City of Madison - File #: 78130

• File #: 78130
• Version: 4
• Name: Land Subdivision Regulations
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 5/30/2023
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• On agenda: 7/25/2023
• Final action: 7/25/2023
• Enactment date: 8/4/2023
• Enactment #: ORD-23-00075
• Title: AMENDED THIRD SUBSTITUTE: Repealing and Recreating Section 16.23 of the Madison General Ordinances to Update Land Subdivision Regulations.
• Sponsors: Kristen Slack, Tag Evers

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/25/2023	4	COMMON COUNCIL	Adopt the Following Amendment(s)	Fail
7/25/2023	4	COMMON COUNCIL	Refer to a future Meeting to Adopt	Fail
7/25/2023	4	COMMON COUNCIL	Adopt as Substituted and Close the Public Hearing	Pass
7/11/2023	2	COMMON COUNCIL	Refer to a future Meeting to Adopt	Pass
6/26/2023	1	PLAN COMMISSION	RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO ADOPT WITH CONDITIONS - PUBLIC HEARING	Pass
6/21/2023	1	BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS	Return to Lead with the Recommendation for Approval	Pass
6/12/2023	1	PLAN COMMISSION	RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO RE-REFER - PUBLIC HEARING	Pass
6/7/2023	1	TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION	Return to Lead with the Recommendation for Approval	Pass
6/6/2023	1	PLAN COMMISSION	Refer
6/6/2023	1	PLAN COMMISSION	Refer
6/6/2023	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Refer	Pass
5/30/2023	1	Attorney's Office	Referred for Introduction

Fiscal Note
No City appropriation required.
Title
AMENDED THIRD SUBSTITUTE: Repealing and Recreating Section 16.23 of the Madison General Ordinances to Update Land Subdivision Regulations.
Body
DRAFTER’S ANALYSIS: The City’s regulation of the land division is enabled by Wis. Stats. Section 236.45(2), which allows any municipality, town or county that has established a planning agency to enact ordinances governing the subdivision or other division of land provided that the local regulations are not more restrictive regarding time limits, deadlines, notice requirements, or other provisions of Chapter 236 that provide protections for a subdivider. The City of Madison adopted local subdivision regulations in mid twentieth century. The ordinance has received mostly minor updates since; however, there has been no comprehensive update to the ordinance since its original adoption. Updating the Subdivision Regulations was identified as an objective in the 2018 Comprehensive Plan.

Part of the goals for the proposed repealed and re-created Subdivision Regulations is to update this section of MGO to reflect contemporary submittal requirements and review processes for subdivision plats and certified survey maps, as well as to update the standards and criteria for approval to reflect recent practices and emphasize consistency with adopted plans. The updated ordinance also includes references to the street typologies adopted as part of the “Complete Green Streets Policy” adopted by the Common Council on January 3, 2023 by Resolution 23-00003 (Legistar No. 74926) so that new streets created through the subdivision process may reflect the street types encouraged by the new policy.

This proposed ordinance incorporates Complete Green Streets policies as well as codifying current best practices of land division and current statutory requirements. Additionally, this ordinance has several editing changes - including updating language to be gender-inclusive, removing unnecessary ...