This chapter shall be administered by the Public Works and Development Director or his designee. The Public Works and Development Director or designee, in the administration of this chapter, shall:
A. 
Receive plats and certified survey maps from the subdivider. The Public Works and Development Director or designee shall distribute copies of plats and certified survey maps as provided for in this chapter and shall receive review comments from review agencies, boards and committees required to comment on such land division.
B. 
Advise the subdivider of all recommendations made by the City Plan Commission and actions taken by the Common Council.
C. 
Maintain records of plat and certified survey map filings, approvals, fees paid and other sureties.
D. 
Determine that all land divisions within the jurisdiction of this chapter requiring review by this chapter have secured the necessary review and approvals.
E. 
Assist the City Attorney in the prosecution of violations.
A. 
Compliance required. No person shall build upon, divide, convey, record or place monuments on any land in violation of this chapter or the Wisconsin Statutes, and no person shall be issued a City zoning, building or plumbing permit authorizing the building on or improvement of any lot, block, parcel, certified survey map or any part of any subdivision or replat within the jurisdiction of this chapter not of record as of the effective date of this chapter until the provisions and requirements of this chapter have been fully met.
B. 
Floodlands. Every structure, fill or development placed or maintained on floodlands in violation of this chapter is hereby declared a public nuisance and the creation thereof may be enjoined and maintenance thereof abated by action at suit of the state, the City or any citizen thereof.
C. 
Drainage to be maintained. No person shall obstruct the flow of surface water contrary to an approved stormwater and drainage plan so as to prevent surface water from reaching a storm sewer or drainage channel without interim ponding, except as provided in an approved stormwater and drainage plan.
A. 
Penalties. Any person who violates or fails to comply with the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, forfeit not less than $100 nor more than $1,000, plus the costs of prosecution for each offense, and the penalty for default of payment of such forfeiture and costs shall be imprisonment in the county jail until payment thereof, but not exceeding six months. However, the maximum forfeiture where a violation of any provision of this chapter is also a violation of a state statute shall not exceed the maximum fine imposed by the statute. Each day a violation exists or continues shall constitute a separate offense. Violations and concomitant penalties shall include:
(1) 
Recordation improperly made carries penalties as provided in § 236.30, Wis. Stats.
(2) 
Conveyance of lots in unrecorded plats carries penalties as provided for in § 236.31, Wis. Stats.
(3) 
Monuments disturbed or not placed carries penalties as provided for in § 236.32, Wis. Stats.
B. 
Remedies. The City may institute appropriate action or proceedings to enjoin violations of this chapter or the applicable Wisconsin Statutes. In addition to any forfeiture imposed, the City may order an Assessor's plat to be made under § 70.27, Wis. Stats., at the expense of the subdivider or his agent, when a subdivision is created by successive divisions of land.
Any person aggrieved by an objection to a plat or a failure to approve a plat may appeal therefrom, as provided in § 236.13(5), Wis. Stats., within 30 days of notification of the rejection of the plat. Where failure to approve is based on an unsatisfied objection, the agency making the objection shall be made a party to the action. The court shall direct that the plat be approved, if it finds that the action of the approving or objecting agency is arbitrary, unreasonable or discriminatory.
A. 
Generally. The subdivider shall pay all fees required by this section to the City Treasurer, at the times specified, before being entitled to recording of a plat or certified survey map.
B. 
Preliminary plat review.
(1) 
At the time of application for approval or review of any of the following, the subdivider shall pay a fee, as from time to time established by resolution of the Common Council, to defray the cost of giving notice, investigation and other administrative processing:
(a) 
Preliminary plat.
(b) 
Reapplication for approval of any preliminary plat which has been previously reviewed.
(c) 
Sketch preliminary plat.
(2) 
In addition to the application fee, the subdivider shall pay the administrative fee in Subsection D(1) of this section.
C. 
Certified survey map review. The subdivider at the time of application shall pay a fee as from time to time established by resolution of the Common Council to defray the cost of giving notice, investigation or other administrative processing for approval of a certified survey map. In addition to the application fee, the subdivider shall pay the administrative fee in Subsection D(1) of this section.
D. 
Improvement review fee.
(1) 
Developer's deposit. The subdivider shall pay a fee known as a "developer's deposit" and an administrative fee as established from time to time by resolution of the Common Council based on either the number of residential units or square footage potential for commercial and industrial subdivisions or based on the estimated engineering review at the time of the submission of improvement plans and specifications to partially cover the cost to the City of checking and reviewing such plans and specifications. If at any time the developer's deposit lapses beyond 30 days of nonpayment, no further inspections or reviews will be conducted until the account is paid in full and additional funds are deposited as determined by the City. The fee shall also be used for any costs incurred by the City for legal, administrative or fiscal work which may be undertaken in connection with the plat or plan.
(2) 
Fee may be recomputed. The fee may be recomputed, upon demand of the subdivider or City Engineer, after completion of improvement construction in accordance with the actual cost of such improvements, and the difference, if any, shall be paid by or remitted to the subdivider. Evidence of cost shall be in such detail and form as required by the City Engineer.
E. 
Inspection fee. The subdivider shall pay a fee which shall be added to the developer's deposit or to the letter of credit equal to the actual or projected cost of inspection as the City Engineer or other approving authorities having jurisdiction for such inspection deem necessary, to assure that the construction of the required improvements is in compliance with the plans, specifications and ordinances of the approving authorities having jurisdiction or any other governmental authority.[1]
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).