Comprehensive Planning at the Regional Level and Assistance to County and Local Governments

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Kenosha County Comprehensive Plan Multi-Jurisdicti
onal Advisory Committee Meeting February 27, 2007
CHAPTER IV INVENTORY OF EXISTING LAND USES AND
TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES AND SERVICES
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Historic Urban Growth1830 - 1900
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Historic Urban Growth1830 - 2000

• 1830-1900
• Limited development confined to the City of
  Kenosha (Southport) and small areas in Wilmot,
  New Munster, and Silver Lake
• 1900-1963
• Continued growth in the City of Kenosha and
  incorporation of the Villages of Silver Lake
  (1926), Twin Lakes (1937), and Paddock Lake
  (1960)
• Development along and near inland lakes, along
  the Lake Michigan shoreline in the Town of
  Somers, and in the hamlets of Bristol, Somers,
  Trevor, and Slades Corners
• 1963-2000
• Growth in eastern and southern portions of the
  County
• Scattered urban development in outlying areas in
  many portions of the County
• Incorporation of the Village of Pleasant Prairie
  in 1989 and
• considerable growth from 1990 to 2000

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Existing Land Use Inventory

• The existing land use map is based on the SEWRPC
  2000 land use inventory
• Aerial photos taken in the spring of 2000 served
  as the primary basis for identifying existing
  land uses, augmented by field surveys
• Information on residential subdivisions and other
  residential development from 2000 through 2006
  shown on Map IV-5 and Table IV-4
• Kenosha County 178,149 acres
• Existing land use for the County and each
  participating local government will be updated to
  2007 prior to preparing the Land Use Element

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Existing Land Use Inventory
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Existing Urban Land Uses 2000

• About 21 percent of the County (38,051 acres) was
  developed with urban uses in 2000, including
• Residential 18,597 acres (10 percent)
• Transportation, Communications, and Utilities
  11,475 acres (6 percent)
• Recreational 3,409 acres (2 percent)
• Remaining urban uses
• Commercial, industrial, and government and
  institutional, each

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Existing Nonurban Land Uses 2000

• About 79 percent of the County (140,150 acres)
  were in agricultural or other nonurban uses in
  2000, including
• Agricultural 94,716 acres (53 percent)
• Natural Resource Areas 30,367 (17 percent)
• Quarries 518 acres (
• Landfills 369 acres (
• Open Lands 14,181 acres (8 percent)

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Existing Land Use Comparison 2000
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Recent Residential Development 2000-2006

• 90 new single-family subdivisions
• 3,699 acres in new single-family subdivisions
• 10 new multi-family subdivisions / condominiums

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Other Major Development 2000-2006

• City of Kenosha
• HarborPark project in Downtown Kenosha, including
  the Kenosha Public Museum and Celebration Park
• Mahone Middle School at STH 31 and CTH K
• YMCA Callahan Family Branch near STH 158 west of
  Kenosha Regional Airport
• New manufacturing and industrial developments in
  the Business Park of Kenosha near the Kenosha
  Regional Airport
• Strawberry Creek Golf Course on STH 50 west of IH
  94
• Kenosha Area Transit garage and maintenance
  facility near 39th Avenue and 43rd Street
• Village of Pleasant Prairie
• St. Catherines Hospital near 94th Avenue and
  76th Street
• New manufacturing and industrial developments in
  the LakeView Corporate Park East

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Transportation Facilities and Services

• Much of the inventory information has been drawn
  from the regional transportation system plan. An
  update of the regional plan was completed in June
  2006, and has a design year of 2035
• The regional transportation plan includes four
  elements
• Arterial streets and highways
• Systems management
• Public transportation
• Bicycle and pedestrian facilities
• Inventory information on freight rail, airports,
  and harbor services is also included as part of
  this chapter

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Streets and Highways

• Classification of streets and highways is based
  on the primary function served
• Arterial streets and highways provide a high
  degree of mobility, serving the through movement
  of traffic between and through urban areas
• Collector streets serve primarily as
  connections between the arterial street and
  highway system and land access streets and
  secondarily provide access to abutting property
• Land access streets provide access to abutting
  property

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Arterial Streets and Highways

• Arterial streets and highways are also classified
  by the unit of government that has jurisdiction
  over the facility
• The Wisconsin Department of Transportation
  (WisDOT) has jurisdiction over the State trunk
  highway system, which includes Interstate
  highways, U.S. numbered highways, and State
  highways
• Kenosha County has jurisdiction over County
  highways
• Cities, Villages, and Towns may have jurisdiction
  over arterial streets within their corporate
  limits
• Approximately 318 miles of arterial streets and
  highways in 2006

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Streets Highways 2006
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Systems Management

• Intelligent Transportation Systems
• Traffic detectors
• Located at two mile intervals along IH 94
• Variable message signs
• Northbound lane of IH 94 at CTH C in the Village
  of Pleasant Prairie
• Freeway service patrol
• Gateway Patrol operates on IH 94

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Systems Management

• Intelligent Transportation Systems
• Crash investigation sites
• Wisconsin Tourist Information Center on IH 94
  near STH 165
• Closed-circuit television cameras
• Four cameras located along IH 94

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Public Transportation

• Intercity or interregional public transportation
• Amtrak service
• Metras Union Pacific North line
• Interregional bus service
• Urban public transportation
• Kenosha Area Transit
• Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee commuter bus
• Rural and small urban community public
  transportation
• No such transportation services in Kenosha County

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Public Transportation
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Interregional Transportation

• Commuter rail service is provided between the
  City of Kenosha and Chicago by Metras Union
  Pacific North line
• Railway station at 54th Street and 13th Avenue in
  Kenosha
• Studies underway to potentially extend commuter
  rail service coordinated with Metra service from
  Chicago/Kenosha to Milwaukee (visit
  www.sewprc.org/KRMonline for more information)
• Intercity passenger rail service is provided
  between Chicago, Milwaukee, and Minneapolis-St.
  Paul by Amtrak
• Nearest stop located in the Village of Sturtevant
  in Racine County
• Hiawatha route provides service between Milwaukee
  and Chicago (seven daily round trips Monday
  through Saturday)
• Empire Builder operates one daily round trip
  between
• Chicago, Milwaukee, Minneapolis-St. Paul, and
  Seattle

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Interregional Transportation

• Intercity bus service is provided by Coach USA
  and Greyhound Lines
• Coach USA operates two intercity bus routes
  serving Kenosha County
• Airport Express route Downtown Milwaukee to
  Chicagos OHare and Midway International
  Airports
• Dairyland Greyhound Park route Milwaukee to
  Dairyland Greyhound Park in the City of Kenosha
• Greyhound Lines Daily round trips between
  Milwaukee and Chicago, two of which include stops
  in the City of Kenosha

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Urban Public Transportation Local Transit

• Kenosha Area Transit serves the City of Kenosha
  and its immediate environs
• Seven regular, numbered bus routes radiate
  outward from the downtown area
• Three additional bus routes provide local transit
  service to major commercial, recreational, and
  employment centers west of STH 31, including
• Southport Plaza and Factory Outlet Center in the
  Town of Bristol
• LakeView Corporate Park in the Village of
  Pleasant Prairie
• Indian Trail Academy and various City of Kenosha
  industrial parks
• Service is provided on most routes from 600 a.m.
  to 730 p.m. Monday through Saturday
• Peak-hour tripper routes operate during
  schooldays and are designed to serve Kenosha
  secondary schools, including
• 20 morning routes (630-815 a.m.) and 10
  afternoon
• routes (230-430 p.m.)

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Urban Public Transportation Local Transit
KENOSHA TRANSIT SYSTEM RIDERSHIP 2002-2006
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Urban Public Transportation Express Transit

• The Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee Commuter Bus,
  operated by Wisconsin Coach Lines/Coach USA,
  offers fixed-route express transit service
  between the Cities of Kenosha, Racine, and
  Milwaukee
• Eight round trips on weekdays and four round
  trips on weekends and holidays
• Five regular stops in Kenosha County

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Bicycle Facilities

• Bikeways are classified as on-street or
  off-street bikeways
• On-street bikeways located in a street
  right-of-way
• Bike lanes
• Shared roadways signed as bike routes
• Bike paths in a street right-of-way physically
  separated from motorized vehicles
• Off-street bikeways bike paths outside of a
  street right-of-way
• Typically located in utility corridors

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Bicycle Ways in Kenosha County 2006

• Bikeways in the County total about 21 miles
• Kenosha County Bicycle Trail was the largest
  single trail
• (about eight miles)
• Additional on-street and off-street bikeways
  located in the City of Kenosha and Village of
  Pleasant Prairie

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Pedestrian Facilities

• A comprehensive inventory of pedestrian
  facilities has not been completed for the County
• Policies for pedestrian facilities, such as
  recommendations for providing sidewalks in areas
  of existing and planned urban development, have
  been developed by SEWRPC as part of the bike and
  pedestrian element of the regional transportation
  plan

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Other Transportation Facilities and Services
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Rail Freight Services

• Three railway companies provided railway freight
  service to the County over approximately 50 miles
  of track
• Union Pacific Railroad 28 miles
• Canadian Pacific Railway 12 miles
• Canadian National Railway 10 miles
• Passenger train service is provided over two of
  these railway lines
• Metra commuter rail service utilizes the Union
  Pacific Railroad tracks
• Amtrak Milwaukee-Chicago intercity service
  utilizes the Canadian Pacific tracks

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Airports 2006

• Four public-use airports located in the County
• Kenosha Regional Airport is a publicly-owned
  general aviation airport offering chartered air
  service and air freight services. The airport is
  owned, operated, and maintained by the City of
  Kenosha
• Westosha Airport is a privately-owned, public-use
  airport with paved runways
• Camp Lake Airport and Vincent Airport are
  privately-owned, public-use airports with turf
  runways
• Commercial air travel is provided at General
  Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee
  County and Chicago OHare International Airport
• Eight private-use airports and six private-use
  heliports located in the County

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Ports Harbors 2006

• Ports are defined as facilities for the docking,
  loading, or unloading of ships, barges, or boats
  that primarily transport freight
• Water freight facilities and services are
  provided to the County by the Port of Milwaukee
• There are two harbors in the County
• Kenosha Harbor in the City of Kenosha
• Simmons Island Marina open to the public and
  owned and operated by the City of Kenosha (142
  full-service slips)
• Southport Marina open to the public,
  privately-owned (300 full service slips, 50
  limited service slips)
• Prairie Harbor in the Village of Pleasant Prairie
• Prairie Harbor Yacht Club private-use,
• privately-owned (151 full-service slips)

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