These regulations are adopted under the authority granted by § 236.45 and § 66.0617, pertaining to impact fees, Wis. Stats., and amendments thereto.
The purpose of this chapter is to regulate and control the division of land within the limits of the Village of Salem Lakes, Kenosha County, Wisconsin, in order to promote the public health, safety, morals, prosperity, aesthetics, and general welfare of the Village of Salem Lakes 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 soils, topography and steep slopes, water, shorelands, drainageways, wetlands and shoreland wetlands, woodlands and forests, and wildlife resource features and attain a proper adjustment of land division, land use and development to the supporting and sustaining natural resource base;
B.
Provide safe streets and highways and lessen traffic congestion on 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 due to natural resource characteristics;
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;
O.
Provide penalties for its violation;
P.
Implement those municipal, county, watershed, or regional comprehensive plans or their components adopted by the Village and, in general, facilitate enforcement of those development standards as set forth in the adopted regional, county, and local comprehensive plans, neighborhood plans, adopted plan components, Park and Open Space Plan, Chapter 490, Zoning and Shoreland/Floodplain Zoning, and Chapter 200, Building Construction, of the Village of Salem Lakes, Wisconsin.
It is not intended by this chapter to repeal, abrogate, annul, impair, or interfere with any existing easements, deed restrictions, protective covenants, agreements, rules, regulations, or permits previously adopted or issued pursuant to law. 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.
The Village does not guarantee, warrant, or represent that only those areas delineated as floodplains on certified survey maps or subdivision plats 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 this 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, Village Board, Plan Commission, 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.
This chapter shall be known as, referred to, or cited as the "Land Division Control Ordinance (Chapter 335 of the Code of the Village of Salem Lakes), Village of Salem Lakes, Kenosha County, Wisconsin."