[Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Pittsfield 5-13-1997 as §§ 4.100
to 4.107 of the 1997 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
It is the intent of the Town Board to establish an Official
Map for the purpose of serving and promoting the public health, safety,
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 ensure proper legal descriptions and proper
boundary lines; to facilitate adequate provision for transportation,
parks, playgrounds, and stormwater drainage; and to facilitate the
further subdivision of large tracts into smaller parcels of land.
This chapter is enacted under authority granted by § 62.23(6),
Wis. Stats.
The Official Map shall show the location and extent of all platted
and existing streets, highways, parkways, parks, and playgrounds within
the corporate limits of the Town of Pittsfield, as heretofore laid
out, adopted and established by law. There is hereby established,
as the Official Map of the Town of Pittsfield, the map bearing the
date March 15, 2015. This map is hereby designated as the "Official
Map of the Town of Pittsfield," and all notations, references and
other information shown thereon shall be as much a part of this chapter
as though the matters and information thereon were fully described
herein.
A.
The Town Board may change or add to the Official Map so as to establish
the exterior lines of, widen, narrow, extend, or close any plotted,
existing, proposed or platted streets, highways, parkways, parks,
or playgrounds.
B.
The Town Board shall refer any changes or additions to the Official
Street Map to the Town Plan Commission for review and report thereon
prior to adoption. The Town Plan Commission shall report its recommendations
to the Town Board within 60 days.[1]
C.
A public hearing of parties in interest and citizens, before the
Town Board, shall be required before any changes or additions to the
Official Map are effective. At least 20 days' notice of said hearing
shall be required by publication.
D.
Changes and additions made by duly approved subdivision plats shall
not require the public hearing, if the changes or additions do not
affect any land outside the area being platted.
A.
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.
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 Town of Pittsfield until such street, highway,
or parkway is duly placed on the Official Map.
The Board of Appeals shall have the power to review any administrative
decision of the Town Zoning Administrator, 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.