[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Rice Lake
as Title 6, Sections 6-1-1 and 6-1-2 of the Code of Ordinances. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
The purpose of this chapter is to provide for orderly, safe and economical
expansion of the built-up area of the community by designating the location
and extent of existing and proposed streets, highways and parks on an Official
Map, to ensure proper legal descriptions and monumenting of land; to facilitate
adequate provision for transportation, parks, playgrounds and stormwater drainage;
and to facilitate further subdivision of larger tracts into smaller parcels
of land.
The Official Map is intended to be final and conclusive with respect
to the location and extent of streets, highways and parks shown on the map.
The Common Council may change or add to the map if it is determined to be
in the public interest. Changes and additions shall be made in accordance
with the procedure in W.S.A. s. 62.23. The placing of proposed streets, highways
or parks upon the Official Map shall not constitute the opening or establishment
of such streets, highways or parks or the taking or acceptance of any land
for such purposes.
The Plan Commission shall require that all subdivision plats conform
to the Official Map. All streets within the recorded subdivisions approved
by the Plan Commission and Common Council shall become a part of the Official
Map. No building permit shall be issued for any structure in the bed of any
street or highway shown on the Official Map, and no permit for the erection
of any structure shall be issued unless a street or highway giving access
to the structure has been duly placed on such map, except as provided in W.S.A.
s. 62.23. The Inspection Department shall require each applicant to submit
a plat plan (unless the site is a lot in a recorded subdivision or certified
survey plat), certified by a registered surveyor, showing accurately the location
of any proposed building with reference to adjacent streets, highways or parks
shown on the Official Map.
The Zoning Board of Appeals may grant relief from the requirements of
this chapter in accordance with W.S.A. s. 62.23(6)(d) and (g).
