The subdivider may, before submitting a plat for official filing, consult the City Engineer or meet with the Plan Commission and its staff for advice and assistance. This step does not require formal application, fee or filing of a plat with the Plan Commission or City Council but may include a preliminary sketch.
A. 
General. Any person contemplating the subdivision of land within the City or within its extraterritorial plat approval jurisdiction, before submitting a final plat for approval, shall file with the City Clerk a preliminary plat conforming to the Comprehensive Plan and applicable regulations contained in this chapter governing preliminary plats. The subdivider shall provide seven such prints at his expense.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
B. 
Official filing. The submission of the prints of the preliminary plat shall constitute official filing, and the City Clerk shall note on each print the date filed and immediately forward copies to the following:
(1) 
One copy for the official file;
(2) 
Copies to the Plan Commission;[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
(3) 
Two copies to the City Engineer with a request for a report which shall be forwarded to the Plan Commission not less than one week prior to its meeting when such preliminary plat is to be acted upon; and
(4) 
State Department of Administration if so directed by the City Engineer, in which event six additional copies shall be provided by the subdivider.[3]
[3]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
C. 
Official approval.
(1) 
The Plan Commission shall, within 90 days of the submission of the preliminary plat, review the plat and negotiate with the subdivider on changes deemed advisable, and approve or reject such plat for good and sufficient reason. The subdivider shall be notified, in writing, of any conditions of approval or the reasons for rejection.[4]
[4]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
(2) 
Upon approval by the Plan Commission, four copies of the approved preliminary plat shall be signed by the Chairperson of the Plan Commission. One copy shall be retained for the Plan Commission on file and three copies transmitted to the City Clerk for distribution as follows:
(a) 
One copy for the official files.
(b) 
One copy to the subdivider.
(c) 
One copy to the City Engineer.
D. 
Qualifications covering conditional approval of preliminary plat.
(1) 
The Plan Commission may require such changes or revisions as are deemed necessary in the interest and needs of the community in keeping with the provisions of this chapter.
(2) 
Subsequent to the conditional approval of the preliminary plat and prior to submittal by the subdivider of a final plat, the Plan Commission shall require proposed plans from the subdivider pertaining to contemplated detailed grading of blocks and lots and stormwater runoff or drainage from the interior of blocks in the subdivision.
(3) 
No land will be approved for subdivision which is subject to periodic flooding or which contains inadequate drainage facilities, unless the resultant divisions become unified parts of a contiguous lot or parcel. However, if the subdivider agrees to make improvements which will, in the opinion of the City Engineer, make such land completely safe for residential occupancy and provide adequate drainage, the preliminary plat for subdivision may be approved. Such approval will be based upon specific engineering data shown on the preliminary plat.
A. 
Official filing.
(1) 
Within 36 months after receiving the approval of the Plan Commission of the preliminary plat or a period of time beyond 36 months that may be granted by the Plan Commission, there shall be submitted to the City Clerk by the subdivider at his expense the original inked drawings and the required number of prints of the final plat containing all or part of the land area included in the preliminary plat and it shall retain the design characteristics of the approved preliminary plat.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
(2) 
Where less than the entire land area shown in the preliminary plat is contained in the final plat to be filed for record, the recordations of such final plat shall automatically extend the approval of the unrecorded balance of the preliminary plat for successive thirty-six-month periods.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
(3) 
Within two days following receipt of any such final plat the City Clerk shall forward copies to the following agencies:
(a) 
One copy to the official file.
(b) 
The original drawing and two copies to the Plan Commission.
(c) 
One copy to the City Engineer.
(d) 
Two copies to the State Department of Administration.[3]
[3]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
(e) 
If the subdivision abuts or adjoins a state trunk highway or connecting street as defined in § 236.13, Wis. Stats., two copies to the State Department of Transportation.
(f) 
If the subdivision is not served by a public sanitary sewer and public domestic water supply and provision for such service has not been made, two copies to the Department of Safety and Professional Services.
B. 
Official approval.
(1) 
The Plan Commission shall make its report in writing, indicating approval or disapproval of the final plat within 40 days after receipt of such plat from the City Clerk; and, if its advice is negative, the report shall set forth the basis of disapproval. However, should the Plan Commission require amendment of the final plat, the time for ruling by the Commission on the amended final plat may be extended 40 days after receipt of such amended plat. The amended final plat shall be refiled, in keeping with provisions of this section, with the City Clerk for referral to the Plan Commission.
(2) 
When the Plan Commission has approved the final plat, it shall be signed by the Chairperson and attested by the Recording Secretary on the form approved.
(3) 
After approval by the Plan Commission, the original drawing and one copy of the final plat shall be forwarded to the Council together with a letter of transmittal calling attention to variations, if any, recommended by the Plan Commission and its reasons for recommending them, and conveying to the Council such other information as the Plan Commission may deem necessary. The Commission shall also submit to the Council the supporting documents submitted with the final plat.
(4) 
The subdivider shall enter into a subdivider's agreement with the City of Fond du Lac that sets forth the mutual obligations of the City and the subdivider with respect to the actions required to be taken in connection with the final plat. The requirement for a subdivider's agreement shall apply to any new subdivision within the municipal boundaries of the City and/or the expansion of any existing subdivision within the municipal boundaries of the City. The subdivider's agreement may require the filing of a performance bond, certified check, certified letter of credit, sufficient collateral or other acceptable surety with the municipality, agreeing and ensuring that the subdivider will cause construction and completion of the required improvements within a time period specified. The amount of the bond, or value of other acceptable surety, shall equal at least 125% of the estimated full amount of the obligation being insured.
[Added 8-24-2011 by Ord. No. 3473]
(5) 
The Council shall approve or reject the final plat within 60 days of its submission by the subdivider, unless the time is extended by agreement with the subdivider and the time of such extension is entered upon the minutes of the Council. If the plat is rejected, the reasons shall be stated in the minutes of the Council meeting and a copy thereof or a written statement of such reasons shall be supplied the subdivider and his surveyor.
(6) 
The City Clerk shall certify on the face of the original drawing that the copies referred to above were forwarded to such state agencies as required and the date thereof and that no objections to the plat have been filed within a twenty-day limit set by § 236.12(4), Wis. Stats.
(7) 
Upon approval by the Council, the City Clerk shall secure from the subdivider at his expense one linen or Mylar tracing of the final plat and three copies of supporting documents, if any. The final plat in exact form as approved by the Council shall be filed for record with the Register of Deeds by the subdivider. The City Clerk shall also have the recording data placed upon the above linen tracing. The subdivider shall pay recording fees.
(8) 
The City Clerk shall deliver to the City Engineer for retention in his files the linen or Mylar tracing of the final plat as recorded.
(9) 
The City Clerk shall receive from the City Engineer two copies of the final plat as recorded, one for the official file and the other for the Plan Commission.