A. 
Areas regulated by this chapter shall include all unincorporated areas within Green Lake County, except areas where a town has enacted land division/subdivision regulations pursuant to § 236.45, Wis. Stats., and/or a municipality exercises extraterritorial plat approval jurisdiction.
B. 
The provisions of this chapter shall apply in all incorporated areas that have, under § 66.0301, Wis. Stats., entered into an agreement with Green Lake County for the cooperative exercise of the authority to approve subdivision plats.
Any subdivider creating land divisions or land combinations within the jurisdictional limits of this chapter shall not be entitled to recording unless such division or combination is in compliance with the provisions of this chapter and the following, where applicable:
A. 
Provisions of Chapter 236 Wis. Stats., Platting Lands and Recording and Vacating Plats.
B. 
Provisions of Chapter 217, Road Names and Building Numbers, Code of Green Lake County.
C. 
Provisions of Chapter 284, Construction Site Erosion Control and Stormwater Management, Code of Green Lake County.
D. 
Provisions of Chapter 334, Private Sewage Systems, Code of Green Lake County.
E. 
Provisions of Chapter 338, Shoreland Zoning, Code of Green Lake County.
F. 
Provisions of Chapter 350, Zoning, Code of Green Lake County.
G. 
Duly approved Green Lake County Comprehensive Plan.
H. 
Other local and County Ordinances as may be applicable.
The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all subdivisions, land divisions and land combinations.
A. 
Subdivision. A subdivision as defined in this chapter shall be created by subdivision plat in accordance with Ch. 236, Wis. Stats., and the provisions of this chapter.
B. 
Land division. A land division as defined in this chapter shall be created in accordance with § 236.34, Wis. Stats., where applicable, and the provisions of this chapter.
(1) 
All land divisions, except subdivision plats and any exceptions described in § 315-15, 15 acres or less in size shall be created by certified survey map in compliance with § 236.34, Wis. Stats., and the provisions of this chapter.
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(2) 
Land divisions more than 15 acres in size may be created by a subdivision plat, certified survey map, or a recorded deed.
(3) 
For the purpose of this chapter a lot or parcel is considered to have been created as a remnant where an entire lot or parcel of record has not been conveyed. As such the remnant from a lot or parcel conveyance shall meet the provisions of this chapter or may be combined with a contiguous lot or parcel in such a manner to create one lot or parcel.
C. 
Land combinations. All combinations of lots and/or parcels shall be created as follows:
(1) 
Combinations that result in a new lot or parcel that is 15 acres or less in area shall be created by certified survey map.
(2) 
Combinations that result in a new lot or parcel that is more than 15 acres in size may be created by a recorded deed in the Register of Deeds office or by certified survey map.
(3) 
Combinations of any lots or parcels where one area of land is a certified survey map shall require the new lot or parcel to be created by certified survey map regardless of the combined lot or parcel area.
D. 
Boundary lines of a lot within a subdivision plat or certified survey map that change contiguous ownership shall require a new certified survey map.
Pursuant to § 236.45, Wis. Stats., the provisions of this chapter that apply to divisions of land being less than five lots or parcels shall not apply to the following:
A. 
Transfers of interests in land by will or pursuant to court order;
B. 
Leases for a term not to exceed 10 years, mortgages or easements;
C. 
The sale or exchange of lots or parcels of land between owners of adjoining property if additional lots or parcels are not thereby created and the lots or parcels resulting are not reduced below the minimum sizes required by this chapter or other applicable laws or ordinances.
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(1) 
In order to qualify as an exception as described in Subsection C above the following process shall be completed:
(a) 
A meets and bounds description shall be prepared by a Wisconsin professional land surveyor describing the lands being sold or exchanged.
(b) 
A deed, shall be recorded in the Green Lake County Register of Deeds Office transferring ownership of the lands being sold or exchanged.
(c) 
Immediately following the deed described in Subsection C(1)(b) above, a deed, shall be recorded combining into one land area the owner's principal lot or parcel with the lands being sold or exchanged. The required combination language shall state that "All lands described in this document shall be considered one land area for the purposes of real property listing, assessment, taxation and land use regulations. Separation or division of this land area shall only occur in compliance with the applicable Green Lake County ordinances and regulations affecting the combined land area."
(2) 
Strictly for the purpose of applying building setbacks, the process described in Subsection C(1)(a) through (c) above shall have the effect of eliminating any internal lot lines associated with the resultant combined land area from being used in the application of structure or building setbacks.
D. 
Such other divisions exempted by such ordinances.