(A)
Intent. Pursuant to § 61.35 and § 62.23(6),
Wis. Stats., the Village of Somers is authorized to prepare and adopt
an official map as defined in such section of the Wisconsin Statutes.
(B)
Authority. The Village Plan Commission of the Village of Somers,
by a majority vote of the entire Commission recorded in its official
minutes, has adopted a resolution recommending to the Village Board
the adoption of a document entitled "An Official Map for the Green
Bay Road Corridor from CTH 'E' to CTH 'L'", an
area located generally in the East One-half of § 15, Town
2 North, Range 22 East located within the Village.
(C)
The Village has held at least one public hearing on this ordinance,
allowing the public to comment upon the proposed adoption.
(D)
Official Map. The Village Board of the Village of Somers, does
hereby enact this ordinance, formally adopting the document entitled
"An Official Map for the Green Bay Road Corridor from CTH 'E'
to CTH 'L'" a true and correct copy of which is attached
hereto, marked Exhibit "A" and incorporated herein by reference, pursuant
to § 62.23(6) of the Wisconsin Statutes.
(E)
Changes and Additions. The Village Board may change or add to
the Official Map so as to establish the exterior lines of; widen;
extend or close any platted, existing, proposed, or planned streets,
highways, drainageways, parkways, and parks or playgrounds, except
that drainageways shall not be included on the Official Map outside
of the Village limits.
The Village Board shall refer any change or addition to the
Official Map to the Village Plan Commission for review and report
thereon prior to adoption. The Village Plan Commission shall report
its recommendation to the Village Board within 60 days.
A public hearing of parties in interest and citizens before
the Village Board shall be required before any changes or additions
to the Official Map are effective. Notice of the public hearing shall
be published as a Class II notice pursuant to Chapter 985 of the Wisconsin
Statutes.
Changes and additions made by duly approved subdivision plans
shall not require the public hearing if the changes or additions do
not affect any land outside the area being platted.
(F)
Building Permits. For the purpose of preserving the integrity
of the Official Map, a building permit shall be required for any structure
or part thereof that shall hereafter be located, erected, moved, reconstructed,
extended, enlarged, converted or structurally altered. No permit shall
hereafter be issued for any building in the bed of any existing or
proposed street, highway, drainageway, or parkway shown on the Official
Map. No permit for the erection of any building shall be issued unless
a street, highway, or parkway giving access to such proposed structure
has been duly placed on the Map.
The Building Inspector may require each applicant for a building
permit to submit a plan, prepared and certified by a registered land
surveyor, showing accurately the location of any proposed building
with referenced to any street, highway, drainageway, or parkway shown
on the Official Map.
(G)
Municipal Improvements. No public sewer or other municipal street
utility or improvement shall be constructed in any street, highway,
or parkway within the jurisdictional area of the ordinance until such
street, highway, or parkway is duly placed on the Official Map.
(H)
Appeals. The Board of Zoning Appeals shall have the power to
review any administrative decision of the Building Inspector to deny
a permit for the erection of a structure under this ordinance and
to grant relief from the requirements of this ordinance under the
provisions of Sections 62.23(6)(e), (f) and (g) of the Wisconsin Statutes.
(I)
Certified Copy of Map. There shall be a certified copy of the
Official Map described in § (D) above. The certified copy
shall be kept in the office of the Village Clerk/Treasurer and shall
be available for inspection by any interested person during regular
office hours. The certified copy shall bear on its face a certification
that it is a true copy of the Official Map described in and accompanying
this ordinance. Thereafter no change or addition to such Official
Map shall become effective until it shall have been indicated by the
appropriate convention on the aforesaid certified copy of the Official
Map and a certificate placed thereon or attached thereto bearing the
number and date of adoption of the amending ordinance.
(J)
Map to File With Register of Deeds. The Village Clerk/Treasurer
shall be responsible immediately upon adoption of the Official Map
or any amendment thereto for recording a true copy of the Official
Map, as amended, with the Register of Deeds for the County of Kenosha,
Wisconsin.
(K)
Enforcement. It shall be the duty of the Building Inspector.
(L)
Penalties. Any person, firm, or corporation who fails to comply
with the provisions of this ordinance shall, upon conviction thereof,
forfeit nor more than $200 and not less than $50 and cost of prosecution
for each violation, and in default of payment of such forfeiture and
costs shall be imprisoned in the county jail until payment thereof
but not exceeding 30 days.
(M)
Severability and Conflict. If any section or part of this ordinance
is adjudged unconstitutional or invalid by any court of competent
jurisdiction, the remainder of this Ordinance shall not be affected
thereby. All other ordinances or parts of ordinances of the Village
inconsistent with this Ordinance to the extent of the inconsistency
only are hereby repealed.
