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No land shall be divided or subdivided by means of a subdivision plat for a use that is held unsuitable by the Land Use Planning and Zoning Committee for reason of flooding or potential flooding, soil limitations, inadequate drainage, incompatible surrounding land use, or any other condition likely to be harmful to the health, safety or welfare of the future residents or users of the area, or to the residents of Green Lake County.
A. 
Except as provided herein, the Land Use Planning and Zoning Committee shall determine land suitability at the time the preliminary subdivision plat, or first required submission, is considered for approval. The subdivider shall furnish such maps, data and information as may be necessary to make a determination of land suitability. In addition to the data required to be submitted with the preliminary plat or first required submission, the subdivider shall be required to submit some or all of the following additional information for a development located in an area where flooding or potential flooding may be a hazard:
(1) 
Two copies of an aerial photograph and/or two maps prepared by a registered land surveyor or engineer, which accurately locates the proposed development with respect to floodplain zoning district limits, if present, channel or stream fill limits and elevations, and floodproofing measures taken or proposed to be taken.
(2) 
Two copies of the typical valley cross section showing the channel of the stream, the floodplain adjoining each side of the channel, cross-sectional area to be occupied by the proposed development, and high water information.
(3) 
Two copies of a profile showing the slope of the bottom of the channel or flow lines of the stream.
(4) 
Such other data as may be required.
B. 
When a proposed subdivision plat is located in an area where flooding or potential flooding may be a hazard, the County Land Use Planning and Zoning Committee shall transmit to the Wis. DNR one set of the information required in Subsection A above, and shall request that the Wis. DNR provide technical assistance in determining whether the land is suitable or unsuitable for the use and development proposed or whether certain modifications, limitations, improvements, or other conditions on the development can overcome the land unsuitability.
C. 
In applying the provisions of this section, the County Land Use Planning and Zoning Committee shall, in writing, recite the particular facts upon which it bases its conclusion that the land is unsuitable for the intended use or development and afford the subdivider an opportunity to present evidence and the means of overcoming such unsuitability, if he so desires. Thereafter the County Land Use Planning and Zoning Committee may affirm, modify or withdraw its determination of unsuitability.
D. 
Where a proposed subdivision plat is located wholly or partly in an area where flooding or potential flooding may be a hazard, the County Land Use Planning and Zoning Committee shall apply the following standards in addition to all other requirements in the approval of subdivision plats:
(1) 
The development shall be in accordance with floodplain management standards of the Wis. DNR.
(2) 
Building sites must be filled to a height and area sufficient to provide protection from the regional flood as defined by and according to the standards of Chapter 300, Floodplain Zoning.
(3) 
Development shall be carried out or assured so as to not have an adverse effect on flood flows or storage capacity of the floodplain as determined in accordance with standards of Chapter 300, Floodplain Zoning.
E. 
Unless specifically exempt from this requirement elsewhere in this chapter, all subdivision plat proposals where private water and/or sewage disposal systems are to be used shall be accompanied by certifications and reports:
(1) 
Describing the probable depth, cost and yield of private wells. This report shall be based on competent scientific investigation and shall include the sources of all data used in the preparation of the report.
(2) 
Describing soil conditions existing on the site as applicable to on-site wastewater disposal. A soil report shall accompany all subdivision plat proposals.
[Amended 2-16-2021 by Ord. No. 3-2021]
F. 
The subdivider may, as a part of the pre-application procedures, request a determination of land suitability, provided that they shall provide all necessary maps, data and information for such a determination to be made.
A. 
Subdivision plats that include all or part of a street, drainage way, or other public way, which has been designated in a Comprehensive Plan, or its component, or on an Official Map, said street or public way may be required to be made part of the subdivision plat and dedicated in the locations and dimensions indicated, unless otherwise provided in §§ 315-30 and 315-31 of this chapter.
B. 
Subdivision plats may require at the Committee's discretion a dedication of land for parks, playgrounds, public access facilities, school sites, drainageways and other public green spaces. Where the Committee requires a dedication, the proposed public lands for dedication shall be made part of the subdivision plat and may be dedicated to the Town Government by the subdivider at a rate of 5% of the total land area in the subdivision plat.
[Added 2-16-2021 by Ord. No. 3-2021[1]]
A. 
Any plat or certified survey map recorded in the Register of Deeds office shall be tied by lengths and bearings to the boundary line of the quarter section, private claim or federal reservation in which the subdivision lies, and description of the monuments at ends of the line; and bearing and distance between those monuments. Boundary bearing references shall be the bearing and distance established by the County in its County coordinate system, along with the NAD 83(91) adjustment, unless waived by the County Surveyor. If no bearing has been established on any of the boundaries of the section being worked in, a reference to a magnetic, true or other identifiable direction may be used for reference to the boundary. When re-dividing an existing certified survey map or subdivision plat which is already connected to county bearings the re-division shall be shown on the face of the map.
(1) 
A retracement or combination certified survey map is not required to be tied to the County coordinate system.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also renumbered former §§ 315-22 through 315-24 as §§ 315-23 through 315-25, respectively.
Those improvements required within a subdivision plat shall be identified by the local governmental jurisdiction and the Land Use Planning and Zoning Committee. The subdivider shall install all improvements required for approval of a subdivision plat prior to recording said plat. Approval of the final subdivision plat shall be given only after the work has been completed, or one of the following has been filed with the appropriate governmental jurisdiction:
A. 
A duly completed and executed, continuing surety bond in an amount sufficient to complete the work with surety satisfaction to the appropriate governmental jurisdiction or the Land Use Planning and Zoning Committee.
B. 
A certified check, in the amount sufficient to complete the work, drawn on an approved bank and available to the appropriate governmental jurisdiction or the Land Use Planning and Zoning Committee. As the work progresses, the governmental jurisdiction or the Land Use Planning and Zoning Committee may permit the exchange of said check for another check of sufficient amount to complete the remaining improvements agreed upon. If the improvements are not completed within the specified time, the governmental jurisdiction or the Land Use Planning and Zoning Committee may use the bond or the check to complete the remaining specified work.
C. 
Other collateral satisfactory to the appropriate governmental jurisdiction or the Land Use Planning and Zoning Committee in an amount sufficient to complete the work.
A. 
No construction or installation of improvements shall commence in a proposed subdivision plat until the preliminary plat has written approval by the Land Use Planning and Zoning Committee.
B. 
Permits. In all subdivision plats, no permits shall be issued on any lot within the subdivision plat until the subdivision plat is recorded in the County Register of Deeds office.
C. 
Plans. The installation of improvements for streets, drainageways, or other public ways, to be dedicated may require plans and accompanying construction specifications, at the request of the governmental jurisdiction.
D. 
Inspection. The subdivider, at the completion of any work, shall contact the appropriate governmental jurisdiction to request an inspection of the work performed within their jurisdiction. Written findings of any inspection shall be forwarded to the Land Use Planning and Zoning Committee.