Center for Land Use Education
A joint venture of Cooperative Extension and
the College of Natural Resources at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Zoning
| Workshops |
- Board of Adjustment/Board of Appeals
- Education and Training
- "Tennessee Mandates Training For Planning Commissioners"
In a what may be a developing nationwide trend, Tennessee has created state legislation that requires training for members of planning commissions and Zoning Boards of Appeal. http://www.planning.org/thecommissioner/winter02.htm
Zoning Board Handbook
Topics include: Role, authority and composition of the Zoning Board; Zoning Permit decision process; operating rules of the Zoning Board; open meetings and public notification of meetings; conduct of Zoning Board hearings; administrative appeals; conditional uses/special exceptions; zoning variances; voting and decisions; judicial appeal of Zoning Board decisions; improving Zoning Board decisions.
Zoning Board PowerPoint presentation (812 KB)
Zoning Variance Worksheets (13 pages, 211 KB)
- General Zoning
- County Zoning Offices: http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/water/wm/dsfm/shore/county.htm
- Maps - Wisconsin Zoning - Unincorporated Areas
www.doa.state.wi.us/category.asp?linkcatid=750&linkid=128&locid=9
- The Zoning Ordinance (Iowa State University Extension to Communities, Feb 2001) www.extension.iastate.edu/Publications/PM1868G.pdf
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