Words used in the present tense include the future; the singular
number includes the plural; the plural number includes the singular
number; and the word "shall" is mandatory and not permissive. For
the purpose of these regulations, the following terms are defined:
ACT or ACTION
In the context of Village review of a preliminary or final
subdivision plat, "act" or "action" shall mean approval, conditional
approval, denial, or request for modification or for additional field
study, inspections or documentation.
AREA DEVELOPMENT PLAN (OR MAP)
A map adopted by the Village Board indicating the physical
layout of future streets, alleys, culs-de-sac, drainageways, easements,
parks, and stormwater management facilities to include retention/detention
ponds. Area development plans, when adopted by the Village Board,
constitute amendments to the Village's Official Map.
BLOCK
A parcel, lot or group of lots existing within well defined
and fixed boundaries, usually being an area surrounded by streets
or other physical barriers, and having an assigned number, letter
or other name through which it may be identified.
BOARD
The Village Board of the Village Bellevue or any of its designated
officers or agencies.
BUILDING SETBACK LINE
Lines established adjacent to lot lines or street right-of-way
lines for the purpose of defining limits within which any or certain
buildings, structures or uses may not be constructed, maintained or
carried on, except as may be provided for in the Zoning Ordinance.
CERTIFIED SURVEY MAP
A map of a division of land prepared in accordance with Ch.
236, Wis. Stats., and the terms of this chapter. May be referred to
as a "CSM."
CHANNEL
A natural or artificial watercourse of perceptible extent
with definite bed and banks to confine and conduct continuously or
periodically flowing water. Channel flow thus is that water which
is flowing within the limits of a defined channel.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
The official guide for the physical, social and economic
growth of the Village properly enacted or adopted according to statute,
which is now or may hereafter be in effect.
CONDITIONAL APPROVAL
Approval of a plat or certified survey map by the Village
Board subject to the plat or certified survey map meeting certain
specified requirements as determined by the Village Board.
CROSS WALK
A public right-of-way traversing a block for the purpose
of providing pedestrian access.
CUL-DE-SAC
A short minor street having one end open to motor traffic
and the other end terminated by a vehicular turnabout.
DAYS
Shall refer to calendar days.
DEAD-END STREET
A street having only one outlet for vehicular traffic and
no vehicular turnabout.
DEVELOPMENT
The act of constructing buildings or installing site improvements.
DOUBLE FRONTAGE LOTS
A lot other than a corner lot which has frontage on two substantially
parallel streets.
DRAINAGE EASEMENT
A strip of land reserved to provide a corridor through which
stormwater runoff can drain by means of surface drainage or by conveyance
through a storm sewer pipe.
EASEMENT
A quantity of land set aside or over which a liberty, privilege
or advantage in land without profit, existing distinct from the ownership
of the land, is granted to the public, utility or some particular
person, corporation or part of the public for limited right of use.
FINAL PLAT
The map or drawing of a subdivision prepared in compliance
with the provisions of Ch. 236, Wis. Stats., and the terms of this
chapter.
FLOOD
A temporary rise in stream flow or stage that results in
water overtopping its banks and inundating areas adjacent to the channel.
FLOOD FRINGE
That area of land used to carry floodwater between the floodway
and the floodplain limits.
FLOODPLAIN
The land adjacent to a body of water, including the floodway
and the flood fringe, which has been or may be hereafter covered by
floodwater, including but not limited to the regional one-hundred-year
flood.
FLOOD PROFILE
A graph of a longitudinal profile showing the relationship
of the water surface elevation of a flood event to location along
a stream or river.
FLOODWAY
The channel of a stream and those portions of the floodplain
adjoining the channel that are required to carry and discharge the
floodwaters or flood flows of any river or stream, including but not
limited to flood flows associated with the regional one-hundred-year
flood.
FRONTAGE
The length of the front property line of the lot, lots or
tract of land abutting a public street. On a curved street, such length
may be measured along the cord length at the building setback line.
GRADIENT
The slope of land, road, street or other public way specified
in percent.
GRADING PLAN
A drawing of a proposed area with plans and specifications
for grading.
HIGH-WATER ELEVATION
The recorded average of all the high-water elevations during
the period of record for a flowage or other body of water.
IMPROVEMENT, PUBLIC
Any sanitary sewer, storm sewer, drainage ditch, water main,
roadway, parkway, sidewalk, pedestrianway, planting strip, off-street
parking area or other facility for which the local municipality may
ultimately assume the responsibility for maintenance and operation.
LAND DIVISION
The act of creating one or more separately described parcels
from a single parcel.
LIMITED ACCESS STREET
Any freeway, highway, street or road for through-traffic
to which owners or occupants of abutting property or lands and other
persons have no legal right of access to or from the same except only
at such points and in such manner as may be determined by the public
authority having jurisdiction over such traffic way.
LOCAL UNIT
A local unit in this chapter includes the county as well
as towns, villages and cities.
LOT
A fractional part of a subdivision or certified survey map
having an assigned number through which it may be identified and meeting
the requirements of this chapter and the Zoning Ordinance for a building
site.
LOT AREA
The area contained within the property lines of individual
parcels of land as shown on a plat or certified survey map, excluding
any area within a street right-of-way but including the area of any
easement.
MEAN SEA LEVEL DATUM
Mean sea level datum as established by the United States
Coast and Geodetic Survey.
NEIGHBORHOOD UNIT
A residential living environment where the internal street
system discourages through traffic and where major thoroughfares preferably
bound the neighborhood; centrally located community buildings, schools
and playgrounds provide maximum pedestrian accessibility. Local shops
to meet daily household needs are grouped together at accessible points
providing a harmony of design and development.
OFFICIAL MAP
The map of the Village by law showing thereon existing and
future streets, highways, parkways, parks, schools and other public
facilities as provided by § 62.23(6), Wis. Stats.
OUTLOT
A parcel of land other than a lot which does not meet the
requirements of a lot at the time of platting.
PARCEL
A continuous acreage of land described in a single description
in a deed or one of a number of lots or outlots on a plat, separately
owned or capable of being separately conveyed.
PLAT
A map of a subdivision.
PRELIMINARY PLAT
A map showing the salient features of a proposed subdivision
submitted to the Plan Commission for purposes of preliminary consideration.
PUBLIC UTILITY
Every corporation, company, association, sanitary district
or municipality that may own or operate any plant or equipment for
the conveyance of telephone messages or for the production, transmission,
delivery or furnishing of heat, electricity, gas, water, cable television,
sewer or any other service deemed to be in the public interest shall
be deemed a public utility.
REPLAT
The changing of the boundaries of a recorded subdivision
plat or part thereof.
REPLAT, SUBDIVISION
A plat representing land which has previously been included
in a recorded plat.
RESTRICTIVE COVENANT
Written stipulations on the face of the plat regarding development
which the landowner must abide by.
REVIEWING AGENCY
An agency which is entitled to review and make recommendations
concerning a subdivision prior to the Board action.
RIGHT-OF-WAY
A strip of land dedicated to the public, occupied or intended
to be occupied for a special use.
ROADWAY
The graveled or paved portion of a street available for vehicular
traffic movement and parking.
SERVICE DRIVE
An approved public street generally paralleling and contiguous
to a main traveled way, primarily designed to promote safety by eliminating
ingress and egress to the right-of-way and providing safe and orderly
points of access at fairly uniformly spaced intervals.
SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM, INDIVIDUAL
A septic tank seepage tile sewage disposal system or any
other sewage treatment device approved by the Director of Public Works
and the County Zoning Administrator as being in accordance with the
Brown County Private Sewage System Ordinance, the rules of the Department
of Health Services and the Department of Natural Resources and which
services only one lot.
SEWERED AREA
An area in the Village of Bellevue which, in the judgment
of the Board, may be readily and feasibly served by public sanitary
sewer and water by extensions to existing sewer and water systems.
SEWER SERVICE AREA
That area of the Village of Bellevue which may be provided
with public sanitary sewer and water systems as permitted by Brown
County and the Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage District.
SIDEWALK
That portion of a street right-of-way or crosswalk, paved
or otherwise surfaced, intended for pedestrian use only.
STREET
All accessways in common use, such as streets, roads, lanes,
highways, avenues, boulevards, alleys, parkways, viaducts, circles,
courts and culs-de-sac, and includes all of the land lying between
the right-of-way lines as delineated on a plat dedicated for public
use, but shall not include those accessways, such as easements and
rights-of-way intended solely for limited utility purposes, such as
for electric power lines, gas lines, telephone lines, water lines
or drainage and sanitary sewers.
STREET, COLLECTOR
Provides direct access to residential neighborhoods and commercial/industrial areas, has moderate to low traffic volumes, and primarily serves interneighborhood traffic. Collector streets function to collect and distribute traffic between local streets and arterials. The travel mobility and land access functions of collector streets are equal in nature. Existing and future streets are classified on the Village's Official Traffic Map adopted pursuant to §
443-2A of this Code.
STREET, HALF
A street bordering one or more property lines of a tract
of land in which the subdivider has allocated a part of the ultimate
right-of-way width.
STREET, LOCAL
Provides direct access to adjacent land uses and serves the ends of most trips within the urban area. All streets not classified as arterials or collectors are local. Existing and future streets are classified on the Village's Official Traffic Map adopted pursuant to §
443-2A of this Code.
STREET, MINOR ARTERIAL
Serves other economic activity centers important within the urban area, has moderate traffic volumes and primarily serves intercommunity traffic. Minor arterials interconnect and augment the principal arterial system and are generally extensions of the rural collector (county highway) system. Although the predominant function of minor arterials is traffic mobility, these routes serve some local traffic and provide more land access than principal arterials. Existing and future streets are classified on the Village's Official Traffic Map adopted pursuant to §
443-2A of this Code.
STREET, PRINCIPAL ARTERIAL
Serves the major economic activity centers of the urban area, has the highest traffic volumes, and primarily serves regional and intraurban traffic. These routes are generally extensions of rural arterials and provide a high level of travel mobility. Existing and future streets are classified on the Village's Official Traffic Map adopted pursuant to §
443-2A of this Code.
SUBDIVIDER
Any individual, firm, association, syndicate, partnership,
corporation, guardian, attorney, trust or any other legal entity commencing
proceedings under the regulations of this chapter to effect a subdivision
of land hereunder for himself or another.
SUBDIVISION
Any division of a lot, parcel, or tract where:
A.
The act of division creates five or more parcels or building
sites of 10 acres each or less in area; or
B.
Five or more parcels or building sites of 10 acres each or less
in area are created by successive divisions within a period of five
years.
SURETY BOND
A bond guaranteeing performance of a contract or obligation
through possible forfeiture of bond if such contract or obligation
is unfulfilled by the subdivider.
SURVEYOR
A land surveyor duly registered in the state.
THOROUGHFARE
A street with a high degree of continuity, including collectors,
arterials and limited access highways.
UNDEVELOPED LAND
Land in parcels or tracts sufficiently large for future subdivision
which is presently in agriculture, woodland or other nonintensive
use.
UTILITY EASEMENT
An easement to place, replace, maintain or move utility facilities,
such as telephone, water, sewer, gas, cable television, or stormwater
drainage.
VARIANCE
A departure from the terms of this chapter as applied to a specific building, structure or parcel of land which the Village Board may permit, pursuant to §
410-8 of this chapter.
WISCONSIN ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
The rules of administrative agencies having rulemaking authority
in Wisconsin published in a loose-leaf, continual revision system
as directed by Chs. 35 and 227, Wis. Stats., including subsequent
amendments to those rules.
ZONING ORDINANCE
The Village of Bellevue Zoning Ordinance, Brown County, Wisconsin,
as adopted by the Board, and as may be hereafter amended.
Final approval of a proposed plat may involve the successive
approvals of a preliminary sketch, a preliminary plat and the final
plat.
A. Preliminary sketch and preliminary consultation.
(1) Before filing a preliminary plat for approval, the subdivider may
submit to the Board four copies of a preliminary simple sketch showing
the proposed layout of streets, lots and other features in relation
to existing conditions. The sketch plan may be a freehand pencil sketch
and should show the general location of the proposed plat in the Village.
(2) The preliminary sketch shall be accompanied with a letter of intent
briefly describing the desired public utilities and improvements for
the proposed plat.
(3) Within 45 days of its submission, the Board shall express its opinion
of the proposed plat with regard to the availability and feasibility
of desired improvements. Comments regarding the availability of sanitary
sewer and water mains will be referred to the Director of Public Works
who will be available for consultation with the subdivider.
(4) Based on Board review of the preliminary sketch, the subdivider may
proceed with obtaining a preliminary plat.
B. Preliminary plat: procedure for approval.
(1) Before submitting a final plat for approval, the subdivider shall submit the required number of copies of a preliminary plat not less than 21 days preceding the meeting of the Plan Commission for preliminary approval. These plats shall be drawn as specified in §
410-4A(1).
(2) Following a review of the preliminary plat and data, and after negotiations
with the subdivider on changes deemed advisable, including the kind
and extent of improvements to be made by him, the Board shall within
90 days of its submission express its approval, in writing, to the
subdivider and state the conditions of such approval, and, if disapproved,
shall express its disapproval and state its reasons for rejection.
(3) Approval of the preliminary plat shall entitle the subdivider to
final approval of the layout shown by such plat if the final plat
is submitted within 36 months of the date of approval of the preliminary
plat and conforms to such layout and conditions of the approved preliminary
plat which shall have been certified as nonobjectionable by all local
and state agencies having the authority to object.
C. Final plat: procedure for approval.
(1) After approval of the preliminary plat, the required number of copies of the final plat meeting the requirements of §
410-4B herein shall be submitted to the Board within 36 months of the approval of the preliminary plat.
(2) Upon receipt thereof, the Board shall examine the final plat and
all necessary certificates to determine its conformance to the preliminary
plat and the requirements established in this chapter. Approval of
the final plat shall be conditional until the plat has been certified
as nonobjectionable by all state and local agencies having the authority
to object. The Board shall take action on the final plat within 60
days after the plat has been officially submitted. If disapproved
or conditionally approved, the reasons or conditions shall be stated
on the record of the Board and forwarded, in writing, to the subdivider.
(3) The following documents shall be submitted with the final plat if
requested by the Village Board and failure to submit such documents
shall constitute grounds for refusal of the final plat:
(a)
Petitions for all improvements required under §
410-6A(2) and
(3). Petitions for sanitary sewer and water service laterals shall indicate whether standard or oversized services are desired.
(b)
All waivers of hearings or requests for public hearing as outlined in §
410-6B(1).
(4) The final plat of the subdivision shall be recorded by the subdivider
in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Brown County as required
by § 236.25, Wis. Stats. Necessary copies of the final approved
plat shall be forwarded to the Board for distribution.
Except as otherwise provided, any person found in violation of this chapter or any order, rule or regulation made hereunder shall be subject to the penalty provided in §
1-4 of the Code of the Village of Bellevue.