SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN OZAUKEE COUNTY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION BOARD OF SUPERVISORS KENOSHA COUNTY RACINE COUNTY Katherine L. Smith. Chairperson LeonT. Dreger Richard A. Hansen Thomas J. Gorlinski Jean M. Jacobson, David H. Albert George 0.Lampert Sheila M. Siegler Secretary Clarence A. Boesch Rose Hass Leider James E. Moyer Elizabeth Brelsford Kimberly J. McCulloch Karen E. Broman Frances M. Myers Paul H. Brunnquell Richard C. Nelson MILWAUKEE COUNTY WALWORTH COUNTY Kathlyn M. Callen Bernadyne Pape Daniel J. Diliberti Anthony F. Balestrieri Mark A. Cronce Ervin J. Peiffer William R. Drew, Allen L. Morrison, Donald Dohrwardt Ralph Port Vice Chairman Treasurer Jack Eckert Thomas H. Richart David A. Novak Robert J. Voss Theodore C. Egelhoff Warren R. Stumpe John C. Grosklaus Glenn F. Stumpf John Hilber James Uselding OZAUKEE COUNTY WASHINGTON COUNTY Scotrt A. Jaeger Gerald E. Walker Frederick Kaul Sylvester N. Weyker Leroy A. Bley Daniel S. Schmidt Alan I? Kletti Gustav W. Wirth, Jr. Thomas H. Buestrin, Patricia J. Strachota StanT. Kulfan Chairman Peter D. Ziegler GusW. Wirth, Jr. ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR Thomas W. Meaux WAUKESHA COUNTY OZAUKEE COUNTY PARK COMMISSION Duane H. Bluemke Kenneth C. Herro Theodore C. Egelhoff, Chairperson Paul G.Vrakas David H. Albert Clarence A. Boesch Stephen J. Groom Alan Krier Ralph W. Port Ronald J. Schowalter PARK COMMISSIONER William Knight SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF PhilipC. Evenson,AlCP ..............Executive Director Kenneth R.Yunker, PE ................Assistant Director Nancy M.Anderson. .................Chief Community Assistance Planner Robert E. Beglinger ........ChiefTransportationEngineer Robert I? Biebel. PE, PH .....Chief Environmental Engineer Leland H. Kreblin,RLS. .........Chief Planning Illustrator Elizabeth A. Larsen. .................BusinessManager John G. McDougall .............Geographic Information Systems Manager JohnH. Meland ....Chief EconomicDevelopment Planner Donald M. Reed .......................Chief Biologist William J. Stauber,AICP. .........Chief Land Use Planner Special acknowledgment is due DavidA. Schilling, SEWRPC Principal Planner, and Heather M. Petre, SEWRPC Planner, fortheir contributions tothis report. COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE PLANNING REPORT NUMBER 133 (2nd Edition) A PARK AND OPEN SPACE PLAN FOR OZAUKEE COUNTY Prepared by the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission P.O. Box 1607 Old Courthouse 91 6 N. East Avenue Waukesha, Wisconsin 53 1 87- 1607 June 200 1 Inside Region $ 5.00 Outside Region $10.00 (This page intentionally left blank) TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Page Chapter I-INTRODUCTION ......................... Chapter 111-EXISTING PARK Plan Context ......................................................... AND OPEN SPACE SITES ............................ County Request .................................................... Introduction ......................................................... Ozaukee County Park Commission ..................... Existing Park and Open Space Sites .................... Report Format ...................................................... Park and Open Space Sites Owned by Ozaukee County ........................................ Chapter 11-INVENTORY FINDINGS .......... Park and Open Space Sites Owned Introduction .......................................................... by the State of Wisconsin ............................... Demographic and Economic Characteristics ....... Wisconsin Department Population ......................................................... of Natural Resources ................................... Households ....................................................... Wisconsin Department of Transportation ..... Age Distribution ............................................... University of Wisconsin ................................ Employment ...................................................... Federally-Owned Park Historic Urban Growth and Open Space Sites ..................................... and Existing Land Uses ..................................... Park and Open Space Sites Owned by Local Historic Urban Growth ..................................... Governments or Public School Districts ........ Existing Land Uses ........................................... Private and Public-Interest Resource- Natural Resources ................................................ Oriented Park and Open Space Sites .............. Surface Water Resources .................................. Lake and River Access Sites ............................... Floodlands ........................................................ Trails and Bicycle Ways ...................................... Wetlands ........................................................... Historic Sites........................................................ Woodlands ........................................................ Summary.............................................................. Natural Areas. Critical Species Habitat. and Geological Sites.......................... Natural Areas ................................................. Chapter IV--OBJECTIVES. PRINCIPLES. Critical Species Habitat ................................. AND STANDARDS AND PARK AND Geological Sites............................................. OPEN SPACE NEEDS ANALYSIS ............... Environmental Corridors and Introduction ......................................................... Isolated Natural Resource Areas .................... Objectives. Principles. and Standards.................. Primary Environmental Corridors ................. Park and Open Space Needs ................................ Secondary Environmental Corridors Existing and Forecast Population and Isolated Natural Resource Areas .......... Size and Distribution ...................................... Prime Agricultural Land ................................... Per Capita and Accessibility Standards............ Summary .............................................................. Standards for Major Park Sites......................... Page Page Standards for Intensive Resource- Other County Park and Oriented Recreation Facilities ........................ Outdoor Recreation Sites................................ Campsites ...................................................... Acquisition and Development Golf Courses .................................................. Costs-4 ounty Parks .................................. Picnicking ...................................................... Areawide Recreation Trails .............................. Swimming Beaches ....................................... Other County Trails .......................................... Standards for Trail Facilities ............................. Lake and River Access ..................................... Standards for Lake Access Sites ....................... Local Park and Outdoor Other Recreational Needs ................................. Recreation Plan Element ................................ Standards for Open Space Preservation............ Plan Implementation............................................ Summary .............................................................. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources ...................................... Chapter V-RECOMMENDED PARK Ozaukee County ............................................... AND OPEN SPACE PLAN ............................. Local Units of Government .............................. Introduction .......................................................... Acquisition Considerations.................................. Public Informational Meetings............................. Acquisition and Development Recommended Open Space Priorities for Ozaukee County ........................... Preservation Element ......................................... Maintenance Impact ......................................... Environmental Corridor and Isolated Summary.............................................................. Natural Resource Area Plan Component ........ Open Space Preservation Element .................... Primary Environmental Corridor................... Outdoor Recreation Plan Element .................... Secondary Environmental Corridors and Plan Implementation......................................... Isolated Natural Resource Areas ................. Natural Areas and Critical Chapter VICUMMARY ................................ Species Habitat Protection and Introduction ......................................................... Management Plan Component........................ Existing Conditions ............................................. Reestablishment of Forest Interior Sites ....... Population and Employment Levels................. Protection of Geological Areas ..................... Natural Resource Base ..................................... Department of Natural Resources Land Use ......................................................... Site Plan Component ...................................... Inventory of Park and Open Space Sites ............. Prime Agricultural Land Plan Component ....... Recommended Park and Open Space Plan .......... Recommended Park and Open Space Preservation Element .................... Outdoor Recreation Element.............................. Outdoor Recreation Element ............................ Major Parks ....................................................... Concluding Remarks ........................................... LIST OF APPENDICES Appendix Page A Table A-1 Park and Open Space Sites Owned