This chapter shall be known as the "Subdivision Regulations,
City of Watertown, Wisconsin."
These regulations are adopted under the authority granted by
Sections 236.45 and 703.115 of the Wisconsin Statutes.
This chapter is intended to regulate and control the division
and subdivision of land within the corporate limits and the extraterritorial
plat approval jurisdiction of the City of Watertown in order to promote
the public health, safety, and general welfare; to encourage the most
appropriate use of land; to provide the best possible living environment
for people; and to conserve the value of buildings placed upon the
land by furthering the orderly layout and use of land; ensuring proper
legal description and proper monumenting of land; preventing overcrowding
of land and avoiding undue concentration of population; lessening
congestion in the streets and highways; securing safety from fire,
flooding, water pollution, and other hazards; providing adequate light
and air; facilitating adequate provisions for transportation, water,
sewerage, schools, parks, playgrounds, open space, stormwater drainage,
the conservation of land, natural resources, scenic and historic sites,
energy, and other public requirements; facilitating further resubdivision
of larger parcels into smaller parcels of land; furthering the sustainability
of the city by accommodating green development and infrastructure;
providing adequate affordable housing; restricting building in areas
of unsuitable soils or other areas poorly suited for development;
providing for proper ingress to and egress from development sites;
ensuring enforcement of the development concepts, policies, and standards
delineated in the Comprehensive Plan and related components, the Official
Map, the Parks and Open Space Plan, the Transportation Plan, the Zoning
Code, the Erosion Control and Stormwater Runoff Codes, and the Building
Code of the City of Watertown.