Village of Elm Grove, WI Article IV Submittal Requirements for Plats and Certified Survey Maps

§ 305-9 Submittal requirements for preliminary consultation.

The following information shall be provided at the time of the preliminary consultation or upon filing the preliminary plat or certified survey map if no preliminary consultation is held:

A. Information including data on existing covenants, land characteristics and available community facilities and utilities; and information describing the land division proposal such as number of residential lots, typical lot width and depth, price range, business areas, playgrounds, park area and other public areas, tree location, proposed protective covenants and proposed utilities and street improvements.

B. A location map showing the relationship of the proposed land division to existing community facilities which serve or influence it. Include development name and location; elementary and high schools; scale; North arrow; and date.

C. A sketch plan showing the proposed layout of streets, lots and other features in relation to existing conditions. The sketch plan may be a sketch made directly on a print of the topographic survey.

§ 305-10 Submittal requirements for preliminary plats and certified survey maps.

A. The preliminary plat or certified survey map shall be drawn with waterproof nonfading black ink on paper of good quality on a scale of not more than 100 feet to an inch. Twenty copies of the preliminary plat or certified survey map shall be provided. The preliminary plat or certified survey map shall include the following information:

(1) Date, scale and North point.

(2) The proposed land division name, which shall not duplicate the name of any plat previously recorded in Waukesha County.

(3) The name and address of the owner, the subdivider and the engineer or surveyor preparing the plat.

(4) Location of the land division by government lot, quarter-quarter section, section, township, range and county.

(5) A small scale drawing of the section or government subdivision of the section in which the land division lies, with the location of the subdivision indicated thereon.

(6) The exact length and bearing of the exterior boundaries of the subdivision.

(7) Location and names of adjacent subdivisions and the owners of adjoining parcels of unsubdivided land.

(8) Zoning on and adjacent to the land division.

(9) Location, widths and names of all existing and platted streets, alleys or other public ways and easements, railroad and utility rights-of-way, parks, cemeteries, watercourses, drainage ditches, permanent structures, bridges and other pertinent data as determined by the Plan Commission.

(10) The water elevations of adjoining lakes or streams at the date of the survey and the approximate high-water and low-water elevations of such lakes or streams. All elevations shall be referred to some permanent established datum plane.

(11) If the land division borders a lake or stream, the distances and bearings of a meander line established not less than 20 feet back from the ordinary high-water mark of the lake or stream.

(12) Layout, width and approximate grades of all new streets and rights-of-way, such as alleys, highways, easements for sewers, water mains, and other public utilities.

(13) Direction and distance to nearest sewer mains.

(14) Approximate dimensions of all lots, together with proposed lot and block numbers.

(15) Proposed building lines.

(16) Approximate radii of all curves and length of tangents.

(17) Approximate location and area of property proposed to be dedicated for public use or to be reserved by deed covenant for use of all property owners in the land division with the conditions, if any, of such dedication or reservation.

(18) Contours at vertical intervals of not more than two feet or at more frequent intervals, if required by the Plan Commission for land of unusual topography.

B. Testing. The Village Engineer may require that borings and soundings be made in specified areas to ascertain subsurface soil, rock and water conditions, including depth to bedrock and depth to groundwater table.

C. Platting in a floodplain area. When receiving a preliminary plat or certified survey map, all or part of which lies in any floodplain area, the Board of Trustees, after review and recommendation by the Plan Commission, may, prior to rendering a decision thereon:

(1) Require the applicant to submit two copies of an aerial photograph, or a plan certified by a competent technician, which accurately locates the floodplain proposal with respect to the floodplain district limits, channel of stream, existing floodplain developments, together with all pertinent information such as the nature of the proposal; fill limits and elevations; building flood elevations; and floodproofing measures.

(2) Transmit one copy of the information which may be required herein to the Department of Natural Resources with a request, where deemed necessary, to have that agency provide expert technical assistance in evaluating the effects of the proposed project upon flood heights, velocities, and floodplain storage areas and the determination of flood protection levels.

(3) Require the applicant to furnish such of the following additional information as is deemed necessary by the Board of Trustees, after review and recommendation by the Plan Commission, for the evaluation of the effects of the proposal upon flood flows and floodplain storage and to render a decision on the proposed floodplain use:

(a) A typical valley cross-section showing the channel of the stream, the floodplain adjoining each side of the channel, cross-sectional area to be occupied by the proposed development, and high-water information.

(b) Plan (surface view) showing elevations or contours of the ground; pertinent structure, fill or storage elevations; size, location and spatial arrangement of all proposed and existing structures on the site; location and elevations of streets, water supply, sanitary facilities, and soil types and other pertinent information.

(c) Profile showing the slope of the bottom of the channel or flow line of the stream.

(d) Specifications for structure construction and materials, filling, dredging, grading, channel improvement, storage of materials, water supply and sanitary facilities.

D. Affidavit. The registered land surveyor preparing the preliminary plat or certified survey map shall certify on the face of the plat or certified survey map that it is a correct representation of all existing land divisions and features and that he/she has fully complied with the provisions of this chapter.

E. Statement. A supplementary written statement shall be submitted by the subdivider along with the preliminary plat or certified survey map briefly describing improvements, such as grading, paving, tree planting, installation of utilities, and improvements to park and recreation areas, which the subdivider proposes to make and when he/she intends to make them.

§ 305-11 Submittal requirements for final plat.

A. A final plat of subdivided land shall comply with the requirements of Section 236.20 of the Wisconsin Statutes which is hereby adopted by reference.

B. The affidavits and certificates required by Chapter 236 of the Wisconsin Statutes shall be lettered or printed legibly with black, durable ink or printed legibly on the final plat.