All roads, driveways, trails and erosion control and stormwater installations shall be built at the subdivider's expense and shall comply with the Town of St. Joseph Code Chapter
149.
A. Perimeter roads. Roads at the perimeter of the subdivision shall
extend to the subdivision boundary. Narrow strips of land between
the road and the subdivision boundary (spite strips) shall not be
permitted unless conditions are established under which the adjacent
parcel can be connected to the road.
B. Traffic between residential areas and commercial or industrial areas.
Roads shall be planned and located so that traffic does not flow directly
from residential developments into commercial or industrial developments
or vice versa unless the Town Board specifically approves it.
C. Trails. A satisfactory plan for inclusion of the proposed trail route
as outlined in the Comprehensive Plan within any subdivision through
land dedication, donation, easement or other means shall be a condition
of granting approvals by the Town.
D. Road access. Access from existing private roads or substandard public
roads for major and minor subdivisions shall follow the requirements
below:
(1) When lots of any subdivision created under this chapter will access a private road, the creation of those lots will make that road public. The road in its entirety shall be brought into compliance with all provisions of this chapter and Chapter
149 of the St. Joseph Town Code, including blacktopping, at the expense of the subdivider/owner.
(2) Applicants may be required to share in the cost of the upgrade to
a substandard public road as determined by the Town Board.
(3) All lots may be subject to future special assessments for any upgrades
and improvements to the roads.
(4) No lot shall be approved that does not have road access as specified
in this chapter.
(5) Each lot shall front upon a public road or upon an approved access
easement connecting the lot to a public road.
(6) All lots or parcels shall have a minimum of 66 feet of road frontage
or an approved sixty-six-foot access easement. However, a lot or parcel
on the bulb of a cul-de-sac shall have a minimum of 33 feet of road
frontage.
(7) Each lot shall have a driveway access that connects the buildable
area to the road from which the lot takes access. The applicant shall
demonstrate that the driveway access shall not disturb wetlands, ponds,
lakes, slopes or other sensitive areas as identified in this chapter
which existed prior to the review of the subdivision.
(8) All accesses serving three or more lots or parcels shall be dedicated
public roads.
(9) Any private road existing prior to the effective date of this chapter
that had served two or more lots or parcels shall be dedicated in
its entirety if any additional lots or parcels will take access from
the private road.
(10)
If a proposed driveway access location is located on a road
other than an access road, the adjoining parcel must be examined to
determine if driveway separation standards can be met. If not, the
Town Board may require a waiver of driveway access from the owner
of the adjoining parcel, or may require the applicant to change the
location of the proposed driveway access.
E. Private roads. The subdivider/owner shall be required to place covenants
and/or deed restrictions against properties served by a private road
requiring maintenance and/or improvement of that road to be the responsibility
of the owners of properties served by the road.
F. Road acceptance. All roads offered for dedication to the Town shall
comply with all requirements of this chapter and of any other applicable
Town ordinance. Acceptance of the dedication shall be accomplished
pursuant to the provisions of §§ 236.10(3) and 236.29,
Wis. Stats. Acceptance of the road as a Town road shall be a separate
Town Board action after the road has been constructed and is inspected
by the Town or its designee and found to comply with all Town standards.
Acceptances will not be done when there is snow cover on the road
right-of-way area.
G. Private roads identification. All the roads which are not to be dedicated
to the Town as public roads because they serve two or fewer lots shall
be identified on the face of the plat or certified survey map as private
roads. The Town Board shall also require that the plat or certified
survey map contain a statement warning lot purchasers that the Town
does not plow or maintain private roadways.
H. Building permit issuance. No building permits for a major or minor subdivision shall be issued by the Town until construction of the bituminous base phase has been completed in compliance with the standards herein and until the subdivider/owner has complied with terms of the developer's agreement, required pursuant to Article
V, §
168-22B, setting forth the completion of the surface and shoulders.
The following standards shall be used when any development is
undertaken within the Town of St. Joseph:
A. Protection of vegetation from mechanical injury. Where earthwork,
grading, or construction activities will take place in or adjacent
to woodlands or other significant vegetation or site features, the
Town Board may require that the limit of disturbance be delineated
and vegetation protected through installation of temporary fencing
or other approved measures. Such fencing shall be installed before
any construction activity starts and shall be maintained throughout
the period of construction activity.
B. Protection of vegetation during construction activity. Existing vegetation
that is to be retained following construction activity shall be adequately
protected from damage during construction activity. Disturbances to
root zones shall be minimized. All disturbed roots shall be cut as
cleanly as possible. Disturbed or excavated areas shall be restored
or backfilled as quickly as possible.
C. Protection of topsoil.
(1) No topsoil shall be removed from the site.
(2) Before grading operations or excavation, topsoil in the area to be
disturbed shall be removed and stored on site.
(3) Topsoil removed shall be redistributed and stabilized as quickly
as possible following the establishment of required grades for a project
or project phase. All exposed earth surfaces shall be stabilized by
seeding and disc-anchoring mulch material, hydroseeding, or covering
with staked sod, erosion blanket, riprap, or other similar methods
approved by the Town Engineer.
(4) Grading and earthmoving operations shall be scheduled to minimize
site disturbance during the period from November 1 to April 1, when
revegetation of exposed ground is difficult.
The adequacy of any facilities or improvements and the proper
installation thereof shall be subject to the approval of an engineer
hired for such purpose by the Town. All costs and expenses incurred
regarding hiring of such engineer by the Town Board shall be borne
by the subdivider/owner. If corrective action is required, it shall
be described in writing by the engineer, provided to the subdivider/owner
and corrected by the subdivider/owner within the time stated. If the
corrective action is not completed within the specified time, the
Town may use the financial guarantee to complete the corrective action.
In addition to the utility, drainage and access easements required for preliminary plat under §
168-5C(2)(a)[32], the Town Board may require easements of width deemed adequate to the Town Board for electric power and communication facilities, storm and sanitary sewers, roads and gas, water or other utility lines. Where such easements are specifically located in the area being subdivided, they shall be so placed as not to interfere unreasonably with the use and enjoyment of the property for residential or other purposes. The Town Board shall have the authority, but not the obligation, to assess costs of maintaining easements to all landowners in the development.