Prior to filing an application for approval of a comprehensive
development plan, preliminary subdivision plat, condominium plat,
or certified survey map, the subdivider shall consult with the Plan
Commission and/or its staff in order to obtain their advice and assistance.
A conceptual plan of the proposed subdivision, condominium, or certified
survey map shall be brought by the applicant to the meeting. This
consultation is intended to inform the subdivider of the purpose and
objectives of these regulations, the comprehensive plan or components
thereof, and duly adopted plan implementation ordinances of the City
and otherwise to assist the subdivider in planning the development.
In doing so, both the subdivider and Plan Commission may reach mutual
conclusions regarding the general objectives of the proposed development
and its possible effects on the neighborhood and community, and the
subdivider will gain a better understanding of the subsequent required
procedures. The subdivider or agent shall pursue the following course
for preapplication consultation.
A.
The subdivider or agent shall prepare a site assessment checklist. The purpose of this site assessment checklist is to provide the basis for an orderly, systematic review of the effects of all new subdivisions upon the community environment according to the principles and procedures of § 236.45(1), Wis. Stats. The Plan Commission will use the assessment in determining compatibility with the Intent and Purpose of this chapter and land suitability under § 545-4B. The site assessment checklist shall apply to all land divisions, including minor subdivisions. The Plan Commission may waive the requirement for filing of a site assessment checklist for minor subdivisions of less than five acres total area.
B.
The subdivider or agent shall prepare a concept plan prior to the
preapplication consultation. The purpose of this concept plan is to
depict the general intent of the subdivider in terms of general layout
of the land division and its relationship to nearby properties, utilities,
and other public facilities. In conjunction with the site assessment
checklist, the concept plan provides an opportunity to review the
general intent and impact of the proposed land division without the
need for detailed engineering, surveying, and other time-consuming
and costly processes associated with the preliminary plat. The concept
plan requirement shall apply to all land divisions, including minor
subdivisions. The Plan Commission may waive the requirement for the
filing of a concept plan for minor subdivisions of less than five
acres total area. The concept plan also shall include written request
to the Public Works Commission for any water main and sanitary sewer
extensions necessary to serve the proposed plat.
C.
The applicant shall provide a signed statement listing development
projects for which the applicant has received City approval in the
last five years and indicating any outstanding performance or financial
obligations on such projects that derive from application of City
land use regulations. If this statement is found to contain information
contrary to fact, to omit the listing of such projects or obligations,
or to describe obligations on which performance or payment is delinquent,
the application may be dismissed without prejudice until the application
is corrected and/or the delinquency is cured.
D.
On completion of the site assessment checklist and concept plan,
a preapplication meeting shall be held with the Department of Public
Works and Zoning Administrator to assist the subdivider in appraising
the objectives of this chapter, the Comprehensive Plan, the Official
Map, and any pertinent ordinances and to reach conclusions regarding
the objectives and general program for the development. The subdivider
is advised to consider revision of the submitted documents per the
direction of the Department of Public Works and the Zoning Administrator
prior to formal application submittal for any comprehensive development
plan, preliminary subdivision plat, condominium plat, or certified
survey map.
A.
When the subdivider has 80 acres or more of land under his/her control,
he or she may, where authorized by the Plan Commission, elect to file
a comprehensive development plan (CDP) in lieu of a preliminary plat
for that land not to be included in the first phase of the final plat.
B.
The process for review of the CDP shall be identical to and shall
coincide with review of the preliminary plat submitted for the remaining
portion of the property.
C.
The Plan Commission shall approve, conditionally approve, or reject
the CDP within the same review period as required for the preliminary
plat. One copy shall be returned to the applicant, including notification
in writing of any conditions of approval or reasons for rejection.
D.
Any subsequent change to the CDP and exhibits shall require filing
with the Secretary of the Plan Commission. Within 30 days of filing,
the Plan Commission shall approve, conditionally approve, or reject
the revised CDP.
E.
Regarding comprehensive development plan requirements, the CDP shall
be submitted in 20 copies at a scale of not more than 200 feet to
one inch and shall show all lands under the control of the applicant
that are contiguous or separated only by existing public roads or
railroad rights-of-way. The plan shall show:
(2)
All proposed collector and arterial streets.
(3)
All proposed stormwater drainage facilities.
(4)
Projected population broken down by single-family and multifamily
units.
(5)
A further breakdown of multifamily units by the number of bedrooms
on a percentage basis.
(6)
The development schedule, indicating the approximate timing of the
proposed development.
(7)
A draft preliminary plat meeting the requirements of this chapter
may be submitted after a minimum of 20 days after submitting the comprehensive
development plan for that portion of land to be developed in the first
stage.
Prior to submitting a final plat for approval, the subdivider
shall prepare a preliminary plat and complete a site assessment checklist.
The preliminary plat shall be prepared in according to this chapter,
and the subdivider shall file an adequate number of copies and an
electronic copy in a digital format as determined by the City Clerk.
A.
Preliminary plat procedure.
(1)
The preliminary plat shall include the entire area owned or controlled
by the subdivider. The Plan Commission may waive this requirement
to allow the subdivider to submit a comprehensive development plan
(CDP) for that portion of the land which is not to be included in
the final plat when the subdivider owns or controls 80 acres or more.
The subdivider shall in all cases submit a preliminary plat for the
lands to be included in the first phase of the final plat.
(2)
Prior to Plan Commission review of a formal application for a preliminary
plat, the subdivider shall meet with the Site Plan Review Committee
to obtain feedback.
(3)
The request for approval by the Plan Commission shall be submitted
at least 30 days prior to the date of the meeting of the Plan Commission
at which the request is to be considered and shall include all data
required by this chapter.
(4)
Within two normal working days after filing, the City Clerk shall
transmit an electronic copy of the preliminary plat to the Dodge or
Jefferson County Planning Agency for review and comment.
(5)
Pursuant to Section 236.12(2) of the Wisconsin Statutes, the subdivider
shall submit an electronic or paper copy of the preliminary plat to
the Director of Plat Review at the Wisconsin Department of Administration,
who will prepare and forward copies of the plat at the subdivider's
expense to the objecting agencies.
(6)
Within 20 days of the date of receiving their copies of the preliminary
plat, the objecting agencies shall notify the subdivider and all other
approving and objecting agencies of any objections. If there are no
objections, they shall certify that on the face of the copy of the
plat and shall return that copy to the Wisconsin Department of Administration.
The Department of Administration shall notify promptly the City Clerk
if such certification is submitted by an objecting agency. If any
objecting agency fails to act within 20 days and the Department of
Administration fails to act within 30 days from the date on which
they received the plat, they shall be deemed to have no objection
to the plat and, upon demand, the Department of Administration shall
certify that on the face of the plat.
(7)
The Plan Commission shall review promptly the preliminary plat, after
objections and comments have been received by the objecting and reviewing
agencies and officials, for conformance with the intent and provisions
of this chapter, all related plans and ordinances, and the recommendations
of appropriate City committees and commissions. The Plan Commission
shall recommend approval, denial, or approval with conditions.
(8)
Within 90 days from the date submitted, the Common Council shall
approve, approve conditionally, or reject the preliminary plat and,
when included, the comprehensive development plan, based on its determination
of conformance with the intent and provisions of this chapter, all
related plans and ordinances, and the recommendations of appropriate
City committees and commissions. Such time may be extended by a written
agreement with the subdivider. Failure of the Common Council to act
within such 90 days or extension thereof shall constitute an approval
of the preliminary plat and comprehensive development plan. The reasons
for conditional approval or rejection shall be stated in the minutes
of the meeting, and a letter stating such reasons shall be sent to
the applicant. Approval of a preliminary plat shall be valid for 36
months from the date of the last required approval of the preliminary
plat.
(9)
Replats are to be processed according to the provisions of § 236.36,
Replats, of the Wisconsin Statutes.
(10)
If the preliminary plat or certified survey map contains private
road(s), the following note shall be added to the plat or CSM when
it is presented for approval as a final plat:
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Notice of Possible Limitation of Public Services
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This plat or certified survey map contains private road(s) and,
as a result, certain City services may be limited. The extent of these
limitations is spelled out in a document called a City/developer agreement
or, if this is a condominium plat, in a document called a general
development plan (GDP), which directly relates to this plat or CSM
and is filed as a public document in the offices of both the Watertown
City Clerk/Treasurer and the Director of Public Works for the City
of Watertown.
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(11)
The subdivider shall provide a copy of the approved preliminary
plat to the following utility providers or their successor company(ies)
for their comments prior to the drawing of the final plat: We Energies
Electric, We Energies Gas, AT&T, Spectrum, and TDS.
B.
Preliminary plat requirements. The preliminary plat shall be submitted
in 20 copies at a scale of not more than 100 feet to one inch and
shall show correctly on its face:
(1)
Description.
(a)
Name of the proposed subdivision.
(b)
Name, address, and telephone number of the owner, subdivider,
engineer, land surveyor, and land planner.
(c)
Date, graphic scale, and north point.
(d)
Location of the proposed subdivision by government lot, quarter
section, Township, range and county, and a location map showing the
relationship between the plan and its surrounding area.
(2)
Existing conditions.
(a)
Contours at vertical intervals of not more than two feet for
a slope less than 5% and five feet for a slope of 5% or more.
(b)
A scaled drawing of the exterior boundaries of the proposed
subdivision referenced to a corner established by the United States
Public Land Survey and the total acreage encompassed thereby.
(c)
Location of existing property lines, buildings, drives, streams
and watercourses, dry runs, lakes, marshes, rock outcrops, wooded
areas, environmental corridors, and other similar significant features
within the parcel being subdivided.
(d)
Location, right-of-way width, and names of any adjacent existing
streets, alleys, or other public ways, easements, and railroad and
utility rights-of-way within or adjacent to the proposed subdivision.
(e)
Type, width, and elevation of any adjacent existing street pavements
together with any legally established center-line elevations for streets
located outside the City limits.
(f)
Water elevations of adjoining lakes or streams at the date of
the survey and known or determined high- and low-water elevations
and boundaries of the 100-year floodplain and floodway.
(g)
Subsurface soil, rock, and water conditions, including depth
to bedrock and average depth to groundwater table.
(h)
Location, size, and invert elevation of any existing sanitary
and storm sewers, culverts, or drainpipes and the location and size
of any existing water and gas mains on or adjacent to the plat and
proposed for use in the development. If sewers and water mains are
not present on or adjacent to the preliminary plat, the distance to
and the size of those nearest and the invert elevations of sewers
shall be indicated.
(i)
Location and names of adjacent subdivisions, parks, and cemeteries.
(j)
Existing land use and zoning included within or adjacent to
the proposed subdivision.
(3)
Proposed conditions.
(a)
Location, width, and name of all proposed streets and walkways.
(b)
Layout and scale dimensions of all lots and proposed lot and
block numbers.
(c)
Draft of proposed covenants (if any) to be imposed.
(d)
Location and approximate dimensions of any sites to be reserved
or dedicated for parks, playgrounds, greenways, or other public uses
or which are to be used for group housing, shopping centers, church
sites, or other nonpublic uses.
(e)
Plans showing the proposed locations for streets, walkways,
drainageways, and public easements showing the existing ground surface,
including extensions for reasonable distance beyond the limits of
the proposed subdivision, when requested, shall be submitted with
the preliminary plat. The subdivider also shall provide a statement
from a licensed engineer representing the project that certifies that
the technical requirements of this chapter will be met when final
engineering design plans (including plans and profiles for public
improvements and grading, erosion control, and stormwater management
plans) are submitted. Such final engineering design plans shall be
submitted and approved by the City Engineer prior to approval of the
final plat.
(f)
When requested by the City Engineer, because of concern about
drainage, groundwater, and tree cover, a lot grading plan showing
proposed contours at vertical intervals of not more than two feet.
A final plat shall not be submitted for approval before approval of the preliminary plat as required in § 545-13. A final plat shall be prepared according to this chapter and the subdivider shall file an adequate number of copies and/or an electronic copy, as determined by the City Clerk, of the plat for distribution according to this section.
A.
Final plat procedure.
(1)
The subdivider shall file a written request for approval of the final
plat with the Secretary of the Plan Commission and the State of Wisconsin
according to § 236.12, Wis. Stats. Such written request
and filing of final plats shall be submitted at least 30 days prior
to the date of the meeting of the Plan Commission at which the request
is to be considered and shall include all data required by this chapter.
The Plan Commission may forward a copy of the final plat to Dodge
or Jefferson County for review and comment. The proposed plat may
constitute only that portion of the approved preliminary plat which
the subdivider proposes to record at that time.
(2)
The final plat shall include the entire area owned or controlled
by the subdivider within the phase of development for which final
approval is sought.
(3)
The Plan Commission shall recommend approval, denial, or approval with conditions, and the Common Council shall, within 60 days from the date submitted, approve, approve conditionally, or reject the final plat, based on its determination of conformance with the intent and provisions of this chapter and all related plans and ordinances and recommendations of appropriate City committees and commissions. Such time may be extended by a written agreement with the subdivider. The Common Council shall review the final plat for conformity with all conditions of approval, if any, and § 545-4 of this chapter, and shall base approval or disapproval on these requirements. If the final plat meets the requirements of this chapter and has been submitted within 36 months from the approval date of the preliminary plat and the conditions have been met in the case of a preliminary plat given conditional approval, the Council shall approve the final plat.
(4)
Prior to signing an approved final plat by the City Clerk, the developer shall enter into a contract for improvements as required by Article III below. Prior to signing said contract by the Mayor and the City Clerk/Treasurer, the developer shall pay to the City all required fees, area charges, and deposits and provide any required financial guarantee.
(5)
The final plat shall be recorded with the Dodge or Jefferson County
Register of Deeds only after certificates of the Wisconsin Department
of Administration, of the Common Council, of the surveyor, and those
certificates required by § 236.21, Wis. Stats., are placed
on the face of the plat. The developer shall record the final plat
with the proper County Register of Deeds within 12 months after the
date of the last approval of the plat and within 36 months after the
first approval. All required fees shall be due and payable prior to
the proper City officials' signing of the approved final plat
except for utility impact, parkland dedication, and park impact fees,
which shall be paid prior to issuance of any building permits. Failure
to record any plat within the required timeframes shall be deemed
withdrawn, and a new certification is required.
(6)
If the Common Council fails to act within 60 days, the time has not
been extended by agreement, and no unsatisfied objections have been
filed within that period, the plat shall be deemed approved and, upon
demand, a certificate to that effect shall be made on the face of
the plat by the Clerk/Treasurer of the City.
(7)
Recordation. 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 shall
cause the certificate inscribed upon the plat attesting to such approval
to be executed duly and the plat returned to the subdivider for recording
with the County Register of Deeds at the subdivider's expense.
The Register of Deeds shall not record the plat unless it is offered
for recording within 12 months after the date of the last approval
and within 36 months after the date of first approval, as required
by Section 236.25(2)(b) of the Wisconsin Statutes.
No person, firm or corporation shall divide any land located
within the corporate limits of the City of Watertown that shall result
in a minor subdivision as defined by this chapter without first filing
an application and a certified survey map for approval by the Plan
Commission (and the Common Council when dedication of land is involved)
and subsequently recording said map with the Dodge or Jefferson County
Register of Deeds. The certified survey map shall comply fully with
§ 236.34, Wis. Stats. and with all applicable requirements
of this chapter.
B.
Certified survey map requirements.
(1)
The certified survey map shall be prepared by a professional land
surveyor and shall comply with the provisions of § 236.34,
Wis. Stats., and of this chapter.
(2)
The certificate of approval shall be placed on the face of the map.
(3)
When a dedication of land is required, the Common Council resolution
accepting the dedication and approving the map shall be placed on
the face of the map.
(5)
Where streets or other areas are dedicated to the public, the certified
survey map shall contain an owner's and a mortgagee's certificate
that are in substantially the same form as required by § 236.21(2)(a),
Wis. Stats.
C.
Plan Commission action. Within 90 days, the Plan Commission shall,
or where there is dedication of land, the Common Council shall approve,
approve conditionally, or reject the certified survey map. The reason
for conditional approval or for rejection shall be recorded in the
minutes, and a letter detailing the action taken shall be sent to
the applicant. Before an approved certified survey map is recorded,
the applicant must pay to the City or other unit of government any
accrued real estate taxes and special assessments owing on any land
dedicated by the survey and to the Dodge or Jefferson County Treasurer
any delinquent taxes on the dedicated land. Upon recording by the
developer, two copies of the recorded document shall be furnished
to the City.
A.
Extraterritorial land division policies. The following policies shall govern the City Plan Commission in approving division of land within the extraterritorial area in order to promote those purposes set forth in § 545-3, if the City of Watertown elects to formally apply its extraterritorial land division approval authority through Council resolution.
(1)
No land divisions (subdivisions or minor subdivisions) as defined
in this chapter will be permitted within the formally adopted extraterritorial
limits of the City of Watertown without approval of the City, per
the procedures in this chapter as applicable to land divisions within
the City.
(2)
The minimum lot size within the formally adopted extraterritorial
limits of the City of Watertown shall be one acre. A smaller lot size
may be allowed if also approved by the respective town board.
(3)
The City of Watertown will attempt to seek consistency of the City's
plans and locally adopted town plans. To the extent that the policies
of the City of Watertown are more restrictive in regard to the protection
of the public health, safety, welfare, or environmental quality or
in terms of implementing the City's Official Map, the City's
policies shall prevail. All land divisions within the formally adopted
extraterritorial limits will be subject to the land reservation or
dedication requirements of this chapter. This specifically means the
following:
(a)
Any public right-of-way area identified on the City Comprehensive
Plan or Official Map shall be dedicated conforming with requirements
of this chapter.
(b)
Any waterway or stormwater management area identified on the
City Comprehensive Plan or Official Map shall be dedicated conforming
with requirements of this chapter.
(c)
Any land falling within the limits of an environmental corridor, as mapped by the City of Watertown or Jefferson County or Dodge County, will be required to record a public open space easement specifying that the development shall be consistent with conservancy area zoning in Chapter 550, Zoning.
(4)
All land divisions within the formally adopted extraterritorial limits
shall be required to meet all of the development layout design standards
contained in this chapter.
(5)
All land divisions within the formally adopted extraterritorial limits
shall be required to follow erosion control plans complying with this
chapter.
(6)
All land divisions within the formally adopted extraterritorial limits
shall pay the required review fees contained in this chapter prior
to initial placement on the Plan Commission agenda.
(7)
The Plan Commission may require placement of covenants or deed restrictions
deemed necessary and appropriate by the City Plan Commission to protect
environmental quality, public health, safety, and welfare or otherwise
implement the City's Official Map. Any such restrictions shall
be placed on the face of the plat or certified survey map.
(8)
If a modification is granted to the above provision, the resulting
division of land shall conform to all of the pertinent regulations
of this chapter.
B.
Extraterritorial land division procedures.
(1)
In all cases, the time period within which action is required shall
not begin until the town board, the staff serving the Jefferson County
or Dodge County Zoning Committee, and the City of Watertown have received
all maps, drawings, and data required for plat or certified survey
map approval.
(a)
No person, firm, or corporation shall divide any land located
within the formally adopted land division approval jurisdiction of
the City of Watertown without first filing an application and paying
the City's standard land division review fee.
C.
Extraterritorial land division requirements. Submittal requirements
for land divisions within the extraterritorial land division jurisdiction
enacted by Common Council resolution shall be identical to those required
for land divisions within the City limits. Preliminary plats and certified
survey maps shall pay a fee as set by the Common Council and provided
under separate fee schedule to defray the administrative cost of review.
The following schedule is established to ensure that each land
division, subdivision, planned development and development project
pays its share of costs for public facilities and services. The fees
in Subsection B also shall apply to extraterritorial approval jurisdiction
of the City of Watertown.
A.
Park and open space fee or dedication. A dedication of land and/or the payment of a fee according to the provisions of § 545-42 of this chapter is required for each dwelling unit planned for development.
B.
Fees to defray administrative expenses. The subdivider of land divisions
within the City shall reimburse the City for its actual cost of design,
inspection, inventorying, mapping, and collecting attribute information
for infrastructure features for the GIS database, testing, construction,
and associated legal and real estate fees for the required public
improvements for the land division unless otherwise recovered through
other fees. The subdivider shall pay to the City of Watertown fees
as set by the Common Council and provided under separate fee schedule.
Site Plan Review Committee review fees applicable to zoning and development-related
issues shall not be applied to land divisions. The City's costs
shall be determined as follows:
(1)
The cost of City equipment employed;
(2)
The actual costs of City materials incorporated into the work, including
transportation costs, plus a restocking and/or handling fee not to
exceed 10% of the cost of the materials;
(3)
All consultant fees associated with the public improvements at the
invoiced amount complying with § 66.0628(3), Wis. Stats.
C.
(Reserved)
D.
Area charge for stormwater management facilities. The subdivider
shall pay to the City of Watertown the apportioned cost for development
of an area-wide stormwater drainage system where such a facility has
been designed to serve the proposed subdivision.
E.
Sewerage fee. The subdivider shall pay to the City of Watertown the
apportioned cost, determined by the City, for sanitary sewer connection
fees.
Each condominium project shall be reviewed on the basis of a condominium plat prepared pursuant to § 703.11, Wis. Stats., and other applicable statutes and these land division and subdivision regulations as a plat or certified survey map for the land development or subdivision elements of the project. Minor subdivision procedures in § 545-15 above shall apply to City review of condominium plats.
