[Amended 3-18-2002]
A final plat prepared by a registered land surveyor shall be
required for all subdivisions and condominiums. It shall comply in
all respects with the requirements of Ch. 236, Wis. Stats.
The plat shall show correctly on its face, in addition to the
information required by § 236.20, Wis. Stats., the following:
A.
Length and bearing of the center line of all streets. The lengths
shall be given to the nearest 0.01 foot and bearings to the nearest
one second of arc. The arc, chord and radius lengths and the chord
bearings, together with the bearings of the radii at the ends of the
arcs and chords, shall be given for all curved streets.
B.
Street width along the line of any obliquely intersecting street
to the nearest 0.01 foot.
C.
Active and abandoned railway rights-of-way within and abutting the
exterior boundaries of the plat.
D.
Building or setback lines required by the Town Plan Commission or
other approving or objecting agency which are more restrictive than
the regulations of the zoning district in which the plat is located,
or which are proposed by the subdivider and are to be included in
recorded private covenants.
E.
Easements for any public sanitary sewers, water supply mains, stormwater
management facilities, drainageways or accessways.
F.
All lands reserved for future public acquisition or reserved for
the common use of property owners within the plat. If property reserved
for common use is located within the subdivision or condominium, the
following information shall be submitted with the final plat, together
with any associated deed or plat restrictions required by the Plan
Commission:
(1)
Homeowner or condominium associations. Common areas or facilities
within a land division or condominium shall be held in common ownership
as undivided proportionate interests by the members of a homeowners'
or condominium association, subject to the provisions set forth herein.
The homeowners' or condominium association shall be governed according
to the following:
(a)
The subdivider shall provide the Town with a description of
the homeowners' or condominium association, including its bylaws,
and all documents governing maintenance requirements and use restrictions
for common areas and facilities. These documents shall be subject
to review as to form by the Town Attorney at the subdivider's
expense.
(b)
The association shall be established by the owner or applicant
and shall be operating prior to the sale of any lots or units in the
subdivision or condominium.
(c)
Membership in the association shall be mandatory for all purchasers
of lots or units therein and their successors and assigns.
(d)
The association shall be responsible for maintenance and insurance
of common areas and facilities.
(e)
A land stewardship plan for any common open space to be retained
in a natural state shall be included in the submittal of association
documents.
(f)
The members of the association shall share equitably the costs
of maintaining, insuring and operating common areas and facilities.
(g)
The association shall have or hire adequate staff to administer,
maintain and operate common areas and facilities.
(h)
The subdivider shall arrange with the Town Assessor a method
of assessment of any common areas and facilities which will allocate
to each lot, parcel or unit within the land division or condominium
a share of the total assessment for such common areas and facilities.
(i)
The Town may require that it receive written notice of any proposed
transfer of common areas or facilities by the association or the assumption
of maintenance of common areas or facilities. Such notice shall be
given to all members of the association and to the Town at least 30
days prior to such transfer.
(j)
In the event that the association established to own and maintain
common areas and facilities, or any successor organization thereto,
fails to properly maintain all or any portion of the aforesaid common
areas or facilities, the Town may serve written notice upon such association
setting forth the manner in which the association has failed to maintain
the aforesaid common areas and facilities. Such notice shall set forth
the nature of corrections required and the time within which the corrections
shall be made. Upon failure to comply within the time specified, the
association, or any successor association, shall be considered in
violation of this chapter, in which case the Town shall have the right
to enter the premises and take the needed corrective actions. The
costs of corrective actions by the Town shall be billed to the homeowners'
association responsible for the maintenance, and in the absence of
the payment shall be placed upon the tax bills as a special charge
pursuant to § 66.0225, Wis. Stats.
G.
Boundaries of the one-hundred-year recurrence interval floodplain
and related regulatory stages as determined by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency or SEWRPC. Where such data are not available, the
floodplain boundaries and related stages shall be determined by a
registered professional engineer retained by the subdivider, and the
engineer's report providing the required data shall be submitted
with the plat for review and approval by the Town Engineer.
H.
Location and right-of-way of existing and proposed bicycle and pedestrian
ways and utility rights-of-way.
I.
Notations or any restrictions required by the Town Plan Commission
or other approving or objecting agency relative to access control
along any public ways within or adjacent to the plat, the provision
and use of planting strips, or provisions for the protection of any
existing wetlands or other environmentally significant lands within
the exterior boundaries of the plat.
All final plats shall provide all of the certificates required
for final plats by § 236.21, Wis. Stats.; and, in addition,
the surveyor shall certify that he or she has fully complied with
all of the provisions of this chapter.
A.
After the final plat has been approved by the Town Board and required
improvements either installed or a contract and sureties insuring
their installation is filed, the Town Clerk shall cause the certificate
inscribed upon the plat attesting to such approval to be duly executed
and the plat returned to the subdivider for recording with the County
Register of Deeds. The Register of Deeds shall not record the plat
unless it is offered for recording within 30 days after the date of
the last approval and with 24 months after the first approval, as
required in § 236.25(2)(b), Wis. Stats.
B.
The subdivider shall file a copy of the final plat with the Town
Clerk as provided by § 236.27, Wis. Stats.
