Current law provides that if a preliminary plat is submitted and approved, the
final plat is entitled to approval if it substantially conforms to the preliminary plat.
The bill requires a professional engineer, planner, or other person charged with the
responsibility to review plats to provide the approving authority with his or her
conclusions as to whether the final plat substantially conforms to the preliminary
plat and with his or her recommendation on approval of the final plat.
Under current law, as a condition of approval, an approving authority may
require a subdivider to execute a surety bond or provide other security to ensure that
certain improvements will be made. The bill provides that the approving authority
may not require any security for improvements sooner than is reasonably necessary
before the commencement of the installation of the improvements and that, if the
project will be constructed in phases, the amount of the security must be limited to
the phase of the project that is being constructed.
Current law requires a subdivider to record the final plat in the office of the
register of deeds in the county where the subdivision is located. The register of deeds
may not accept the final plat for recording unless it is offered for recording within six
months after the last approval and within 24 months after the first approval. The
bill specifically provides that a subdivider may record the final plat in separate parts
at different times. In addition, the bill extends the times for recording to within 12
months after the last approval and within 36 months after the first approval.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB906, s. 1 1Section 1. 236.11 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB906,3,102 236.11 (1) (b) If the final plat conforms substantially to the preliminary plat
3as approved, including any conditions of that approval, and to local plans and
4ordinances adopted as authorized by law, it is entitled to approval. If the final plat

1is not submitted within 24 36 months after the last required approval of the
2preliminary plat, any approving authority may refuse to approve the final plat or
3may extend the time for submission of the final plat
. The final plat may, if permitted
4by the approving authority, constitute only that portion of the approved preliminary
5plat which that the subdivider proposes to record at that time, except that a final plat
6that is only a portion of an approved preliminary plat may be submitted without the
7permission of the approving authority and is entitled to approval if the preliminary
8plat identified phases of the development and the portion of the final plat being
9submitted substantially conforms to the preliminary plat or portion of the
10preliminary plat as approved
.
AB906, s. 2 11Section 2. 236.11 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB906,3,1812 236.11 (1) (c) A professional engineer, a planner, or another person charged
13with the responsibility to review plats shall provide the approving authority with his
14or her conclusions as to whether the final plat conforms substantially to the
15preliminary plat and with his or her recommendation on approval of the final plat.
16The conclusions and recommendation shall be made a part of the record of the
17proceeding at which the final plat is being considered and are not required to be
18submitted in writing.
AB906, s. 3 19Section 3. 236.13 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB906,3,2220 236.13 (1) (b) Any municipal, town, or county ordinance that is in effect when
21the subdivider submits a preliminary plat, or a final plat if no preliminary plat is
22submitted
;
AB906, s. 4 23Section 4. 236.13 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB906,4,824 236.13 (2) (a) As a further condition of approval, the governing body of the town
25or municipality within which the subdivision lies may require that the subdivider

1make and install any public improvements reasonably necessary or that the
2subdivider execute a surety bond or provide other security to ensure that he or she
3will make those improvements within a reasonable time. If the subdivider's project
4will be constructed in phases, the amount of any surety bond or other security
5required by the governing body shall be limited to the phase of the project that is
6currently being constructed. The governing body may not require that the
7subdivider provide any security for improvements sooner than is reasonably
8necessary before the commencement of the installation of the improvements.
AB906, s. 5 9Section 5. 236.13 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB906,4,1810 236.13 (3) No approving authority or agency having the power to approve or
11object to plats shall condition approval upon compliance with, or base an objection
12upon, any requirement other than those specified in this section. Notwithstanding
13sub. (1) (b), an approving authority and a subdivider may agree to waive or vary
14requirements under an ordinance specified in sub. (1) (b). Any such agreement shall
15be entered into freely and voluntarily. An approving authority and a subdivider may
16also agree as to the application of ordinances enacted by the approving authority
17after the subdivider has submitted a preliminary plat, or a final plat if no
18preliminary plat is submitted.
AB906, s. 6 19Section 6. 236.25 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB906,4,2220 236.25 (1) The subdivider shall have the final plat recorded in the office of the
21register of deeds of the county in which the subdivision is located. The final plat may
22be recorded in whole or in separate parts at different times.
AB906, s. 7 23Section 7. 236.25 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB906,4,2524 236.25 (2) (b) The plat is offered for record within 6 12 months after the date
25of the last approval of the plat and within 24 36 months after the first approval;
AB906, s. 8
1Section 8. 236.26 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB906,5,5 2236.26 Notification to approving authorities. When a final plat, in whole
3or in part,
is recorded, the register of deeds shall notify all authorities required by
4s. 236.10 to approve or permitted by s. 236.12 to object to the plat by mailing to the
5clerk of each authority written notice thereof.
AB906, s. 9 6Section 9. 236.45 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 236.45 (2) (ac)
7and amended to read:
AB906,5,148 236.45 (2) (ac) To accomplish the purposes listed in sub. (1), any municipality,
9town or county which that has established a planning agency may adopt enact
10ordinances governing the subdivision or other division of land which that are more
11restrictive than the provisions of this chapter. Such ordinances, except that no
12ordinance may modify in a more restrictive way time limits, deadlines, notice
13requirements, or other provisions of this chapter that provide protections for a
14subdivider.
AB906,6,5 15(am) Ordinances under par (ac) may include provisions regulating divisions of
16land into parcels larger than 1 1/2 acres or divisions of land into less than 5 parcels,
17and may prohibit the division of land in areas where such prohibition will carry out
18the purposes of this section. Such ordinances shall make applicable to such divisions
19all of the provisions of this chapter, or may provide other surveying, monumenting,
20mapping and approving requirements for such division. The governing body of the
21municipality, town, or county shall require that a plat of such division be recorded
22with the register of deeds and kept in a book provided for that purpose. "COUNTY
23PLAT," "MUNICIPAL PLAT," or "TOWN PLAT" shall be printed on the map in
24prominent letters with the location of the land by government lot, recorded private
25claim, quarter-quarter section, section, township, range, and county noted. When

1so recorded, the lots included in the plat shall be described by reference to "COUNTY
2PLAT," "MUNICIPAL PLAT," or "TOWN PLAT," the name of the plat and the lot and
3block in the plat, for all purposes, including those of assessment, taxation, devise,
4descent, and conveyance as defined in s. 706.01 (4). Such ordinance, insofar as it may
5apply to divisions of less than 5 parcels, shall not apply to:
AB906, s. 10 6Section 10. 236.45 (2) (a) 1. to 4. of the statutes are renumbered 236.45 (2) (am)
71. to 4.
AB906, s. 11 8Section 11. 236.45 (6) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB906,6,149 236.45 (6) (am) Notwithstanding subs. (1) and (2) (a) (intro.) (ac), a
10municipality, town, or county may not, as a condition of approval under this chapter,
11impose any fees or other charges to fund the acquisition or improvement of land,
12infrastructure, or other real or personal property, except that a municipality or town
13may impose a fee or other charge to fund the acquisition or initial improvement of
14land for public parks.
AB906, s. 12 15Section 12. Nonstatutory provisions.
AB906,6,1916 (1) Inconsistent ordinance. If, on or after the first day of the 7th month
17beginning after the effective date of this subsection, a city, village, town, or county
18has in effect an ordinance that is inconsistent with this act, the ordinance does not
19apply and may not be enforced.
AB906, s. 13 20Section 13. Initial applicability.
AB906,6,2321 (1) The treatment of section 236.13 (1) (b) and (2) (a) of the statutes first applies
22to preliminary plats or, in cases in which no preliminary plats are submitted, final
23plats that are submitted for approval on the effective date of this subsection.
AB906,7,3
1(2) The treatment of section 236.11 (1) (b) and (c) of the statutes first applies
2to final plats submitted after preliminary plats that are submitted for approval on
3the effective date of this subsection.
AB906,7,64 (3) The treatment of sections 236.25 (1) and (2) (b) and 236.26 of the statutes
5first applies to final plats that are submitted for recording on the effective date of this
6subsection.
AB906,7,77 (End)
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