This webinar provides a broad overview of the current and future impacts of climate change on outdoor recreation in Wisconsin. Speakers discussed outreach materials, educational materials, and future work designed to support tourism-based communities.

Interested in the future of your community? This session discusses using and updating your comprehensive plan. We’ll discuss how to use your plan in local decision-making, potential updates, and available resources.

Introduces the three primary tools for land use decision-making: the comprehensive plan, zoning ordinance, and subdivision ordinance. It also looks at zoning decisions and the rules that apply to ordinance adoption and implementation.

Covers decisions of the zoning board of adjustment or appeals, including variances, conditional uses, and administrative appeals. It also looks at the quasi-judicial role of the zoning board and how their decisions affect the community.

Hear about who decides on large solar projects, and what the process and decision-making criteria are. We’ll highlight a few recent examples.

Examines meeting vignettes to learn how to conduct more effective meetings and hearings. Discusses the difference between legislative and quasi-judicial decision-makers and the importance of creating an effective record of planning and zoning.

Reviews new rules that apply to conditional uses. Learn how to apply the new standards, and discuss how to update your ordinance, forms, and procedures.

Learn how communities across Wisconsin are responding to the quickly growing number of electric vehicles (EVs) and EV chargers, and planning for future increases. Community planning and detailed options for including EV chargers in zoning ordinances.

Communities across the state are struggling with housing supply and affordability. Learn simple steps your community can take to promote the types of housing you need.

From a simple rezone to complex ordinance updates, learn about the process for updating your zoning ordinance. Take a closer look at how communities are addressing new and emerging land uses, replacing long lists of dated uses with use categories, and incorporating graphics and other user-focused features.

See what shoreland zoning standards accomplish. Take a photo tour of waterfront properties and discuss how they are likely to impact the lake or river. We’ve developed a new graphic to illustrate the benefits to fish, lakes and rivers.

Subdivision regulations provide a legal process for dividing and recording land. In this session, we’ll review state requirements for subdivisions, options for local land division ordinances, and the role of local government officials in reviewing plats and certified survey maps.

Designed for towns with and without local land division or subdivision ordinances, this session will review the town role in plat review and options for towns to supplement county regulations related to rural land division.

Designed for planning and zoning staff and the zoning board of adjustment or appeals, this session will take a closer look at variances. Learn about different types of variances, legal standards for granting a variance, and how to create a complete record for the courts.

Discusses the strengths and weaknesses of zoning as a tool to protect groundwater. Topics include minimum lot sizes for homes on septic systems, zoning options for high nitrogen uses, and wellhead protection ordinances.

This webinar takes a look at what zoning is and why most Wisconsin communities have adopted it. The webinar also covers the roles of different local government bodies involve in adopting, amending and administering zoning.

This 3-part series introduces participants to basic tools and objectives of floodplain and coastal management and takes​ a closer look at ordinance adoption and administration in Wisconsin.​ Professional development and continuing education credits are available for webinar attendance.