1. (1) General. A county seeking certification of its farmland preservation plan or a plan amendment shall submit an application to the department as provided in this section.

2. (2) Required information. The application for certification shall include all of the following in order to be considered complete and to be evaluated for compliance with s. 91.16, Stats.:

   1. (a) An application on a form developed by the department that includes the information required under s. 91.20 (2) and (3), Stats.

      Note: You may obtain a copy of the form by contacting the department at the following address:
      Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
      Attn: Bureau of Land and Water Resource Management
      P. O. Box 8911
      Madison, WI 53708-8911
      Website: https://datcp.wi.gov/Documents/FPPPlanCertApplication.docx .

   2. (b) All parts of the plan for which the county is seeking certification. A county seeking certification of a full plan shall submit the text and map of the plan along with the spatial location data used to create the farmland preservation plan map. A county seeking certification of an amendment to a certified plan shall submit all parts of the plan affected by the amendment.

      Note: A county seeking certification of a plan amendment only needs to submit those parts of the plan that are affected by the amendment. If a county wishes to amend the text of its farmland preservation plan, then the county may submit just the plan text. If a county wishes to amend the plan map, then the county may submit just the plan map. If the amendment makes changes to both the plan map and text, then the county should submit both the map and the text.

   3. (c) All spatial location data used to delineate the farmland preservation areas proposed for certification, submitted in accordance with department requirements on format.
3. (3) Plan text. The plan text shall comply with the requirements in s. 91.10 (1) and (2), Stats., and this subchapter.

4. (4) Plan map. A farmland preservation plan shall include a map that clearly delineates all areas in the county identified as a farmland preservation area so that a reader can determine whether a parcel is within an identified area. The farmland preservation plan map shall:

   1. (a) Be comprised of one county map or a series of town, village, and city maps.
   2. (b) Be titled “Farmland Preservation Plan Map” followed by the name of the political subdivision depicted on the map.
   3. (c) Specify the county in which the farmland preservation plan area is located.
   4. (d) Clearly delineate areas designated for farmland preservation, designating parcels as included or excluded from the district and following parcel boundaries where possible.
   5. (e) Display environmental or other overlay areas, if any, in a manner that does not obscure or confuse the boundaries of an underlying farmland preservation area.

   6. (f) Be drawn at a scale no greater than one inch to 2,000 feet (1:24,000).

      Note: The county may fulfill this requirement by submitting maps at that required scale only for the towns which are to include farmland preservation areas.

   7. (g) Show political boundaries, parcel boundaries, section lines, section numbers, roads, and water bodies.
   8. (h) Include a map legend with corresponding symbols or colors for all data represented on the map.
   9. (i) Identify farmland preservation areas and non-farmland preservation areas with corresponding symbols in the legend and with titles that correspond to the titles in the plan text that apply to those areas.
   10. (j) Specify map scale, north arrow direction, map date, and map producer.

History

History: CR 13-003: cr. Register December 2013 No. 696, eff. 1-1-14.