Ozaukee County, Wisconsin

Comprehensive Planning

Ozaukee County Comprehensive Planning Public Opinion Survey Completed

Countywide Survey

Press Release (Word)

Survey Report (PDF)

Data Tables (PDF)

Summary (PDF)

Community Surveys

Press Release

Survey Data (PDF)

Ozaukee County and 14 cities, villages, and towns are working to cooperatively prepare a multi-jurisdictional County comprehensive plan. Each city, village, and town will also complete or update its own local comprehensive plan as part of the cooperative process. A countywide public opinion survey has been conducted as part of the planning effort. This was the first countywide survey conducted by Ozaukee County on planning and development issues. Opinions expressed through participation in the survey will help guide preparation of the Ozaukee County comprehensive plan. The survey is one of several public participation tools being used to gain citizen input during the comprehensive planning process.

The survey includes a wide range of questions from planning and development topics such as housing, transportation, agricultural and natural resources, land use, and economic development.

The University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee Center for Urban Initiatives and Research (CUIR) conducted the survey on behalf of the County. A random sample of 406 households throughout the County was contacted by telephone during the month of March 2005. The survey sample is statistically significant with a 95 percent confidence level and a margin of error of +/- 4.83%.

Results of the survey are documented in a report produced by the UWM - CUIR staff with the assistance from the Ozaukee County Comprehensive Planning Citizen Advisory Committee, Ozaukee County Smart Growth Committee, the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission, University of Wisconsin – Extension Ozaukee County, and the Ozaukee County Planning, Resources and Land Management Department staff. The report includes descriptive statistics, narrative, and a summary.

Additional community telephone surveys were also conducted by UWM in May 2005. These community surveys included questions specific to the eight cities, villages, and towns that chose to conduct a community telephone survey. Those communities that chose not to conduct a community survey had recently conducted, or plan to conduct, their own local survey.

Copies of these survey reports are available on this web page and at the Ozaukee County Planning, Resources, and Land Management Department located in the County Administration Center, at all public libraries in the County, and at the municipal halls in the 14 cities, villages, and towns participating in the cooperative planning process.