State of Wisconsin law requires that the Citywide Policy Plan contain the following nine elements:

·	Issues and Opportunities
·	Land Use
·	Transportation
·	Housing
·	Economic Development
·	Utilities and Community Facilities
·	Agriculture, Cultural and Natural Resources
·	Implementation
·	Intergovernmental Coordination

The State allows considerable flexibility in how these elements are organized. Milwaukee's Citywide Policy Plan will be organized around the following nine sections, with all State-required elements covered in one or more sections of the Plan:

Citywide Policy Plan Section	Corresponding State-Required Element
Issues and Opportunities	Issues and Opportunities
Land Use	Land Use
Housing and Neighborhoods	Housing
Economic Development	Economic Development
Cultural and Natural Resources	Agriculture, Cultural and Natural Resources
Public Infrastructure and Transportation	Utilities, Community Facilities and Transportation
Intergovernmental Cooperation	Intergovernmental Coordination
Implementation	Implementation
Area Plans	All relevant elements

Once adopted, all elements in the Citywide Policy Plan will be treated with equal weight; no single element supersedes any other.