City of New Berlin, WI Article VII Enforcement and Penalties

§ 235-42 Designation of enforcing officer.

The Director of Community Development shall be responsible for the enforcement of this chapter unless otherwise stated in this chapter.

§ 235-43 Violations.

Any of the following shall be a violation of this chapter and shall be subject to the remedies and penalties provided in this chapter:

A. To engage in the development or subdivision of land in any way that does not comply with the procedures and standards of this chapter;

B. To transfer title of any lot, tract, or land parcel before a subdivision plat or CSM has been approved and it has been filed with the Waukesha County Register of Deeds' office;

C. To submit for recording with the Waukesha County Register of Deeds any subdivision plat that has not been approved in accordance with the requirements of this chapter;

D. To engage in the subdivision or development of land or any other activity requiring one or more approvals under this chapter without first obtaining all the required approvals;

E. To violate the terms of any approval granted under this chapter or any condition imposed on such approval;

F. To obscure or obstruct any notice required to be posted or otherwise given under this chapter;

G. To violate any lawful order issued by the City under this chapter; or

H. To continue any violation as defined above, with each day of continued violation to be considered a separate violation for purposes of computing cumulative penalties.

§ 235-44 Penalties.

A. Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall be subject to a penalty as provided by Chapter 1, General Provisions, § 1-18 of this Code.

B. Additional remedies may include the following:

(1) Withholding of building permits until the subdivision plat or CSM has properly been approved.

(2) Withholding all permits and authorizations, certificates of occupancy or other forms of development authorization for the subject subdivision or property.

(3) Approving permits with conditions where the issuance of the permit is conditioned on the agreement that the violation will be remedied within a specified amount of time.

(4) Revocation and suspension of permits when the City finds any of the following:

(a) That there is a departure from the plans, specifications, or conditions required under terms of the permit;

(b) That the permit was procured by false representation or was issued by mistake; or

(c) That any of the provisions of this chapter are being violated.

(5) The City may seek other penalties as provided by Wisconsin law.