[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Muskego 12-23-1964 by Ord. No.
1 as Ch. 8 of the 1964 Code. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
A.
Year 2010 City of Muskego Arterial Street and Highway System Plan
adopted. The Year 2010 City of Muskego Arterial Street and Highway
System Plan dated September 1993 and revised October 1993, August
5, 1994, April 5, 1995, June 8, 1995, February 11, 1997, January 27,
1998, March 26, 2002, and June 24, 2003, on file in the office of
the City Clerk, is hereby adopted by reference and made a part of
this section. The Street and Highway System Plan may be revised from
time to time, without an ordinance or resolution, to include technical
corrections and/or the addition of new subdivision streets as determined
by the City Engineer and the Planning Division.
[Amended 7-3-2003 by Ord. No. 1141]
B.
Building permits. No building or occupancy permits shall be granted
for a structure within a street or highway as established by said
plan except for a structure already in existence at such location
on the date of approval of the ordinance adopting said plan or on
the date of approval of amendment thereto, nor shall any plat be approved
which does not provide for the street or highway width therein established.[1]
C.
Acquisition of highways. The unacquired highway widths shown on such
plan need not immediately be acquired for highway purposes but may
be acquired at any time, either in whole or in part, by the county
or by the City, provided that no part shall be acquired in less than
the full extent, in width, of the excess width to be made up of land
on the same side of such highway, nor for less than the full distance,
in length, of such excess width lying within the limits of contiguous
land owned by the same owner, unless the owner and the public authorities
purchasing the land shall agree to a lesser width or length, or such
acquisition for the full width and length shall require the purchase
or removal of buildings or incur unreasonable costs for other reasons,
in which case the public authorities may acquire a lesser width or
length, and provided, further, that any land so acquired, whether
the excess width is acquired for the full length of the highway or
not, shall at once become available for public highway purposes.[2]
[Amended 7-2-1992 by Ord. No. 757]
A.
No driveway shall be constructed or maintained connecting with any
street or alley unless a suitable culvert is first installed across
the ditch of the street or alley where necessary for the public welfare.[1]
B.
Culvert shall be constructed of corrugated steel pipe. The culvert
shall have a diameter of not less than 15 inches unless otherwise
approved in writing by the Public Works and Development Director or
designee. The length of the culvert shall be no less than 20 feet
nor more than 35 feet. All culverts with a diameter up to and including
24 inches shall be of 16-gauge steel. All concrete culverts shall
have approval of the Public Works and Development Director or designee
prior to installation. All culverts shall be equipped with end walls
or end sections approved by the Public Works and Development Director
or designee.[2]
C.
Permit required; fee; restoration.[3]
(1)
A permit from the City Engineer or designee is required to install
culverts in City rights-of-way.
(2)
An administration and inspection fee (which shall be as from time
to time established by resolution of the Common Council) will be required.
This fee will not be refundable.
(3)
Restoration of the ditch area shall be completed within 15 months
from the date of the issuance of the permit. Failure to restore the
ditch within the fifteen-month period will result in the Public Works
and Development Department sending written notification to the property
owner of record establishing a date for the restoration to be completed
by, as determined by the Public Works and Development Director or
designee. Failure to comply by this date will result in the City ordering
the work completed by the Public Works and Development Department.
The Public Works and Development Director or designee shall keep a
detailed accounting of the costs and expenses of performing this work.
The balance due shall be entered on the tax roll as a special charge
against the property and collected with any other taxes levied thereon
for the year in which the work is completed pursuant to § 66.0627,
Wis. Stats.
D.
Culverts initiated by City.
(1)
Where the public welfare requires a suitable culvert for an existing
driveway, the Public Works and Development Director or designee shall
notify, in writing, the property owner maintaining the driveway across
any ditch in any street or alley that such installation shall be completed
in 10 days or the City will have a culvert installed by the Public
Works and Development Department at the expense of the abutting property
owner. The property owner may appeal the order of the Public Works
and Development Director or designee within these 10 days; otherwise
such orders shall become conclusive. If such installation is not completed
or an appeal filed within this ten-day period, the City may enter
upon the land to install the culvert and cause to be performed the
work required to restore the site.
(2)
The Public Works and Development Director or designee shall keep
a detailed accounting of the costs and expenses of performing this
work and these costs and expenses shall be entered on the tax roll
as a special charge against the property and collected with any other
taxes levied thereon for the year in which the work is completed pursuant
to § 66.0627, Wis. Stats.[4]
[4]
Editor's Note: Original § 8.025, Driveway construction
to streets and alleys containing curb and gutter, which immediately
followed this section, was repealed 9-6-2007 by Ord. No. 1262.
A.
The uniform address system of the City of Muskego shall be based
upon and become a part of a uniform address system for Waukesha County.
All provisions herein relating to the establishment of a uniform address
system for said county are hereby approved.
B.
There is hereby established a uniform system of numbering properties
fronting on all streets, highways and rights-of-way in the City of
Muskego, and all existing residences and places of business which
are hereafter constructed shall be numbered in accordance with the
provisions of this section.
C.
Baselines.
(1)
Baselines shall be used for determining the numbering in the City
of Muskego. The east-west baseline shall be used for numbering along
all streets running north and south. This baseline shall be a continuation
of the east-west baseline used in Milwaukee County and shall be the
north or top lines of Sections 31 to 36, both inclusive, in the Towns
of Brookfield, Pewaukee, Delafield and Summit, Waukesha County, Wisconsin.
Its numerical designation shall be "1." A north-south baseline shall
be used for numbering along all streets running in a westerly direction.
This baseline shall be the eastern boundary of Waukesha County, and
its numerical designation shall be "124."
(2)
Each property south of the east-west baseline and facing a street
running a north-south direction shall carry an address indicating
its position west of the north-south baseline and its position south
of the east-west baseline.
(3)
Each property west of the north-south baseline and facing a street
running in a westerly direction shall carry an address indicating
its position south of the east-west baseline and its position west
of the north-south baseline.
(4)
Properties on diagonal or curvilinear streets, which streets run
predominantly in a northerly and southerly direction, shall be numbered
the same as or similar to properties on northerly or southerly streets.
Properties on diagonal or curvilinear streets, which streets run predominantly
in an easterly and westerly direction, shall be numbered the same
as or similar to properties on easterly or westerly streets. Properties
on streets terminating in a cul-de-sac shall be numbered in accordance
with the predominating direction of said street without regard to
changes of direction.
(5)
Where the general direction of a diagonal or curvilinear street has
a deviation of exactly 45°, the direction of the street shall
be considered as being northerly or southerly.
D.
A system of invisible rectangular blocks shall be established as
a control grid in the following manner in conformity with the recommended
uniform county address system:
(1)
The established section lines shall form a basis for the block system,
and in a westerly direction from the eastern boundary of the county
the first six sections, extending through the City of Muskego, shall
be divided into 16 blocks each. These individual and invisible block
lines shall have numerical designations starting with "124" at the
east line of the county to "220" at the western City boundary line.
(2)
In a northerly direction from the south county line to the north
boundary of the City of Muskego each section shall be divided into
eight blocks. These invisible block lines shall have numerical designations
starting with "63" on the northern boundary of the City of Muskego
to "111" at the south county line.
E.
Property numbers.
(1)
One hundred numbers shall be assigned to each invisible block regardless
of discrepancies in block sizes. Properties on the north and east
sides of streets shall bear even numbers and properties on the south
and west sides of streets shall bear odd numbers.
(2)
The number assigned to each property shall be composed of two parts.
The first part, or street designation, shall be composed of a direction
letter, "S" or "W," followed by the number of the appropriate block
line.
(3)
The second part of the property number, the block and house designation,
shall be composed of a directional letter followed by the number of
the appropriate block line plus two additional digits indicating the
relative position of the property in the block.
(4)
For a block which lies north of the east-west baseline, the designation
of the block shall be by the block line numbers of its south and its
east boundary.
(5)
Properties and street intersections contained within any block shall
bear numbers and directional letters related to the point of intersection
of the block boundary lines stipulated in the subsection above.
F.
The point from which any property shall be assigned its proper number
shall be determined as follows:
(1)
Where land has been subdivided or platted into lots, the center point
of the frontage line of each parcel shall be the point of determination.
(2)
In cases of farm residences or other residences or business places
situated on larger acreage or away from other development, the point
of determination shall be the intersection of the center line of the
principal driveway with the street or highway right-of-way line.
(3)
The proper number shall be determined and assigned by the Building
Inspector.
G.
Street names.
(1)
Streets which are extensions of streets in Milwaukee County shall
bear the name by which they are known in that county, excepting that
directional prefixes, if any, shall be dropped. No directional prefix
shall be used on any local street.
(2)
All numerical street names shall be abandoned and other names substituted.
(3)
A list shall be compiled by the Building Inspector of all existing
street names in the City of Muskego, and no future street shall be
given a name which duplicates or approximates an existing name. Cooperation
shall be sought with all towns and municipalities in the county to
the end that duplication of street names shall be minimized.
(4)
The City of Muskego shall cooperate with neighboring towns, villages,
and cities to the end that streets which are continuous from one municipality
or town to another municipality or town may have but one name when
such single name would be desirable.
(5)
The Council may accept or reject proposed names of new streets and,
where there is clearly a conflict or duplication in existing names,
may direct the changing of one or more such names so that conflict
or duplication may be minimized.
H.
For the purpose of facilitating the establishment and continuing
workability of a uniform address system in the City, there shall be
prepared and kept on file in the office of the Building Inspector
a plat book showing the proper addresses of all residences and places
of business within the City. The Building Inspector shall inform any
person applying therefor of the number or numbers and approved street
names belonging to any lot or property. In case of doubt as to the
proper address belonging to any lot or property, the Plan Commission
shall make the final determination. Within 30 days after the final
approval of any new subdivision or other division of land, the Building
Inspector shall assign addresses to each new building site. Record
shall be kept of assignments and a copy shall be provided for the
developer at his request.
I.
Installation of numbers.
(1)
When the Building Inspector has assigned a number to each residence
and place of business, the owner, occupant or agent shall install
or cause to be installed in a conspicuous place upon the premises
occupied by each house or place of business occupied or controlled
by him the number or numbers assigned under the uniform address system
provided for by this section.
(2)
Numbers shall be installed within 30 days from the date of assignment
or from the date of initial occupancy.
J.
Whenever any residence or place of business shall be erected in the City after the work of establishing a uniform address system has been completed, the owner at the time of obtaining a building permit shall procure the correct number and street names from the Building Inspector and within 30 days thereafter shall install the number on the building or premises as provided in Subsection I above.
K.
If the owner of occupant of any residence or place of business shall
neglect, for a period of 30 days after written notification by the
Building Inspector of the assignment of a number, to duly attach and
maintain the proper number on such premises, the Building Inspector
shall serve on him a notice requiring such owner or occupant to properly
number the premises. If the owner or occupant neglects to do so after
service of such notice and a period of 10 days elapses, he shall be
deemed to have violated this section.
L.
Address numbers pursuant to the uniform address system shall be located
not more than 50 feet from the front lot line and shall be clearly
visible from the street or road in front of each lot. This subsection
is effective immediately as to new residences and businesses and 30
days after passage as to existing residences and businesses.
[Added 9-28-1982 by Ord. No. 430]
[Amended 10-14-1969 by Ord. No. 147]
A.
Permits required for excavations. No person shall make or cause to
be made any excavation in or under any street, alley or sidewalk in
the City without first obtaining from the City Engineer or designee
a written permit to do so as hereinafter provided.[1]
B.
Application for permit. Such permit shall be issued only upon a written
application signed by the applicant, accompanied by a permit fee established
by resolution of the Common Council, and shall describe the place
where such excavation is proposed to be made with such certainly that
the same may at all times be readily located and shall specify the
purpose for which said excavation is to be made and when it is proposed
to begin making the same. In case such excavation is to be made by
the City, or any department thereof, then such application shall be
signed by the superintendent of the department under whose direction
the work is to be done.
C.
Bond. Before a permit is granted, a bond may be required to be filed
by the applicant for such permit with the City in the amount of $2,000,
which bond shall be executed by a licensed surety company as a guarantee
that the applicant for such permit will comply with all City ordinances
relating to such permit and will maintain and restore the street,
alley, sidewalk, or public grounds as required by the Municipal Code
and will maintain the same for a period of one year. In the event
the City Engineer or designee determines that the nature and extent
of the excavation or opening requires a bond in excess of $2,000 to
guarantee restoration of the excavated area as required by the Municipal
Code, the bond shall be established in an amount so determined by
the City Engineer or designee. Contractors who average four permits
in a one-month period shall, in lieu of the bond of $2,000 herein
provided, file a bond of $5,000 conditioned as above which shall cover
a twelve-month period.[3]
D.
Insurance. Prior to commencement of excavation work the permittee
shall furnish the City satisfactory written evidence that he has in
force and will maintain during the life of the permit and the period
of excavating public liability insurance of not less than $100,000
for injury to one person and $500,000 for one accident and property
damage insurance of not less than $1,000,000.[4]
E.
Record of permits. A record of all permits issued under the provisions
of this section by the City Engineer or designee shall be kept in
his office. The record shall state the name of each applicant and
the facts as to the location, purpose of excavation, and time when
the work is to begin and when work is to be completed. The record
shall be open to public inspection.[5]
F.
Protection of public.
(1)
Every person shall enclose with sufficient barriers each opening
which he may make in the streets or public ways of the City. All machinery
and equipment shall be locked or otherwise effectively safeguarded
from unauthorized use when not being used by the permittee, his agents
or employees.
(2)
Amber lights or torch lamps shall be kept burning from sunset to
sunrise, one amber torch lamp to be placed at each end of the opening
in the street or way, and other lights sufficient in number and properly
spaced to give adequate warning.
(3)
Except by special permission of the City Engineer or designee, no
trench shall be excavated more than 250 feet in advance of pipe laying
or left unfilled more than 500 feet where pipe has been laid. All
necessary precautions shall be taken to guard the public effectively
from accidents or damage to persons or property through the period
of the work. Each person making such opening shall be held liable
for all damages, including costs incurred by the City in defending
any action brought against it for damages as well as costs of any
appeal, that may result from the neglect by such person or his employees
of any necessary precautions against injury or damage to persons,
vehicles or property of any kind.[6]
G.
Replacing street surface. In opening any street or sidewalk, the
paving materials, sand, gravel, and earth or other materials moved
or penetrated and all surface monuments or shrubs must be removed
and replaced as nearly as possible in their original condition or
position and in the same relation to the remainder as before. Any
excavated material shall be replaced with approved backfill material.
All rubbish shall be immediately removed, leaving the street or sidewalk
in perfect repair. Upon issuance of a permit to excavate, there shall
be paid to the City a fee for a normal road cut 36 inches wide, 1/2
of the width of the road, and a fee for a normal road cut 36 inches
wide and the full width of the road. These fees from time to time
will be established by resolution of the Common Council. This fee
may be waived for utility companies if they patch the roadway to City
standards. Openings greater than 36 inches wide or any unforeseen
damages will be billed to the contractor at the Public Works and Development
Director or designee's discretion. The asphalt must be saw cut
before removal. The trench must be backfilled with a 50/50 slurry
backfill to within five inches of the surface of the pavement and
extending five feet beyond the pavement into the shoulder area. The
remaining five inches shall be topped off with three-fourths-inch
traffic bond firmly compacted to meet the grade of the existing asphalt
road surface. The Public Works and Development Department will replace
the asphalt road surface. Notice must be given to the Public Works
and Development Director or designee 12 hours in advance of the time
of placing the slurry backfill and an inspector from the Public Works
and Development Department must be on site during slurry placement.
The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to City public utilities
or the City.
[Amended 4-23-1992 by Ord. No. 748[7]]
H.
Excavation in permanently improved streets. Whenever the City determines to provide for the permanent improvement or repaving of any street, such determination shall be made not less than 60 days before the work of improvement or repaving shall begin. Immediately after such determination by the Public Works and Development Director or designee, the City Clerk shall notify, in writing, each person owning property adjacent to the above-mentioned streets and all utilities, City departments or other agencies owning or controlling any sewer, water main, conduit or other utility in or under said street that all such excavation work in such street must be completed within 60 days. After such improvement or repaving, a road opening permit must be obtained in compliance with Subsection G. In addition to the permit fee, the following fees will be charged as reimbursement for the cost of regulating such road openings, recognizing that such openings will necessitate long-term and continued maintenance by the City: $3,000 during the first year after improvement, $2,500 during the second year after improvement, $2,000 during the third year after improvement, $1,500 during the fourth year after improvement, and $1,000 during the fifth year after improvement. Beginning the sixth year after improvement, the normal road cut ordinance will again be in effect.
[Amended 4-23-1992 by Ord. No. 748]
I.
Emergency excavation authorized. In the event of any emergency, any
person owning or controlling any sewer, water main, conduit or utility
in or under any street and his or her agents or employees may take
immediate emergency measures to remedy dangerous conditions for the
protection of property, life, health or safety without first obtaining
an excavation permit. Such permit shall be obtained no later than
the end of the next succeeding business day, and no permanent repairs
shall be made without first obtaining an excavation permit hereunder.
[Amended 4-23-1992 by Ord. No. 748]
J.
City work excluded. The provisions of this section shall not apply
to excavation work under the direction of the Public Works and Development
Director or designee by City employees or contractors performing work
under contract with the City necessitating openings or excavations
in City streets.
[Amended 4-23-1992 by Ord. No. 748]
K.
Excavation by public utilities. In lieu of the bond required in Subsection C, the certificate of insurance required in Subsection D and the deposit required in Subsection G, but prior to the issuance of any permit required hereby, public utilities shall file with the City an indemnity agreement conditioned upon compliance with the terms of this section and indemnifying and saving harmless the City from any and all liability and claims for damages arising out of or resulting from work and labor performed by them for which permits are required hereby. If restoration of the public way is required, no further permits shall be issued to the utility involved until restoration has been completed and approved by the Public Works and Development Director or designee or the cost of the same has been paid by the utility.
[Amended 4-23-1992 by Ord. No. 748]
[Added 2-18-1999 by Ord. No. 979]
A.
To request the renaming of a City street, by anyone other than the
City, a petition signed by at least 50% of all property owners along
the street in question shall be submitted to the Public Works and
Safety Committee for recommendation to the Common Council. Petition
signatures shall be limited to one per parcel. Naming shall be accomplished
through adoption of a formal resolution by the Common Council.
[Amended 4-22-2004 by Ord. No. 1169]
B.
For streets within a recorded subdivision or certified survey map,
an affidavit of correction shall be recorded with the Register of
Deeds as specified under § 236.295, Wis. Stats.
C.
All costs associated with the naming, including the cost of any recording
necessary and the cost of signage, shall be paid by the person(s)
submitting the request. This cost may be waived by the Common Council.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter or any order, rule or regulation made hereunder shall be subject to a penalty as provided in § 1-4 of this Code.
