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Creating Section 16.23(7)(a)21 and amending Sections 16.23(7)(b) and 28.03(2) of the Madison General Ordinances to require identification of secondary dwelling units on subdivision plats.
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DRAFTER'S ANALYSIS: These amendments are to ensure that the lots on which secondary dwelling units may be constructed are identified on the preliminary and final plats.
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The Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:
1. Paragraph 21. of Subdivision (a) entitled "Preliminary Plat" of Subsection (7) entitled "Plats, CDPs And Land Divisions (Certified Surveys) Data" of Section 16.23 entitled "Land Subdivision Regulations" of the Madison General Ordinances is created to read as follows:
"21. All lots on which secondary dwelling units may be constructed shall be identified ."
2. Subdivision (b) entitled "Final Plat" of Subsection (7) entitled "Plats, CDPs And Land Divisions (Certified Surveys) Data" of Section 16.23 entitled "Land Subdivision Regulations" of the Madison General Ordinances is created to read as follows:
"(b) Final Plat. The final plat of the subdivision shall comply with the requirements of Chapter 236, Wis. Stats. which is hereby adopted by reference. Where the plat is located within or adjacent to a section or quarter section the corners of which have been relocated and monumented by the City of Madison, the plat shall be tied directly to one of such corners. The exact length and bearing of such tie shall be determined by field measurement and the material and Wisconsin State Plane coordinates of the monument marking the relocated section or quarter section corner to which the plat is tied shall be indicated on the plat. On replats of plats recorded after 1950, the Plan Commission may upon request waive this requirement if in its judgment it appears unnecessary or would cause extraordinary hardship or expense. The note on the plat shall also define which section or quarter section line is used for referencing the bearing. The plat shall be accompanied by a written application for approval on forms furnished by the Plan Commission.
The plat shall also be accompanied by plans and profiles in accordance with paragraph (7)(a)19. of this ordinance if they have not been previously submitted. The plat shall include on its face a tabulation of the lot area to the nearest square foot for each lot included in the final plat and all lots on which secondary dwelling units may be constructed shall be identified."
3. Subsection (2) entitled "Definitions" of Section 28.03 entitled "Rules and Definitions" of the Madison General Ordinances is amended by amending therein the following:
"Secondary Dwelling Unit. An attached or detached dwelling unit with a maximum size of six-hundred forty (640) square feet that is located on the same lot as a single-family dwelling and is part of identified on a subdivision plat approved after August 1, 2004."