(a) The Kenosha County Department of Planning and Development shall in accordance with section 59.69(10)(b) and (c), of the Wisconsin Statutes, make a record immediately after the approval of this ordinance or amendment thereto, or change in district boundaries approved by the Town Board, all lands, premises and buildings in the townships used for purposes not conforming to the regulations applicable to the district in which they are situated. Such records shall include the legal description of the lands, the nature and extent of the uses therein, the names and addresses of the owner or occupant or both, extent of the nonconformities, the assessed value of the land and structures thereon at the time of its becoming a nonconforming lot, structure or use and the cost of all modifications or additions which have been permitted, and the percentage of the structure’s total current value those modifications represent

(b) Promptly upon its completion, the aforementioned record shall be published in the County as a class 1 notice under chapter 985 of the Wisconsin Statutes. Such record as corrected shall be filed without change with the Register of Deeds 60 days after the last publication and shall be prima facie evidence of the extent and number of nonconforming uses existing on the effective date of the ordinance in the town. Corrections prior to the filing of the record by the Register of Deeds may be made on the filing of sworn proof in writing, satisfactory to the Department of Planning and Development.

(c) The Department of Planning and Development shall make an annual listing of nonconforming uses, discontinued or created, since the previous listing and for all other nonconforming uses. Discontinued and newly created nonconforming uses shall be recorded as provided for in subsection (b) with the Register of Deeds immediately after the annual listing. [Code § 12.28-3.]