Within this section design standards shall apply, and the subdivider shall dedicate land and improve streets as provided herein.
A. 
The subdivider shall make every effort to provide for safe and convenient motor vehicle, emergency apparatus, bicycle and pedestrian circulation into, within and between subdivisions. Streets shall conform to any applicable Official Town Map in effect. In areas for which an Official Town Map has not been completed, the street layout shall recognize the function classification of various street types and shall be developed and located in proper relation to existing and proposed streets with due regard to topographical conditions, natural features, utilities, land uses and public convenience and safety.
B. 
The following conditions shall apply for street arrangements.
(1) 
Arterial streets. Arterial streets shall be arranged so as to provide ready access to centers of employment, high-density residential areas, centers of government 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 proposed system of major streets and highways and shall be, insofar as practicable, continuous and in alignment with existing or planned streets with which they are to connect.
(2) 
Collector streets. Collector streets shall be arranged so as to provide ready collection of traffic from residential areas and conveyance of this traffic to the major street and highway system and shall be properly related to special traffic generators such as schools, churches and shopping centers and other concentrations of populations and to the arterial streets to which they feed.
(3) 
Minor streets. Minor streets shall be arranged to conform to the topography, to discourage use by through traffic, to permit the design of efficient storm and sanitary sewerage systems and to require to minimum street area necessary to provide safe and convenient access to abutting property.
(4) 
Street intersections. Streets shall intersect each other as nearly as possible at right angles, and not more than two streets shall intersect at one point unless approved by the Town Board.
(a) 
The number of intersections along major streets and highways shall be held to a minimum. A minimum distance between such intersections should not be less than 1,200 feet.
(b) 
Street jogs with center-line offsets of less than 150 feet shall not be approved.
(c) 
There shall be a 200-foot minimum separation between the center points of consecutive intersections of minor and collector streets.
(d) 
The center point of an intersection of minor streets shall be at least 200 feet from a railroad right-of-way line. Such distance may be greater, where desirable and practicable, as determined by consideration of minimum sight distances and the minimum distance required for future separation of grades between the street and railroad.
(5) 
Proposed streets. Proposed streets shall extend to the boundary lines of the proposed subdivision plat, unless prevented by topography or other physical conditions or unless, in the opinion of the Town Board, such extension is not necessary or desirable for the coordination of the layout of the subdivision plat or for the advantageous development of the adjacent land. Such streets shall terminate with a temporary turnaround right-of-way of 60 feet in radius and a road surface of not less than 40 feet in radius for use until the street is extended, and at that time the use is terminated.
(6) 
Arterial street and highway protection. Whenever the proposed subdivision plat contains or is adjacent to a major street or highway, adequate protection of residential properties is required. Adequate protection is met by limiting access and separating through and local traffic, and shall be provided by reversed frontage, with screen planting contained in non-access reservation along the rear property line or by the use of frontage streets.
(7) 
Frontage roads. Where a subdivision abuts or contains an existing or proposed arterial street, the Town Board may require a frontage road as may be necessary to ensure safe, efficient vehicular and pedestrian traffic flow and access to adjoining properties. Design standards of frontage roads will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
(8) 
Visibility. Sufficient vision triangle clearance restrictions shall be placed on lots adjoining street intersections.
(9) 
Reserve strips. Reserve strips controlling access to streets or alleys shall be prohibited except where their control is definitely placed with the Town Board or county.
(10) 
Alleys. Alleys may be required in commercial or industrial districts to provide for off-street loading and service access and shall not be less than 24 feet in width. Alleys shall not be approved in residential districts unless required by unusual topography or other exceptional conditions. Dead-end alleys shall not be approved and alleys shall not connect to federal, state or county trunk highways.
(11) 
Street names. Street names shall not be duplicated or be similar to existing street names, and existing street names shall be projected or continued wherever possible.
(a) 
A name that is assigned to a street that is not presently a through street due to intervening land over which the street extension is planned shall be continued for the separate portions of the planned through street.
(b) 
The name of the projections of a street shall continue the same suffix as the street even if the projection terminates in a cul-de-sac.
(c) 
Approval of street names on a preliminary plat will not reserve the street name nor shall it be mandatory for the Town Board to accept it at the time of final platting.
(12) 
Street name signs. The subdivider shall install a street name sign of a design and installation specified by the Town at the intersections of all streets proposed to be dedicated.
(13) 
Traffic control. The subdivider shall install, per the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, all traffic control signs, signals and pavement marking as specified by the Town Board. Such traffic control devices may be on streets adjoining or serving the subdivision where the Town has determined that they are warranted by the volume of traffic generated by the proposed uses to be located within the subdivision.
All roads that are to be dedicated to the Town shall fully comply with the following construction design standards:
A. 
Width. The traveled roadway shall be 22 feet in width, with a shoulder on each side having a minimum of two and a maximum of four feet (as per § 82.50, Wis. Stats.) for a total roadway of 26 to 30 feet in width, and with a right-of-way of not less than 66 feet in width.
B. 
Construction base. The base course must be of a composition suitable for the location, providing for removal of unsuitable subsoils and fill with proper soils to provide lift for a solid base and drainage as necessary. If the road is projected to be subject to heavy vehicular traffic or if subsurface geologic or environmental conditions warrant, the Town Engineer may, in the alternative to the above standard, require the subdivider to install material in accordance with the design specifications for such conditions, as described in the most current Wisconsin Department of Transportation Facilities Development Manual.
C. 
Subsurface. The traveled roadway shall have a subsurface course of at least eight inches of crushed gravel.
D. 
Surface. The traveled roadway shall be surfaced with a two-inch binder of blacktop or asphalt surface material designed and approved as a surface for roads of a "local" state functional class (Design Class L-1). It shall have a 1 1/2-inch finish coat of blacktop or asphalt.
E. 
Culverts. Elevation, location, diameter and length of any culvert shall be based on the amount of flowage and shall be subject to approval of the Town Board, Town Engineer, and the Green Lake County Land Conservation Department.
(1) 
Roadway culverts shall be corrugated metal pipe or concrete pipe and have concrete or metal apron endwalls and shall be a minimum of 36 inches in diameter or equivalent opening. Culverts shall be sized utilizing the methods listed in the current version of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation Facilities Development Manual and located and constructed as directed by the Town Engineer.
F. 
Cul-de-sac streets. Permanent culs-de-sac shall only be used when future road extension appears unfeasible due to environmental or physical conditions. Permanent culs-de-sac shall not exceed 1,000 feet in length and shall provide a turnaround with a minimum right-of-way radius of 60 feet. The paved roadway within the cul-de-sac shall provide a minimum travel radius of 40 feet. If the proposed cul-de-sac is located within a conservation subdivision, the length may be extended to 1,500 feet consistent with the requirements in the § 195-22B(6).
G. 
Temporary culs-de-sac. All temporary culs-de-sac shall terminate in a fully improved turnaround having a minimum right-of-way/easement radius of 60 feet and a minimum bulb pavement radius of 40 feet. When a temporary cul-de-sac is subsequently converted to a permanent through street, the subdivider shall remove and restore the cul-de-sac bulb area and pavement so as to be similar to the existing and new street improvements.
H. 
Alternative road termination. Any road without an outlet, (i.e., a dead-end road) shall have constructed at its terminal end a cul-de-sac paved surface 66 feet in diameter and constructed with specifications the same as for the traveled roadway, unless however, some alternate form of turnaround is approved by the Town Board (or State Highway Department, when applicable) on an individual basis for a substantial reason.
I. 
Street grade. The minimum grade of any street shall be no less than 1/2%. Street grades shall be established wherever practical to avoid excessive grading, the promiscuous removal of ground cover and tree growth and general leveling of the topography. Unless necessitated by exceptional topography, as determined by the Town Plan Commission and Town Board, the maximum center-line grade of any street or public way shall not exceed the following:
(1) 
Arterial streets: 6%.
(2) 
Collector streets: 8%.
(3) 
Minor streets, culs-de-sac, alleys and frontage streets: 10%.
J. 
Radii of curvature. Radii of curvature, when a continuous street center line deflects at any one point and require a circular curve, the minimum curve shall be 200 feet or that radius deemed appropriate by the Town Engineer.
K. 
Half streets. Half streets shall be prohibited except where:
(1) 
The other half has already been dedicated.
(2) 
Its alignment is shown on an officially adopted street plan approved by the Town Board.
L. 
Tangent. A tangent of at least 100 feet long shall be introduced between reverse curves on all streets.
M. 
Passing lanes and acceleration/deceleration lanes. When the land to be subdivided is proposed to have street connections to an arterial street, the subdivider shall install a passing or bypass lane adjacent to the traffic lane opposite the intersection as well as an acceleration and deceleration lane adjacent to the traffic lane nearest the intersection as approved by the Town Engineer.
N. 
Private roads. Any proposed private road shall comply with all requirements outlined in this chapter so as to be constructed in a manner identical to a public road.
A. 
Utility easements. The Town Board shall dedicate utility easements for poles, wire, conduits, gas, water and head mains or other utility lines. The subdivider shall establish easements to assure proper grade, maintenance of the established grade, prohibit construction of permanent fences or retaining walls, and prevent the planting of trees in the easement area.
(1) 
All utility lines, above and below grade, shall be provided an easement of a width deemed necessary by the utility company involved. All utility easements shall be identified on the subdivision plat as to type and width. Location of easements shall be coordinated with the applicable utility and shall be located along side and rear lot lines, unless specifically permitted by the Town Board upon recommendation of the Plan Commission, to be in the street right-of-way or in the front setback area. The subdivider shall furnish the Plan Commission and Town Board with evidence that easements and any easement provisions that are proposed to be incorporated in the plat or certified survey map or in deeds have been reviewed by the individual utility companies or the organization responsible for furnishing the services involved.
(2) 
Where utility facilities are to be installed underground, the utility easements shall be graded to within six inches of the final grade by the subdivider prior to the installation of such facilities, and said easement shall not be used for material storage.
(3) 
Utility facilities, when installed in subdivision plats and on utility easements, shall not be closer than one foot to a property line or three feet to any survey monument.
B. 
Drainage easements.
(1) 
Where a subdivision is traversed by a watercourse or drainageway, the subdivider shall provide stormwater easements or drainage rights-of-way conforming substantially to the lines of such watercourses as may be required by the Town Engineer. The subdivider may, upon receipt of a permit from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, alter or relocate the watercourse or drainageway in such a manner that the maintenance of adequate drainage will be assured and provided with a drainage right-of-way conforming to the lines of the relocated watercourse.
(2) 
Stormwater management facilities, such as detention basins, shall be located on particular properties as stipulated on the plat. The easement shall be noted on the plat and on a deed restriction put on each affected property.
(3) 
Ditches, swales and watercourses shall either be contained in an easement of sufficient width to contain the water flow of a one-hundred-year flood event but not less than 30 feet in width. If the drainage easement is located in a flood hazard area, the entire flood hazard area within the subdivision shall be included within the drainage easement.
This section is intended to protect property and structures from damage caused by increased stormwater runoff. Stormwater runoff after development shall not exceed the peak rate/volume of flow at predevelopment conditions. Stormwater management planning shall comply with the provisions of the Green Lake County Site Erosion Control and Stormwater Management Ordinance No. 682-99, including the following:
A. 
All required drainageways and associated drainage structures shall lie within maintenance easements and be so indicated on the final subdivision plat.
B. 
Indicate the approximate building pad location and the direction of the stormwater flow on each lot with arrows in the proposed subdivision plat.
Building setback lines shall conform to the requirements established in the Green Lake County Zoning Ordinance and/or the Green Lake County Shoreland Protection Ordinance.
The widths, lengths and shapes of blocks shall be suited to the planned use of the land, zoning requirements, need for convenient access, control and safety of street traffic, and the limitations and opportunities of the topography.
A. 
Length. Blocks in residential areas shall not be less than 600 feet in length unless otherwise dictated by exceptional topography or other limiting factors of good design.
B. 
Width. Blocks shall have sufficient width to provide for two tiers of lots of appropriate depth, except where otherwise required to separate residential development from through traffic or where lots abut a lake or a stream.
C. 
Pedestrian walkways. Pedestrianways or crosswalks, not less than 10 feet in width, shall be provided near the center and entirely across any block 900 feet or more in length where deemed essential by the Town Board to provide adequate pedestrian circulation or access to schools, shopping centers, churches or transportation facilities.
The size, shape and orientation of lots and other land areas shall be appropriate for the location of the subdivision plat and for the type of development and use contemplated. The lots or land areas should be designed to provide an aesthetically pleasing building site and a proper architectural setting for the building contemplated.
A. 
Side lot lines. Side lot lines should be at right angles to straight street lines or radial to curve street lines on which the lots face. Lot lines shall follow municipal boundary lines rather than cross them.
B. 
Double frontage lots. Double frontage and reverse frontage lots shall be prohibited, except where necessary to provide separation of residential development from through traffic or to overcome specific disadvantages of topography and orientation. A planting screen easement of at least 10 feet in depth shall be provided along the line of lots abutting such a traffic artery or other disadvantageous use.
C. 
Access and frontage. All newly created lots and land areas shall have access to a public road. Access may be provided by easement or by ownership of lands on a public road.
[Amended 7-14-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-08]
D. 
Area and width. Area and average lot width of all lots and land areas shall conform to the Green Lake County Zoning Ordinance or shall be 100 feet wide and have 20,000 square feet of net usable area.
E. 
Redivision. Whenever a land division creates a lot or a land area in excess of the zoning requirements, such lot or land area should be arranged and dimensioned so as to allow for redivision in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
F. 
Flag lots. Flag lots (e.g., lots designed with a narrow "flagpole" access area from a public road to a wider off-road area for the building site) shall be allowed, provided that such lots have at least 66 feet of frontage on the public road.
[Amended 7-14-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-08]
G. 
Width to depth ratio. Lots should be designed with suitable proportion between width and depth. Neither long/narrow nor shallow/wide lots are normally desirable. Normal depth should not exceed 2 1/2 times the width nor less than 150 feet.
H. 
Corner lots. Corner lots shall be designed with extra width to permit adequate building setback from both streets.
I. 
Town boundary. Lot lines shall follow Town boundary lines.
J. 
Natural and environmentally sensitive areas. The subdivider shall, at the discretion of the Town Board, dedicate to the public and/or record specific permanent restrictions and easements to protect the integrity and to minimize impacts from development on areas such as special flood hazard areas, wetlands, environmental corridors, slopes exceeding 12%, unique woodlands and wildlife habitats, groundwater recharge areas, historic locations and cultural features.
K. 
Land remnants. All land remnants below the minimum lot size left over after subdividing of a larger tract must be added to adjacent lots.
L. 
Lake and stream shores. In any plat abutting a lake or stream, the lands lying between the meander line, established in accordance with § 236.20(2)(g), Wis. Stats., and the water's edge, and any otherwise unplattable lands which lie between a proposed subdivision and the water's edge shall be included as part of lots or public dedications but shall not be counted as part of the required yard or minimum lot area. This subsection applies not only to lands proposed to be subdivided but also to all lands under option to the subdivider or in which the subdivider holds any interest and which are contiguous to the lands proposed to be subdivided and which abut a lake or stream.
The subdivider shall cause gas, electrical power, telephone and, if available, cable television facilities to be installed in such a manner as to make adequate service available to each lot in the land division. The cost for such installation shall be borne by the subdivider or utility supplier. All new electrical distribution, television cables and telephone lines from which lots are individually served shall be underground unless the Town Board specifically allows overhead poles for the following reasons:
A. 
Topography, soil, water table, solid rock, boulders or other physical conditions would make underground installation unreasonable or impractical for the utility;
B. 
The lots to be served by said facilities could be served directly from existing overhead facilities.
Whenever a land division proposes lots for institutional, commercial or industrial uses, the design of the land division shall specifically address the following in addition to all other provisions of this chapter:
A. 
Depth and width of lots laid out for institutional, commercial or industrial purposes shall be adequate to provide for the off-street service and parking facilities required by the type of use and development contemplated.
B. 
Street rights-of-way, improvements and traffic control shall be adequate to accommodate the type and volume of traffic anticipated to be generated by the development both within the plat and on Town streets which are determined to be affected by the development. Streets shall be designed to convey traffic directly to arterial and collector streets and not to local streets serving existing and potential residential neighborhoods. At a minimum, streets shall meet the design standards of a collector street.
C. 
Public utilities, electric, gas and telephone services shall be adequate for the anticipated development.
D. 
Every effort shall be made to protect adjacent residential areas from potential nuisances from institutional, commercial or industrial uses by including the provisions for extra depth in parcels backing up on existing or potential residential development, planted and maintained landscaped buffer strips or fencing. Reasonable restrictions on outside uses and activities, including but not limited to parking; storage of manufactured product, waste material or raw materials; lighting; sirens, alarms and public address systems; and location of auxiliary structures such as vents, condensers and cooling towers shall be included.
These provisions are in addition to those described in Chapter 187, Streets and Sidewalks, Article I, Design Standards, of this Code, regulating the location, construction and maintenance of driveways and culverts in the public right-of-way.
A. 
Number of driveways. The number of driveways serving an individual parcel of land developed for residential uses shall be limited to one access driveway. Two connected driveways serving an individual residential parcel may be permitted for parcels abutting local subdivision streets, provided:
(1) 
The parcel has not less than 200 feet of continuous frontage along the local street to which access is requested and a minimum spacing of not less than 100 feet between the two driveways is maintained; and
(2) 
The driveways serving the parcel are not located less than 250 feet from an intersection of a local street with any other local street, county, state or Town section line highway.
B. 
Location of driveways.
(1) 
No driveway serving a residential parcel shall be placed less than five feet from the property line for an abutting parcel; however, when two driveways serving a single residential parcel are proposed pursuant to Subsection E(1) no driveway shall be placed less than 20 feet from the property line for an abutting parcel.
(2) 
All driveways shall be constructed so as to ingress or egress the county trunk highway, state highway or Town road at an angle of 90° to the roadway, unless otherwise approved by the Town Board, Green Lake County Highway Department or Wisconsin Department of Transportation.
(3) 
A driveway shall not provide direct ingress or egress to or from an intersection area. No direct public or private access shall be permitted to existing or proposed rights-of-way within 150 feet of the intersection of the right-of-way lines of arterial streets intersecting another arterial street or collector.
C. 
Driveway design.
(1) 
Driveway shall have a minimum driveway top width of 12 feet and a maximum driveway top width of 35 feet. The entire driveway roadway and its appurtenances shall be contained within the frontage along the road of the property served.
(2) 
The minimum spacing between driveways located along a Town roadway shall be 100 feet. The minimum spacing requirements along county and state highways will follow applicable county and state requirements, assuming they are more restrictive than the Town requirements.
(3) 
Adequate area necessary to accommodate the turning of emergency vehicles shall be provided on site as part of any driveway exceeding 300 feet in length. Adequate on-site turnarounds shall be provided as part of driveways serving residential parcels abutting county, state or Town section line highways to preclude egressing vehicles from backing onto such highways.
D. 
Surface.
(1) 
All driveways shall be constructed of solid load-bearing material (e.g., gravel, asphalt or concrete). The top surface of the driveway shall consist of at least six inches of gravel upon the traveled portion.
(2) 
The surface of the driveway connecting with the county highway, state highway or Town road section shall slope down and away from the road shoulder a sufficient amount and distance to preclude ordinary surface water drainage flowing from the driveway area onto the roadbed. At a minimum, driveway grades shall have a pitch of 1/2 inch per foot away from the roadway to the center of ditch flow line.
(3) 
All driveways shall be constructed or reconstructed to have sloped sides. Such construction shall be accomplished using only earthen materials. The side slopes of the driveway shall be sloped at no more than a length-to-height grade ratio of 2:1. All slopes shall be seeded or sodded by the property owner.
E. 
Drainage.
(1) 
A driveway shall not obstruct or impair drainage in county, state or Town ditches or roadside areas. A driveway culvert, when needed, shall be installed so as to allow proper drainage through the driveway. Such culvert shall consist of a galvanized steel culvert pipe with end sections, the minimum length of which shall be 20 feet. The cost of the culvert shall be borne by the property owner.
(2) 
Culvert length shall be equal to four times the ditch depth plus the top of the driveway. Culverts shall be installed so as to provide adequate surface water drainage along the highway. Culverts shall be installed at least five feet from the property owner's property line. A distance between culverts under successive driveways shall not be less than 20 feet.
(3) 
The Town shall order the abutting property owner to replace any existing defective or inadequate culvert at the cost of the property owner. If the property owner fails or neglects to replace the culvert within 60 days, the Town will replace the culvert and bill the property owner. If the bill is not paid within 60 days, the charges shall be placed on the tax roll pursuant to § 66.0627, Wis. Stats.
(4) 
The applicant shall, prior to culvert installation, arrange through the diggers' hotline for the location of underground utilities in the area of the proposed driveway and shall be responsible for the restoration of the highway right-of-way after installation of the culvert.
(5) 
No person shall commence any construction project until a culvert and a gravel or stone driveway has been installed in such a manner as to prevent mud from being tracked onto a Town, county or state highway from a construction site.
F. 
Application.
(1) 
No person shall construct a driveway and/or a culvert without first obtaining a driveway permit from the Town.
(2) 
Application for a driveway and/or culvert permit may be obtained from and filed with the Town Clerk, together with a fee set by the Town Board from time to time.
(3) 
The Town shall review the application and shall issue a permit, together with a copy of driveway/culvert standards, if the location of the driveway and/or culvert is in compliance with this article and all other appropriate sections of this chapter.
G. 
Shared driveways. The joint use of a single driveway by not more than two separate parcels may be allowed by the Town Board upon a favorable recommendation by the Plan Commission if such joint use is necessary to protect the public safety and/or maintain the function of the county or state highway, Town section line highway, or local street to which access is requested. Joint use of a single driveway shall not be granted based solely on the basis of economic gain or loss or self-imposed or created hardship. The installation and/or use of a joint use or shared driveway shall be allowed after a joint use agreement has been reviewed and approved by the Town and subsequently recorded with the county registrar of deeds for the affected properties. Such agreement shall, at a minimum, assign maintenance responsibility for the driveway.
H. 
Driveway violations. If a driveway is constructed in violation of this section or an order to replace the culvert is issued as provided below, the Town may order the property owner to remove and replace the driveway at the owner's expense. If the property owner fails or neglects to remove the driveway in 60 days, the Town will remove the driveway and bill the property owner. If the bill is not paid within 60 days, the charges will be placed on the tax roll pursuant to § 66.0627, Wis. Stats.
A. 
If 30 or more acres in area, an approved preliminary plat may be final platted in phases with each phase encompassing at least 10 acres or 25% of the area of the approved preliminary plat, whichever is larger. If the subdivider elects to final plat in phases as approved by the Plan Commission, the Town Board shall require a timetable of completion of development of the entire property included in the preliminary plat at or prior to the time of submittal of the first phase of the final plat as part of the developer's agreement.
B. 
If a development includes more than 40 lots (e.g., new parcels), phases must be provided on the preliminary and final plat such that no more than 50% of the total number of parcels are included in a single phase. The Town has the authority to required phased final plat approval in which each new phase may only be initiated once 80% of the parcels in the previous phase have been sold.
The size, shape and orientation of lots and other land areas shall be appropriate for the location of the land division and for the type of development and use contemplated. The lots or land areas should be designed to provide an aesthetically pleasing building site and a proper architectural setting for the building contemplated.
A. 
Access and frontage. All newly created lots and land areas shall have a minimum of 66 feet of frontage on a public road and as ownership access.
B. 
Area and width. Area and average lot width of all lots and land areas shall conform to the Green Lake County Zoning Ordinance or shall be 100 feet wide and 20,000 square feet of net usable area.
C. 
Redivision. Whenever a land division creates a lot or a land area in excess of the zoning requirements, such lot or land area should be arranged and dimensioned so as to allow for redivision in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original ordinance subsection (d), Flag lots, which immediately followed this subsection, was repealed at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
D. 
Corner lots. Corner lots shall be designed with extra width to permit adequate building setback from both streets.
E. 
Town boundary. Lot lines shall follow Town boundary lines.
F. 
Natural and environmentally sensitive areas. The subdivider shall, at the discretion of the Town Board, dedicate to the public and/or record specific permanent restrictions and easements to protect the integrity and to minimize impacts from development on areas such as special flood hazard areas, wetlands, environmental corridors, slopes exceeding 12%, unique woodlands and wildlife habitats, groundwater recharge areas, historic locations and cultural features.
G. 
Land remnants. All land remnants below the minimum lot size left over after subdividing of a larger tract must, be added to adjacent lots.
H. 
Lake and stream shores. In any plat abutting a lake or stream, the lands lying between the meander line, established in accordance with § 236.20(2)(g), Wis. Stats., and the water's edge, and any otherwise unplattable lands which lie between a proposed subdivision and the water's edge shall be included as part of lots or public dedications but shall not be counted as part of the required yard or minimum lot area. This subsection applies not only to lands proposed to be subdivided but also to all lands under option to the subdivider or in which the subdivider holds any interest and which are contiguous to the lands proposed to be subdivided and which abut a lake or stream.