A.
Introduction. In accordance with the authority granted by §§ 236.13(1)(b)
and 236.45 of the Wisconsin Statutes and for the purposes listed in
§§ 236.01 and 236.45 of the Wisconsin Statutes, the
Common Council of the City of Princeton, Wisconsin, does hereby ordain
as follows:
(1)
The provisions of this chapter shall be held to be minimum requirements
adopted to promote the health, safety, morals, comfort, prosperity
and general welfare of the City of Princeton.
(2)
This chapter shall not repeal, impair or modify private covenants
or public ordinances, except that it shall apply whenever it imposes
stricter restrictions on land use.
B.
Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to regulate and control the
division of land within the corporate limits of the City of Princeton,
Wisconsin, and its extraterritorial plat approval jurisdiction in
order to promote the public health, safety, morals, prosperity, aesthetics,
and general welfare of the City and its environs.
C.
Intent. It is the general intent of this chapter to regulate the
division of land so as to:
(1)
Obtain the wise use, conservation, protection, and proper development
of the City's soil, water, wetland, woodland, and wildlife resources
and attain a proper adjustment of land use and development to the
supporting and sustaining natural resource base;
(2)
Lessen congestion in the streets and highways;
(3)
Further the orderly layout and appropriate use of land;
(4)
Secure safety from fire, panic and other dangers;
(5)
Provide adequate light and air;
(6)
Facilitate adequate provision for housing, transportation, water
supply, stormwater, wastewater, schools, parks, playgrounds, and other
facilities and services;
(7)
Secure safety from flooding, water pollution, disease and other hazards;
(8)
Prevent flood damage to persons and properties and minimize expenditures
for flood relief and flood control projects;
(9)
Prevent and control erosion, sedimentation, and other pollution of
surface and subsurface waters;
(10)
Preserve natural vegetation and cover and promote the natural
beauty of the City;
(11)
Restrict building sites in areas covered by poor soils or in
other areas poorly suited for development;
(12)
Facilitate the further division of larger tracts into smaller
parcels of land;
(13)
Ensure adequate legal description and proper survey monumentation
of subdivided land;
(14)
Provide for the administration and enforcement of this chapter;
(15)
Provide penalties for its violations; and
(16)
Implement those municipal, county, watershed, or regional Comprehensive
Plans or their components adopted by the City, and in general to facilitate
enforcement of City development standards as set forth in the adopted
regional, county, and local Comprehensive Plans, adopted plan components,
City Zoning Code and City Building Code[1] of the City of Princeton, Wisconsin.
It is not intended by this chapter to repeal, abrogate, annul,
impair, or interfere with any existing easements, covenants, agreements,
rules, regulations or permits previously adopted or issued pursuant
to law. However, where this chapter imposes greater restrictions,
the provisions of this chapter shall govern.
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 City of Princeton and shall not be deemed
a limitation or repeal of any other power granted by the Wisconsin
Statutes.
This chapter shall be known as, referred to, or cited as the
"City of Princeton Subdivision Chapter" or "City of Princeton Land
Division and Subdivision Chapter."
The City of Princeton does not guarantee, warrant, or represent
that only those areas delineated as floodlands on plats and certified
survey maps will be subject of periodic inundation, nor does the City
guarantee, warrant, or represent that the soils shown to be unsuited
for a given land use from tests required by the chapter are the only
unsuited soils within the jurisdiction of this chapter; and thereby
asserts that there is no liability on the part of the Common Council,
its agencies, or employees for flooding problems, sanitation problems,
or structural damages that may occur as a result of reliance upon,
and conformance with, this chapter.
