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The Center for Land Use Education has produced a series of publications, some with the Department of Natural Resources and the Office of Land Information Services of the Department of Administration. Unless otherwise specified, these publications are available from the Center for Land Use Education. If you would like a copy please email us at landcenter@uwsp.edu or call us at 715-346-3783.

  Order Form for the Zoning Board Handbook, 2nd Edition, due to be available in print by mid November 2006.

 

Handbooks

• Plan Commission Handbook (1229 KB). May 2002.  This handbook is intended to assist  plan commission members in understanding their various roles and related practices and law, and to help local government officials and citizens understand the role of the commission and their relationship to it.  Topics include:  Getting started as a plan commissioner; Plan commission basics; Planning; Plan implementation tools; and Resources for plan commissioners.
  This handbook is available for download in pdf format free of charge, or in print for $4.00 to cover the cost of shipping and handling.  Email landcenter@uwsp.edu or call 715-346-3783 to order a copy.
  The Plan Commission Handbook can also be downloaded in a zip file here (688 KB).
   
• Zoning Board Handbook, 2nd Edition (color-8685KB). 2006.  This handbook is intended to assist zoning board members, local government officials and citizens in understanding the role of the zoning board and the procedures and standards with which their decisions must comply.  Also available in printable black and white (5332KB).
  This handbook is available for download in pdf format free of charge, or in print for $12.00.  Use this order form, email landcenter@uwsp.edu or call 715-346-3783 to order copies.
  The Zoning Board Handbook can also be downloaded in sections below:

  	Handbook Cover	color (444KB)	b/w (299KB)
  	Intro pages (Acknowledgements, About the Authors, Table of Contents, Introduction)	color (210KB)	b/w (105KB)
  	Section I:  Zoning Board Basics (Chapters 1-3)	color (744KB)	b/w (341KB)
  	Section II:  Laws that Apply to the Zoning Board (Chapters 4-7)	color (811KB)	b/w (438KB)
  	Section III:  Zoning Board Decision Process (Chapters 8-11)	color (997KB)	b/w (607KB)
  	Section IV:  Decisions of the Zoning Board (Chapters 12-16)	color (1499KB)	b/w (608KB)
  	Section V:  Appeal of the Zoning Board Decisions (Chapter 17)	color (463KB)	b/w (196KB)
  	Section VI:  Improving Zoning Board Decisions (Chapters 18-20)	color (945KB)	b/w (345KB)
  	Section VII:  Shoreland and Floodplain Zoning (Chapters 21-22)	color (1061KB)	b/w (686KB)
  	Appendix A:  Reference Materials	color (333KB)	b/w (102KB)
  	Appendix B:  Legal Resources	color (315KB)	b/w (105KB)
  	Appendix C:  Who Decides Whether to Grant Conditional Uses and Special Exceptions	color (183KB)	b/w (109KB)
  	Appendix D:  Sample Forms  (download in Word format here)	color (205KB)	b/w (141KB)
  	Appendix E:  Examples From Wisconsin Communities	color (1957KB)	b/w (1819KB)
  	Indices (Topical and Case Laws Indices)	color (117KB)	b/w (103KB)

• Zoning Nonconformities (1 MB). January 2005.  This guide is intended to assist local officials, land use planning professionals, and citizens in finding an appropriate balance between private rights in continued use of existing development and the public purposes of new land use regulations.  The guide addresses complex and controversial questions that confront communities when zoning regulations change.  This publication is currently only available in electronic format.  Printed copies are available.  If you would like to order printed copies, you may e-mail landcenter@uwsp.edu or call 715-346-3783.

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