The subdivider shall dedicate land for and improve
streets as provided herein:
A.
All land divisions shall be designed so as to provide
each lot with satisfactory access to a public street as provided herein.
B.
The following conditions shall apply for street arrangement
in all proposed land divisions:
(1)
Streets shall conform to any applicable official map
ordinance in effect. [1] In areas for which an official map has not been completed,
the street layout shall recognize the functional classification of
various street types and shall be developed and located in proper
relation to existing and proposed streets, with due regard to topographical
conditions, natural features, utilities, land uses and public convenience
and safety.
(2)
Arterial streets. Arterial streets shall be arranged
so as to provide ready access to centers of employment, high-density
residential areas, centers of government activity, community shopping
areas, community recreation and points beyond the boundaries of the
community. They shall also be properly integrated with and related
to the existing and proposed system of major streets and highways
and shall be, insofar as practicable, continuous and in alignment
with existing or planned streets with which they are to connect.
(3)
Collector streets. Collector streets shall be arranged
so as to provide ready collection of traffic from residential areas
and conveyance of this traffic or the major street and highway system
and shall be properly related to special traffic generators, such
as schools, churches and shopping centers, and other concentrations
of population and to the major streets into which they feed.
(4)
Minor streets. Minor streets shall be arranged to
conform to the topography, to discourage use by through traffic, to
permit the design of efficient storm and sanitary sewerage systems
and to require the minimum street area necessary to provide safe and
convenient access to abutting property.
(5)
Street intersections.
(a)
Streets shall intersect each other as nearly
as possible at right angles, and not more than two streets shall intersect
at one point unless approved by the Town Board.
(b)
The number of intersections along major streets
and highways shall be held to a minimum. In addition, intersections
shall meet Winnebago County's Access Control Ordinance (as administered
and enforced by Winnebago County). The Department of Transportation
determines road access to state highways. Otherwise, wherever practicable,
the distance between such intersections should not be less than 600
feet.
(c)
Street jogs with center-line offsets of less
than 125 feet shall not be approved.
(6)
Proposed streets. Proposed streets shall extend to
the boundary lines of the tract being divided, unless prevented by
topography or other physical conditions or unless, in the opinion
of the Town Board, such extension is not necessary or desirable for
the coordination of the layout of the subdivision or for the advantageous
development of adjacent land tracts. Such streets shall terminate
with a temporary turnaround right-of-way diameter and a roadway in
compliance with the applicable Town of Winneconne ordinances.
(7)
Arterial street and highway protection. Whenever the
proposed land division contains or is adjacent to a major street or
highway, adequate protection of residential properties is required.
Adequate protection is met by limiting access and separating through
and local traffic and shall be provided by reversed frontage with
screen planting contained in a nonaccess reservation along the rear
property line or by the use of frontage streets.
(8)
Reserve strips. Reserve strips controlling access
to streets or alleys shall be prohibited except where their control
is definitely placed with the Town or county.
(9)
Alleys. Alleys may be required in commercial and industrial
districts to provide for off-street loading and service access but
shall not be approved in residential districts unless required by
unusual topography or other exceptional conditions. Dead-end alleys
shall not be approved, and alleys shall not connect to a federal,
state or county trunk highway. This subsection shall not apply to
condominium developments.
(10)
Street names. Street names shall not be duplicated
or be similar to existing street names, and existing street names
shall be projected or continued wherever possible. All street names
must be approved by Winnebago County Planning and Zoning Department.
(11)
Private streets. There can only be one residence
per private street.
A.
The minimum right-of-way of all proposed streets shall be as specified on any adopted official map of the Town of Winneconne, or, if no width is specified, the minimum right-of-way width shall be as required by the Town Board and Chapter 270, Streets and Sidewalks, § 270-4, Town road requirements, of the Town Code or other applicable ordinance(s).
C.
Cul-de-sac streets designed to have one end permanently
closed should not normally exceed 600 feet in length but can be up
to 1,000 feet in length provided that density is not more than 15
housing units being served by said street. The Town may require an
official mapped street stub or future connection to an existing road
to decrease the permanent length of a cul-de-sac street. Such streets
shall terminate in a circular turnaround having a minimum right-of-way
diameter and minimum roadway pavement diameter in accordance with
applicable Town of Winneconne ordinances.
D.
Street grades shall comply with Chapter 270, Streets and Sidewalks, § 270-4, Town road requirements, of the Town Code as supplemented by § 86.26, Wis. Stats. Street grades shall be established wherever practicable so as to avoid excessive grading, the promiscuous removal of ground cover and tree growth and general leveling of the topography.
E.
Radii of curvature. When a continuous street center
line deflects at any one point by more than 10°, a circular curve
shall be introduced having a radius of curvature on such center line
of not less than 100 feet on minor streets.
G.
Vision quarter easements shall be required along state
highways. The plat shall show the access control permit.
H.
Any new or rebuilt bridges, culverts or roadways built
within a floodplain district shall meet all of the requirements established
under the county's Floodplain Ordinance and other applicable Town/county
ordinances.
A.
Where a tract, lot or parcel of land abuts a county-controlled
limited access highway, defined in Chapter 7 of the Winnebago County
General Code, access shall be provided by one of the following:
(1)
Access control permit issued by the County Highway
Department. The road access permit shall be issued and the number
shall be shown on the face of the certified survey map or plat before
said documents are recorded.
(2)
Easement to use an existing access.
(3)
Frontage road dedicated to the public having an approved
access.
(4)
Variance approved by the Winnebago County Board of
Appeals.
(5)
According to Town ordinance.
B.
If access is provided by an easement to use an existing access, Subsection A(2) above, then the following provisions shall apply:
(1)
The parent parcel having an existing access shall
allow access to each subsequent parcel; and
(2)
Each subsequent parcel shall allow access to each
additional subdivided parcel, not to exceed the maximum spacing requirements
of Chapter 7, Winnebago County General Code.
(3)
Setback requirements will be applicable to all Town
of Winneconne ordinances, including a seventy-five-foot building setback
from the right-of-way, or the zoning classification of the parcel
as defined in Chapter 17 of the Winnebago County Town/County Zoning
Ordinance, whichever is greater. Setback provisions shall be measured
from the edge of easement.
(4)
Easement right-of-way shall be a minimum of 60 feet
in width and shall not include public right-of-way (overlap) within
the easement width.
Whenever the proposed land division contains
or is adjacent to a limited access highway or railroad right-of-way,
the design shall provide the following treatment:
A.
When residential lots within the proposed land division
back upon the right-of-way of an existing or proposed limited access
highway or railroad, the following restriction shall be lettered on
the face of the plat: "Direct vehicular access to (name of road) from
lots abutting such road is prohibited."
B.
Commercial and industrial districts should provide,
on each side of the limited access highway or railroad, streets approximately
parallel to and at a suitable distance from such highway or railroad
for the appropriate use of the land between such streets and highway
or railroad, but not less than 150 feet.
C.
Streets parallel to a limited access highway or railroad
right-of-way, when intersecting a major street, highway or collector
street which crosses such railroad or highway, shall be located at
a minimum distance of 250 feet from such highway or railroad right-of-way.
Such distance, where desirable and practicable, shall be determined
with due consideration of the minimum distance required for the future
separation of grades by means of appropriate approach gradients.
D.
Minor streets immediately adjacent and parallel to
the railroad right-of-way should be avoided.
E.
Setback from a state highway shall either be the Town
of Winneconne setback requirements or the county zoning district setback
requirements or the setback requirements of Ch. TRANS 233, Wis. Adm.
Code, whichever is greater.
The widths, lengths and shapes of blocks shall
be suited to the planned use of the land, zoning requirements, need
for convenient access, control and safety of street traffic and the
limitations and opportunities of the topography.
A.
Length. Blocks in residential areas should not as
a general rule be less than 500 feet nor more than 1,500 feet in length
unless otherwise dictated.
B.
Width. Blocks shall have sufficient width to provide
for two tiers of lots of appropriate depth, except where otherwise
required to separate residential development from through traffic
or where lots abut a lake or stream. Width of lots or parcels reserved
or laid out for commercial or industrial use shall be adequate to
provide for off-street service and parking required by the use contemplated
and the area zoning provisions for such use.
All utility lines for electric power and telephone
service shall be placed on mid-block easements along rear lot lines
whenever carried on overhead poles, except where lots abut a lake
or stream or where such location is deemed engineeringly unfeasible
by the utility company involved. At the discretion of the Town, utility
lines may be required to be buried.
The size, shape and orientation of lots shall
be appropriate for the location of the subdivision and for the type
of development and use contemplated. The lots should be designed to
provide an aesthetically pleasing building site and a proper architectural
setting for the building contemplated.
A.
Side lot lines should be at right angles to straight
street lines or radial to curved street lines on which the lots face.
Lot lines shall follow Town boundary lines rather than cross them.
B.
Double frontage and reversed frontage lots shall be
prohibited, except where necessary to provide separation of residential
development from through traffic or to overcome specific disadvantages
of topography and orientation.
Building setback lines shall conform to the requirements established in Chapter 310, Zoning, of the Town Code. The required Town setback lines shall be shown on the face of the plat.
A.
Surface water drainage shall be governed and enforced
by county ordinance.
B.
A covenant shall be recorded with the final plat in
the Winnebago County Register of Deeds office. The covenant shall
state:
(1)
Maintenance of all drainageways and associated structures
within the subdivision is the sole responsibility of the property
owners of the subdivision, unless otherwise noted on the plan or required
by the Town of Winneconne or any utility district formed in the Town
to address stormwater runoff.
(2)
Upon failure of the property owner(s) to perform maintenance
of the drainageways and associated structures, the County and/or Town
retains the right to perform maintenance and/or repairs, the cost
of which shall be equally assessed among the property owners of the
subdivision with a drainage covenant.
(3)
The design of stormwater facilities shall implement
the Wisconsin Construction Best Management Practices and shall address
water quality as well as water quantity.
C.
Creation or enhancement of water features. Any created
pond or lake, or any enhancement of a quarry or other body of standing
water, within the boundary of any land division shall be owned and
maintained by a homeowners' association. The homeowners' association
document shall specify that all lot owners within the subdivision
shall have equal rights to said water feature. The homeowners' association
document shall incorporate reasonable provisions by the Town of Winneconne
to assure the continued maintenance of the facility in perpetuity
and to provide liability protection for the occupants and owner of
the facility.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: Original § 15.51,
Surface water drainage restrictions, which immediately followed this
section, was deleted 4-21-2005.
[Added 5-20-2004]
A.
Driveways, regardless of zoning classification, less
than 200 feet in length from the road right-of-way to the primary
structure shall be 20 feet wide with a minimum six-inch gravel base.
[Amended 6-20-2013]
B.
Driveways, regardless of zoning classification, 200
feet or greater in length from the road right-of-way to the primary
structure shall be 16 feet wide with a minimum six-inch gravel base
and providing a sixty-foot continuous turn radius within 50 feet of
the primary structure.
C.
Only one residential structure is permitted per driveway.
