A final plat prepared by a professional land surveyor shall
be required for all subdivisions. It shall comply in all respects
with the requirements of § 236.20, Wis. Stats.
The plat shall show correctly on its face, in addition to the
information required by § 236.20, Wis. Stats, the following:
A. Exact length and bearing of the center line of all streets.
B. Exact street width along the line of any obliquely intersecting street.
C. Railroad rights-of-way within and abutting the plat.
D. Setbacks or building lines if required by the Plan Commission in
accordance with the guidelines set forth in this chapter.
E. Utility and drainage easements.
F. All lands dedicated for public use, reserved for future public acquisition
or reserved for the common use of property owners within the plat.
G. Special restrictions required by the Plan Commission relating to
access control along public ways, delineation of floodplain limits,
or to the provision of planting strips.
The Plan Commission may require that deed restrictions be filed
with the final plat.
The Plan Commission may require that plat restrictions intended
to reflect Town plans and ordinances be placed on the face of the
plat.
The Town Engineer shall examine all final plats within the Town
and, where appropriate, make field checks for the accuracy and closure
of survey, the proper kind and location of monuments and the legibility
and completeness of the drawing. In addition:
A. Maximum error of closure before adjustment of the survey of the exterior
boundaries of the subdivision shall not exceed, in horizontal distance
or position, the ratio of 1:10,000, nor in azimuth four seconds of
arc per interior angle. If field measurements exceed this maximum,
new field measurements shall be made until a satisfactory closure
is obtained. When a satisfactory closure of the field measurements
has been obtained, the survey of the exterior boundary shall be adjusted
to form a closed geometric figure.
B. All street, block and lot dimensions shall be computed as closed
geometric figures based upon the control provided by the closed exterior
boundary survey. If field checks disclose an error for any interior
line of the plat greater than the ratio of 1:5,000, or an error in
measured angle greater than one minute of arc for any angle where
the shorter side forming the angle is 300 feet or longer, necessary
corrections shall be made. Where the shorter side of a measured angle
is less than 300 feet in length, the error shall not exceed the value
of one minute multiplied by the quotient of 300 divided by the length
of the shorter side; however, such error shall not in any case exceed
five minutes of arc.
C. The Town Board shall receive the results of the Town Engineer's examination
prior to approving the final plat.
All final plats shall meet all the surveying and monumenting
requirements of § 236.15, Wis. Stats.
Where the plat is located within a U.S. Public Land Survey one-quarter
section, the corners of which have been relocated, monumented, and
coordinated by Washington County, the Town of West Bend, or the Southeastern
Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission, the plat shall be tied directly
to two of the section or quarter corners so relocated, monumented,
and coordinated. The exact grid bearing and distance of such ties
shall be determined by field measurements, and the material and Wisconsin
state plane coordinates of the monument marking the relocated section
or quarter corner to which the plat is tied shall be indicated on
the plat. All distances and bearings shall be referenced to the Wisconsin
Coordinate System, South Zone, and adjusted to the county's control
survey.
All final plats shall provide all the certificates required
by § 236.21, Wis. Stats.; and, in addition, the surveyor
shall certify that he or she has fully complied with all the provisions
of this chapter.
The subdivider shall submit a final plat and a letter of application,
together with appropriate fees, in accordance with this chapter and
shall file an adequate number of copies of the plat and the application
with the Town Clerk at least 15 days prior to the meeting of the Plan
Commission at which review is desired. In addition:
A. The Town Clerk shall, within two normal working days after filing,
transmit:
(1) Two copies of the final plat to the Washington County Planning, Conservation,
and Parks Committee.
(2) Two copies of the final plat to the Washington County Highway Department
for review and comment concerning safety of access to highways if
the land owned or controlled by the subdivider abuts a county trunk
highway.
(3) A true copy of the final plat and an adequate number of copies for
review to the Plan Commission.
B. Pursuant to § 236.12(2), Wis. Stats., the subdivider shall
submit an electronic or paper copy of the final plat to the Director
of Plat Review of the Wisconsin Department of Administration, who
will prepare and forward copies of the plat at the subdivider's expense
to the objecting agencies.
C. The Plan Commission shall examine the final plat as to its conformance
with the approved preliminary plat; any conditions of approval of
the preliminary plat; this chapter and all other ordinances, rules,
regulations, and duly adopted Town plans which may affect it and shall
recommend approval or rejection of the plat to the Town Board.
D. Partial platting. If permitted by the Town Board, the approved preliminary
plat may be final platted in phases with each phase encompassing only
that portion of the approved preliminary plat which the subdivider
proposes to record at one time; however, it is required that each
such phase be final platted and be designated as a phase of the approved
preliminary plat.
The objecting agencies shall, within 20 days of the date of
receiving their copies of the final plat, notify the subdivider and
all other approving and objecting agencies of any objections. If there
are no objections, they shall so certify on the face of the copy of
the plat and shall return that copy to the Plan Commission. If an
objecting agency fails to act within 20 days, it shall be deemed to
have no objection to the plat.
A. Submission. If the final plat is not submitted within 36 months of
the last required approval of the preliminary plat, the Town Board
may reject the final plat, in writing, with reasons given.
B. The Plan Commission shall, within 45 days of the date of filing of
the final plat with the Town Clerk, recommend approval or rejection
of the plat and shall transmit the final plat and application along
with its recommendations to the Town Board.
C. Notification. The Plan Commission shall, at the time it recommends
approval or rejection of a plat to the Town Board, and at least 10
days prior to any action of the Town Board, give notice of its recommendation
to the Clerk of any municipality or Town within 1,000 feet of the
plat.
D. The Town Board shall, within 60 days of the date of filing the original
final plat with the Town Clerk, 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 copy of the minutes, together with a letter of transmittal,
shall be forwarded to the subdivider. The Town Board may not approve
the final plat unless the Town Clerk certifies on the face of the
plat that no objections have been filed within 20 days, or if filed,
have been met.
E. Failure of the Town Board to take action on the plat within 60 days,
the time having not been extended and no unsatisfied objections having
been filed, shall constitute an approval of the plat as filed.
F. Recordation. 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 to be forwarded to the County Register
of Deeds for recording. The Register of Deeds shall not record the
plat unless it is offered within 12 months after the last approval
and within 36 months after the date of the first approval.
G. Copies. The subdivider shall file six copies of the final plat with
the Town Clerk for distribution to the Town Engineer, Building Inspector,
Assessor, and other affected departments for their files.
The final plat shall only be recorded with the County Register
of Deeds by the subdivider after the certifications of the Director
of Plat Review, Wisconsin Department of Administration, of the Town
Board, of the surveyor, and those certificates required by § 236.21,
Wis. Stats., are placed on the face of the plat. The plat shall be
recorded within 12 months after the date of the last approval and
within 36 months after the date of the first approval.