These regulations are adopted under the authority granted by § 236.45, Wis. Stats.
The purpose of this chapter is to regulate and control the division of land within the corporate limits of the Village of Williams Bay, Wisconsin, and its extraterritorial plat approval jurisdiction in order to promote the public health, safety, morals, prosperity, aesthetics, and general welfare of the Village and its environs.
It is the general intent of this chapter to regulate the division of land so as to:
A. 
Obtain the wise use, conservation, protection, and proper development of the Village'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;
B. 
Lessen congestion in the streets and highways;
C. 
Further the orderly layout and appropriate use of land;
D. 
Secure safety from fire, panic, and other dangers;
E. 
Provide adequate light and air;
F. 
Facilitate adequate provision for housing, transportation, water supply, stormwater, wastewater, schools, parks, playgrounds, and other public facilities and services;
G. 
Secure safety from flooding, water pollution, disease, and other hazards;
H. 
Prevent flood damage to persons and properties and minimize expenditures for flood relief and flood control projects;
I. 
Prevent and control erosion, sedimentation, and other pollution of surface and subsurface waters;
J. 
Preserve natural vegetation and cover and promote the natural beauty of the Village;
K. 
Restrict building sites in areas covered by poor soils or in other areas poorly suited for development;
L. 
Facilitate the further division of larger tracts into smaller parcels of land;
M. 
Ensure adequate legal description and proper survey monumentation of subdivided land;
N. 
Provide for the administration and enforcement of this chapter and provide penalties for its violation; and
O. 
Implement those municipal, county, watershed, or regional Comprehensive Plans or their components adopted by the Village, and in general to facilitate enforcement of Village development standards as set forth in the adopted regional, county, and local Comprehensive Plans, adopted plan components, Chapter 390, Zoning, and Village Building Code[1] of the Village of Williams Bay, Wisconsin.
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Editor's Note: See Ch. 153, Building Construction.
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 laws. 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 Village and shall not be deemed a limitation or repeal of any other power granted by the Wisconsin Statutes.
If any section, provision, or portion of this chapter is adjudged unconstitutional or invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of this chapter shall not be affected thereby.
The Village does not guarantee, warrant, or represent that only those areas delineated as floodlands on plats and certified survey maps will be subject to periodic inundation, nor does the Village 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 Village Board of Trustees, 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.
All other ordinances or parts of ordinances of the Village inconsistent or conflicting with this chapter, to the extent of the inconsistency only, are hereby repealed.
This chapter shall be known as, referred to, or cited as the "Land Division Ordinance, Village of Williams Bay, Walworth County, Wisconsin."