A. 
Street arrangement. Street layout shall conform to the arrangement, width and location indicated on the Official Map, master plan or development plan, where applicable. In areas for which such plans have not been completed, the street layout shall recognize the functional classification of the various types of streets and shall be developed and located in proper relation to existing and proposed streets, public convenience and safety, the proposed use of the land to be served by such streets and the most advantageous development of adjoining areas. The land division or subdivision shall be designed so as to provide each lot with satisfactory access to a public street.
(1) 
Arterial streets shall be arranged so as to provide ready access to centers of employment, 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.
(2) 
Collector streets shall be arranged so as to provide ready collection of traffic from residential areas and conveyance of this traffic to the major street and highway system and shall be properly related to the mass transportation system, special traffic generators, such as schools, churches, shopping centers and other concentrations of population and to the major streets into which they feed.
(3) 
Local streets shall be arranged to conform to the topography, discourage use by through traffic to permit the design of efficient storm and sanitary sewerage systems, and require the minimum street area necessary to provide safe and convenient access to abutting property.
(4) 
Proposed streets shall extend to the boundary lines of the tract being subdivided, unless prevented by topography or other physical conditions or unless, in the opinion of the Plan Commission, such extension is not necessary or desirable for the coordination of the layout of the subdivision or for the advantageous development of the adjacent tracts. Temporary turnarounds may be required where the street ends at the boundary of the subdivision.
(5) 
Whenever the proposed subdivision contains or is adjacent to a major street or highway, adequate protection of residential properties, limitation of access and separation of through and local traffic shall be provided by reversed frontage, with screen planting contained in a non-access reservation along the rear property line or by the use of frontage streets.
(6) 
Stream or lake shores shall have 60 feet of public access platted to the low watermark at intervals of not more than one-half mile as required by Wis. Stats., § 236.16(3). The Village shall not be required to improve any lands provided for public access pursuant to the subsection.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
(7) 
Reserve strips controlling access to streets or alleys are prohibited, except where control of such strips is placed with the Village under conditions approved by the Plan Commission.
(8) 
Alleys shall be provided in commercial and industrial districts for off-street loading and service access when required by the Plan Commission, but shall not be used in residential areas. When required, alleys shall not be less than 24 feet wide and shall be continuous through blocks. Dead-end alleys shall not be approved and alleys shall not connect to a major thoroughfare.
B. 
Street names and building numbers.
(1) 
Duplication of existing street names in the Village and adjacent towns by similar word, spelling or sound shall not be permitted.
(2) 
Where a street maintains the same general direction, except for curvilinear changes for short distances, the same name shall continue for the entire length of the street. House numbering difficulties shall be considered the determining factor in considering whether a change of name is necessary due to curvilinear changes.
(3) 
A street name shall be changed when required to conform to the proposed or existing house number base.
(4) 
A name which is assigned to a street which is not presently a through street, due to intervening land over which the street extension is planned, shall be continued for the separate portions of the planned through street.
(5) 
The following designations shall be used only in the situations indicated:
(a) 
Boulevard. A street with a divided pavement, either existing or planned. If the divided pavement ends, but the street continues, the same street name and suffix shall continue.
(b) 
Lane. A street having a maximum length of 500 feet, serving a maximum of 10 single-family dwellings.
(c) 
Circle. A cul-de-sac of nine lots or more.
(d) 
Court. A cul-de-sac of eight lots or less.
(e) 
Parkway. A street abutting a park, greenway or creek.
(6) 
The maximum number of street names at one intersection shall be three.
(7) 
Street names shall be assigned so that no two intersections have the same exact street names.
(8) 
The name of any projections of a street shall remain unchanged even if the projection terminates in a cul-de-sac.
(9) 
The changing of a street name that does not duplicate an existing street name shall only be approved where such change will eliminate conflicts with other provisions of this section.
(10) 
Service roads and highways served by them shall have the same street name and designation.
(11) 
Approval of street names on a preliminary plat will not reserve the names nor shall the Village be required to accept such names at the time of final platting.
(12) 
A minimum number of letters is desirable in a street name. The maximum number of letters, not including the prefix or suffix, shall not exceed 12.
A. 
Minimum right-of-way. The minimum right-of-way of all proposed streets and alleys shall be of the width specified by an applicable master plan, Official Map or neighborhood development study or, if no width is specified therein, the minimum widths shall be as follows:
Type of Street
Right-of-Way Width
(feet)
Principle and primary arterial streets
120
Standard arterial
80
Collector streets
66
Local streets:
Commercial
66
Residential Type I
66
Culs-de-sac
60
Alleys
24
B. 
Cul-de-sac streets.
(1) 
Culs-de-sac shall not exceed 2,000 feet in length.
[Amended 4-10-2002 by Ord. No. A-164]
(2) 
Culs-de-sac shall terminate in a circular turnaround having a right-of-way diameter of 100 feet and face of curb diameter of 78 feet. The reverse curve on a cul-de-sac shall have a fifty-foot minimum radius when the bulb is centered on the street and a one-hundred-foot minimum radius when the bulb is offset.
C. 
Street grades.
(1) 
Unless necessitated by exceptional topography and subject to the approval of the Village Public Works Committee, the maximum street grades shall not exceed the following:
Street Classification
Maximum Grade
Arterial streets
6%
Collector streets
8%
Local streets:
Commercial
6%
Residential
10%
Culs-de-sac
11%
Alleys
8%
(2) 
The grade of any street shall in no case exceed 12% or be less than 0.50%.
(3) 
All changes in street grades shall provide safe stopping sight distances as conditions require.
(4) 
Street grades shall be established wherever practicable in such a manner to avoid excessive grading, the promiscuous removal of ground cover and tree growth and general leveling of the topography.
D. 
Radii of curvature.
[Amended 4-13-2005 by Ord. No. A-175]
(1) 
When a continuous street line deflects at any one point by more than 5°, a circular curve shall be introduced having a radius of curvature on such center line of not less than the following:
(a) 
Arterial streets and highways: 450 feet.
(b) 
Collector streets: 250 feet.
(c) 
Local streets: 120 feet.
(2) 
A tangent at least 150 feet in length shall be provided between reverse curves on arterial and collector streets and 100 feet in length between reverse curves on local streets.
E. 
Half streets. Where an existing dedicated or platted half street is adjacent to the tract being subdivided, the other half of the street shall be dedicated by the subdivider. Streets less than full width on the boundary of the tract being subdivided shall not be less than a width sufficient to produce a full pavement, a full terrace on the plat side and a reserve strip as determined by the Plan Commission.
A. 
Streets shall intersect each other at as nearly right angles as topography and other limiting factors of good design permit.
B. 
The number of streets converging at one intersection shall not be more than two.
C. 
The number of intersections along major streets and highways shall be held to a minimum. Wherever practicable, the distance between such intersections shall not be less than 1,200 feet.
D. 
Property lines at street intersections shall be rounded with a minimum radius of 15 feet, except that at all intersections along collector and arterial streets, the radius shall be increased to 25 feet. The Plan Commission may require a larger radius, where desirable.
E. 
Local streets shall not necessarily continue across arterial or collector streets, but if the center lines of such minor streets approach the major streets from opposite sides within 300 feet of each other, measured along the center line of the arterial or collector street, then the location shall be so adjusted that the adjoinment across the major or collector street is continuous and a jog is avoided.
F. 
Whenever practicable, the distance between local street intersections shall be no less than 250 feet measured from center line to center line.
A. 
The lengths, widths, and shapes of blocks shall be suited to the planned use of the land; zoning requirements; needs for convenient access, control and safety of street traffic; and the limitations and opportunities of topography.
B. 
Blocks in residential areas shall not be less than 600 feet nor more than 1,200 feet in length unless otherwise dictated by exceptional topography or other limiting design factors.
C. 
Pedestrianways of not less than 10 feet in width may be required near the center and entirely across any block 900 feet in length where deemed essential by the Plan Commission to provide adequate pedestrian circulation or access to schools, shopping centers, churches, or transportation facilities.
D. 
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. 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 restrictions for such use.
E. 
All utility lines for electric power and telephone service shall be placed on midblock easements along rear lot lines whenever carried on overhead poles.
A. 
The size, shape, and orientation of the 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 buildings contemplated.
B. 
Double frontage and reverse 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.
C. 
Lot sizes shall conform to the area and width requirements prescribed for the zoning district in which the land is located, except for lots situated in commercial or industrial districts, the dimensions and area of which shall be those deemed by the Plan Commission, in its sole discretion, to be appropriate for the proposed use of the land.
D. 
Every lot shall front or abut a public street for a distance of at least 50 feet or, in the case of culs-de-sac, 40 feet. The minimum lot width measured at the building setback line shall be 90 feet, except where a variance may be granted by the Village Board under § 325-37, Variances.
[Amended 11-11-2001 by Ord. No. A-162; 4-13-2005 by Ord. No. A-175]
E. 
Side lot lines shall, as nearly as practicable, be at right angles to straight streets or radial to curved street lines.
F. 
Lot lines shall follow municipal boundary lines rather than cross them, whenever practicable.
G. 
Corner lots shall have sufficient width to permit adequate building setbacks from side streets.
H. 
Excessive depth in relation to width shall be avoided.
I. 
Residential lots fronting or backing on arterial streets shall be platted with extra depth to permit generous distances between the buildings and such traffic ways.
J. 
Depth and width of properties reserved or laid out for commercial or industrial use shall be adequate to provide for the off-street parking and service facilities required by the type of use and development contemplated.
K. 
Whenever a tract is subdivided into large parcels, such parcels shall be arranged and dimensioned as to allow the future division of any such parcel into normal lots in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
L. 
Lands lying between the meander line and the water's edge and any otherwise unplattable lands which lie between a proposed subdivision and the water's edge shall be included as part of lots, outlots or public dedications in any plat abutting a lake or stream.
[Amended 4-13-2005 by Ord. No. A-175]
Where not adequately controlled by zoning regulations, the zoning administrator/Village Clerk/Treasurer shall refer the designation of building setback lines appropriate to the location and type of development contemplated to the Plan Commission for review and recommendation with approval by the Village Board. For all new lots within subdivisions, plats, certified survey maps or PUDs, whenever the lot is irregularly shaped, has curved lot lines, or has more or less than four lot lines, such that designation of such lot lines as front, rear or side is unclear under the zoning regulations, the zoning administrator/Village Clerk/Treasurer is authorized to designate whether a particular lot line is a front, rear or side lot line and the appropriate setback, or refer the designation to the Plan Commission and Village Board.
A. 
Adequate easements shall be provided and dedicated on each side of all rear lot lines and on side lot lines, where necessary, for the installation of storm and sanitary sewers, gas, water mains, electric lines, telephone and cable television communication lines.
B. 
Easements for electric, telephone, gas and cable television communication lines shall be noted as "Utility Easements" on the final plat or certified survey map. Prior to approval of the final plat or certified survey map, the concurrence of the electric and communications companies serving the area as to the location and width of the utility easements shall be noted on the final plat or certified survey map.
C. 
All easements for storm and sanitary sewers, water mains, pedestrian walks and other public purposes shall be noted on the plat or certified survey as "Public Easement for" followed by reference to the use or uses for which they are intended.
D. 
Where the electric or communications facilities, or both, are to be installed underground, a plat restriction shall be recorded with the final plat or certified survey map stating that the final grade established by the subdivider on the utility easements shall not be altered by more than six inches by the subdivider, his agent or by subsequent owners of the lots on which such utility easements are located, except with written consent of the utility or utilities involved. The purpose of this restriction shall be to notify initial and future lot owners of the underground facilities at the time of purchase and to establish responsibility in the event of damage to such facilities or the need to alter such facilities.
E. 
Where a land division, subdivision or development plan is traversed by a watercourse, drainageway, channel or stream, an adequate drainageway or easement shall be provided as required by the Plan Commission. The location, width, alignment and improvement of such drainageway or easement shall be subject to the approval of the Plan Commission and parallel to streets or parkways and may be required in connection therewith. Wherever possible, the stormwater drainage shall be maintained by landscaped open channels of adequate size and grade to hydraulically accommodate maximum potential volumes of flow, these sizes and design details to be subject to review and approval by the Village Engineer and Plan Commission. Where feasible, drainage easements should substantially maintain existing water flow patterns onto neighboring lands.