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1 Physical Planning and Municipal Engineering

2 PHYSICAL PLANNING AND MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING Course Notes These notes have been prepared to accompany the course CE 594 at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. They are updated frequently and students enrolled in the class can get the notes from Clark Graphics on Oakland Avenue near the university. Others interested in the notes should contact Professor Beimborn at to purchase a copy. The notes are copyrighted and should not be used without permission. The table of contents for the notes are included below Civil Engineering 594 University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee August 2005 Edward A. Beimborn copyright 2005, Edward Beimborn

3 Overall Table of Contents Topic No. 1: Organization of Local Government, Engineering and Planning... 5 Levels of Government... 7 Federal and State... 7 Counties... 8 Townships... 9 Municipalities Districts, Commissions and Authorities Forms of Local Government Organizational Types Approaches to Organizations Effective Communication Topic No. 2: Physical Planning Process Regional Planning Comprehensive Planning Neighborhood Plans Subdivisions Topic No. 3: Transportation Geometric Design of Highways Traffic Engineering Traffic Calming Highway Maintenance Public Transit Parking Street Lighting Topic No. 4: Environment Sewers Water Supply Solid Waste Acknowledgements Appendix A: Selected Urban Design Materials Appendix B: Sample Subdivision Agreement, Franklin, Wisconsin Appendix C: A Guide to Wisconsin s Smart Growth Legislation Appendix D: SEWRPC Environmental Corridor, WDNR Wetland Information

4 ORGANIZATION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGINEERING AND PLANNING Outline I. Levels of Government...7 A. Federal and State...7 B. Counties...8 C. Townships...9 D. Municipalities...10 E. Districts, Commissions and Authorities...10 II. III. Forms of Local Government...13 A. Organizational Types...13 B. Strong Mayor...14 C. Weak Mayor...15 D. City Manager...16 E. Board of Commissioners...16 Approaches to Organization...17 A. Organization by Inputs...18 B. Organization by Outputs...19 C. Examples...20 D. Municipal Management...23 E. Effective Communication...26

5 Topic 2: PHYSICAL PLANNING PROCESS Outline I. Introduction and Overview A. Levels of Planning B. Types of Plans C. Basic Planning Process II. Regional Planning A. Land Use B Transportation Planning III. Comprehensive Planning A. Overview B. Smart Growth Legislation C. Process of Developing a Comprehensive Plan IV. Neighborhood Plans A. Overview B. Neighborhood Size C. Components of the Neighborhood D. Livable Neighborhood Design Approaches E. Related Neighborhood Design Issues F. Examples G. Street Patterns in Neighborhood Designs H. Constraints on Neighborhood Design I. Steps in Neighborhood Design J. Steps in Neighborhood Design K. Examples V. Subdivisions A. United States Land Survey Base Lines B. Feasibility Studies Technical Feasibility Market Feasibility Study Economic Feasibility Study C. Physical Factors in Subdivision Design D. Subdivision Site Design Process E. Conservation Subdivision Design F. Subdivision Lot Design G. Site Review

6 H. Subdivision Approval Process Pre-application Meeting Preliminary Plat Final Plat Subdivision Development Agreement Financial Guarantees Plan Preparation and Approval Award Bids and Construct Final Completion and Acceptance

7 Outline Topic 3: TRANSPORTATION I. Geometric Design of Highways A. Design Controls and Criteria B. Design Parameters Design Vehicle Design Volume Capacity Design Speed Sight Distance Other Design Parameters C. Horizontal Alignment D. Vertical Alignment E. Cross Section II. Traffic Operations A. Overview B. Signalization C. Channelization D. Traffic Calming III. Highway Maintenance A. Maintenance of Road Surfaces B. Roadside Maintenance C. Snow and Ice Control IV. Public Transit A. Overview B. Types of Transit Service Fixed Route Paratransit C. Transit and Land Use Planning V. Parking A. Types of Users B. On-Street Parking C. Off-Street Parking VI. Street Lighting A. Purpose B. Types of Lighting C. Considerations in Design of Street Lighting Systems R:\PPMENotes2002\PPME notes TOC.doc 1 9/6/2005

8 Acknowledgments Topic 4: ENVIRONMENT VI. Sewers A. Sewer Terminology B. Steps in the Design Process C. Storm Water Drainage Types D. Estimation of Quantity of Flow E. Determination of Design Flow G. Determination of Slope F. Conduit Sizing G. Detention/Retention Basin Design H. Determination of Pipe Elevation I. Sewage Treatment VII. Water Supply A. Sources of Water B. Water Demand C. Water Treatment D Water Distribution E. Construction VIII. Solid Waste A. Content B. Solid Waste Disposal Process Acknowledgements These notes were developed from previous sections of the Physical Planning and Municipal Engineering courses at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. Thanks are due to Gabor Karadi, Harvey Rabinowitz, and Vinton Bacon of UWM, Randi Videkovich and Aaron Volkening of Earthtech, John Bennett of the Village of Franklin, Mark Gottlieb of the Village of Grafton, Kal Klimek of National Survey, Manoochr Adami of the City of Los Angeles, and Russell Knetzger for their contributions to this material. Thanks also to Jim Morrison for preparation of the graphics and to Ron Neumann for the sewer design example. R:\PPMENotes2002\PPME notes TOC.doc 2 9/6/2005