#7 Introduce and schedule a public hearing on ordinance to change time limit requirements for plats (File Ord. #2011-474)Community Development Department Memorandum
Date: January 19, 2011
TO: Janesville City Council
FROM: Brad Schmidt, AICP, Associate Planner
SUBJECT: Introduce, refer to Plan Commission and schedule a public hearing on a
proposed ordinance amending the City of Janesville Subdivision
Ordinance to change time limit requirements for Plats (File Ordinance No.
2011-474).
The Community Development Department has prepared attached Ordinance No. 2011-
474 which amends Section 17.60.040 of the Code of General Ordinance. Currently, the
Plan Commission may refuse to approve a final plat if it is not submitted within six (6)
months of the approval of the preliminary plat. However, state statutes were amended
to increase the submittal time for a final plat from six (6) months to thirty-six (36)
months. Other changes to the state statutes regarding submittal times for subdivision
plats do not impact the City’s Subdivision Ordinance.
The Community Development Department recommends that following the first reading
of Ordinance No. 2011-474, it be referred to the Plan Commission for review and
recommendation and then scheduled for City Council public hearing on February 28,
2011.
cc: Duane Cherek
Eric Levitt
Jay Winzenz
ORDINANCE NO. 2011-474
An ordinance amending the City’s Subdivision Ordinance with regard to changes to Chapter 26
of Wisconsin Statutes relating to the extent of time limits for plat submissions as set forth in JGO
Chapter 17, with penalties for violations thereof as set forth as applicable in JGO 17.56.010.
THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JANESVILLE DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I.
Section 17.16.040 of the Code of General Ordinances of the City of Janesville is
hereby amended to read as follows:
17.16.040 Final plat--Copies and filing fee submitted to City Planner--Review
procedure
. Thirteen copies of the final plat and master site grading and drainage plan
including the required filing fee shall be submitted to the City Planner at least twelve
days before the final plat is scheduled to be reviewed by the City Plan Commission.
The applicant shall also submit a copy of the final plat in digital format satisfactory to the
City Engineer. If the final plat is not submitted within six thirty-six months of the last
approval of the preliminary plat, the Plan Commission may refuse to approve the final
plat.
SECTION II.
This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon adoption by the Common
Council, the public health, welfare, peace, tranquility, good order, public benefit, and police
power so requiring.
ADOPTED: Motion by:
Second by:
APPROVED:
Councilmember Aye Nay Absent
Pass
Brunner
McDonald
Eric J. Levitt, City Manager
Perrotto
Rashkin
ATTEST:
Steeber
Truman
Voskuil
Jean Ann Wulf, City Clerk-Treasurer
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
______________________________
Wald Klimczyk, City Attorney
Proposed by: Community Development Department
Prepared by: Community Development Department
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