Procedure for Changes to Official Map.
Milwaukee Code of Ordinances § 113-32
in effect113-32. Procedure for Changes to Official Map.
1. DUTIES OF THE CITY ENGINEER. The official map may also be changed or added to so as to establish the exterior lines of planned new streets, alleys, parkways, highways and expressways, whether under the jurisdiction of the city, county or the state of Wisconsin, or to widen, narrow, extend or close existing streets, alleys, parkways and expressways. Whenever any change or addition is proposed for any portion of the official map heretofore adopted by the common council, it shall be the duty of the city engineer to set forth such proposed amendment as a change in the applicable quarter section page of such official map, delineating and identifying the change or addition or amendment proposed to be made as on the original page. He shall forward such quarter section page or pages to the common council. The common council shall refer the matter to the city plan commission for its report thereon, and, at the same time, the common council shall refer the matter to a committee of the common council.
2. DUTIES OF THE CITY PLAN COMMISSION. Pursuant to the provisions of s. 62.23(6), Wis. Stats., the city plan commission shall study such proposed change or addition and shall make a report thereon to the common council. Copy of such report shall be forwarded to the committee of the common council to which the matter was referred. The plan commission shall also make recommendation to the common council and to the committee as to the necessity for a public hearing where it is that type of matter for which a hearing is not necessarily required as stated in s. 113-34-3. If the city plan commission shall not make its report within 60 days of the date the matter was referred to it by the common council, it shall forfeit the right to further suspend action.
3. DUTIES OF THE COMMON COUNCIL. The committee of the common council to which the matter was referred, upon receiving a copy of the report from the city plan commission shall, if required by law, hold a public hearing thereon. Notice of the public hearing shall be published as a class 2 notice under the provisions of ch. 985, Wis. Stats. After such public hearing, if required, and upon receiving the recommendation of the committee and also the report of the city plan commission, the common council may adopt or refuse to adopt such change or addition or may refer the matter back to the committee and the city plan commission for further proceedings before taking final action thereon. Such additions or changes, when adopted, shall become a part of the official map of the municipality and shall be deemed to be final and conclusive with respect to the location and width of the streets, alleys, parkways, highways and expressways shown thereon.
4. DUTIES OF THE CITY CLERK. Upon adoption of any change or addition to the official map by the common council, the city clerk shall cause to be recorded in the office of the register of deeds a certificate showing that the city has made such addition or change to such official map. The city clerk shall also forward certified copies of such changes or additions to the official map, and the resolution or ordinance adopting the same, to the commissioner of building inspection, the city plan commission and the city engineer.
Source: City of Milwaukee Legislative Reference Bureau, Milwaukee City Charter and Code of Ordinances (city.milwaukee.gov master PDFs)URL: https://city.milwaukee.gov/ImageLibrary/Groups/ccClerk/Ordinances/Volume-1/CH113.pdf#page=12Fetched: 10/26/2026