It is recommended that, prior to the filing of an application for the approval of a certified survey or preliminary plat, the subdivider consult with the City Zoning Administrator in order to obtain his advice and assistance. This consultation is neither formal nor mandatory but is intended to inform the subdivider of duly adopted ordinances, rules, regulations and plans of the City and to otherwise assist the subdivider in planning the development.
A. 
Before submitting a final plat for approval, the subdivider shall prepare a preliminary plat and submit a preliminary plat application in accordance with Article IV of this chapter. The subdivider shall file 10 copies of the preliminary plat with the City Clerk/Treasurer.
B. 
The City Clerk/Treasurer shall, within two days after filing, transmit two copies to Grant County and two copies to each of the state agencies required to review the plat as specified in § 236.12, Wis. Stats. The City Clerk/Treasurer shall also submit an adequate number of copies to the City Plan Commission and Common Council.
C. 
The City Clerk/Treasurer shall schedule a public hearing before the City Plan Commission and shall mail notices of the public hearing to the owners of all properties within 200 feet of all exterior boundaries of the proposed subdivision within the City limits.
D. 
The City Plan Commission, hereby designated as principal review and advisory commission for all preliminary plats, shall conduct a public hearing and shall examine the preliminary plat for conformance with this chapter and all ordinances, rules, regulations, Comprehensive Plans and Comprehensive Plan components which affect it. The City Plan Commission shall submit its recommendation to the Common Council.
A. 
The Common Council, within 90 days of the date of filing of the preliminary plat with the City Clerk/Treasurer, shall approve, approve conditionally, or reject such plat. One copy of the plat shall thereupon be returned to the subdivider with the date and action endorsed thereon, and if approved conditionally or rejected, a letter setting forth the conditions of approval or the reasons for rejection shall accompany the plat. One copy each of the plat and letter shall be placed in the City Plan Commission's and Common Council's permanent files.
B. 
Failure of the Common Council to act within 90 days shall constitute an approval.
C. 
Approval or conditional approval of a preliminary plat shall not constitute automatic approval of the final plat, except that if the final plat is submitted within 36 months of preliminary plat approval and conforms substantially to the preliminary plat layout as indicated in § 236.11(1)(b), Wis. Stats., the final plat shall be entitled to approval with respect to such layout. The preliminary plat shall be deemed an expression of approval or conditional approval of the layout submitted as a guide to the preparation of the final plat, which will be subject to further consideration by the City Plan Commission and Common Council at the time of its submission.
[Amended 11-17-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-05]
A. 
The subdivider shall prepare a final plat and submit a final plat application in accordance with Article V of this chapter. The subdivider shall file 10 copies of the final plat with the City Clerk/Treasurer.
B. 
The City Clerk/Treasurer shall, within two days after filing, transmit two copies to Grant County and two copies to each of the state agencies required to review the plat as specified in § 236.12, Wis. Stats. The City Clerk/Treasurer shall also submit an adequate number of copies to the City Plan Commission and the Common Council.
C. 
The City Clerk/Treasurer shall schedule a public hearing before the City Plan Commission and shall mail notices of the public hearing to the owners of all properties within 200 feet of all exterior boundaries of the proposed subdivision within the City limits.
D. 
The City Plan Commission, hereby designated as principal review and advisory commission for all final plats, shall conduct a public hearing and shall examine the final plat for conformance with the approved preliminary plat, any conditions of approval of the preliminary plat, this chapter and all ordinances, rules, regulations, Comprehensive Plan and Comprehensive Plan components which affect it. The City Plan Commission shall submit its recommendation to the Common Council.
A. 
The Common Council, within 60 days of the date of filing the final plat with the City Clerk/Treasurer, shall approve or reject such plat unless the time is extended by agreement with the subdivider. If the plat is rejected, the reasons shall be stated in the minutes of the meeting and a written statement of the reasons forwarded to the subdivider. The Common Council may not inscribe its approval on the final plat unless the City Clerk/Treasurer certifies on the face of the plat that the copies were forwarded to objecting agencies as required herein, the date thereof, and that no objections have been filed within 20 days or, if filed, have been met.
B. 
Failure of the Common Council to act within 60 days, the time having not been extended and no unsatisfied objections having been filed, the plat shall be deemed approved.
C. 
After the final plat has been approved by the Common Council and required improvements either installed or a contract and sureties insuring their installation is filed, the City Clerk/Treasurer 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 Grant County Register of Deeds as indicated in § 236.25, Wis. Stats.
When it is proposed to replat a recorded subdivision, or part thereof, so as to change the boundaries of a recorded subdivision, or part thereof, the subdivider or person wishing to replat shall vacate or alter the recorded plat as provided in §§ 236.40 through 236.44, Wis. Stats. The subdivider, or person wishing to replat, shall then proceed as specified in §§ 447-15 through 447-19 of this article.
A. 
When it is proposed to divide land into six or fewer parcels or building sites, the subdivider shall subdivide by use of a certified survey map. The subdivider shall prepare the certified survey map and submit an application in accordance with Article VI of this chapter and shall file six copies of the map with the City Clerk/Treasurer.
[Amended 8-21-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-07]
B. 
The City Clerk/Treasurer shall, within five days after filing, transmit the copies of the certified survey map to the City Plan Commission and Common Council.
C. 
The City Clerk/Treasurer shall also schedule a public hearing before the City Plan Commission and shall mail notices of the public hearing to the owners of all properties within 200 feet of the exterior boundaries of the proposed land division within the City limits.
D. 
The City Plan Commission shall review the certified survey map for conformance with this chapter and all ordinances, rules, regulations, Comprehensive Plan, and Comprehensive Plan components which affect it. The City Plan Commission shall recommend approval, conditional approval or rejection of the Map and shall transmit the map along with its recommendations to the Common Council.
E. 
The Common Council shall approve or reject the certified survey map within 90 days from the date of filing of the map. If the map is rejected, the reason shall be stated in the minutes of the meeting and a written statement forwarded to the subdivider. If the map is approved, the Common Council shall cause the City Clerk/Treasurer to so certify on the face of the original map and return the map to the subdivider.
[Amended 11-17-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-05]
F. 
Recordation. The subdivider shall record the map with the Grant County Register of Deeds as indicated in § 236.34, Wis. Stats.
When land to be divided lies within 1 1/2 miles of the corporate limits of the City, the subdivider shall proceed as specified in §§ 447-15 through 447-21, except that the subdivider may submit only two copies of the preliminary plat, final plat or certified survey map to the City Clerk/Treasurer, provided that the clerk or secretary of another approval authority is transmitting copies to state and county agencies as specified in § 236.12, Wis. Stats.