City of Greenfield Wisconsin Comprehensive Plan Adopted: 12.15.2020
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CITY OF GREENFIELD WISCONSIN COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ADOPTED: 12.15.2020 City of Greenfield Comprehensive Plan Acknowledgements ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Common Council Plan Commission Michael Neitzke, Mayor Michael Neitzke, Chair Denise Collins, District One Donald Carlson, Member Bruce Bailey, District Two David Schilz, Member, Park & Recreation Board Karl Kastner, District Three Representative Pamela Akers, District Four Christine Hallen, Member Shirley Saryan, District Five Ald. Karl Kastner Robert Krenz, Alternate Steve Rogers, Member Brian Weis, Member Vandewalle & Associates City Staff Scott Harrington, AICP, Principal Planner Kristi Porter, Community Development Manager Jackie Mich, AICP, Project Manager Andrew Stern, Planner Dan Johns, AICP, Associate Planner Ben Rohr, AICP, Assistant Planner Elona Bartnick, Associate Designer Dan Eckberg, AICP, GIS Planner Nicole Anderson, Project Assistant Vandewalle & Associates 247 West Freshwater Way, Suite 530 Milwaukee, WI 53204 (608) 988-8631 www.vandewalle.com Adopted: December 15, 2020 i City of Greenfield Comprehensive Plan Acknowledgements Page intentionally left blank Adopted: December 15, 2020 ii City of Greenfield Comprehensive Plan Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements .................................................................................................................... i Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 1 Purpose of this Plan ........................................................................................................................................................... 1 Planning Process ................................................................................................................................................................. 1 General Regional Context ................................................................................................................................................. 2 Summary of Public Input .................................................................................................................................................. 2 Goals, Objectives, Policies, Programs, and Recommendations .................................................................................. 2 Organization of this Plan ................................................................................................................................................... 4 Chapter One: Issues and Opportunities ................................................................................... 5 A. Opportunity and Targeted Sites Analysis ................................................................................................................ 5 Map 1: Jurisdictional Boundaries ..................................................................................................................................... 7 Map 2: Metro Connections ............................................................................................................................................. 9 Map 3: Priority Special Interest Areas ........................................................................................................................... 13 Chapter Two: Agricultural, Natural, and Cultural Resources ............................................... 19 A. Natural Resource Goals, Objectives, and Policies ............................................................................................... 19 B. Natural Resource Programs and Recommendations: Putting the “Green” Back in Greenfield .................. 20 Figure 1: Example of Vegetative Buffer ......................................................................................................................... 22 Figure 2: Urban Heat Island ......................................................................................................................................... 23 Map 4: Natural Features ............................................................................................................................................. 25 C. Cultural Resource Goals, Objective, and Policies ................................................................................................ 27 D. Cultural Resource Programs and Recommendations .......................................................................................... 27 Chapter Three: Land Use ......................................................................................................... 29 A. Existing Land Use Inventory & Pattern ................................................................................................................ 29 B. Existing Land Use Map Categories ........................................................................................................................ 29 C. Existing Land Use Pattern ....................................................................................................................................... 30 Table 1: Existing Land Use Totals for the City of Greenfield ........................................................................................ 30 Map 5: Existing Land Use .......................................................................................................................................... 33 D. Future Land Use ........................................................................................................................................................ 35 E. Land Use Goals, Objectives, and Policies ............................................................................................................. 35 F. Land Use Programs and Recommendations ......................................................................................................... 36 Map 6: Future Land Use .............................................................................................................................................. 39 G. Special Interest Areas (Smart Growth Areas) ....................................................................................................... 42 H. Other Land Use Programs and Recommendations ............................................................................................. 53 Chapter Four: Transportation .................................................................................................. 55 A. Transportation Goals, Objectives, and Policies ................................................................................................... 55 B. Transportation Programs and Recommendations ............................................................................................... 56 Map 7: Existing Transportation Network ................................................................................................................... 59 Chapter Five: Utilities and Community Facilities ................................................................... 61 A. Utilities and Community Facilities Goals, Objectives, and Policies ................................................................. 61 C. Utilities and Community Facilities Programs and Recommendations ............................................................. 63 Table 2: Utilities and Community Facilities Timetable .................................................................................................. 64 Map 8: Community Facilities ....................................................................................................................................... 65 Adopted: December 15, 2020 iii City of Greenfield Comprehensive Plan Table of Contents Chapter Six: Housing and Neighborhood Development ..................................................... 67 A. Housing and Neighborhood Development Goals, Objectives, and Policies .................................................. 67 B. Housing and Neighborhood Development Programs and Recommendations .............................................. 68 Figure 3: Preferred Multi-Family Residential Development Layout ................................................................................ 69 Chapter Seven: Economic Development ............................................................................. 73 A. Assessment of Desired Economic Development Focus .................................................................................... 73 Table 3: Strengths and Weaknesses for Economic Development ...................................................................................... 73 B. Economic Development Goals, Objectives, and Policies .................................................................................. 75 C. Economic Development Programs and Recommendations .............................................................................. 76 Figure 4: Preferred Layout for Indoor Retail, Service, and Community Facility Development (Small to Moderate Scale) . 78 Figure 5: Preferred Layout for Indoor Retail, Service, and Community Facility Development (Large Scale) ..................... 78 Figure 6: In-Vehicle Sale and Service (e.g,. Gas Stations, Fast Food Restaurants) ......................................................... 79 Figure 7: Neighborhood Business, Community Facilities, Mixed-Use ............................................................................. 79 Chapter Eight: Intergovernmental Cooperation .................................................................