
in the adopted document.
E.
Public participation tools. Citizen involvement has always been very
important at all stages of the City's planning process, not just
the approval phase when recommendations are being presented. The following
is a summary of the various ways in which the City has and continues
to engage citizens in discussions about planning. Each technique has
its advantages and disadvantages. Any or all of the techniques listed
can be chosen in the analysis phase and utilized in the visioning
phase of the comprehensive planning process.
(1)
Public information handouts.
(2)
Commission meeting with open comment period.
(3)
Press packet/news releases.
(4)
Web postings.
(5)
Key stakeholder interview.
(6)
Targeted mailing/survey.
(7)
Stakeholder/public official briefings.
(8)
News conference.
(9)
Task force.
(10)
Advisory committee.
(11)
Visioning sessions.
(12)
On-going newsletter articles.
(13)
Design charrette.
(14)
Dedicated website.
(15)
Public information meeting/open house.
(16)
Exhibits and displays in public buildings.
(17)
Public hearing.
F.
Applicability. The above public participation plan terms pertained to the adoption of the Comprehensive Plan. For amendments to the Comprehensive Plan, the City of Muskego will utilize the public participation as per § 380-7 herein which includes utilizing a Class 2 notice procedure (state statute requires a Class 1 notice procedure) and a public hearing.[1]
[Amended 5-3-2012 by Ord. No. 1258; 9-1-2016 by Ord. No. 1407]
A.
Section 62.23(2), Wis. Stats., provides that the City of Muskego
may from time to time amend, extend or add to the Comprehensive Plan
or carry out any part of the subject matter in greater detail. The
following are more detailed components of the City of Muskego Comprehensive
Plan, which shall therefore have the same force and effect as the
adopted Comprehensive Plan:
(1)
2017 - 2021 Parks and Conservation Plan, adopted by the Plan Commission
on August 2, 2016, and the Common Council on August 23, 2016, as amended.
(2)
Durham Hill Design Guide.
(3)
Downtown Design Guide.
(4)
General Design Manual.
(5)
Racine Avenue Gateway Design Guide.
(6)
Moorland Corridor South Design Guide.
(7)
Tess Corners Design Guide.
(8)
Business Park Design and Development Standards.
B.
Design guides adopted by this section are advisory documents of the
Plan Commission and may be changed or varied from time to time by
action of the Plan Commission or by other methods as may be set forth
in each of said documents, as amended.
Amendments to the Comprehensive Plan shall be handled similarly
to zoning amendments, with the exception of the following items which
must be followed:
A.
A public
hearing must be held by the Common Council. The notice for such hearing
shall be published two times (Class 2 notice) with the first publication
being at least 30 days before the hearing is to be held. Notice must
be provided 30 days prior to the hearing to nonmetallic mining operators,
owners or leaseholders of property involved with nonmetallic mining,
and persons with nonmetallic mining registered interests. Notice must
also be provided 30 days prior to anybody who has filed a written
request for such notice.
B.
The Plan
Commission must make a recommendation by resolution, adopted by a
majority vote of the entire Commission. If the Plan Commission adopts
the resolution, a copy must be sent to all of the following:
(1)
Every
governmental body located in whole or in part within the boundaries
of the City of Muskego.
(2)
The
Clerk of every local governmental unit that is adjacent to the City
of Muskego.
(3)
The
State of Wisconsin Department of Administration.
(4)
The
Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission (SEWRPC).
(5)
The
Muskego Public Library.
C.
The Common
Council, after the forgoing procedures have been followed, may adopt
the Comprehensive Plan amendment by ordinance. The ordinance can only
be adopted by a majority vote of all of the members of the Common
Council. If it is adopted, one copy of the adopted Comprehensive Plan
amendment must be sent to all of the following entities:
(1)
Every
governmental body located in whole or in part within the boundaries
of the City of Muskego.
(2)
The
Clerk of every local governmental unit that is adjacent to the City
of Muskego.
(3)
The
State of Wisconsin Department of Administration
(4)
The
Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission (SEWRPC).
(5)
The
Muskego Public Library.
