2009 WISCONSIN ACT 376
An Act to renumber 236.45 (2) (a) 1. to 4.; to renumber and amend 236.45 (2) (a) (intro.);
to amend 236.11 (1) (b), 236.13 (1) (b), 236.13 (2) (a), 236.13 (3), 236.25 (1), 236.25 (2) (b), 236.26 and 236.45 (6) (am); and to create 236.11 (1) (c) of the statutes;
relating to: modifications to platting requirements.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
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1. 236.11 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
236.11 (1) (b) If the final plat conforms substantially to the preliminary plat as approved, including any conditions of that approval, and to local plans and ordinances adopted as authorized by law, it is entitled to approval. If the final plat is not submitted within 24 36 months after the last required approval of the preliminary plat, any approving authority may refuse to approve the final plat or may extend the time for submission of the final plat. The final plat may, if permitted by the approving authority, constitute only that portion of the approved preliminary plat which that the subdivider proposes to record at that time.
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2. 236.11 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
236.11 (1) (c) A professional engineer, a planner, or another person charged with the responsibility to review plats shall provide the approving authority with his or her conclusions as to whether the final plat conforms substantially to the preliminary plat and with his or her recommendation on approval of the final plat. The conclusions and recommendation shall be made a part of the record of the proceeding at which the final plat is being considered and are not required to be submitted in writing.
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3. 236.13 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
236.13 (1) (b) Any municipal, town, or county ordinance that is in effect when the subdivider submits a preliminary plat, or a final plat if no preliminary plat is submitted;
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4. 236.13 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
236.13 (2) (a) As a further condition of approval, the governing body of the town or municipality within which the subdivision lies may require that the subdivider make and install any public improvements reasonably necessary or that the subdivider execute a surety bond or provide other security to ensure that he or she will make those improvements within a reasonable time. The subdivider may construct the project in such phases as the governing body approves, which approval may not be unreasonably withheld. If the subdivider's project will be constructed in phases, the amount of any surety bond or other security required by the governing body shall be limited to the phase of the project that is currently being constructed. The governing body may not require that the subdivider provide any security for improvements sooner than is reasonably necessary before the commencement of the installation of the improvements.
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7. 236.25 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
236.25 (2) (b) The plat is offered for record within
6 12 months after the date of the last approval of the plat and within 24 36 months after the first approval;
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9. 236.45 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 236.45 (2) (ac) and amended to read:
236.45 (2) (ac) To accomplish the purposes listed in sub. (1), any municipality, town or county which
that has established a planning agency may adopt enact ordinances governing the subdivision or other division of land which that are more restrictive than the provisions of this chapter. Such ordinances, except that no ordinance may modify in a more restrictive way time limits, deadlines, notice requirements, or other provisions of this chapter that provide protections for a subdivider.
(am) Ordinances under par (ac) may include provisions regulating divisions of land into parcels larger than 1 1/2 acres or divisions of land into less than 5 parcels, and may prohibit the division of land in areas where such prohibition will carry out the purposes of this section. Such ordinances shall make applicable to such divisions all of the provisions of this chapter, or may provide other surveying, monumenting, mapping and approving requirements for such division. The governing body of the municipality, town, or county shall require that a plat of such division be recorded with the register of deeds and kept in a book provided for that purpose. "COUNTY PLAT," "MUNICIPAL PLAT," or "TOWN PLAT" shall be printed on the map in prominent letters with the location of the land by government lot, recorded private claim, quarter-quarter section, section, township, range, and county noted. When so recorded, the lots included in the plat shall be described by reference to "COUNTY PLAT," "MUNICIPAL PLAT," or "TOWN PLAT," the name of the plat and the lot and block in the plat, for all purposes, including those of assessment, taxation, devise, descent, and conveyance as defined in s. 706.01 (4). Such ordinance, insofar as it may apply to divisions of less than 5 parcels, shall not apply to:
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10. 236.45 (2) (a) 1. to 4. of the statutes are renumbered 236.45 (2) (am) 1. to 4.
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11. 236.45 (6) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
236.45 (6) (am) Notwithstanding subs. (1) and (2)
(a) (intro.) (ac), a municipality, town, or county may not, as a condition of approval under this chapter, impose any fees or other charges to fund the acquisition or improvement of land, infrastructure, or other real or personal property, except that a municipality or town may impose a fee or other charge to fund the acquisition or initial improvement of land for public parks.
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12.
Nonstatutory provisions.
(1) Inconsistent ordinance. If, on or after the first day of the 7th month beginning after the effective date of this subsection, a city, village, town, or county has in effect an ordinance that is inconsistent with this act, the ordinance does not apply and may not be enforced.
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13.
Initial applicability.
(1) The treatment of section 236.13 (1) (b) and (2) (a) of the statutes first applies to preliminary plats or, in cases in which no preliminary plats are submitted, final plats that are submitted for approval on the effective date of this subsection.
(2) The treatment of section 236.11 (1) (b) and (c) of the statutes first applies to final plats submitted after preliminary plats that are submitted for approval on the effective date of this subsection.
(3) The treatment of section 236.25 (2) (b) of the statutes first applies to final plats that are submitted for recording on the effective date of this subsection.
