In order to promote the public health, safety and general welfare,
to further the orderly layout and use of land within the City of South
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and to accomplish the purposes stated in § 236.45(1),
Wis. Stats., it shall be the purpose of this ordinance to regulate
and control the subdivision of land within the corporate limits of
the City of South Milwaukee. The provisions contained in Chapter 236
of the Wisconsin Statutes governing the subdivision and platting of
lands and such other state laws as may apply and any revisions or
amendments thereof enacted by the State Legislature are all made a
part hereof with the same force and effect as if herein set forth
in full, except that where the provisions of this ordinance are more
restrictive, the provisions of this ordinance shall apply.