The subdivider shall install survey monuments
placed in accordance with the requirements of § 236.15,
Wis. Stats., witnessed with a T-type post at least five feet long,
or four inches by four inches by six feet long, chromated copper arsenate
(CCA) ground contact treated timbers and as may be required by the
Town Engineer.
After the installation of temporary block corner
monuments by the subdivider and establishment of street grades, the
subdivider shall grade the full width of the right-of-way of all streets
proposed to be dedicated in accordance with plans and standard specifications
approved by the Town Board. The subdivider shall grade the roadbeds
in the street right-of-way to subgrade.
Curb and gutter are generally required for local
streets. When required or proposed, the subdivider shall construct
concrete curbs and gutters and storm sewer facilities in accordance
with minimum design specifications as approved by the Town Board.
Wherever possible, provisions shall be made at the time of construction
for driveway access curb cuts. The cost of installation of all inside
curbs and gutters for boulevard pavements shall be borne by the subdivider.
When permanent rural street sections have been
approved by the Town Board, the subdivider shall finish grade all
shoulders and road ditches, install all necessary culverts at intersections
and, if required, surface ditch inverts to prevent erosion and sedimentation
in accordance with plans and standard specifications approved by the
Town Board.
The Town may require sidewalks where it deems
necessary in accordance with plans and standard specifications approved
by the Town Board.
[Amended 2-5-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-02]
A. Before the subdivision may be approved or before any street is accepted
in any subdivision, all utilities, including streetlighting as prescribed
by the Town, shall be installed. Streetlighting will be required to
be installed in accordance with the current streetlighting policy,
and the cables shall be buried or shall be overhead installation to
suit the other utilities in the subdivision. The subdivider shall
be responsible for the initial installation of all streetlighting,
as required herein, which payment shall be made in full and satisfied
with the power company prior to the acceptance of the subdivision.
B. Upon acceptance of the subdivision, all electrical and facility costs thereafter for streetlights installed as part of the subdivision shall be paid by an annual special streetlighting charge on all buildable lots in accordance with the procedures listed under §
57-21, Special charges for current services.
C. The Town of Grand Chute may exempt streets in subdivisions from the
requirements of the streetlighting but must do so in writing before
the acceptance of the street or subdivision. In the event that it
is substantially inconvenienced or the subdivider is unable to perform
the streetlighting at the time of the acceptance of the subdivision,
a performance guarantee may be approved by the Town in an amount sufficient
to complete the improvement as required and shall specify a satisfactory
date for completion of the improvements or a forfeiture of the bond.
D. The standards or amount of required streetlighting shall be in accordance
with the current streetlighting policy and shall not be regulated
by any applicable standards of the power company with regard to its
recommendations as to required lighting.
E. Streetlight types required on any town street may include standard
wood pole/cobra head streetlights, enhanced urban streetlights or
commercial streetlights in accordance with the current streetlighting
policy and determined appropriate in the discretion of the Town Plan
Commission and approved by the Town Board.
The subdivider shall install at the intersection
of all streets proposed to be dedicated a street name sign of a design
specified by the Town.
Each subdivider shall plant such decorative
trees and/or other plantings of a species acceptable to and in accordance
with plans or specifications set by the Town Park Commission and/or
Town Board or as imposed by the Town Plan Commission subject to Town
Board approval.
The Plan Commission shall require that a grading
plan be submitted prior to the approval of a preliminary plat.