Imagine Waukee 2040

The City of Waukee created the Imagine Waukee 2040 Comprehensive Plan in March 2019 as a strategic guide for land use regulation. Waukee is growing fast, so a lot of things about our community have changed! In 2025, we are updating the plan to account for those changes and the growth we expect to see in the next 15 years. Read the current Imagine Waukee 2040 Plan here.

Thanks for sharing your feedback.

We invited Waukee residents, business owners, property owners and community leaders to share their thoughts about future Waukee earlier this summer. Thanks for sharing your ideas and concerns with our team. They are a valuable contribution to the planning process!

What is a Comprehensive Plan?

Planning for Waukee's future is a critical function of your City government. Comprehensive plans and zoning ordinances adopted and enforced by current officials affect the future layout and landscape of a city for many years to come. Whether it is the development or preservation of open space, or the redevelopment and revival of existing properties, what a community will look like dozens of years from now depends on the decisions made today. 

A comprehensive plan sets forth a vision and goals for a city’s future and provides the overall foundation for all land use regulation in the city. Planning can help:

• Preserve important natural resources, agricultural land, and other open lands
• Identify issues, stay ahead of trends, and accommodate change
• Ensure that growth makes the community better, not just bigger
• Foster sustainable economic development
• Ensure more efficient and cost-effective infrastructure and public services
• Protect property rights and values
• Enable other public and private entities to plan their activities in harmony with the city's plans

Imagine Waukee 2040 includes a land use plan that lays out the desired timing, location, design, and density for future development, redevelopment or preservation. Components of comprehensive plans typically include or address:

• An overview of existing conditions in the community
• Future land use
• Economic development and housing
• Water resources
• Transportation and mobility
• Parks, recreation and open space
• Urban design and community character, and
• Implementation strategies

Learn a bit more about how comprehensive planning works here.

Where can I find more information or share my ideas?

Our initial round of feedback collection is complete. Look for more opportunities later in the process to share your thoughts. 

If you have other questions about the Imagine Waukee 2040 plan, contact the Community Development Department at 515-978-9533 or email Director Andy Kass at akass@waukee.org. Journalists can contact Heather Behrens, Communications Director, at hbehrens@waukee.org or 515-380-1694.