Plan Commission Workshop
Plan Commission Workshop
Plan Commission Workshop Fundamentals – October 20, 2025, 6-8:30 pm
The 2025 Plan Commission Workshop is designed for commission members and others that affect local land use decision-making. We’ll review the roles and responsibilities of the plan commission and look at three primary tools for decision-making: the comprehensive plan, zoning ordinance, and subdivision ordinance. We’ll discuss plan and ordinance updates, and the role of the plan commission in reviewing rezones, conditional uses and plats.
The Workshop will be held at the Waukesha County Courthouse Complex in the Administration Center in room 255. The cost of the workshop is $40 and includes light refreshments. Registration is limited to the first 60 paid participants.
Workshop questions: contact Nate Winkler at 262-548-7788 or npwinkler@wisc.edu.
Registration questions: contact Lisa Boyer at 262-548-7775 or lboyer@waukeshacounty.gov.
Who should attend
- Plan Commission Members
- Members of Town Boards, Village Boards, City Councils,
- County Boards
- Clerks, Administrators, staff who support these positions
What we’ll cover
- Roles and responsibilities of the Plan Commission
- Role of the Plan Commission in reviewing rezones, conditional uses and plats
- Three primary tools for decision-making (comprehensive plan, zoning ordinance, subdivision
- ordinance)
- Plan and ordinance updates
Details
- Cost: $40
- Included: Light refreshments
- Location: Waukesha County Courthouse Complex in room 255 of the Administration Center, 515 W Moreland Blvd, Waukesha
About Plan Commission Workshops
Appointment to a local government’s plan commission is an important commitment carrying significant responsibilities. The decisions reached can affect community and regional functioning, as well as character, for decades or more.
A plan commission workshop can help bridge the knowledge-experience gap and increase commissioner confidence. Extension Waukesha County holds a plan commission workshop approximately every 18 months. Each workshop addresses one or more specific issues.
Previous Plan Commission Workshop Topics
- Waukesha County’s Housing Landscape Trends & Opportunities
- Community Values, Local Discretion & New State Rule on Conditional Use
- Tax Increment Financing
- Roles, Rights, & Responsibilities
- Procedural Responsibilities
- Regional Planning Efforts
- Conservation Subdivision Design: Environmental Merits & Barriers to Implementation
- Making Land Use Decisions Through a Sustainability Framework
Extension Waukesha County * University of Wisconsin-Madison
515 W Moreland Boulevard * Administration Center Room G22 * Waukesha, WI 53188
Office Hours: 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday through Friday * Phone: (262) 548-7770
Extension Waukesha County is located in the Administration Center of the Waukesha County Courthouse Complex. Enter through the main Courthouse doors. After going through security, take the corridor on the left to the the Administration Center. Take the elevators or stairs to the ground floor and go to room G22.
