The following
terms, whenever they occur in this chapter, are defined as follows:
ACT OF DIVISION
The division of a lot or parcel of land into two or more
parcels.
CERTIFIED SURVEY MAP
A map or plan or record of a land division, not a subdivision,
meeting all the requirements of Wis. Stats., § 236.34, and
of this chapter.
DEVELOPER
Any person, firm, partnership, corporation, association,
estate, trust or other legal entity requesting review or action on
a development.
DEVELOPMENT
A land division, subdivision or planned development.
DEVELOPMENT PLAN
A total site plan of an area of land 80 acres or more in
size all under the control of a developer at the time of submission
for review. Such plan specifies and illustrates the location, relationship,
and nature of all uses, easements, streets, pedestrian paths, common
open space and other public ways.
DRAINAGE SYSTEM, MAJOR
The major drainage system consists of streets, drainageways,
drainage channels and detention basins which convey that stormwater
which cannot be conveyed within the minor system. The major system
shall be designed to convey runoff resulting from the one-hundred-year
storm event.
DRAINAGE SYSTEM, MINOR
The minor drainage system consists of storm sewer inlets,
inlet lead pipe, storm sewers, streets, gutters and drainage swales
designed to reduce damage and inconvenience due to stormwater runoff
resulting from storms having a return period up to and including the
ten-year storm event.
DRIVEWAY
A surfaced vehicle access from private property to a public
street.
FINAL PLAT
The map or plan of record of a subdivision and any accompanying material as required in §§
325-17 and
325-21 of this chapter.
GREENWAY
An open area of land included under the definition of "parkway,"
the primary purpose of which is to carry stormwater on the surface
of the ground in lieu of an enclosed storm sewer. Greenways may serve
the following multiple public purposes in addition to their principal
use including, but not limited to, vehicular and/or pedestrian traffic,
sanitary sewers, water mains, storm sewers, stormwater retention basins,
park development and other related uses.
IMPERVIOUS LOT AREA
Roof areas, concrete, gravel or bituminous surfaces, sidewalks,
decks or other hard surface areas.
LAND DIVISION
The division of a lot or parcel of land for the purpose of
transfer of ownership or building development, where the act of division
creates fewer than five parcels, lots or building sites, any one of
which is 15 acres or less in area. The successive land division of
a lot or parcel shall not create more than four parcels in any five-year
period.
MASTER PLAN
The Comprehensive Plan for guiding and shaping the growth
and development of the Village, including all of the component parts,
as prepared by the Plan Commission and approved by the Village Board.
OFFICIAL MAP
The map indicating the location, width and/or extent of existing
and proposed streets, highways, parkways, parks and playgrounds adopted
by the Village of Blue Mounds pursuant to Wis. Stats. § 62.23(6).
PARCEL
Contiguous lands under the control of a subdivider not separated
by streets, highways or Military Ridge Trail rights-of-way.
PARKWAY
Any right-of-way for vehicular or pedestrian traffic, or
both, with full or partial control of access and usually located within
a park or a ribbon of parklike development. Such parkway may include
greenways required for stormwater drainage purposes where the drainage
improvement is to include parklike treatment and where pedestrian
or vehicular travel may be permitted.
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT
Any development in a planned development district established under Chapter
385, Zoning, of the Village Code.
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT
A zoning district provided for in Chapter
385, Zoning, of the Village Code which allows diversification and variation in land development to achieve an improved living environment and to preserve open space.
PLAT
A map of a subdivision.
PRELIMINARY PLAT
A map delineating the features of a proposed subdivision or land division as described in §§
325-16 and
325-19, submitted to the Plan Commission for preliminary consideration prior to the final plat and, when required, prior to a land division.
PUBLIC WAY
Any public road, street, highway, walkway, drainageway, greenway,
parkway or part thereof.
REPLAT and RESUBDIVISION
The process of changing or the map which changes the boundaries
of a recorded plat or a part thereof. The legal division of a larger
block, lot or outlot within a recorded plat without changing the exterior
boundaries of such block, lot or outlot is not a replat. See § 236.36,
Wis. Stats.
STREET
A public way for vehicular or pedestrian traffic, whether
designated as a street, highway, thoroughfare, parkway, throughway,
road, avenue, boulevard, lane, place or however otherwise designated.
(1)
(a)
PRINCIPAL ARTERIALSStreets serving the major interstate and interregional traffic corridors and providing the highest mobility level and a high degree of access control.
(b)
PRIMARY ARTERIALSStreets serving major regions or connecting important cities and major intracommunity corridors in the metropolitan area. These routes provide high mobility and a high degree of access control.
(c)
STANDARD ARTERIALSThose streets which more commonly provide for intermediate length trips, thus serving through traffic movement in trade areas or feeding traffic to the principal and primary arterial streets from lower activity areas not served by such routes.
(2)
COLLECTOR STREETSStreets which provide moderate speed movement of persons and goods between major arterials and/or activity centers. They are basically local streets which usually, because of directness of routing and higher capacity, receive higher volumes of traffic to be distributed from or collected toward nearby arterial streets.
(3)
LOCAL STREETSStreets designed for low speeds and volumes which provide access from low-traffic-generating areas to collector and arterial streets.
(b)
[1]
TYPE IA subcollector street serving high-density residential area.
[3]
TYPE IIIA street for low-density residences where provision is made for adequate off-street parking and where there is not through traffic.
(5)
ALLEYA public right-of-way which affords a secondary means of access to abutting property.
SUBDIVIDER
Any person, firm, partnership, corporation, association,
estate, trust or other legal entity requesting review or action on
a land division or subdivision.
SUBDIVISION
The division of a lot or parcel of land for the purpose of
ownership transfer or building development, where:
(1)
The act of division creates five or more parcels or building
sites of 15 acres each or less in area; or
(2)
The act of division creates five or more parcels or building
sites of 15 acres or less in area by successive divisions within a
period of five years.
URBAN SERVICE AREA
That area which the Village Board has designated as the area
within which it expects the provision of the full range of urban facilities
and services. For purposes of this chapter, the full range of services
include, but is not limited to, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, water
supply and distribution, fire service and police, parks and open space,
recreation, schools and transportation. PRC approval is also required
for the urban service area.
UTILITY EASEMENT
An easement to place, replace, maintain or move utility facilities.
VILLAGE
The Village of Blue Mounds, Wisconsin, or its elected Village
Board.
VILLAGE BOARD
The Village Board of the Village of Blue Mounds, Wisconsin.
ZONING CODE
Village of Blue Mounds Zoning Ordinance, Chapter
385 of the Village Code.