Working Lands Program

February 2011

Brian C. LoeffelholzWI – Dept. of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection

GIS and Mapping

Farmland Preservation Program - Maps1982 – Pierce Co. Plan

- Part of Statutes beginning 1970’s

- Hard copy only

- Few standards

- Inconsistent1982 – Bayfield Co. Plan

Program Participation & Expirations

• ~4000 Agreement on 20,000 ¼, ¼ ‘s

• ~400+ Jurisdiction’s with zoning

• 72 County Plans

• 1 million acres of AEA’s

• PACE Applications

All in Next 5 years

*Partnership*

What is Working Lands?

PACEPACE

Farmland Farmland Preservation Preservation

Zoning Zoning

Farmland Farmland Preservation PlansPreservation Plans

AEAsAEAs

AgreementsAgreements

Conservation Conservation ComplianceCompliance

Tax Tax CreditsCredits

Ch. 91 Wis Stats. effective on July 1,

2009

Purpose: Preserve Farmland & Provide Tax Credits

The Statutes, Maps and GISGeneral

- 91.02(1) Dept shall promulgate rules that set forth technical specs for farmland preservation zoning maps

- 91.03 Dept. shall cooperate in sharing and standardizing relevant information, mapping significant ag. resources, and planning and evaluating the impacts of state actions on agriculture.

- 91.04 The dept shall report to the board bi annually the following:

(1) Farmland availability, uses, and trends in WI including farmland conversion by state & county

(2) Participation by political subdivisions and landowners

(3) Location of counties with certified Farmland Preservation Plans

(4) Location of political subdivisions with certified Farmland Preservation Zoning

(5) Nature and location of AEA’s

(6) Location of farms covered by farmland preservation agreements

Plans

-91.10 (1) Farmland preservation plan that does the following:

-(d) Clearly identifies areas that the county plans to preserve for ag uses., which may include open space, but may not include any area that is planned non-ag within 15 yrs

-(e) Includes maps that clearly delineate areas planned for Farmland preservation so that the reader can easily determine whether a parcel is within an identified area.

-91.10 (2) farmland preservation plan is consistent with the comprehensive plan.

-91.16(3)(b)(1) The dept may review the farmland preservation plan for compliance.

The Statutes, Maps and GIS cont…Zoning

-91.38(1) A farmland preservation zoning ordinance does not qualify unless it:

(c) clearly designates farmland preservation zoning districts

(d) includes maps that clearly delineate each farmland preservation zoning districts, so that the reader can easily determine whether a parcel is within a farmland preservation zoning district, that are correlated to the text, and that comply with technical specifications that the dept. establishes by rule.

-(f) farmland preservation zoning ordinance is substantially consistent with a certified farmland preservation plan.

-(g) land is not included in a farmland preservation zoning district unless the land is included in a farmland preservation area identified in the county certified farmland preservation plan.

(h)(2) overlay districts must be shown on a map in a way that allows a reader to easily identify the underlying farmland preservation zoning district and it boundaries.

- 91.36(b)(1) Dept. may review the farmland preservation zoning ordinance for compliance

Ag. Enterprise Areas

- 91.84 (1)(a) Designation

1. The dept. may by rule designate AEAs

3. The parcels in the area are contiguous.

4. The area is located entirely in a farmland preservation plan area

- 91.84 (4) In a rule designating an AEA, the dept. shall include a map that clearly shows the boundaries of the proposed AEA so that the reader can easily determine whether a parcel of land is located within the AEA.

- 91.86 (3)(a)3. A petition needs to contain a map that clearly shows the boundaries of the proposed AEA so that the reader can easily determine whether parcel of land is located within the AEA.

Map and GIS Guidelines

Map should:

• Titled “Farmland Preservation Plan Map for (Jurisdiction).”

• Farmland preservation areas clearly delineated.

• “Overlays” do not obscure farmland preservation area.

• Follows current parcel boundaries

• Show political & parcel boundaries, sections, roads & water.

• Legend has symbols for all data represented on the map.

• Farmland preservation area titles correspond to text.

- ALL areas/districts listed in text even if not utilized.

• Identify map scale, north arrow, map date & producer.

• Map scale <= 1” = 2,000’. (1:24,000). Series OK.

• Submitted in .pdf or equivalent file format

Applications Materials: Text, Maps (Hard & Elec.) & GIS Data

Map and GIS Guidelines cont…

GIS Data:• Data used to create a farmland preservation map• WTM83, NAD83(1991), Meters.• Attribute field with farmland preservation type • Farmland preservation types consistent with text• Metadata with

• producer, contact, and attribute definitions. •“purpose” section: map info provided in support of

the request for certification of the farmland

preservation plan, ordinance or AEA.• Submitted in vector shapefile, layerfile, geodatabase or

equivalent file format.

“Consistent” = Exactly the Same

“Substantially Consistent” > 80%

Farmland Preservation Plan

-Planned for ag. & ag-related uses

-Consistent with Comp. Plan Map

-Not non-ag. w/in 15 years

-Natural & open spaces OK

-Text and map consistent

-Only the County Plan

Specific Map Requirements:

Farmland Preservation Plan - Text

Tools – Existing Comp. Plan Map, LESA, Ecomomic Development Plans, SSURGO Prime Farmland, Cropland Data Layer, NLCD

Covertype

County MapProcess Description

Farmland Preservation Areas Defined

Farmland Preservation Plan- Certified Example

•Follow parcels•No Min. Acres•Not all Towns

•Legend & Text Consistent•FP Areas Clearly Delineated•Dedicated ROW’s

•Scale•No Overlays•Town Series

• Consistent w/Comp• Map dates updated• Map Producer

Farmland Preservation Plan – Common Issues

•Holes•Boundary line matching•Scale

•No Ancillary Reference Data•Unnecessary Data•FP Areas not defined in Text

•Other Jurisdictions•Map info obscured•Comp Plan Issues

Farmland Preservation Zoning

- Zoned MUST be planned

- Natural & open spaces OK

- Substantially consistent with FP Plan Map (+80%)

- No min. size parcel

Specific Map Requirements:

Farmland Preservation Zoning - Text

- Text and Map consistent

- List all districts

Specific Map Requirements:

Farmland Preservation Zoning – Certified Example

- Title

- FP Areas Clearly Delineated

- Follow parcels

- Limited to certified jurisdiction

- All zoned are planned

- Substantially consistent with plan

- No obscuring overlays

- Legend & text consistent

- All zoning districts in legend

- Scale

- Map dates updated

- Map producer

Farmland Preservation Zoning – Common Issues

- Grouped Districts

- Not consistent with Text

- Not substantially consistent

- Zoned not Planned FP

- Parcel not followed

- ROW’s splitting parcels

Agricultural Enterprise Area

- Area MUST be planned

- Open spaces OK

- Contiguous parcels

- Identify petitioners land

Specific Map Requirements:

Agricultural Enterprise Area – Common Issues

- Areas not planned

- Non Contiguous parcels

- Identify petitioners land

- Overlays obscure AEA area

GIS Data- Submit only Farmland Preservation Data

- Consistent with Mapped Farmland Preservation Area

- GIS vector format for “area”

-Farmland Preservation clearly defined in attribute table

- WTM projection (meters preferred)

- Documented properly

Agricultural Enterprise AreaCreating the Rule

Analysis & Spatial Relationships

Hard Copy Maps

- Rectification

- Spatial Overlay

- Visual Inspection

Analysis & Spatial Relationships

GIS Data Available

- Select by location (Build on matching parcels layers)

- Intersect, followed by select (Non matching datasets)

- Spatial Overlay with Visual Inspection

Tax Credit Reporting, Tracking & AuditingJurisdiction

DATCP

Landowner

Questions?

Brian C. Loeffelholz

WI - DATCP

Office: (608) 224-4632

Brian.Loeffelholz@wi.gov