City of Lancaster, WI Article IV Preliminary Plat

§ 447-23 General.

A preliminary plat shall be required for all subdivisions and shall be based upon a survey by a registered land surveyor and the plat legibly prepared at a scale of not more than 100 feet to the inch and shall show correctly on its face the following information:

A. Title under which the proposed subdivision is to be recorded.

B. Location of proposed subdivision by government lot, quarter section, township, range, county and state.

C. Date, scale and North point.

D. Names and addresses of the owner, subdivider and land surveyor preparing the plat.

E. Entire area contiguous to the proposed plat owned or controlled by the subdivider shall be included on the preliminary plat even though only a portion of said area is proposed for immediate development. The Common Council may waive this requirement where it is unnecessary to fulfill the purposed and intent of this chapter and undue hardship would result from strict application thereof.

§ 447-24 Plat data.

All preliminary plats shall show the following:

A. Total area of the land included in the plat expressed in acres and any portion of an acre in square feet.

B. Proposed use.

C. Exact length and bearing of the exterior boundaries of the proposed subdivision referenced to a corner established in U.S. Public Land Survey and the total acreage encompassed thereby.

D. Contours at vertical intervals of not more than two feet where the slope of the ground surface is less than 10% and of not more than five feet where the slope of the ground surface is 10% or more. Elevations shall be marked on such contours based on USGS datum.

E. Location, right-of-way width and names of all existing streets, pedestrian ways, alleys or other public ways, easements, railroad and utility rights-of-way and all section and quarter section lines within the exterior boundaries of the plat or immediately adjacent thereto.

F. Location and names of any adjacent subdivisions, parks and cemeteries, and owners of record of abutting unplatted lands.

G. Type, width and elevation of any existing street pavements within the exterior boundaries of the plat or immediately adjacent thereto together with any legally established center line elevations, all referred to USGS datum.

H. Location, size and invert elevation of any existing sanitary or storm sewers, culverts and drain pipes, the location of manholes, catch basins, hydrants, power and telephone poles, and the location and size of any existing water and gas mains within the exterior boundaries of the plat or immediately adjacent thereto. If no sewers or water mains are located on or immediately adjacent to the tract, the nearest such sewers or water mains which might be extended to serve the tract shall be indicated by their direction and distance from the tract, size, and invert elevations.

I. Locations of all existing property boundary lines, structures, drives, streams and watercourses, marshes, rock outcrops, wooded areas, railroad tracks and other similar significant features within the tract being subdivided or immediately adjacent thereto.

J. Location, width and names of all proposed streets and public rights-of-way such as alleys, pedestrian ways and easements.

K. Approximate dimensions of all lots together with proposed lot and block numbers.

L. Location, size and approximate dimensions of any sites to be reserved or dedicated for parks, playgrounds, drainage ways, or other public use or which are to be used for group housing, shopping centers, church sites, or other nonpublic uses not requiring lotting.

M. Approximate radii of all curves.

N. Existing zoning on and adjacent to the proposed subdivision.

O. Corporate limit lines.

P. Any proposed lake, stream or drainage way access with a small drawing clearly indicating the location of the proposed subdivision in relation to the access.

Q. Any proposed lake, stream or drainage way improvement or relocation.

§ 447-25 Street plans and profiles.

The Common Council may require that the subdivider provide street plans and profiles showing existing ground surface and proposed and established street grades, including extensions for a reasonable distance beyond the limits of the proposed subdivision when requested. All plans and profiles shall meet the approval of the Common Council.

§ 447-26 Testing.

The Common Council may require that borings and soundings be made in specified areas to ascertain subsurface soil, rock and water conditions, including depth to bedrock and depth to groundwater table.

§ 447-27 Covenants.

The Common Council may require submission of a draft of protective covenants whereby the subdivider intends to regulate land use in the proposed subdivision and otherwise protect the proposed development.

§ 447-28 Property owners' association.

The Common Council may require submission of a draft of the legal instruments and rules for proposed property owners' associations where the subdivider proposes that common property within a subdivision would be either owned or maintained by such an organization of property owners.

§ 447-29 Affidavit.

The surveyor preparing the preliminary plat shall certify on the face of the plat that it is a correct representation of all existing land divisions and features and that he has fully complied with the provisions of this chapter.