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participate in activities such as walking, picnicking, rest and reflection. These activities may reduce
everyday stress and help maintain proper physical and mental health and well-being. Well-designed and
properly located public general use outdoor recreation sites provide a sense of community and bring
people together for social, cultural and recreation activities; thus contributing to the desirability and
stability of residential neighborhoods.

Standard
1. The public sector should provide general use outdoor recreation sites sufficient in size and
number to meet the recreation demands of the resident population.
2. The general use recreation sites should contain the natural resource or man-made amenities
appropriate for the recreation activities.
3. The general use recreation sites should be spatially distributed to provide equal and ready
access to the resident population.

4. Public general use outdoor recreation sites should include, to the maximum extent possible,
portions of the planned primary environmental corridors of the County in order to provide an
attractive natural setting for recreation enjoyment and educational enlightenment. Recreational
facilities should be carefully located and designed to protect and preserve such environmentally
sensitive areas as wetlands, natural areas, and high value wildlife areas.

5. The Waukesha County Park System Park Classifications Guidelines for County Park Facilities
should be met (See Page 6).

Principle – Recreation Related Open Space
Effective satisfaction of recreation demands within the County cannot be accomplished solely by
providing public general use outdoor recreation sites. Certain recreational pursuits such as hiking, biking,
pleasure driving, and ski touring are best provided through a system of recreation corridors located
adjacent to linear resource–oriented open space lands. A well-designed system of recreation corridors
offered as an integral part of linear open space land also can serve to connect existing and proposed
public parks physically, thus forming a truly integrated park and recreation related open space system.
Such open space lands satisfy the human need for natural surroundings, serve to protect the natural
resource base, and ensure that many scenic areas of natural, cultural, or historic interest assume their
proper place as form determinants for both existing and future land use patterns.

Standard
1. The public sector should provide sufficient open space lands to accommodate a system of
resource-oriented recreation corridors to meet the residential demand for extensive trail-
oriented activities.
2. Resource-oriented recreation corridors should maximize the use of:
a) Primary environmental corridors and secondary environmental corridors as locations for
trail-oriented recreation activities provided that environmentally sensitive resources are
protected.
b) Outdoor recreation facilities provided at existing parks.
c) Existing recreation trail facilities within the County.
3. Resource-oriented recreation corridors should effectively connect park system components,
community public facilities, destinations, cultural sites and historic sites together to form a
continuous park environment.
4. The Waukesha County Park System Greenway Corridor Cross-Section and Standards should be
met (See Figure A-1).

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