Fiscal Note
No City appropriation is required with the approval of this proposed amendment to the Official Map for the City of Madison.
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Amending the City of Madison Official Map to remove a mapped reservation for a future public street located in the West Half of the Northwest Quarter of Section 31, Township 7 North, Range 10 East, in the City of Madison, on land addressed as 1201 Moorland Road (District 14).
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PREAMBLE
The City of Madison has used an Official Map since August 1966 to reserve areas for planned new streets, highways, parks, parkways, and greenways in the existing and future City, as enabled by Wis. Stats. ss. 62.23(6)(c) and Section 16.25(6) of Madison General Ordinances. Where the City has mapped a reservation, building permits may generally not be issued to construct new buildings within the reserved area, and if land with a mapped reservation is divided by plat or Certified Survey Map, the subdivider is required to dedicate the reservations to the public.
Since 1966, the Official Map has included a mapped reservation in the West half of the Northwest Quarter of Section 31, Township 7 North, Range 10 East for future public streets and parkways. In 1972, Certified Survey Map 668 created two lots and dedicated a portion of the mapped reservation, on land now addressed as 1501 Moorland Road, 10 Manor Drive and 1 Sierra Court for what became the Highland Manor mobile home community. In 1975, Certified Survey Map 1635 created two lots and dedicated a portion of the mapped reservation, on land now addressed as 1701 Moorland Road. In 1975 Certified Survey Map 1698 created four lots and dedicated a portion of the mapped reservation on land that is now addressed as 1201 Moorland Road. The dedicated street, South Side Way (formerly Raywood Road), was not constructed.
In April 2013 the Common Council approved Resolution 13-00309 (ID 29482) to vacate South Side Way. The vacation was related to the conversion of the South Side Way public right-of-way into public parkland (Highland Manor Park) and the construction of a shared severe weather shelter and parks and recreation facility in the parkland as authorized by Resolution 13-00127 (ID 28921). The severe weather shelter facility serves the residents of the Highland Manor mobile home park.
The map sheet for this area still shows a 120-foot wide reservation for future street purposes on land addressed as 1201 Moorland Road, see Parcel B in Exhibit A. The 120-foot wide reservation continues southwest on a separate Official Map sheet. The future street was intended to connect Moorland Road to East Clayton Road and Oregon Road (City of Fitchburg). Due to the vacation approved in April 2013, the future street will not connect to Moorland Road.
The Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) owns three parcels addressed as 1201, 1233, and 1241 Moorland Road. MMSD has made an application with the Department of Planning and Community and Economic Development to subdivide their three parcels into one lot and one outlot by Certified Survey Map. MMSD has requested that the Official Map be amended to remove the mapped reservation so that the portion of planned South Side Way across the 1201 Moorland Road parcel does not need to be dedicated with their proposed CSM. The land shown on the Official Map for proposed parkway will be dedicated to the City as open space with the CSM.
In reviewing the Official Map City staff determined a portion of the mapped reservation was not dedicated with CSM 668 or CSM 1698 due to a surveying error. Therefore this portion of the mapped reservation is still on the Official Map, see Parcel A in Exhibit A. The owner has requested that the Official Map be amended to remove the mapped reservation.
WHEREAS the Common Council adopted Ordinance 2091 on August 11, 1966, to establish the Official Map for the City of Madison for a part of the City of Madison located in the West Half of the Northwest Quarter of Section 31, Township 7 North, Range 10 East to map various future streets/ highways, parkways, and greenways; and
WHEREAS said Official Map sheet shows a 120-foot wide reservation for future street purposes between the west boundary of CSM 13513 and the east boundary of CSM 1698 for a distance of approximately 88.5 feet; and
WHEREAS said Official Map sheet shows a 120-foot wide reservation for future street purposes beginning at the southwesterly end of vacated South Side Way (formerly Raywood Road) extending southwest across 1201 Moorland Road for a distance of approximately 1,443 feet; and
WHEREAS, the owner of 1201, 1231, and 1241 Moorland Road has made an application with the Department of Planning and Community and Economic Development to subdivide the land addressed as 1201, 1231, and 1241 Moorland Road into one lot and one outlot; and
WHEREAS, the owner of 1201 Moorland Road has requested that the Official Map be amended to remove the mapped 120-foot wide reservation for future street purposes from that parcel; and
WHEREAS, the City of Madison Engineer and City of Madison Traffic Engineer, in coordination with other City of Madison Agencies and Staff, have reviewed the request, and after consideration of the City’s needs for Streets, Highways and Parkways within this area of the City, recommend removal of the Reservation Area from the City of Madison Official Map for Proposed Streets, Highways, and Parkways.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the City of Madison hereby amends the City of Madison Official Map to remove those lands reserved for Proposed Streets located in the West Half of the Northwest Quarter of Section 31, Township 7 North, Range 10 East as described in the attached legal description in Exhibit B, pursuant to Section 16.25(6) of Madison General Ordinances and Wis. Stats. ss. 62.23(6)(c).
BE IT RESOLVED that notice of this amendment has been provided pursuant to the requirements under Wisconsin Statutes Sec. 62.23(6) and Section 16.25(6) of Madison General Ordinances.