Planning
Planning Phone Number: (920) 746-2323
DRAFT DOOR COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE & FARMLAND PRESERVATION PLAN 2045
Door County is updating its comprehensive and farmland preservation plan in compliance with state requirements.
The County adopted a Public Participation Plan in early 2023 which outlines the process for gathering public input throughout the process of developing this Plan. This Plan can be viewed here: Public Participation Plan.
The final plan will contain two volumes. Volume II, the Resource Report, contains all of the required information, inventories, analyses, and maps required by both the comprehensive and farmland preservation planning laws. The purpose of the Resource Report is to inventory current conditions and analyze statistical trends and projections to help identify future needs and opportunities. Volume I, Vision and Goals, will be drafted after input has been received on the Resource Report. Volume I addresses the issues, opportunities, and vision statements for the required topic areas, and the overall plan goals, policies, and action items. Volume I is expected to be available to the public for input in the first half of 2024.
Volume II, Resource Report
The draft Resource Report can be viewed by clicking on the chapter links below. Various maps are also associated with the Resource Report which can also be view by clicking on the map links listed underneath each chapter that contains maps. All of the maps, except for the Current Land Use map, are static PDF files which can easily be viewed on-line, downloaded, and/or printed. The Current Land Use map is described in more detail below.
Current Land Use Map
The Current Land Use map (click HERE or see the link below Chapter 10) is an interactive on-line map which can also be easily viewed and printed at various scales. You will be able to scroll around the county, zoom in/out, and/or use the pre-set views to zoom in on your municipality. You will be able to view the draft current land use layer as well as turn it off in order to see the aerial photography underneath. By clicking anywhere on the map, a pop-up window will tell you that parcel's identification number, town, and land use classification. The parcels are also color-coded and the legend on the right lists all of the types of classification. When compiling any comments on the map for submittal to the Land Use Services Department, please note the parcel's identification number, owner name, and your comments regarding the property's classification.
Submitting Input
Your input regarding the Resource Report and associated maps is important for helping us draft Volume I, Vision and Goals. Please submit your input by January 15th, 2024. Note that input will be taken at any time throughout the planning process, however, that week in January we will start using the Resource Report input to help us finalize a draft of Volume I, Vision and Goals.
Comments regarding the Resource Report and the Current Land Use Map may be submitted at any time by e-mail to rkerwin@co.door.wi.us, by FAX to (920) 746-2387, or by mail to Door County Land Use Services Department, 421 Nebraska Street, Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235. Please contact Becky Kerwin at (920) 746-2323 or rkerwin@co.door.wi.us with any questions or inquiries.
DRAFT Door County Comprehensive and Farmland Preservation Plan 2045
Volume II, Resource Report (note Chapter I, Introduction, will be written/available after input has been received on the other chapters)
Chapter 2, Issues and Opportunities
Chapter 3, Historical and Cultural Resources
Chapter 4, Housing Characteristics
Chapter 5, Economic Development
- Map 6.1 Soils
- Map 6.2 Prime Agricultural Soils
- Map 6.3 Watersheds
- Map 6.4 Surface Water
- Map 6.5 Shoreland and Floodplain Areas
- Map 6.6 Wetlands
- Map 6.7 Woodlands
- Map 6.8 Preserved Lands
Chapter 7, Agricultural Resources
Chapter 9, Community Facilities and Utilities
DOOR COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE & FARMLAND PRESERVATION PLAN 2035
Volume I: Vision and Goals. This volume contains the statutory requirements, issues and opportunities, summary of current conditions, vision statements, and goals/policies/action items related to all plan topics. The future land use and farmland preservation maps listed below are also discussed in Volume I.
Future Land Use Maps by Area
Future Land Use Maps by Municipality
- Baileys Harbor, Town
- Brussels, Town
- Clay Banks, Town
- Egg Harbor, Town
- Egg Harbor, Village
- Ephraim, Village
- Forestville, Town
- Forestville, Village
- Gardner, Town
- Gibraltar, Town
- Jacksonport, Town
- Liberty Grove, Town
- Nasewaupee, Town
- Sister Bay, Village
- Sturgeon Bay, City
- Sturgeon Bay, Town
- Sevastopol, Town
- Union, Town
- Washington, Town
Farmland Preservation Maps by Area:
Farmland Preservation Maps by Unincorporated Municipality (Towns):
Volume II: Resource Report. This volume contains all of the factual, objective information required by the comprehensive and farmland preservation planning statutes.
Chapters:
- Table of Contents and Chapter 1, Introduction
- Chapter 2, Issues and Opportunities
- Chapter 3, Historical and Cultural Resources
- Chapter 4, Housing
- Chapter 5, Economic Development
- Chapter 6, Natural Resources
- Chapter 7, Agricultural Resources
- Chapter 8, Transportation
- Chapter 9, Community Facilities and Utilities
- Chapter 10, Land Use (see below for links to maps)
- Chapter 11, Intergovernmental Cooperation
Chapter 10 - 2014 land use maps by area and municipality:
- Baileys Harbor, Town
- Brussels, Town
- Clay Banks, Town
- Egg Harbor, Town
- Egg Harbor, Village
- Ephraim, Village
- Forestville, Town
- Forestville, Village
- Gardner, Town
- Gibraltar, Town
- Jacksonport, Town
- Liberty Grove, Town
- Nasewaupee, Town
- Sevastopol, Town
- Sister Bay, Village
- Sturgeon Bay, City
- Sturgeon Bay, Town
- Union, Town
OTHER DOOR COUNTY PLANS