(a) Payment for Improvements.
(1) The improvements prescribed in this Chapter are required as a condition of approval of a Subdivision Plat, Certified Survey Map or Condominium Plan. The required improvements described in this Chapter shall be installed, furnished and financed at the sole expense of the Subdivider/Developer. However, in the case of required improvements in a commercial or industrial area, the cost of such improvements may, at the sole discretion of the Village Board, be financed through special assessments, tax incremental financing or some other type of economic development mechanism.
(2) In accordance with the authority granted by Sec. 236.13, Wis. Stats., the Village of Edgar hereby requires that, as a condition of Final Plat or Certified Survey map approval, the Subdivision, Condominium or Certified Survey Map Developer (as applicable) agrees to make and install all public improvements required by this Chapter and that the Subdivision, Condominium or Certified Survey Map Developer (as applicable) shall provide the Village with security to ensure that the Subdivision, Condominium or Certified Survey Map Developer (as applicable) will make the required improvements.
(3) As a further condition of approval, the Village Board hereby required that the Subdivision, Condominium or Certified Survey Map Developer (as applicable) be responsible for the cost of any necessary alterations of any existing utilities which, by virtue of the platting or certified survey map, fall within the public right-of-way.
(b) Options; Recapture of Off-Site or Oversized Improvements. The Village of Edgar may determine that one (1) of the following options be used when improvements are to be installed:
(1) The required public improvements shall be installed by the Subdivider/Developer at his/her cost; or
(2) The Village of Edgar may enter into a recapture agreement with the Subdivider/ Developer agreeing to require payment of recapture costs of public improvements from those properties outside the plat benefitting from the improvements. The Village shall limit development on those properties until payment has been made. The Subdivider/Developer may contract directly with adjacent property owners and/or developers of adjacent land for reimbursement of the oversize and/or off-site improvements constructed.
(3) If the Village of Edgar fnds that Village construction of such public improvements would not be warranted as a special assessment to the intervening properties, or as a governmental expense until some future time, the Subdivider/Development shall be required, if he/she wishes to proceeed with the development, to obtain necessary easements or right-of-way and construct and pay for such public improvement extensions as provided under Subsections (b)(l) or (2) above.
(4) Any workable combination of the above determined by the Village Board as acceptable.
(c) General Standards.
(1) The required improvements in this Chapter shall be installed in accordance with the engineering standards and specifications which have been adopted by the Village Board. Where standards and specifications have not been adopted, the improvements shall be made in accordance with good engineering practices, approved prior to the start of construction by the Village Engineer or Village Board. When new or revised standards and/or specifications have been adopted by the Village, work on public improvements not begun within three (3) years of the date of Final Plat adoption shall be made to the new or revised standards and/or specifications. The Village Engineer shall review and approve the construction plans, speicifications and calculations for the consetruction of the required public improvements.
(2) As a condition for the acceptance of dedication of public rights-of-way, the Village requires that the public ways have been previously provided with all necessary facilities constructed to Village specifications, including, but not limited to, sewerage, storm drainage, water mains and services, grading and improvement of the streets and other public ways, sidewalks, street signing, street lighting and such other facilities required by the Village Board.
(d) Project Manager. The Subdivision, Condominium or Certified Survey Map Developer (as applicable) shall designate a project manager who shall be readily available on the project site during the consteruction of the required public improvements. The project manager shall be granted authority on behalf of the Subdivision, Condominium or Certified Survey Map Developer (as applicable) to make decisions related to the construction of the required public improvements as they may arise during the course of the construction. The project manager shall also be responsible for the scheduling and coordination of the required work to construct the required improvements. Correspondence with or verbal orders to the designated project manager shall have the same authority as with the Subdivision, Condominium or Certified Survey Map Developer (as applicable).