The purpose of this chapter is to provide for compliance with § 70.32(1), Wis. Stats., which requires that all properties that are issued building permits within the Village of Grafton are field reviewed, described and valued by "actual view." Each building permit requires assessment personnel to initially process existing records or create new records, physically review on site the purpose of each building permit to document all property description additions and/or alterations, and process the information gathered in the field to determine an assessed value.
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of Grafton by Ord. No. 013, Series 2005 (Title 16, Ch. 16.24, of the 1979 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms and words shall be interpreted as having the following meanings:
A building or structure that houses a business or industrial use, enterprise or activity at a greater scale than home occupation or involving the manufacturing of, distribution of, retail or wholesale marketing of, goods or services.
A single unit providing complete, independent living facilities for one or more persons, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, cooking and sanitation.
A single building or structure containing more than one dwelling unit under single ownership and in which the owner rents or leases the right to occupy any of the dwelling units to a tenant(s).
Used by occupants as a home, abode, domicile or dwelling that has housekeeping and cooking facilities for the occupants only. A residential property may have multiple dwelling units.
A multiple dwelling or development containing individually owned dwelling units and jointly owned and shared areas and facilities.
Every person receiving an approved building permit from the Village in which said permit requires the Village Assessor to physically view on site any descriptive property change in an effort to maintain the property record shall pay a property record maintenance fee in accord with § 16.24.040.
[Amended by Ord. No. 004, Series 2008; Ord. No. 005, Series 2009; 3-21-2016 by Ord. No. 003-2016; 4-6-2023 by Ord. No. 005-2023; 4-6-2023 by Ord. No. 005-2023]
The Building Inspector shall maintain a Schedule of Permit Fees which includes property record maintenance fees.
[Amended 4-6-2023 by Ord. No. 005-2023]
Fees may be updated as approved by the Village Board.
[Added 4-6-2023 by Ord. No. 005-2023]
In addition to any other penalty imposed or restitution required, any person who shall violate any provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, forfeit not less than $200 nor more than $1,000, together with the costs of prosecution and, in default in payment of such forfeiture and costs of prosecution, shall be imprisoned in the county jail until the forfeiture and costs are paid, but not exceeding 60 days.