The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter,
shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where
the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
ALLEY
A public right-of-way which normally affords a secondary
means of vehicular access to abutting property.
ARTERIAL STREET
A street which provides for the movement of relatively heavy
traffic to, from, or within the City. It has a secondary function
of providing access to abutting land.
BLOCK
An area of land within a subdivision that is entirely bounded
by a combination of streets, exterior boundary lines of the subdivision,
and streams and water bodies.
COLLECTOR STREET
A street which collects and distributes internal traffic
within an urban area, such as a residential neighborhood, between
arterial and minor streets. It provides access to abutting property.
COMMISSION
The Plan Commission created by the Common Council pursuant to § 62.23, Wis. Stats., and governed by Chapter
10, Article
III, of the City Code.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
A Comprehensive Plan prepared by the City indicating the
general locations recommended for the various functional classes of
land use, places and structures, and for the general physical development
of the City, and includes any unit or part of such plan separately
adopted and any amendment to such plan or parts thereof, and prepared
under the authority of §§ 62.23 and 66.1001, Wis. Stats.
CUL-DE-SAC
A short street having but one end open to traffic and the
other end being permanently terminated in a vehicular turnaround.
DIVISION OF LAND
The division of a tract or parcel of land into two or more
parcels of land by conveyance, plat, survey, or for tax purposes.
The conveyance of an easement, other than a public highway easement,
shall not be considered a division of land for purposes of this chapter.
EASEMENT
The right of a specific non-owner, the government, or the
general public to use part of the land in a particular way. This right
stays with the land when it is sold unless specific provisions to
the contrary are specified in the creation of the easement.
FINAL PLAT
The final map, drawing, or chart on which the subdivider's
plan of subdivision is presented for approval and which, if approved,
will be recorded with the Trempealeau County Register of Deeds. Said
plat must conform to all state laws.
FRONTAGE STREET
A minor street auxiliary to and located on the side of an
arterial street for control of access.
IMPROVEMENT, PUBLIC
Any sanitary sewer, storm sewer, open channel, water main,
electric power, street, roadway, streetlights, park, sidewalk, pedestrianway,
planting strip, or other facility for which the City may ultimately
assume the responsibility for maintenance and operation.
LOT
A parcel of land having frontage on a public street, occupied
or intended to be occupied by a principal structure or use and sufficient
in size to meet lot width, lot frontage, lot area, yard, parking area,
and other open space provisions of this chapter and any applicable
zoning ordinance.
LOT AREA
The area contained within the exterior boundaries of a lot
excluding streets, easements, and land under navigable water as measured
downward from the ordinary high-water mark.
LOT, CORNER
A lot abutting intersecting streets at their intersection.
LOT LINES
The peripheral boundaries of a lot as defined herein.
LOT, REVERSED CORNER
A corner lot which is oriented so that it has its rear lot
line coincident with or parallel to the side lot line of the interior
lot immediately to its rear.
LOT, THROUGH
A lot having a pair of opposite lot lines along two more
or less parallel public streets and which is not a corner lot. On
a through lot, both street lines shall be deemed front lot lines.
LOT WIDTH
The width of a parcel of land measured along the front setback
line under the applicable zoning ordinance.
MAJOR THOROUGHFARE
A street used or intended to be used primarily for fast or
heavy through traffic. Major thoroughfares shall include freeways,
expressways, and other highways and parkways, as well as arterial
streets.
MARGINAL ACCESS STREET
A street which is parallel to and adjacent to major thoroughfares
and which provides access to abutting properties and protection from
traffic on the major thoroughfare.
MINOR STREET
A street used, or intended to be used, primarily for access
to abutting properties.
OWNER
A natural person, firm, association, partnership, private
corporation, limited liability company (LLC), public or quasi-public
corporation, or combination of these.
PEDESTRIAN PATHWAY or SIDEWALK
A public way which is intended for the convenience of pedestrians
only; it may also provide public right-of-way for utilities.
PLAT
The map, drawing, or chart on which the subdivider's plat
of subdivision is presented to the City for approval.
PRELIMINARY PLAT
The preliminary plat map, drawing or chart indicating the
proposed layout of the subdivision to be submitted to the Common Council
for its consideration as to compliance with the Comprehensive Plan
and the regulations of this chapter along with required supporting
data.
PROTECTIVE COVENANT
Contracts entered into between private parties which constitute
a restriction on the use of all private property within a subdivision
for the benefit of the property owners and to provide mutual protection
against undesirable aspects of development which would tend to impair
stability of values.
REPLAT
The process of changing, or a map or plat which changes,
the boundaries of a recorded subdivision plat or part thereof.
RURAL SECTION
A design for a road or street that does not include curb
and gutter but does include pavement and stormwater management practices
approved by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
SHORELANDS
Those lands within the following distances: 1,000 feet from
the ordinary high-water elevation of navigable lakes, ponds, and flowages
or 300 feet from the high-water elevation of navigable streams or
to the landward side of the floodplain, whichever is greater.
SKETCH PLAT
A scaled drawing showing the proposed street layout and lot
arrangement of a possible minor subdivision or major subdivision,
and shall include proposed housing density and any other infrastructure
and/or improvements.
SUBDIVIDER
Any person, firm, or corporation, or any agent thereof, dividing
or proposing to divide land resulting in a major subdivision, minor
subdivision, or replat.
SUBDIVISION, MAJOR
The division of a parcel or tract of land where the act of
division creates five or more lots, including by successive divisions
within a five-year period. All major subdivisions shall comply with
the terms of this chapter, including both the preliminary and final
plat requirements.
SUBDIVISION, MINOR
The division of a parcel of land into not more than four
parcels, including by successive divisions within a five-year period.
A minor subdivision shall be subject only to the preliminary plat
review and approval procedure.
TEMPORARY
A period of time to be determined by the Common Council.
WETLANDS
Those lands which are partially or wholly covered by marshland
flora and generally covered with shallow standing water or lands which
are wet and spongy due to high water table and which include the "wetland"
definition of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
WISCONSIN STATUTES and ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
The Wisconsin state statutes, including Chapter
236, and the rules of administrative agencies having rule-making authority in the State of Wisconsin, including subsequent amendments and recodifications of said statutes and administrative codes.