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Pursuant to Section 59.69 Wisconsin Statutes, Racine County Planning and
Development Division staff perform land use planning functions for Racine
County. This includes both short range activities such as analyzing rezoning
requests and conditional use petitions, and long range planning activities such
as working with townships to develop land use plans for the year 2010 and
beyond. The staff also provides services to various townships on land use
issues, including reviewing proposed land divisions.
The Division’s functions include taking rezoning and conditional use
applications for projects in the municipalities that are under the Racine
County Zoning Ordinance’s jurisdiction. These include the Townships of
Burlington, Caledonia, Dover, Norway, Raymond, Rochester, Waterford, and
Yorkville. After petitions are filed, staff then prepares publication and
public hearing maps. They review rezoning requests for consistency with the
public interest, and they review conditional use requests for compatibility
with the area in which the land is located.
The staff also reviews proposed subdivisions to see if those divisions are
consistent with good planning principals and with the Racine County Land
Division Ordinance.
In addition to handling rezoning and conditional use applications and
subdivision reviews, staff also evaluates and monitors the Racine County Zoning
Ordinance and subdivision regulations to keep them current with changing
technologies, lifestyles, and State and federal statutes and regulations.
As part of the analysis process for major developments and subdivisions, the
Division prepares precise neighborhood plans. These plans provide a basis for
designing individual developments in proper relation to external features of
area-wide concern, such as arterial streets and highways, other existing and
proposed land uses, and major land use centers and other similar developments.
Finally, the Racine County Planning and Development Division is involved in
protecting and preserving Racine County’s environment. Activities in this area
include coastal erosion mapping and studies as well as shoreland, wetland, and
floodplain mapping protection.
Our Department’s goal (which includes the Planning and Development Division,
Code Administration Division, Land Conservation Office, Real Property Lister
Division, and UW-Extension) is to perform assigned functions in a manner that
will promote the health, safety, morals, prosperity, aesthetics, and general
welfare of this County. We work with applicants and local municipalities to
respond to questions of congestion and safety; sanitation; drainage; over
crowding; public facilities and utilities; property value stabilization;
appropriate land uses; natural resources conservation; implementation of the
County’s comprehensive plan and municipal, watershed, and regional
comprehensive plans; and wise use, preservation, and promotion of the County’s
beauty.
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