NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TOWN OF FREEDOM OUTAGAMIE COUNTY WISCONSIN AMENDMENTS TO TOWN SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the Commissioners of the Plan Commission of the Town of Freedom, Outagamie Wisconsin, on Wednesday, October 8, 2025, at 5:15 p.m. at the Freedom Town Hall, W2004 County Highway S, Freedom at which time the Town Board will hear public comments on proposed text amendments to Chapter 18: Land Division Regulations of the Town of Freedom Municipal Code. Chapter 18: Land Division Regulations regulates and controls the division of land in order to promote the public health, safety, morals, prosperity, aesthetics, and the general welfare of the Town. Proposed amendments to Chapter 18 include the following: • Amending Section 18-005 to read as follows: 'Interpretation. In their interpretation and application, the provisions of this Chapter shall be held to be minimum requirements and shall be liberally construed in favor of the Town and shall not be deemed a limitation or repeal of any other power granted by the Wisconsin Statutes.' Where conflicts or ambiguities exist between specific requirements or standards in this Chapter, the more restrictive of the requirements or standards shall apply. • Amending Section 18-024 to read as follows: 'A condominium plat prepared under Wis. Stat. ch. 703, creating at least four dwelling units with a parent parcel size of five acres or more, shall be reviewed by the Town in the same manner as a preliminary plat as set forth in Article V of this Chapter and shall comply with the applicable design standards and required improvements for preliminary plats and final plats as established in this Chapter.' • Amending Section 18-025 to read as follows: 'When it is proposed to replat a recorded subdivision, or part thereof, so as to change the boundaries of a recorded subdivision, or part thereof, the subdivider or person wishing to replat shall vacate or alter the recorded plat as provided in Wis. Stat. §§ 236.36 through 236.44. The subdivider, or person wishing to replat, shall then proceed as specified in Article V of this Chapter. The Town Clerk shall schedule a public hearing before the Plan Commission when a replat of lands within the Town is filed and shall cause notices of the public hearing to be mailed to the owners of all properties within the limits of the exterior boundaries of the proposed replat and to the owners of all properties within 200 feet of the exterior boundaries of the proposed replat.' • Amending Section 18-052.B to read as follows: 'If an outlot or portion of an outlot meets the criteria of a lot under this Chapter and the zoning ordinance, the outlot or portion thereof shall be replatted as a lot through: (1) A certified survey map, when the outlot was created as part of a certified survey map; or, (2) Through a subdivision plat when the outlot was created as part of a subdivision plat: or, (3) Through a condominium plat.' • Amending Section 18-061 to read as follows: 'When it is proposed to divide land within the Town into not more than four parcels or building sites, any one of which is 20 acres or less in area, the subdivider shall subdivide by use of a Certified Survey Map.' The 'Draft Chapter 18 Land Division Regulations' is available for public inspection at the Town Hall and on the Town of Freedom website located at http://www.townoffreedom.org/. Written testimony may be submitted to: Town of Freedom Board of Supervisors, Attn: Town Clerk, PO Box 1007, Freedom, WI 54131, or emailed to the Town Clerk at deputyclerk@tn.freedom.wi.gov by noon on the day of the Public Hearing. All interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard. Testimony may be provided in writing or in person. For information regarding this public hearing contact Dana McHugh, Town Clerk / Treasurer, 920-788-4548 during regular office hours. Accommodation Notice Any person requiring special accommodation who wishes to attend this meeting should contact the Town Hall 920-788-4548 at least 48 hours in advance. Members of, and a possible quorum of members of, other Town governmental bodies may be in attendance at the above noticed meeting to gather information; no action will be taken by any governmental body at the above noticed meeting other than the governmental body specifically referred to above in this notice. Dana McHugh, Clerk/Treasurer Publication in Appleton Post Crescent September 23, 2025, and September 30, 2025 as a Class II publication. WNAXLP September 23, 30 2025 LWIX0364445