Wisconsin § 84.095 - Transportation project plats.

§ 84.095. Transportation project plats.

84.095(1) (1) Definitions. In this section: 84.095(1)(ae) (ae) “Accompanying sheet” means a sheet used to convey the project location and additional information related to rights or interests within the area depicted in the detail sheet. 84.095(1)(ax) (ax) “Parcel” means one or more pieces of land, or interests or rights in land, under the same ownership or control to be acquired or disposed of for a project and depicted on a plat. 84.095(1)(b) (b) “Parcel number” means a unique number assigned to each parcel depicted on a plat. 84.095(1)(c) (c) “Plat” means a document that is prepared for and maps property interests for a project or a part of a project. The plat shall consist of a set of one to 4 sheets, of which only the first sheet shall be a detail sheet and the remaining sheets shall be accompanying sheets. 84.095(1)(d) (d) “Project” means a public transportation or transportation-related improvement project. 84.095(1)(e) (e) “Project number” means a unique number assigned to the project by the department or the city, village, town or county that is undertaking the project. 84.095(2) (2) Recording plats. 84.095(2)(a) (a) The department, or a city, village, town, or county, may submit any order or resolution relating to a project in the form of a plat for recording in the office of the register of deeds in the county in which the parcel is located. The plat shall be recorded within 20 days after the plat is signed under sub. (4) (a) 4. The register of deeds shall record any plat submitted under this subsection as a transportation project plat. A project authorized by an order or resolution may be described in more than one plat. Whenever a project is described in more than one plat, each plat may be submitted separately for recording. 84.095(2)(b) (b) 84.095(2)(b)1. 1. Plats recorded under this section are for parcel or right of way delineation purposes only and do not effect a transfer or encumbrance of any title to real or personal property. 84.095(2)(b)2. 2. Submitting a plat for recording under this section satisfies the requirements of ss. 32.05 (1) , 83.08 (1) , 84.09 (1) and 114.33 (6) with respect to filing with the county clerk or county highway committee any orders, resolutions, maps or plats for a project. 84.095(3) (3) Amending and correcting plats. 84.095(3)(a) (a) An order, resolution, or plat recorded under this section may be amended or vacated only by the entity that submitted the order, resolution, or plat for recording. Any amendment or vacation of an order, resolution, or plat recorded under this section may be recorded. 84.095(3)(b) (b) Corrections to a plat may be made only by the entity that prepared or submitted the plat for recording and only if the correction does not affect the interests or rights required. Corrections to a plat shall be made by recording with the register of deeds an affidavit of correction that identifies the affected plat and states the defect in or change to the plat along with the correct information. An affidavit of correction may not be used to reconfigure parcels or rights and interests required for the project. Affidavits of correction may be used to correct distances, angles, directions, bearings, chords, lot and block numbers, street names, or other scrivener errors. The record of the affidavit of correction, or a certified copy of the record, is prima facie evidence of the facts stated in the affidavit. 84.095(4) (4) Plat detail and format. 84.095(4)(a) (a) No plat may be recorded in any office of a register of deeds unless the plat includes a certification that it contains all of the following, either as part of the drawing or written elsewhere on the plat: 84.095(4)(a)1. 1. An official order or resolution of the department, city, village, town or county authorizing the project. If the plat is to be used only to delineate existing highway right-of-way, the plat must refer to a resolution or revised relocation order from a previous project. If a recorded or revised relocation order does not exist, the department may establish right-of-way. 84.095(4)(a)2. 2. The project number. 84.095(4)(a)3. 3. The plat number, the date on which the plat was prepared and the signature of the person under whose direction the plat was prepared. 84.095(4)(a)4. 4. The signature of the person authorized by the department or the city, village, town or county to sign the plat. 84.095(4)(a)5. 5. A scale, north arrow and basis of reference. 84.095(4)(a)7. 7. The coordinate reference and datum. 84.095(4)(a)8. 8. The existing and new locations of the transportation facility. 84.095(4)(a)9. 9. The delineation of each parcel. For each parcel, a description of the following shall be included: 84.095(4)(a)9.a. a. The parcel number. 84.095(4)(a)9.b. b. The right, title or interest in land required. 84.095(4)(a)9.c. c. The area of the parcel required. 84.095(4)(a)11. 11. Reference to platted land surveys or other surveys of record and the locations of known monuments established for such surveys. 84.095(4)(a)12. 12. The locations of known public land survey monuments. 84.095(4)(b) (b) In addition to the information required under par. (a) , a plat for a highway project shall include the following: 84.095(4)(b)1. 1. The designation of the highway and any adjacent or intersecting streets or highways by name, number or letter. 84.095(4)(b)2. 2. A description of the reference line for the highway by bearing and distance. 84.095(4)(b)3. 3. The location of the highway reference line by bearing and distance from a boundary line of a section or from a recorded private claim or federal reservation. 84.095(4)(b)4. 4. A description of the highway right-of-way boundaries by bearing and distance. 84.095(4)(b)5. 5. The locations of existing reference lines and right-of-way lines. 84.095(4)(c) (c) Notwithstanding its depiction on a plat, the boundary of a parcel extends to the boundary of the adjoining property parcel or body of water. 84.095(4)(d) (d) The requirements under this section and in s. A-E 7.08 , Wis. Adm. Code, entitled “U.S. public land survey monument record” in effect on January 1, 2004, contain all of the requirements for a transportation project plat. 84.095(5) (5) Professional land surveyor’s certificate. A plat prepared for recording under this section shall include a certificate of a professional land surveyor licensed under s.