The following definitions shall be applicable to this chapter:
General farming, including dairying, livestock and poultry
raising, nurseries, greenhouses, vegetable warehouses or other similar
enterprises or uses, except fur farms and farms primarily operated
for the disposal or reduction of garbage, sewage, rubbish or offal,
provided that no greenhouse or building for the housing of livestock
or poultry shall be located within 100 feet of any boundary of a residential
lot other than that of the owner or lessee of such greenhouse or building
containing such livestock or poultry.
A public right-of-way which normally affords a secondary
means of vehicular access to abutting property.
A street which provides for the movement of relatively heavy
traffic to, from, and within the Town. It has a secondary function
of providing access to abutting land.
An area of land within a subdivision that is entirely bounded
by a combination or combinations of streets, exterior boundary lines
of the subdivision and streams or bodies of water.
The area within which structures are permitted to be built
on a lot, as defined by the existing ground level, all applicable
setback, side yard and rear yard requirements (notwithstanding any
variances, special exceptions, or special or conditional uses in effect)
and any Land Use Plan and Town ordinances adopted by the Town.
Person or persons holding the required state certifications
and employed by (or agent for) the Town of New Glarus for the purpose
of inspecting and determining compliance with Town, county, state,
extra territorial zoning, and federal rules and regulation pertaining
to construction and placement of new, remodeled, relocated, revised
or demolished structures within the Town of New Glarus.
A chronological number assigned by the Plan Administrator
for any land division proposal scheduled for a regular or special
meeting of the Plan Commission.
[Added 12-9-2020]
A map or plan of record of a minor subdivision meeting all
the requirements of § 236.34, Wis. Stats., the Green County
Land Division Ordinance and this chapter.
A form of residential development that concentrates building
sites on parts of the parcel and allows 85% of the parcel to be used
for open space. A cluster development shall consist of one or more
cluster groups. Each cluster group shall contain a minimum of three
lots.
A shape used to confirm a proposed lot within a development
complies with the principles of a cluster development. A cluster envelope
shall conform to the following:
[Added 12-9-2020]
A group of single-family detached dwellings within a cluster
development where each cluster envelope has at least one contiguous
point with an adjoining envelope within the cluster group.
[Amended 12-9-2020]
A street which collects and distributes internal traffic
within an urban area, such as a residential neighborhood, between
arterial and local streets.
Buildings that are suitable for trade or commerce; the interchange
of goods or commodities.
A short street having but one end open to traffic and the other end being permanently terminated in a vehicular turnaround. Note: Cul-de-sac design standards are provided in § 75-3 of the Town Code. Lot layout and use requirements for Cul-de-sacs are provided in this chapter.
[Amended 12-9-2020]
Any action which creates a subdivision by plat, certified
survey, metes and bounds description or which makes substandard an
original parcel.
The area of land set aside or over or through which a liberty,
privilege or advantage in land, distinct from ownership of the land,
is granted to the public or some particular person or part of the
public.
The total contiguous acreage which exists under single ownership
at the time of approval of the Land Use Plan. (October 13, 1997).
Certified survey maps recorded prior to October 13, 1997, are excluded
from existing parcel.
The date the land developer first completes formal filing
with the Plan Commission; the date of the meeting where the case number
is published on an agenda. This application date is not less than
60 days after the preliminary plat is submitted to the Town Clerk.
[Added 12-9-2020]
A local street auxiliary to and located on the side of an
arterial street for control of access and for service to the abutting
development.
An open area of land, 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, and park development.
Any sanitary sewer, storm sewer, open channel, water main,
roadway, park, parkway, public access, sidewalk, pedestrianway, planting
strip or other facility for which the Town may ultimately assume the
responsibility for maintenance and operation.
Buildings suitable for housing or accommodating industry
with productive labor.
See definition for "division of land/land division."
Also known or referred to as "Master Plan," as defined below.
Allow residential, commercial or industrial developments
on lots that are 2.0 acres or greater and comply with Green County
Zoning or Extra Territorial Zoning.
A street of little or no continuity designed to provide access
to abutting property and leading into collector streets.
A parcel of land defined by survey, certified survey map,
metes and bounds or plat having access on a public street or other
officially approved means of access, occupied or intended to be occupied
by a principal structure or use and sufficient in size to meet the
lot width, lot frontage, lot area, yard, parking area, location guides
and other open space provisions of this chapter and any applicable
zoning ordinance.
The area contained within the exterior boundaries of a lot,
excluding streets and land under navigable bodies of water.
The peripheral boundaries of a lot as defined herein.
The width of a parcel of land measured along the front boundary
line.
A lot abutting intersecting streets at their intersection.
Lots as defined pre-ordinance and meeting county, state and Town ordinances [except § 110-32A(1)(b)].
Due to size, location in open space, or defined as substandard.
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.
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.
A plan for guiding and shaping the growth and development
of the Town of New Glarus which has been adopted by the Town Board.
Also known as or referred to as "Land Use Plan" and the "Amended Town
of New Glarus Land Use Plan dated August 20, 1999."
Buildings used for support of a municipal use which are owned
and operated by a town, village, county or school district.
[Added 4-12-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-02]
Uses of land by a town, village, county or school district
to include, but not be limited to, active and passive recreation activities
and structures, operation of facilities and structures for the maintenance
of parks, natural areas, and roads, and other similar public or community
uses.
[Added 4-12-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-02]
One building site per 35 acres of existing parcel.
The 85% or more of the existing parcel (or 91% of the original
parcel in a large lot division) that remains undeveloped or free of
residential, industrial or commercial structures. Permitted uses of
open space are agriculture, recreation, passive recreation use, municipal
use, and preservation of environmentally sensitive features.
[Amended 4-12-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-02]
Includes the plural as well as the singular and may mean
either a natural person, firm, association, partnership, private corporation,
public or quasi-public corporation, or a combination of these.
Uses of open space to include but not limited to wildlife
sanctuary, forest preserve, nature centers, trails, prairie areas
and similar uses (hunting, birding, etc.).
Person appointed by the Town Board to assist developer during
consultations prior to developer meeting with the Plan Commission.
The Town of New Glarus Plan Commission as appointed by the
Supervisors of the Town of New Glarus. The Plan Commission shall consist
of seven members. Initially three members shall be appointed to three-year
terms, two to two-year terms and two to one-year terms. Thereafter
the members shall be appointed to three-year terms. The Plan Commission
shall review subdivisions as outlined in this chapter and make recommendations
to the Town Board. (See "Technical Review Committee.")
The map or drawing on which the land divider's plat of subdivision
is presented to the Town for approval.
The final map or drawing on which the land divider's plan
of subdivision is presented for approval and which, if approved, will
be submitted to the County Register of Deeds for recordation.
The preliminary plat map or drawing indicating the proposed
layout of the subdivision to be submitted to the Plan Commission and
Town Board for their consideration as to compliance with the regulations
contained in this chapter along with required supporting data.
Contracts entered into between private parties or between
private parties and public bodies pursuant to § 236.293,
Wis. Stats., which constitute a restriction on the use of all private
or platted property within a certified survey or subdivision for the
benefit of the public or property owners and to provide mutual protection
against the undesirable aspects of development which would tend to
impair the stability of property values.
Property remaining after lots and open space are defined.
Uses shall be the same as open space uses.
The process of changing, or a map or plat which changes,
the boundaries of a recorded plat or a part thereof. The legal dividing
of a block, lot or outlot within a recorded subdivision plat without
changing the exterior boundaries of such block, lot or outlot is not
a replat.
Buildings suitable for residence; a place of abode meeting
all current codes.
A board established under § 60.74, Wis. Stats.
Those lands within the following distances: 1,000 feet from
the 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.
Any person, firm or corporation, or any agent thereof, dividing
or proposing to divide land in accordance with "land division" definition
above.
Any land division that has a potential for five or more building
sites.
[Amended 12-9-2020]
The division of land by the owner or land divider resulting
in the creation of not more than four parcels or building sites.
[Amended 12-9-2020]
A committee appointed by the Town Board to assist in preliminary site suitability review for land divisions. The Committee may include, but is not limited to, the Town Engineer, the Town Building Inspector, members of the Planning Commission, the Plan Administrator, and other technical experts or residents of the Town. The Technical Review Committee reviews land divisions for conformance with § 110-7; confirms the proposed land splits are available and in conformance with the Town Land Use Plan; and provides initial recommendations regarding the type of land division (CSM, Major, Minor, Cluster) and layout of lots, roads and outlots.
[Amended 12-9-2020]
The Town of New Glarus, Green County, Wisconsin.
An area where water is at, near or above the land surface
long enough to be capable of supporting aquatic or hydrophytic vegetation
and which has soils indicative of wet conditions. [See § 23.32(1),
Wis. Stats.]
The rules of the administrative agencies having rule-making
authority in Wisconsin, published in a loose-leaf, continual revision
system, as directed by § 35.93 and Ch. 227, Wis. Stats.,
including subsequent amendments to those rules.
