Comprehensive Plan 2019-2039

Comp Plan CoverThe City of Sun Prairie Comprehensive Plan is a resource for managing the growth of the community.  It is designed to be a working document use

d by City officials to direct community development decisions, to assist with capital and operational budgeting, and as a tool to focus and stimulate private housing, business, and industrial investment in the community.

A Comprehensive Plan functions as an umbrella document that considers most issues affected by the City government, and it is to be used in coordination with other documents and ordinances. The plan refers to many other plans and studies that address specific topics in greater detail.

The plan is implemented through the use of ordinances, especially the zoning ordinance and subdivision ordinance. This plan is intended to help the Plan Commission and City Council apply those ordinances; in fact, State statutes require that certain decisions must be consistent with this Plan.

The plan was adopted on September 17, 2019, and consists of two volumes and four appendices.

RECENT UPDATES:

Economic Development Chapter - Vol 1: Community Indicators Report (2025 Update)

Economic Development Chapter - Vol 2: Goals, Policies & Actions (2025 Update)

Economic Development Map 6-1 Tax Increment Financing Districts

Economic Development Map 6-2 Recent Projects

Economic Development Map 6-3 Development Areas

Mobility and Transportation Systems Chapter - Vol. 2: Goals, Policies & Actions (2026 Update)

Volume 1: Community Indicators Report

  1. Cover
  2. Preface
  3. Chapter 1: Intro
  4. Chapter 2: Public Engagement
  5. Chapter 3: Ag, Natural & Cultural Resources
  6. Chapter 4: Utilities & Community Facilities
  7. Chapter 5: Intergovernmental Cooperation
  8. Chapter 6: Economic Development
  9. Chapter 7: Housing
  10. Chapter 8: Mobility & Transportation Systems
  11. Chapter 9: Land Use

Volume 2: Goals, Policies, and Actions

  1. Preface
  2. Chapter 1: Introduction
  3. Chapter 2: Issues & Opportunities
  4. Chapter 3: Ag, Natural & Cultural Resources
  5. Chapter 4: Utilities & Community Facilities
  6. Chapter 5: Intergovernmental Cooperation
  7. Chapter 6: Economic Development
  8. Chapter 7: Housing
  9. Chapter 8: Mobility and Transportation Systems
  10. Chapter 9: Land Use
  11. Chapter 10: Implementation

Appendices

  1. Appendix A: Public Participation Plan & Adoption Resolution
  2. Appendix B: Community Survey Results
  3. Appendix C: Neighborhood Forums Input
  4. Appendix D: Plan Maps

To view archives of the previous Comprehensive Plan, click here.  To view archives of the Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee, click here.