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Council approves subdivision, notice and right-of-way changes to support future development
Summary
The Marshfield Common Council adopted code changes and map updates to clarify conditional-use notice requirements, allow city participation in infrastructure costs via development agreements, update subdivision requirements, and amend the official map and several certified survey maps to secure future rights of way.
The Marshfield Common Council on June 10 approved multiple planning and development items, including amendments to municipal code on conditional-use permits and subdivisions, an official map amendment to reserve right of way on East 20 Second Street, and certified survey map approvals that add right-of-way on McMillan Street and Saint Joseph Avenue.
City Administrator Steve Boggs said the ordinance amending the conditional-use permit section aligns city code with Wisconsin Act 67 (2017) by requiring a Class 2 notice — two publications in the official local newspaper at least one week before a public hearing. “We’ve been doing it right, but the code has not reflected that,” Boggs told the council; the council approved ordinance number 15-30.
Steve Barr, city administrator, presented ordinance 15-31, a broader update to subdivision and planning code that allows the city, under a development agreement, to participate in some infrastructure costs for development projects, requires development agreements for major subdivisions, and clarifies which party must pay for required improvements. Barr said the changes also allow the Board of Public Works and council to waive or modify improvement requirements under a development agreement. The council approved ordinance 15-31 following a voice vote.
Acting Public Works Director Josh Moritz asked the council to amend the official map to reserve an additional 30 feet on the south side east of Nicolai Avenue so the city-owned parcel in the Norwood Industrial Park will have a full 60-foot road right of way and required vision triangle; the council approved resolution 2025-19 after a public hearing earlier in the meeting.
Moritz also presented a certified survey map (CSM) that requires dedication of an additional 7 feet of right of way on the north side of McMillan Street to meet the city’s 40-foot half-width requirement for a minor arterial (80-foot full width), and an additional 2 feet on the west side of Saint Joseph Avenue to meet the 70-foot collector standard. Council approval of the CSM was made contingent on a final updated survey meeting lot-width and code requirements and allowing staff to grant final approval; parkland dedication fees will be accepted at final approval.
The council also approved ordinance 15-32 to make the city’s annual May weed-control enforcement (No Mow May) a permanent provision of the municipal code so it no longer requires yearly Board of Public Works approval.
Separately, the council authorized staff to execute a one-year agreement (with an option for a six-month extension) for economic development services with Cedar Corporation and a similar one-year planning services agreement with SEH Incorporated; both contracts replace interim consultant arrangements and will be funded in part by the 205 fund, staff said.
Council members asked clarifying questions about definitions (for example, what constitutes a major versus a minor subdivision) and confirmed that development agreements are required for major subdivisions and may be required for minor ones in some circumstances.
