Wisconsin § 236.43 Vacation or alteration of areas dedicated to the public.

Wisconsin Statutes

§ 236.43 — Vacation or alteration of areas dedicated to the public.

Wisconsin § 236.43

Ch. 236Platting lands and recording and vacating plats

Subch.subch. VIII of ch. 236 SUBCHAPTER VIII

VACATING AND ALTERING PLATS

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Wis. Stat. § 236.43 (2026).

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43  Parts of a plat dedicated to and accepted by the public for public use may be vacated or altered as follows:
43(1) (1) The court may vacate streets, roads or other public ways on a plat if:
43(1)(a) (a) The plat was recorded more than 40 years previous to the filing of the application for vacation or alteration; and
43(1)(b) (b) During all that period the areas dedicated for streets, roads or other public ways were not improved as streets, roads or other public ways; and
43(1)(c) (c) Those areas are not necessary to reach other platted property; and
43(1)(d) (d) All the owners of all the land in the plat or part thereof sought to be vacated and the governing body of the city, village or town in which the street, road or other public way is located have joined in

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236.43 Parts of a plat dedicated to and accepted by the public for public use may be vacated or altered as follows:
236.43(1) (1) The court may vacate streets, roads or other public ways on a plat if:
236.43(1)(a) (a) The plat was recorded more than 40 years previous to the filing of the application for vacation or alteration; and
236.43(1)(b) (b) During all that period the areas dedicated for streets, roads or other public ways were not improved as streets, roads or other public ways; and
236.43(1)(c) (c) Those areas are not necessary to reach other platted property; and
236.43(1)(d) (d) All the owners of all the land in the plat or part thereof sought to be vacated and the governing body of the city, village or town in which the street, road or other public way is located have joined in the application for vacation.
236.43(2) (2) The court may vacate land platted as a public square upon the application of the municipality or town in which the dedicated land is located if:
236.43(2)(a) (a) The plat was recorded more than 40 years previous to the filing of the application for vacation or alteration; and
236.43(2)(b) (b) The land was never in fact developed or utilized by the municipality or town as a public square.
236.43(3) (3) The court may vacate land, in a city, county, village or town, platted as a public park or playground upon the application of the local legislative body of such city, county, village or town where the land has never been developed by said city, county, village or town as a public park or playground.
236.43(4) (4) When the plat is being vacated or altered in any 2nd, 3rd or 4th class city or in any village or town which includes a street, road, alley or public walkway, said street, road, alley or public walkway may be vacated or altered by the circuit court proceeding under ss. 236.41 and 236.42 upon the following conditions:
236.43(4)(a) (a) A resolution is passed by the governing body requesting such vacation or alteration.
236.43(4)(b) (b) The owners of all frontage of the lots and lands abutting on the portion sought to be vacated or altered request in writing that such action be taken.
[Cross-reference: 236.43 Cross-reference Cross-reference: See s. 66.1003 for other provisions for vacating streets.]