| Purpose of Application |
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Owners of property within the City
Growth Area of Bristol and the City
Growth Area of Somers, are required to request
attachment (formerly annexation) in order to receive
municipal utilities. Contact the Department of City
Development to determine if you are eligible for
attachment to the City. |
| Who May
Apply? |
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Owners of the property proposed for attachment. |
| Is A Fee
Required? |
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No fee is charged for attachments; however,
the Kenosha Water Utility charges a hookup fee and
connection charge for connection to municipal utilities.
Any deferred Special Assessments may also become active
once a property is attached to the City. Special Assessments
levied by the City should be verified with the City
Clerk’s office. Special Assessments levied by
the Kenosha Water Utility should be verified with the
Kenosha Water Utility. |
| Important
Information |
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Applicants need to allow four (4) to
six (6) weeks after a signed Petition for Attachment
is received by the City for their property to be attached
to the City. Connections to municipal utilities will
not occur until the property is approved for attachment
by the Kenosha Common Council. More detailed information
follows. |
| Procedures
for Attachment of Property to the City of Kenosha |
| 1. |
Petitioner initiates
attachment upon submitting a written
request to the City Planner which describes the
area to be attached. The request must be signed by all owners
of at least one-half of the land petitioned to be attached,
in either area or assessed value. |
| 2. |
City Plan Division
will evaluate attachment request to determine if attachment
area can be provided with municipal utilities within
two (2) years of attachment. The City may reject any
petition to attach a property that is either not contiguous,
or not configured in a manner which will enable the
City to provide adequate and timely service until such
time as the City and the Kenosha Water Utility are
able to provide adequate and timely service, or until
the final attachment. |
| 3. |
City Plan Division
has the ability to recommend the size, shape and contiguity
of the land to be covered by the attachment petition.
Residential properties may not be attached to the City
as an Intermediate Attachment without consent of the
owner(s). A Notice of Intent to Circulate an Attachment
Petition will be required to be published one (1) time
in the Kenosha News, should additional properties be
recommended within the attachment area. |
| 4. |
If the City Plan
Division does not reject the petition, a scale map
and legal description will be prepared by the Department
of Public Works. A Petition for Attachment form will
be provided to the applicant(s). Owners of one-half
the attachment area in either assessed value or land
area, are required to sign the Petition in order for
it to be valid. An attachment ordinance, which includes
temporary zoning for the attachment area, will be prepared. |
| 5. |
City Clerk/Treasurer
will notify the Town Clerk in writing of the proposed
attachment a minimum of ten (10) days prior to the
Common Council acting on the attachment. |
| 6. |
City Plan Division
will notify the petitioner(s) and owners of any other
non-residential properties included within the attachment
area of the date, place and time of the Common Council
meeting. |
| 7. |
The Attachment ordinance
will be scheduled for two (2) meetings and considered
for approval by the Common Council at its second meeting. |
| 8. |
The City Clerk/Treasurer
will file with the Secretary of State a Certified copy
of the Attachment Ordinance, certificate and plat,
and will also send a copy to each company that provides
any utility service in the area to be attached. The
City Clerk/Treasurer will also record the attachment
ordinance with the Kenosha County Register of Deeds
and file a copy with the Clerk of any affected school
district. |
| 9. |
The City Plan Division
will notify all affected owners within the attachment
area, as well as the Police and Fire Departments and
Joint Services of the action taken by the Common Council. |
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References:
City of Kenosha/Town of Somers Cooperative Plan and
City of Kenosha/Town of Bristol Cooperative Plan,
under Section 66.0307, Wisconsin Statutes |
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