[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of Orfordville 3-31-1992 as Title 14, Ch. 2 of the 1992 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Building construction — See Ch. 121.
Streets and sidewalks — See Ch. 277
Subdivision of land — See Ch. 281.
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Intent. It is the intent of the Village Board to establish an Official Map for the purpose of serving and promoting the public health, safety, convenience, economy, orderliness, and general welfare of the community; to further the orderly layout and use of land; to stabilize the location of real property boundary lines; to facilitate adequate provision for transportation, parks, playgrounds, and stormwater drainage; and to facilitate the further subdivision of larger tracts into smaller parcels of land.
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Authority. This chapter is enacted under the authority granted by § 62.23(6), Wis. Stats.
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Official Map designated. The Official Map shall show the location, extent, and name, if any, of all platted and existing streets, highways, parkways, parks, and playgrounds within the corporate limits of the Village of Orfordville as hereinbefore laid out, adopted, and established by law. There is hereby established, as the Official Map of the Village of Orfordville, the map which accompanies and is made a part of this chapter by reference and is on file with the Clerk-Treasurer.
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Changes and additions. The Village Board may change or add to the Official Map so as to establish the exterior lines of, widen, narrow, extend, change the name of, or close any platted, existing, proposed, or planned streets, highways, parkways, parks, or playgrounds. The Village Board shall refer any change or addition to the Official Map to the Plan Commission for review and report thereon prior to adoption. The Plan Commission shall report its recommendation to the Village Board within 60 days or forfeit its right to further suspend action. 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 2 notice. Actual notice shall be mailed to the owner of record of lands abutting on the affected portion of the street, highway, or parkway at least 20 days prior to the hearing. Changes and additions made by duly approved subdivision plat shall not require the public hearing if the changes and additions do not affect any land outside the area being platted.
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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, 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 this map.
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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 reference to any street, highway, or parkway shown on the Official Map.
No public sewer or other municipal street utility or improvement shall be constructed in any street, highway, or parkway within the corporate limits of the Village until such street, highway, or parkway is duly placed on the Official Map.
The Zoning Board of Appeals shall have the power to review any administrative decision of the Village Building Inspector to deny a permit for the erection of a structure under this chapter and to grant relief from the requirements of this chapter under the provisions of § 62.23(6)(d), (f) and (g), Wis. Stats.
There shall be a certified copy of the Official Map described in § 68-1C. The certified copy shall be kept in the office of the Village Clerk-Treasurer and shall be available for the 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 chapter and shall show the date of adoption of this chapter and shall be signed by the Village President and countersigned by the Village Clerk-Treasurer. 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. The certificate shall be signed by the Village President and countersigned by the Village Clerk-Treasurer.
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 amended Official Map with the Register of Deeds.