These regulations are adopted under the authority
granted by § 236.45, Wis. Stats., and pursuant to §§ 59.69
and 281.31(2) and (8), Wis. Stats.
It is not intended by this chapter to repeal,
abrogate, annul, impair or interfere with any existing easements,
covenants, deed restrictions, agreements, rules, regulations, or permits
previously adopted or issued pursuant to law. However, wherever this
chapter or any amendment thereto imposes greater restrictions, the
more restrictive shall prevail.
In their interpretation and application, the
provisions of this chapter shall be held to be minimum requirements
and shall be liberally construed in favor of the County and shall
not be deemed a limitation or repeal of any other power granted by
the Wisconsin Statutes.
The provisions of this chapter shall apply in
all unincorporated areas of Grant County as provided in the Wisconsin
Statutes.
Any division of land which results in a subdivision
shall be surveyed and a plat thereof approved and recorded as required
by this chapter. No map or survey purporting to create divisions of
land or intending to clarify metes and bounds descriptions may be
recorded except as provided in this chapter. This chapter does not
apply to cemetery plats and assessors' plats
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to transfers of interest in land by will or pursuant to court order; leases for a term not to exceed 10 years, mortgages or easements; or the sale or exchange of parcels of land between owners of adjoining property if additional lots are not thereby created and the lots resulting are not reduced below the minimum sizes required by this chapter, Chapter
315, Zoning, or other applicable laws or ordinances.