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UPDATE TO THE LAND USE PLAN

The Village of Twin Lakes is seeking resident input on possible updates to the Village's Land Use Plan, which is part of the Smart Growth Comprehensive Plan: 2005-2024 adopted in March 2005. The original Plan was a community wide effort undertaken jointly with the Town of Randall . The Plan Commission will host a public listening session on Wednesday, March 25 beginning at 7:00pm at the Village Hall.

The Twin Lakes Village Board recently approved the first phase of a project to update the Land Use map included in the Comprehensive Plan to show projects that have been approved in the four years since the Plan was originally adopted. The project scope also calls for the public to have an opportunity to express their thoughts on other updates that should be considered for the Land Use map, which provides basic guidance for the growth of the community. It is anticipated that the Land Use Map will, at minimum, be revised to express potential future uses more clearly in order to provide land owners and developers with information on the community's plan for growth but to provide the Village with flexibility to respond to new growth ideas.

The Village is also planning to update the Land Use map in all of the area within its planning jurisdiction. This area includes not only the land within the Village limits but also all land within an area outside the Village limits called the extraterritorial planning jurisdiction. This area is defined in State Law as the area within a mile and a half of the Village limits but not more than half the distance to a neighboring incorporated municipality, which, in Twin Lakes ' case refers to Silver Lake and Genoa City . The area of Twin Lakes ' extraterritorial planning jurisdiction includes nearly all of the Town of Randall as well as portions of the Towns of Salem and Wheatland in Kenosha County and the Town of Bloomfield in Walworth County .

ORIGINAL PLAN

The Village of Twin Lakes partnered with the Town of Randall to develop a Joint Comprehensive Plan meeting the requirements of Wisconsin's Smart Growth Law. The plan, which was developed at a number of bi-monthly meetings beginning in October 2002, was approved by the Twin Lakes Village Board on March 14, 2005. The Comprehensive Plan is under regular review. The responsiblity to review the Plan and to facilitiate its implementation, interpretation and update is vested in the Community Growth Commission.

The adopted version of the Town of Randall and VIllage of Twin Lakes Smart Growth Comprehensive Plan: 2005-2024 is made available below. In addition, copies of the Plan may be reviewed at the Village Hall or the Town Hall or at the Randall/Twin Lakes branch of the Community Library located at 110 South Lake Avenue in Twin Lakes (Near Subway).

The Joint Comprehensive Plan is available in Adobe Reader (all sections and maps) format.

You will need a free Acrobat reader to view the Adobe files. Click here to download a reader.