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...
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