4. No review of
Plats of Survey
-By volume, top land survey info
submitted to Counties.
5. 1. Eau Claire County Assistant Surveyor
A. Part of Department of Planning and
Development
B. Land information division
C. BS deg. in Geography, Associates deg. in Land
Surveying
D. Registered Land Surveyor
E. Surveying for 16 years
F. Consulting engineering firm in SE WI prior to
ECC
G. Reviewing Surveys for ECC since 1999.
6. 2. What I do.
A. Field verification of PLSS corner monuments –
Explanation: In correct spot, In good condition, can be found and
used by private surveyors. Backed by paper evidence housed in
the ECC Surveyor’s Office
B. Filing of surveys performed in county –explanation
Surveys are to be housed, filed, indexed in our office
C. Review of CSM’s submitted – Main topic, upon
which the rest follows.
7. 1. What I’m going to cover
A. Staff involved
B. Timeline
C. Typical workflow from submission to recording
D. Why we do this
E. How it’s done
8. 2. What I’m NOT going to cover
A. What you may do in your county
B. How you should review in your county
C. Rants and raves about who’s doing a bad job
9. *There are municipalities that examine divisions for their own criteria, city
extraterritorial, towns. Committees, (planning) i.e. non-EC staff in certain
cases.
III. Process
1. Eau Claire County Departments/Staff
involved and GENERAL description of their
involvement* -only in non-incorporated areas.
(City of EC, Altoona, not under review area)
10. A. Health Department –
determines suitability of site for a
sanitary system and if any known
groundwater issues exist.
11. B. Highway Department –if
access is to be obtained to a
County Highway – Address
visibility/traffic flow concerns.
12. C. Land Conservation Division –
examines erosion and
environmentally sensitive areas
on site.
13. D. Zoning Administrator -interprets
county code as it applies to
proposed lot
division/configuration. Also, acts
as coordinator for the review
process.
14. E. Real Property Lister –
generates new parcel ID numbers
for lots in proposed division.
19. 4. Why we do this:
A. Ensure compliance with WI statutes
236.34, WI Admin Code AE-7 and County
regulations
B. Ensure that parcel can be used as
intended by buyer
C. Address public safety issues
D. Address Environmental issues
E. Update tax and parcel records
20. 5. How we do it (Survey Staff)
A. Draft parcel perimeter from legal
description
1. Using legal description only we will
draft the boundary using COGO within AutoCAD
Land Development Desktop
21. 2. Once completed, we check
closure by snapping the end of the
last line drawn to the beginning of
the first line of the parcel described.
37. The Zoning Administrator then forwards those
comments/revision notes to the contact individual
and once issues are addressed, they will then submit
a recordable CSM, our department director will sign it
and the Register of Deeds records said CSM/Plat.