A preliminary plat shall be required for all subdivisions and
shall be based upon a survey by a professional land surveyor and the
plat prepared on reproducible material at a scale of not more than
one inch to 100 feet and shall show correctly on its face the following
information:
A. Title under which the proposed subdivision is to be recorded.
B. Legal description and general location of proposed subdivision and
relative location to a nearby municipality.
C. Date, scale and North arrow.
D. Names and addresses of the owners, subdivider and land surveyor preparing
the plat.
E. Entire area contiguous to the proposed plat owned or controlled by
the subdivider shall be included on the preliminary plat even though
only a portion of the area is proposed for immediate development.
F. Length and bearing of the exterior boundaries of the proposed subdivision
referenced to a corner established in the U.S. Public Land Survey
and the total acreage encompassed thereby.
G. Contours at vertical intervals of not more than two feet where the
slope of the ground surface is less than 10% and of not more than
five feet where the slope of the ground surface is 10% or more. Elevations
shall be marked on such contours based on mean sea level datum.
H. Water elevations of adjoining lakes and streams at the date of the
survey, approximate high and low water elevation, and FEMA's one-hundred-year-floodplain
elevation, all referred to the same datum used for the contours.
I. Location, right-of-way width and name of all existing and proposed
streets, alleys or other public ways, easements, railroad and utility
rights-of-way and all section and quarter-section lines within the
exterior boundaries of the plat or immediately adjacent thereto.
J. Locations and names of any subdivisions, parks, schools and cemeteries
and owners of record of abutting unplatted lands within 300 feet of
the exterior boundary of the plat.
K. Type, width and elevation of any existing street pavements within
the exterior boundaries of the plat or immediately adjacent thereto,
together with any legally established center-line elevations, all
to the datum used for the contours.
L. Location, size and invert elevation of any existing sanitary or storm
sewers, culverts and drainpipes; the location of manholes, catch basins,
hydrants, and power and telephone poles; and location and size of
any existing water and gas mains within the exterior boundaries of
the plat or immediately adjacent thereto. If no sewer or water mains
are located on or immediately adjacent to the tract, the nearest such
sewers or water which might be extended to serve the tract shall be
indicated by their direction and distance from the tract, size, and
invert elevations.
M. Locations of all existing property boundary lines, structures, driveways,
streams and watercourses, flowing wells and springs, marshes, rock
outcrops, wooded areas, railroad tracks and other similar significant
features within the tract being subdivided or immediately adjacent
thereto.
N. Dimensions of all lots, together with proposed lot and block numbers.
O. Location and dimensions of any sites to be reserved or dedicated
for parks, playgrounds, drainageways, or other public use or which
are to be used for group housing, shopping centers, church sites or
other nonpublic uses not requiring lotting.
Q. Existing zoning and proposed use on and adjacent to the proposed
subdivision.
S. Any proposed lake and stream access with a small drawing clearly
indicating the location of the proposed subdivision in relation to
the access.
T. Any proposed lake and stream improvement or relocation and proposed
filling, grading, lagooning and dredging within the exterior boundaries
of the plat and the notice of application for Wisconsin Department
of Natural Resources approval, when applicable.
V. Sanitary sewer service area boundary, when applicable.