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Village of Butternut Comprehensive Plan: 2006 to 2025 Background Element Adopted by Town Board On: November 13, 2006 2006 Vierbicher Associates, Inc Acknowledgements Village of Butternut Village Board Michael Neumann, Village President Loretta Jehn, Trustee Michael Brennan, Trustee Robert Peterson, Trustee Joan Weis, Trustee Larry Meverden, Trustee Greg Scherwinski, Trustee Comprehensive Plan Committee Mike Brennen Mike Neumann Bob Peterson Greg Scherwinski Joan Weis Other Village Officials Brenda Neumann, Village Clerk/Treasurer Funding This plan was prepared with funding from the Village and a multi-jurisdictional planning grant the Village received from the Wisconsin Land Council along with the following jurisdictions: Towns of Agenda, Ashland, Chippewa, Gingles, Gordon, Jacobs, La Pointe, Marengo, Morse, Peeksville, Sanborn, Shanagolden, White River; City of Mellen; and Village of Butternut. Additional funding was provided by the Wisconsin Coastal Management Program and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office Ocean and Coastal Management under the Coastal Zone Management Act, Grant #NA03NOS4190106. Vierbicher Associates, Inc.; Madison, Wisconsin Table of Contents Village of Butternut Table of Contents ......................................................................................................................... i 1 - Introduction Foreword ....................................................................................................................................1-1 What is a Comprehensive Plan? .................................................................................................1-1 How Will This Plan Be Used?..................................................................................................... 1-2 Organization of Plan Documents...............................................................................................1-2 Participatory Photography .......................................................................................................... 1-3 2 – Housing Introduction ...............................................................................................................................2-1 Housing Overview.......................................................................................................................2-2 Relevant Plans, Policies, Studies and Programs....................................................................... 2-11 3 – Transportation Introduction ...............................................................................................................................3-1 Existing Conditions ..................................................................................................................... 3-2 4 – Utilities and Community Facilities Introduction ...............................................................................................................................4-1 Utilities and Community Facilities Overview........................................................................... 4-2 5 – Agricultural, Cultural, & Natural Resources Agricultural Resources .............................................................................................................. 5-1 Natural Resources........................................................................................................................ 5-6 Cultural Resources..................................................................................................................... 5-36 6 – Economic Development Introduction.................................................................................................................................6-1 Background.................................................................................................................................. 6-2 Population and Labor Force........................................................................................................ 6-3 Economic Base.............................................................................................................................. 6-7 Tourism...................................................................................................................................... 6-13 Commuting Patterns ................................................................................................................. 6-15 Land Values and Tax Base........................................................................................................ 6-16 Environmentally Contaminated Sites...................................................................................... 6-19 Regional, State, and Federal Economic Development Programs ........................................... 6-20 7 – Intergovernmental Cooperation Introduction.................................................................................................................................7-1 Governmental Structure.............................................................................................................. 7-2 Existing Intergovernmental Cooperation .................................................................................. 7-9 8 – Land Use Overview ......................................................................................................................................8-1 Existing Land Use ........................................................................................................................ 8-1 Land Supply and Demand.......................................................................................................... 8-4 9 – Demographics Overview ......................................................................................................................................9-1 National and Statewide Demographic Trends.......................................................................... 9-1 i Table of Contents Village of Butternut Regional Demographic Trends................................................................................................... 9-3 Age ................................................................................................................................................ 9-4 Household Income Levels............................................................................................................9-5 Employment and Education Levels............................................................................................ 9-5 10 - Appendix Comprehensive Plan Survey Results ........................................................................................ 10-1 List of Maps Countywide Road Classification Map........................................................................................ 3-3 Countywide AADT Map.............................................................................................................. 3-4 Land Management Factors Map 1.............................................................................................. 5-7 Land Management Factors Map 2.............................................................................................. 5-8 Environmental Corridor Map....................................................................................................5-9 Coastal Resource Map................................................................................................................ 5-10 Surface Water Map.................................................................................................................... 5-18 Floodplain and Wetland Map .................................................................................................. 5-19 Forest and Parkland Map......................................................................................................... 5-24 Land Use Map.............................................................................................................................. 8-3 ii Introduction Village of Butternut Foreword Chapter Contents ♦ Foreword In 2002, all of the jurisdictions in Ashland ♦ What is a Comprehensive Plan? County worked in concert to submit a ♦ How Will This Plan Be Used? grant to the Wisconsin Land Council to ♦ Organization of Plan Document help fund the preparation of ♦ Participatory Photography comprehensive plans for each consistent with the new planning legislation adopted in 1999. The application was funded in 2003. The County hired Vierbicher Associates to assist with the county-wide plan, and plans for 15 of the 16 individual jurisdictions. What is a Comprehensive Plan? A comprehensive plan is a document that describes a long-term vision that a community wants to achieve. It is a broad brush look at the entire community in terms of where it is now and where it would like to be in the coming years. It looks at the many parts of the community, how the community functions, and its role in the region. The future vision is depicted with maps showing future conditions and with goals, objectives, and policies. Tasks and activities are also identified that need to be achieved to help implement the plan. By law, this comprehensive plan must look out at least 20 years. “A comprehensive plan is intended to provide a Having described what a comprehensive plan is, it’s also rational basis for appropriate to describe what a comprehensive plan is not. making local land use Because a comprehensive plan is strategic in scope, it does not focus on physical design elements. It does not design decisions