Village of Mount Pleasant, WI Design Standards

General requirements. In any new land division or condominium, the street layout shall conform to the arrangement, width, type, and location indicated on the adopted county jurisdictional highway system plan, the adopted Village official map, or the adopted Village Comprehensive Plan or plan component. In areas for which such plans have not been completed, or are of insufficient detail, the street layout shall recognize the functional classification of the various types of streets and shall be developed and located in proper relation to existing and proposed streets, to the topography, to such natural features as streams and existing trees, to public convenience and safety, to the proposed use of the land to be served by such streets, and to the most advantageous development of adjoining areas. The land division or condominium shall be designed to provide each lot with satisfactory frontage on a public street.

Arterial streets shall be arranged to provide ready access to centers of employment, centers of governmental activity, community shopping areas, community recreation, and points beyond the boundaries of the community. They shall also be properly integrated with and related to the existing and planned system of arterial streets and highways and shall be, insofar as practicable, continuous and in alignment with existing or planned streets with which they are to connect.

Collector streets shall be arranged to provide ready collection of traffic from residential areas and conveyance of this traffic to the arterial street and highway system and shall be properly related to the arterial streets to which they connect.

Land access or minor land access streets shall be arranged to conform to the topography, to discourage use by through automobile traffic, to permit the design of efficient storm and sanitary sewerage systems, and to require the minimum street area necessary to provide safe and convenient access to abutting property.

Proposed streets shall extend to the boundary lines of the lot, parcel, or tract being subdivided or developed unless prevented by topography or other physical conditions or unless, in the opinion of the Plan Commission, such extension is not necessary or desirable for the coordination of the layout of the land division or condominium or for the advantageous development of adjacent lands.

Arterial street and highway protection. Whenever an existing or planned arterial street or highway is located adjacent to or within a proposed land division or condominium, adequate protection of residential lots, limitation of access to the arterial street or highway, and separation of through and local traffic shall be provided by alleys, frontage streets, or cul-de-sac or loop streets. A restricted non-access easement along any property line abutting an arterial street or highway may be required [See §§ 74-7.3(a) and 74-7.9(d)]. Permanent screening or landscape plantings may be required in any restricted non-access area.

Development control or reserve strips shall not be allowed on any plat or certified survey map to control access to streets or alleys, except where control of such strips is placed with the Village under conditions approved by the Plan Commission or the County or State highway department having jurisdiction.

Access shall be provided in commercial, industrial, and mixed-use areas for off-street loading/unloading and service areas.

Street names shall be approved by the Village and shall not duplicate or be similar to existing street names elsewhere in the Village, unless the proposed streets are extensions or continuations of others already in existence and, therefore, shall bear the names of the existing streets. Where an adopted Village or county street address system plan exists, the street names shall be assigned in accordance with the recommendations of such plan or plans. Street shall not be named after adjacent businesses or landowners.

§ 74-7.3 Limited access highway and railroad right-of-way treatments.

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Whenever a proposed land division or condominium contains or is adjacent to a limited access highway or railroad right-of-way the design shall provide the following treatment:

Non-access easement and planting area: When lots within a proposed land division or condominium back upon the right-of-way of an existing or planned limited access highway or railroad, a non-access easement [see § 74-7.9(d)] and planting area (sometimes called a landscaped buffer yard or strip) at least 50 feet in depth and/or width shall be provided adjacent to the highway or railroad right-of-way. The minimum lot depth and/or width required by the Village Zoning Ordinance shall be increased where applicable by 50 feet to accommodate the non-access easement and planting area. The design of the planting area, including fences and walls, shall be similar or compatible with the character of adjacent properties. This non-access easement and planting area shall be a part of all lots adjacent to applicable rights-of-way and shall have the following restriction lettered on the face of the plat or certified survey map: "This area is reserved for the planting of trees and shrubs. Pedestrian, bicycle, and other recreation trail facilities and access may be allowed. No motor vehicle access shall be permitted across this area, except those for personal assistance mobility devices for individuals with mobility disabilities. The building of structures, except fences or walls for screening or buffering purposes and public or private utility structures, is prohibited hereon."

In commercial and industrial zoning districts, streets shall be provided on each side of a limited access highway or railroad right-of-way that are approximately parallel to and at a suitable distance from such highway or railroad. Not less than 150 feet shall be provided to allow for the appropriate use of the land between such streets and the highway or railroad.

Streets parallel to a limited access highway or railroad right-of-way, when intersecting an arterial or collector street which crosses said highway, shall be located at a minimum distance of 250 feet from said street or railroad right-of-way or at a distance as determined by the Public Works Director. Such distance, where desirable and practicable, shall be determined with due consideration of the minimum distance required for the future separation of grades by means of desirable approach gradients.

Land access streets immediately adjacent and parallel to arterial streets and railroad rights-of-way shall be avoided in residential areas.

Cross- and shared-accesses. See § 74-7.9(d).

§ 74-7.4 Street, bicycle, and pedestrian/recreation way design standards.

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Cross-sections. The minimum right-of-way and roadway width of all proposed streets and alleys shall be as specified by the comprehensive plan or component thereof, official map, neighborhood development plan, or county jurisdictional highway system plan, and in accordance with plans and specifications approved by the Village and, if applicable, county. If no dimensions are specified therein, the minimum right-of-way and roadway dimensions shall conform to the Village adopted street standards in consultation with and approval of the Public Works Director.

Arterial street and highway cross-section standards shall not apply to freeways and expressways. Cross-sections for arterials streets, highways, freeways, and expressways shall be based on detailed preliminary engineering studies approved by the local, county, or state government agency having jurisdiction.

Note: Eventually a dimension may be selected from the range of dimensions provided in Tables 1 or 2 as decided on a case-by-case basis while considering various determining factors such as snow storage capability; site characteristics including locations of any floodplains, wetlands, or steep slopes; provision of areas for medians, utilities, street trees, and parking spaces; and accommodating bicycle, passing, or acceleration/decelerations lanes, among other factors. The standards in Tables 1 and 2 should not be used to require all streets to be built to the narrower or wider width while disregarding important factors, but should be applied properly by considering the site conditions, street features, and crucial design standards for the proposed street.

7.4.3. Table 1: Required Urban Cross-Sections for Streets and Other Pubic Ways¹
Type of Street or Public Way	Minimum Right-of-Way Width to be Dedicated²		Minimum Roadway, Terrace, Sidewalk, and Related Widths
Arterial streets³	•	90 to 130 feet for four travel lanes	•	As determined by the Public Works Director
	•	80 to 90 feet for two travel lanes, or as required by the Village Official Map or Comprehensive Plan
Collector streets	•	60 to 80 feet	•	36- to 48-foot pavement⁴ (face of curb to face of curb)
			•	6- to 9-foot terraces
			•	5- to 6-foot sidewalks
			•	1-foot sidewalk buffers
Land access streets	•	60 to 66 feet	•	28- to 36-foot pavement⁵ (face of curb to face of curb)
			•	8- to 10-foot terraces
			•	5- to 6-foot sidewalks⁶
			•	1-foot sidewalk buffers
Minor land access streets	•	40 to 50 feet⁷	•	28-foot pavement (face of curb to face of curb)
			•	5-foot terraces
			•	4- to 5-foot sidewalks
			•	1-foot sidewalk buffers
Alley	•	25 feet	•	20-foot pavement
			•	2.5-foot buffers
Cul-de-sac with island	•	75-foot outside radius	•	58-foot outside curb radius
			•	34-foot radius for center island
			•	24-foot pavement (face of curb to face of curb)
			•	8.5-foot terraces
			•	5-foot sidewalks
			•	1-foot sidewalk buffers
Cul-de-sac without island	•	75-foot outside radius	•	58-foot outside curb radius
			•	8.5-foot terraces
			•	5-foot sidewalks
			•	1-foot sidewalk buffers
Pedestrian and bicycle/recreation ways	•	20 feet⁸	•	10 to 12-foot pavement⁹
			•	4 to 5-foot buffers

7.4.4. Table 2: Required Rural Cross-Sections for Streets and Other Public Ways¹⁰
Type of Street or Public Way	Minimum Right-of-Way Width to be Dedicated		Minimum Roadway and Related Widths
Arterial streets¹¹	•	120-150 feet for four travel lanes,	•	As determined by the Public Works Director
	•	80-100 feet for two travel lanes, or as required by the Village Official Map or Comprehensive Plan
Collector streets	•	80 feet	•	22 to 24-foot pavement
			•	5 to 6-foot shoulders¹²
			•	22- to 24-foot terraces/drainage swales¹³
Land access streets	•	66 feet	•	18- to 22-foot pavement
			•	3- to 4-foot shoulders
			•	18- to 21-foot terraces/drainage swales
			•	58-foot outside pavement radius
			•	34-foot radius for center island
			•	18-foot pavement
			•	6-foot shoulders
			•	17-foot terrace/drainage swales
Cul-de-sac without island	•	75-foot outside radius	•	18-foot pavement
			•	6-foot shoulders
			•	17-foot terrace/drainage swales
Pedestrian and bicycle/recreation ways	•	20 feet¹⁴	•	8- to 12-foot pavement¹⁵
			•	4- to 6-foot buffers

NOTES:
¹	An urban street is a street having a cross-section improved with vertical face curb and gutter and storm sewer, and may have curb cut openings and other green stormwater infrastructure features.
²	Right-of-way widths are only for "standard" streets-of-way. Streets to be located, for example, near steep terrain or intended to accommodate medians, parking spaces, pedestrian/recreation paths, or bicycle, auxiliary, passing, and acceleration/deceleration lanes may require wider street rights-of-way while providing sufficient terrace area for utilities (including green stormwater infrastructures), snow storage, and street tree root systems.
³	The number of travel lanes and attendant roadway cross-sections for arterial streets are determined principally by their respective forecast future traffic volumes while considering many other factors.
⁴	A minimum thirty-six-foot pavement width is recommended for collector streets that may be expected to carry fewer than 3,000 vehicles per average weekday, no transit routes, and limited truck traffic. A minimum forty-eight-foot pavement is recommended for collector streets that would carry more than 3,000 vehicles per average weekday, routes for bus traffic, and designated access routes for truck traffic to neighborhood commercial areas. An intermediate pavement width of 38, 40, 42, or 44 feet may be provided on collector streets that do not clearly require the narrower or wider pavements widths, or to address concerns that, during periods of heavy snow, the effective width of the street may be reduced by two to four feet.
⁵	A minimum twenty-eight-foot pavement width is recommended for land access streets that would carry less than 1,500 vehicles per average weekday (i.e., low-density single-family residential areas), no fixed route bus traffic, and little truck traffic. A minimum thirty-six-foot pavement is recommended for land access streets that may be expected to carry more than 1,500 vehicles per average weekday (i.e., higher density single- and multifamily residential, commercial, and industrial areas), routes for transit, and designated access routes for truck traffic to neighborhood commercial areas. An intermediate pavement width of 30, 32, or 34 feet may be provided on land access streets that do not clearly require the narrower or wider pavements widths, or to address concerns that, during periods of heavy snow, the effective width of the street may be reduced by two to four feet.
⁶	Providing sidewalks on one or both sides of the street may be optional for short loop and cul-de-sac streets, or subdivisions with internal pedestrian/recreation paths.
⁷	A forty-to-fifty-foot right-of-way and twenty-eight-foot pavement width for minor land access streets may be applicable on low traffic volume, short loop, and cul-de-sac streets in areas of single-family homes with driveways, with adequate area available on each lot for off-street parking and snow storage, and where no bus or truck traffic other than occasional school buses and service or delivery trucks would be expected to operate over the street.
⁸	Recommended right-of-way width for combined pedestrian and bicycle/recreation ways separate from street rights-of-way.
⁹	The pavement width of pedestrian and bicycle/recreation ways in areas of high use is recommended to be 12 feet or wider depending on the volume and type of users, and the buffer widths decreased accordingly. Buffers should include graded and "cleared" (i.e., gravel, mulch, low ground cover, or mowed grass) "strips" or shoulders about two to three feet wide along each side of pavement.
¹⁰	A rural street is a street having a cross-section containing primarily roadside drainage swales with graded shoulders that may be paved or gravel and, in certain cases, may contain curb and gutter and storm sewer.
¹¹	The number of travel lanes and attendant roadway cross-sections for arterial streets are determined principally by their respective forecast future traffic volumes while considering many other factors, including accommodating medians, pedestrian/recreation paths, or bicycle, passing, and acceleration/deceleration lanes, which may require wider street rights-of-way than "standard" streets.
¹²	Shoulders may be paved or gravel.
¹³	Concrete sidewalks or asphalt pedestrian/recreation paths on one or both sides of any street may be required by the Plan Commission to accommodate anticipated pedestrian/recreation traffic. Such sidewalks or paths shall be located at the outside edge of the terrace/drainage swale, with at least a one-foot wide buffer between the sidewalk or path and outside edge of the street right-of-way, unless otherwise directed by the Plan Commission upon the recommendation of the Public Works Director. Street trees shall not be planted on steep slopes, unless in walled plant beds, and at bottom of swales. Trees could be installed outside of, but within five to 20 feet, depending on species canopy size, of street rights-of-way [with adjoining lot owners' consent] where steep slopes or other physical constraints exist.
¹⁴	Recommended right-of-way width for combined pedestrian and bicycle/recreation ways separate from street rights-of-way.
¹⁵	An eight-foot-wide path is recommended depending on volume of use (i.e., low volumes where fewer than 50 users are anticipated during the peak-use hours), trail design features, and type of users. In areas of high use, a ten-to-twelve-foot wide path may be desirable depending on the type of recreational activities to be accommodated (i.e., movements, including passing, of bicyclists and skaters require more width than pedestrian/hikers). Buffers should include at least two-to three-foot wide graded and "cleared" (i.e., gravel, mulch, low ground cover, or mowed grass) "strips" or shoulders along each side of pavement.

Cul-de-sac streets designed to have one end permanently closed shall not exceed 1,000 feet in length unless provisions are made for adequate emergency access and water main configuration. For lengths proposed to exceed 1,000 feet, the subdivider shall present extraordinary circumstances forcing the use of such lengths due to exceptional environmental constraints, the preservation of hilltops, irregular tract shape, or other limiting factors; however, provisions for adequate emergency access must still be provided.

Cul-de-sac streets shall terminate in a circular, "teardrop," or comparable turnaround having the minimum right-of-way radius as specified in Tables 1 and 2, depending on the type of design configuration, if landscape islands or terrace/drainage swales are provided, and other factors. The design, size, construction, and maintenance of a cul-de-sac shall be determined by the Plan Commission, after considering a recommendation from the Public Works Director, based in part on the minimum design standards specified in Tables 1 and 2. Turnarounds with landscape planting islands, including those in "eyebrow" turnarounds (half circular cul-de-sacs or looped streets), may be allowed and provided that the islands are maintained by private means such as a homeowners' or condominium association. The Village may require curb and gutter around the perimeter of these islands, which may also contain curb openings [also see § 74-8.6(b)].

Temporary termination of streets intended to be extended at a later date shall be accomplished with the construction of a temporary circular- or "T"-shaped turnaround contained within the street right-of-way. Temporary turnarounds must be connected and extended when the adjoining property is developed. If the right-of-way for the temporary turnaround is wider than 60 feet for urban streets and 66 feet for rural streets, then the wider "bump-out" portion shall be a temporary easement that shall eventually be removed or vacated when the subject road is extended and constructed in accordance with the provisions of § 74-8.5 of this Ordinance. Required front yards or building setbacks would be measured from the street right-of-way that is to be permanently dedicated.

Pedestrian and bicycle/recreation ways with a right-of-way, outlot, or public access easement width of not less than 20 feet may be required where deemed necessary by the Plan Commission to provide adequate pedestrian, bicycle, and other recreational circulation or access to schools, parks, shopping centers, churches, or transportation facilities. Pedestrian and bicycle/recreational paths in wooded and wetland areas shall be so designed and constructed as to minimize the removal of noninvasive trees, shrubs, and other vegetation, and to preserve the natural beauty of the area. Also see § 74-8.8 for requirements that may affect such facility design.

Design specifications should be determined during engineering studies for specific street and highway projects, and should be based on recommendations in the most recent edition of the Guide for the development of bicycle facilities, published by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO); the Wisconsin Bicycle Facility Design Handbook, and Facilities Development Manual, published by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation; and the adopted Village Comprehensive Plan and/or component thereof, including bicycle plan components. Signing, traffic control devices, and striping configurations for bicycle facilities should be provided in accordance with the most recent edition of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, also published by AASHTO.

Public access to navigable stream or lake shores. See § 74-7.11(c).

Grades.

Street grades shall be established wherever practicable so as to avoid excessive grading, the indiscriminate removal of ground cover and tree growth, and general leveling of the topography. All changes in street grades that exceed 1% shall be connected by vertical curves that meet the standards for "stopping" sight distance established in the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Official (AASHTO), "A Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets."

(2)

Unless necessitated by exceptional topography and subject to the approval of the Plan Commission, the maximum centerline grade of any street or public way within public street rights-of-way shall not exceed the following:

Arterial streets: 6%.

Collector, land access, and frontage streets and alleys: 8%.

Sidewalks/pedestrian ways: 8%. Where a sidewalk/pedestrian way runs along an existing roadway with a grade that exceeds 8%, the sidewalk/pedestrian way may also exceed 8% but shall be less than or equal to the existing roadway grade in accordance with the Americans with Disability Act Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG).

(3)

The grade of any street shall in no case exceed 12% or be less than 0.5% for streets with an urban cross-section or less than 1% for streets with a rural cross section.

(4)

See § 74-7.5(g) for grades at street intersections.

Crowns. Unless otherwise approved, roadway pavements shall be designed with a centerline crown. Offset crowns or continuous cross-slopes may be utilized upon approval of the Public Works Director. Alley pavements shall be "V"-shaped, with a centerline gutter for drainage. The minimum grade of street crowns shall be 2%.

Radii of curvature.

When a continuous street centerline deflects at any one point by more than 7°, a circular curve shall be introduced having a radius of curvature on said centerline of not less than the following:

Arterial streets and highways: 500 feet.

Collector streets: 300 feet.

Land access streets: 100 feet.

(2)

Minimum curve radii shall be further based on the consideration of traffic speed, sight distances, and other factors. A tangent at least 100 feet in length shall be provided between reverse curves on arterial and collector streets.

(j)

New or reconstructed streets passing through floodplains shall be designed to not be flooded by overflow of streams, rivers, or lakes during a one-percent-annual-probability (100-year recurrence interval) flood event where possible unless an alternative access is provided by streets located outside of such floodplains. Arterial streets and highways under county, state, or federal jurisdiction shall meet the floodplain requirements of the government agency having jurisdiction.

(k)

Bridges and culverts. All new and replacement bridges and culverts over navigable waterways, including pedestrian and other minor bridges, shall be designed so as to accommodate the peak rate of discharge of a one-percent-annual-probability (100-year recurrence interval) flood event without raising the peak stage, either upstream or downstream, established by FEMA. Flood stage increases may be acceptable for reaches having topographic or land use conditions that could accommodate the increased stages without creating additional flood damage potential upstream or downstream of the proposed structure, provided flood easements or other appropriate legal arrangements have been made with all affected units of government and property owners and local Zoning Ordinances affected by the increase in the flood stage are amended. Bridges and culverts shall be so designed and constructed as to facilitate the passage of ice flows and other debris.

New and replacement bridges shall be constructed in accordance with applicable state regulations and hydraulic analyses evaluating the effect, if any, of the bridge one-percent-annual-probability flood stages shall be submitted to the WDNR, excluding ordinary maintenance repair or resurfacing of such bridges, to assure compliance with floodplain zoning requirements.

(l)

Half-streets. Where an existing dedicated or platted half-street is adjacent to the proposed land division or condominium, the other half of the street shall be dedicated by the subdivider. The platting of new half-streets shall not be permitted.

(m)

Street curbs and gutters. See § 74-8.6.

(n)

Passing and acceleration/deceleration lanes. When the land to be subdivided is proposed to have a street connection to an arterial street or highway, the Plan Commission, after considering a recommendation from the Public Works Director, may require the subdivider to install a "passing" or "bypass" lane adjacent to the traffic lane opposite the intersection as well as an acceleration and a deceleration lane adjacent to the traffic lane nearest the intersection, all of which shall be approved by the Public Works Director.

§ 74-7.5 Street intersections.

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Right angle. Streets shall intersect each other at as nearly right angles as topography and other limiting factors of good design permit.

Hills. The location of street intersections immediately below the crest of hills shall be avoided.

The maximum number of streets converging at one intersection shall not exceed two.

The number of intersections along arterial streets and highways shall be held to a minimum. Wherever practicable, the distance between such intersections shall not be less than 1,200 feet.

Roundabouts. The Village shall prefer roundabouts for intersections of local and collector streets when a traffic impact anlaysis indicates a controlled intersection is required.

Continuation of land access and collector streets. Land access and collector streets shall not necessarily continue across arterial streets; but, if the centerlines of such streets approach the arterial streets from opposite sides within 300 feet of each other, measured along the centerline of the arterial or collector streets, then the location of the collector and/or land access streets shall be adjusted so that the approach or separation distance is increased or the alignment across said intersecting streets is continuous to create a single intersection. Such jogs for land access/minor land access and collector streets intersecting other land access/minor land access or collector streets shall not be less than 125 feet, otherwise the distance shall be increased or said streets shall be adjusted to be continuous in alignment.

Corner curves. Property lines at intersections of arterial streets and at intersections of collector and arterial streets shall be rounded to an arc with a minimum radius of 15 feet or a greater radius if required by the Public Works Director, or shall be cut off by a straightline through the points of tangency of an arc having a radius of 15 feet or greater.

Grades. Intersections shall be approached on all sides by grades not to exceed 3% for no less than 100 feet from property/right-of-way lines of said intersection, unless exceptional topography would prohibit these grades.

Vision corner or clearance easements shall be provided at street and highway intersections as may be required by the Village Zoning Ordinance and by any approving or objecting authority concerned.

(j)

Curb ramps or openings to accommodate people with disabilities shall be provided in accordance with § 66.0909 of the Wisconsin Statutes and Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guideline requirements on all public streets where sidewalks or other pedestrian paths are required by the Plan Commission.

(k)

Street signs and signals. See §§ 74-7.2(i) and 74-8.14 of this Ordinance.

§ 74-7.6 Blocks.

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General requirements. The widths, lengths, shapes, and orientation of blocks shall be suited to the planned use of the land; zoning requirements; the need for convenient bicycle, pedestrian, and motor vehicle access; traffic control and safety; and the limitations and opportunities of topography and other natural resource features.

The length of blocks in residential areas shall not generally be less than 600 feet nor more than 1,200 feet in length unless otherwise dictated by preservation of natural resource features, including exceptional topography, or other limiting factors of good design.

Pedestrian and bicycle/recreation ways of at least 20 feet in width may be required where deemed necessary by the Plan Commission to provide safe and convenient pedestrian, bicycle, or other recreational circulation or access between lots, streams, lakeshores, park lands, or other public areas or may be required near the center and entirely across any block, where deemed essential by the Plan Commission, to provide adequate pedestrian, bicycle, and other recreational circulation or access to schools, shopping centers, churches, parks, open spaces, or transportation facilities. The final plat, CSM, or condominium plat shall contain a special restriction addressing by whom these ways will be maintained.

The width of blocks shall be sufficient to provide for two tiers of lots of appropriate depth except where a single tier of lots may be necessary to separate development from railroad rights-of-way or through traffic, such as with double or reverse frontage lots, or to protect natural resources.

Utility easements. See § 74-7.9(a).

§ 74-7.7 Lots.

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General requirements. The size, shape, and orientation of lots shall be appropriate for the location of the land division and for the type of development and use contemplated. The lots should be designed to provide an aesthetically pleasing building site, and a proper architectural setting for the buildings contemplated. Lot lines shall follow municipal boundary lines rather than cross them.

Side lot lines shall be at right angles to straight street lines or radial to curved street lines on which the lots face, unless a nonconventional lot layout is approved by the Plan Commission.

Double or reverse frontage lots shall be prohibited except where necessary to provide separation of residential development from arterial streets or to overcome specific disadvantages of topography and orientation.

Public street frontage. Every lot shall front or abut for a distance as required in the Village Zoning Ordinance. [Also see § 74-7.9(d) pertaining to cross- and shared-accesses.]

The area and dimensions of lots shall conform to the requirements of the Village Zoning Ordinance. Lots shall contain sufficient area to permit compliance with all required setbacks, including those set forth in the Village Zoning Ordinance and those that may be required to meet the requirements of Chapter Trans 233 of the Wisconsin Administrative Code. Buildable lots that will not be served by a public sanitary sewerage system shall be of sufficient size to permit the use of a POWTS designed in accordance with Chapters SPS 383, 384, and 385 of the Wisconsin Administrative Code and the SPS most recent edition of POWTS design component manuals.

Redivisions. Wherever a lot, parcel, or tract is subdivided into lots or parcels that are more than twice the minimum lot area required in the zoning district in which the lot or parcel is located, the Plan Commission may require that such lots or parcels be arranged and dimensioned to allow redivision into smaller lots or parcels that will meet the provisions of this Ordinance and the Zoning Ordinance.

Depth. Lots shall have a minimum average depth of 100 feet. The typical lot depth in a land division should be increased relative to the width of any buffer strips required along abutting arterial streets, highways, and railways. Where applicable, the minimum lot depth shall also be increased relative to the width of any required drainage easement, bicycle way, pedestrian/recreation way, or landscaped buffer strip along a front or rear lot line [also see § 74-7.3(a)]. Excessive depth in relation to width shall be avoided and a proportion of 2:1 shall be considered a desirable ratio, unless a deeper lot is needed to protect natural resources or accommodate easements and buffers.

The width of lots shall conform to the requirements of the Village Zoning Ordinance. Where applicable, the minimum width shall be increased relative to the width of any required drainage easement, bicycle way, pedestrian/recreation way, or landscaped buffer strip along a side lot line [also see § 74-7.3(a)].

Corner lots. The width of corner lots shall be increased, as determined by the Public Works Director, beyond the minimum lot width required in the Village Zoning Ordinance for lot widths less than 100 feet to allow adequate yards or building setbacks from two street yards and to accommodate sufficient side and rear yards for the intended use and any required buffers and easements.

(j)

Depth and width of lots or parcels reserved or designed for commercial or industrial use shall be adequate to provide for off-street parking and service (loading/unloading) areas required by the use contemplated and the Village Zoning Ordinance.

(k)

The shape of lots shall be approximately square or rectangular, with the exception of lots located on a curved street or on a cul-de-sac turnaround. Flag lots or easements or other lot stacking techniques shall be prohibited, except where necessary to accommodate exceptional topography or to preserve natural resources.

(l)

Lands lying between the meander line and the water's edge and any other undeveloped lands that lie between a proposed land division or condominium and the water's edge shall be included as part of lots, outlots, or public dedications in any subdivision plat, CSM, or condominium plat abutting a lake, river, or stream. The Village may require a restriction prohibiting development to be placed on unbuildable portions (wetlands and floodways, for example) of any lots, parcels, or units.

(m)

Restrictions prohibiting development. Whenever a lot appearing on a subdivision plat or certified survey map, or on a condominium unit on a condominium plat, is not intended to be buildable, or is intended to be buildable only upon certain conditions, an express restriction to that effect, running with the land and enforceable by the Village, shall appear on the face of the plat or map.

(n)

Remnants of lots below minimum size remaining after subdividing a large tract or parcel shall be added to an adjacent lot, or a plan shall be submitted indicating future use of the remnant area rather than allowing them to remain as unusable parcels.

§ 74-7.8 Building and setback lines.

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Building setback lines appropriate to the location and type of development contemplated, which are more restrictive than required in the applicable zoning district, may be permitted or required by the Plan Commission and shall be shown on the final plat, condominium plat, or certified survey map. Examples of the application of this provision would include requiring greater setbacks for lots on cul-de-sac or curved streets to achieve the necessary lot width at the setback line, conform to setbacks of existing adjacent development, accommodate a coving or other unique design, avoid placing buildings within buffers, easements, or vision clearance triangles, protect natural resources, or conform to greater setbacks along arterial streets and highways to meet the requirements of Chapter Trans 233 of the Wisconsin Administrative Code.

The yards and building envelope on a lot, which is determined by required building setbacks, shall be generally similar to those on adjacent lots and contain sufficient areas to accommodate the intended use including any required buffers, easements, a principal building and any accessory structures, a driveway, and, if applicable, a private onsite wastewater treatment system (POWTS).

§ 74-7.9 Easements.

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Utility easements. The Plan Commission may require utility easements of widths deemed adequate for the intended purpose as determined by the Public Works Director. Such easements shall be located as determined by the applicable utility company and subject to approval by the Public Works Director, but preferably should be located along rear and side lot lines or in mid-block easements and should be designed to avoid the location of such facilities as electric power transformers in the flow lines of drainage swales and ditches. All lines, pipes, cables and similar equipment shall be installed underground unless the Plan Commission finds that the topography, soils, depth to bedrock, woodlands, wetlands, or other physical barriers would make underground installation impractical, or that the lots to be served by said facilities can be served directly from existing overhead facilities and requiring underground installation would constitute an undue hardship upon the subdivider. Associated equipment and facilities that are appurtenant to underground electric power, communications, and gas facility systems, including, but not limited to, substations, pad-mounted transformers, pad-mounted sectionalizing switches, above-grade pedestal-mounted terminal boxes, junction boxes, meter points, and similar equipment may be installed at ground level. Such aboveground equipment shall be placed in a visually unobtrusive location from public view or a landscape screening plan shall be submitted by the subdivider to the affected utility and the Plan Commission for approval. All utility easements shall be noted on the final plat or certified survey map followed by reference to the use or uses for which they are intended.

Drainage easements. Where a land division or condominium is traversed by a drainageway or stream, an adequate easement shall be provided as required by the Plan Commission. The location, width, alignment, and improvement of such drainageway or easement shall be subject to the approval of the Public Works Director; and parallel streets or parkways may be required in connection therewith. Where necessary, stormwater drainage shall be maintained by landscaped open channels of adequate size and grade to hydraulically accommodate maximum potential volumes of flow. These design details are subject to review and approval by the Public Works Director.

Conservation easements. See §§ 74-2.5(c)(3) and 74-7.10 of this Ordinance.

Vision clearance easements and cross-, controlled-, and shared-access easements. The Plan Commission may require vision corner or clearance easements, cross-access easements, non- or controlled-access easements, and shared-access easements as a condition of plat or certified survey map approval in order to minimize potential traffic hazards. Access provisions shall be evaluated on case-by-case basis to determine the safety and practicability of cross- and shared-access (i.e., shared entryway or driveway entrance). If the location of cross-access is not known and is dependent on future development or site plan layout, then a note shall be added to the plat or certified survey map indicating that a cross-access shall be provided and the subject lot replatted accordingly when the cross-access location is determined.

§ 74-7.10 Protection of natural resources.

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Where natural drainage channels, floodplains, wetlands, woodlands, or other environmentally sensitive areas as identified in the Village parks and open space plan are encompassed in whole or in part within a proposed land division, the Plan Commission may require that such areas be dedicated or that restrictions, including conservation easements, be placed on the plat or certified survey map to protect such resources. The Plan Commission may further require that such areas in land divisions be included in outlots designated on the plat or certified survey map and restricted from development.

§ 74-7.11 Park, open space, and other public sites.

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In the design of a subdivision or condominium plat or a certified survey map, due consideration shall be given to dedicating or reserving suitable sites of adequate size for future schools, parks, playgrounds, public access to navigable waters, and other public purposes. Accordingly, each subdivider of land in the Village shall dedicate or reserve park and open space lands designated on the Village official map, comprehensive plan or component thereof, or those shoreland protection setback areas defined in § 90-495, and, where no park or open space lands are directly involved or are reserved rather than dedicated, pay a public park site fee. Proposed school sites shall be reserved by the subdivider for future acquisition by the School Board. The Plan Commission shall, at the time a preliminary plat or certified survey map is reviewed, select one of the following options and record such selection in the minutes of the meeting at which the plat or certified survey map is presented for approval.

Option 1: Dedication of public parks and open space sites. Whenever a proposed public playground, park, parkway, trail corridor, public open space site, or other public lands designated on the Village's official map or comprehensive plan or component thereof, or those shoreland protection setback areas defined in § 90-495 is encompassed, in whole or in part, within a proposed land division or condominium, the public lands shall be made a part of the subdivision or condominium plat or certified survey map and shall be dedicated to the public by the subdivider. Should the value of the land to be dedicated be less than the value of the public site fee, the subdivider shall be required to pay the Village the difference between the value of the land dedicated and the public park site fee. Should the value of the land that would otherwise be dedicated exceed the public park site fee, the lands shall be reserved for a period not to exceed three years, unless extended by mutual agreement, for purchase by the Village at the price agreed upon and set forth in the Development Agreement, and the subdivider shall pay a public park site fee when submitting an application for final plat, condominium plat, or certified survey map review and approval at the rate and according to the procedures set forth in this Ordinance. If the reserved lands are not acquired within the three-year period, the land will be released from reservation to the owner. Land values shall be determined in accordance with § 74-7.11(b).

(2)

Option 2: Reservation of public sites. Whenever a proposed public school, playground, park, parkway, or other open space site designated on the Village's Official Map or Comprehensive Plan or component thereof, or those shoreland protection setback areas defined in § 90-495 is encompassed, in whole or in part, within a proposed land division or condominium, the proposed public site shall be made a part of the plat and reserved at the time of final plat or certified survey map approval for a period not to exceed three years, unless extended by mutual agreement, for acquisition by the School Board or unit of government having jurisdiction at a price agreed upon and set forth in the Development Agreement. The subdivider shall also pay a public park site fee at the time of application for final plat, condominium plat, or certified survey map approval at the rate and according to the procedures set forth in this Ordinance.

(3)

Option 3: Public park site fee option. If a proposed land division or condominium does not encompass a proposed public playground, park, parkway, or open space site or such lands are contained within the land division or condominium but are not dedicated to the public, the subdivider shall pay a public park site fee to be used for the acquisition or improvement of land for public park sites to serve the future inhabitants of the proposed subdivision, minor land division, or condominium at the time of application for final plat or certified survey map approval at the rate and in accordance with the procedures set forth in § 74-10.5. The improvement of land for public park sites means grading, landscaping, installation of utilities, construction of sidewalks, installation of playground equipment, and construction or installation of restroom facilities on land intended for public park purposes, in accordance with § 236.45(6)(AC) of the Wisconsin Statutes.

The value of land to be dedicated for park or open space purposes shall be agreed upon by the Village and the subdivider on the basis of full and fair market value of the land to be dedicated. If the value cannot be agreed upon by the Village and the developer, an appraisal board consisting of one appraiser selected by the Village and retained at the Village's expense, one appraiser selected by the subdivider and retained at the subdivider's expense, and a third appraiser selected by the other two appraisers and retained at a cost shared equally by the Village and the subdivider, shall determine the value of the land.