It is the intent of the Common Council to establish an Official
Map for the purpose of conserving and promoting the public health,
safety, convenience, economy, orderliness and general welfare of the
community; to further the orderly layout in the use of land; to stabilize
the location of real property boundary lines; to ensure proper legal
description and proper monumenting of land; to facilitate adequate
provision for transportation, parks, playgrounds and stormwater drainage;
and to facilitate the further subdivision of larger tracts into smaller
parcels of land.
This chapter is enacted under the authority granted by § 62.23(6),
Wis. Stats.
As set forth in § 62.23(6)(e), Wis. Stats., the street,
highway or parkway systems shown on the Official Map may be shown
as extending beyond the boundaries of the City of Prescott in extraterritorial
areas.
No public sewer or other municipal street utility or improvement
shall be constructed in any street, highway or parkway until such
street, highway or parkway is duly placed on the Official Map. For
purposes of this section, a street, highway or parkway shall be considered
duly placed on the Official Map at the time that the governing body
accepts such street, highway or parkway.
A certified copy of the Official Map shall be kept in the office
of the City Clerk and shall be available for inspection by any interested
person during regular office hours. The certified copy shall bear
on its face a certification that it is a true copy of the Official
Map described in this chapter and shall show the date of original
adoption of this chapter and shall be signed by the Mayor and countersigned
by the City Clerk. Thereafter no change to or addition of a proposed
street, proposed highway, proposed parkway, proposed park or proposed
playground on the Official Map shall become effective until it shall
have been indicated by the appropriate convention on the aforesaid
certified copy of the Official Map and a certificate placed thereon
or attached thereto bearing the number or date of adoption of the
amendment. The certificate shall be signed by the Mayor and countersigned
by the City Clerk. For purposes of this section, plats, certified
survey maps and property transactions complying with applicable laws
or ordinances do not require certification when being placed on the
Official Map.
Upon adoption of the Official Map, it shall be the duty of the
City Clerk to immediately file with the Pierce County Register of
Deeds a certificate showing that the City has established such Official
Map.
The placing of any street, highway, parkway, park or playground
line or lines upon the Official Map shall not in and of itself constitute
or be deemed to constitute the opening or establishment of any street,
parkway, park or playground or the taking or acceptance of any land
for such purposes.
The Zoning Administrator shall have authority to enforce the
provisions of this chapter.
Any person, firm or corporation who or which fails to comply with the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a penalty as provided in §
1-4 of this Code.