Index of All Plans and Studies
Click the tabs below for plans produced by the City of Milwaukee Planning Division
- Area Plans
- Development Overlay Incentive Zones
- Redevelopment Plans
- Design Guidelines
- Neighborhood Conservation Overlay Zones
- Citywide Plan
- Studies
Area Plans
- Downtown adopted 1999; amended 2010; updated 2023
Equitable Growth Through Transit Oriented Development (2018) - Fond du Lac and North adopted 2004; updated 2021
- Harbor District adopted 2018
Equitable Growth Through Transit Oriented Development (2018) - Menomonee Valley2.0 adopted 2015
- Near North adopted 2009
30th Street Corridor Economic Development Master Plan (2018)
Connecting the Corridor (2020) - Near South adopted 2009
Walker's Point Strategic Action Plan (2015)
Walker Square Strategic Action Plan (2016)
Equitable Growth Through Transit Oriented Development (2018) - Near West adopted 2004
North 27th St. Corridor Strategy (2017) - Northeast adopted 2009
Riverworks Strategic Action Plan (2015)
Equitable Growth Through Transit Oriented Development (2018) - Northwest adopted 2008
Granville Strategic Action Plan and Land Use Study (2017) - Southeast adopted 2008
South 27th Street Strategic Action Plan (2017)
Aerotropolis Development Plan Amendment (2017)
Bay View Neighborhood Plan (2023) - Southwest adopted 2009
South 27th St. Strategic Action Plan (2017)
Envision South 13th Street Together (2022) - Third Ward adopted 2005; amended 2006
- Washington Park adopted 2006
WI-175 & Lisbon Visioning Study (2017) - West adopted 2009
Development Incentive Zones
- 5th / Layton adoted 2004
- 938 W Layton adopted 2005
- The Brewery Project adopted 2006
- East End Menomonee Valley adopted 2007
- Holt Plaza adopted 2004
- Loomis Centre adopted 2000
- Midtown Center adopted 2000
- North Ave Commerce Center adopted 2000
- Towne Corporate Park of Granville adopted 1998
Redevelopment Plans
- 20th / Brown adopted 2006
- Avenues West complete 2008; not yet adopted
- Beerline B adopted 1999
- Bronzeville Cultural and Entertainment District adopted 1983; amended 1984, 2005, 2007
- Capitol / 35th adopted 2005
- King and Reservoir adopted 1985; amended 1992
- Park East adopted 2004
- Port of Milwaukee adopted 2010
Design Guidelines
- Urban Design Principles (Citywide) adopted 1998
- East Side North Avenue adopted 2011
- Menomonee Valley Sustainable Design adopted 2004
- Milwaukee River adopted 1992
- Streetscape Guidelines adopted 2011
- Third Ward adopted 2006
- Vacant Lot Handbook completed 2013
- Westown completed 2003
Neighborhood Conservation Overlay Districts
- Bay View / South Shore Drive adopted 2008
- Brewers Hill / Harambee adopted 2006
Citywide Plan
- Citywide Policy Plan adopted 2010
- Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan adopted 2022
- Transmission Tower Policy Statement adopted 1998
- Growing Prosperity: An Action Agenda for Economic Development adopted 2014
- Industrial Land Analysis adopted 2004, amended 2021
- Milwaukee Climate Plan - adopted 2023
- Milwaukee's Comprehensive Plan: Housing Element adopted 2025
Studies
- Havenwoods adopted 2001
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Neighborhood adopted 2003
- Downer Avenue Snapshot completed 2015
- Burleigh/Lisbon Commercial District Strategy completed 2016
- A Place in the Neighborhood: An Anti-Displacement Plan for Neighborhoods Surrounding Downtown Milwaukee completed 2018
- Fresh Food Access Report completed 2019
- Housing Affordability Report completed December 2019, updated Annually
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