PCR1997210RESOLUTION #P.C. 210-97
OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED LAND DIVISION AND
DEVELOPMENT CONTROL ORDINANCE FOR WAUKESHA COUNTY
WHEREAS, The Waukesha County Park and Land Use Department has developed the
proposed “Land Division and Control Ordinance For Waukesha County” and has presented it to
the public and municipalities for comments, and
WHEREAS, No such document currently exists at the County level, and
WHEREAS, Among other issues within the subject Ordinance, it is proposed that: the
County review all land divisions within Waukesha County including subdivisions, certified survey
maps, condominium plats, and certain assessors plats; the County review all land divisions for
compliance with the Waukesha County Development Plan; the County review land leases over
ten years in length; the County be able to assess a park fee on all land divisions within Waukesha
County; and
WHEREAS, The above cited issues, and others, generate concern as to: possible
contradictions to, duplications of, and encroachments into the powers granted to Cities under
State Statute 62.23 City Planning and State Statute 236.01 Platting Lands and Recording and
Vacating Plats; the defacto rezoning of lands without proper notice; govenunent involvement
into the terms of private contracts; the mechanism by which proposed fees will be collected and
additional reviews will be conducted.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, That the Plan Commission of the City of Muskego is
in opposition to the Land Division and Development Control Ordinance for Waukesha County in
its current form and recommends to the Common Council of the City of Muskego that a similar
finding be made.
Plan Department
City of Muskego
Adopted 10-21-97
Defeated
Deferred
10-13-97