Citywide Plans

Neighborhood Plans

Special Area Plans

Special area plans focus on specific areas likely to see growth or change in the near future or have a unique functional use like downtown, a transit station area, the airport, and other employment or activity centers.

• Bassett Neighborhood Master Plan (1997)
• Central Park (2011)
• Cottage Grove Road (2017)
• Downtown Plan (2012)
• East Rail Corridor (2004)
• East Washington Avenue Capitol Gateway Corridor (2008)
• East Washington Gateway Revitalization - BUILD (2004)
• East Washington Old East Side Master Plan - BUILD (2000)
• First Settlement Neighborhood Master Plan (1995)
• Lamp House Block (2014)
• Marquette Neighborhood Center (2000)
• Mifflandia (2019)
• Milwaukee Street (2018)
• Monroe Street Commercial District (2007)
• Park Street Urban Design Guidelines (2004)
• Ridgewood East Central Development (2002)
• Royster Clark (2009)
• Stoughton Road Revitalization Project
• University Avenue Corridor (2014)
• Williamson Street Design Guidelines (2004)
• Wingra Creek BUILD (2006)
• University of Wisconsin Campus Master Plan*
• Edgewood Campus Master Plan*

* Campus plans are not created by the City of Madison and are provided for reference.  The City approves these as part of the Campus Institutional (CI) zoning districts applicable to campus areas.

Neighborhood Development Plans

Neighborhood development plans provide a framework for the growth and development of the City's peripheral urban expansion areas where development is expected to occur in the foreseeable future. 

• Blackhawk (2006)
• Cherokee (2007)
• Cottage Grove (2006)
• Cross Country (1998)
• East Towne-Burke Height (1987)
• Elderberry (2018)
• Felland (2002)
• Hanson Road (2000)
• High Point - Raymond (2017)
• Junction (2018)
• Marsh Road (1999)
• Midtown (2011)
• Nelson (2019)
• Northeast Neighborhood (2009)
• Pioneer (2018)
• Pumpkin Hollow (2008)
• Rattman (2019)
• Sprecher (2012)
• Yahara Hills (2017)

Intergovernmental Agreements

• Town of Burke, Village of DeForest, City of Sun Prairie and City of Madison Cooperative Plan 
• Town of Blooming Grove and City of Madison Cooperative Plan
• City of Madison and Town of Middleton Cooperative Plan
• City of Madison and Ho Chunk Nation
  • Ho Chunk Authorizing Resolution
  • Legal Analysis
  • First Amendment
• City of Madison and Village of McFarland (expired)
• City of Madison and City of Middleton
• City of Madison, City of Fitchburg and Town of Madison Cooperative Plan
  • 1st Amendment

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Studies and Reports

• Equitable Development (Draft 2019)
• Downtown Retail Assessment (2016)
• Langdon Neighborhood Character Study (2018)