This chapter is adopted under the authority
granted by § 236.45, Wis. Stats.
The purpose of this chapter is to regulate and
control the division of land within the corporate limits of the Village
of Belgium, Wisconsin, and its extraterritorial plat approval jurisdiction
in order to promote the public health, safety, morals, prosperity,
aesthetics, and general welfare of the Village 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 soil, water, wetland, woodland,
and wildlife resources and attain a proper adjustment of land use
and development to the supporting and sustaining natural resource
base;
B.
Lessen congestion in 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;
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; and
P.
Implement those municipal, county, watershed, or regional comprehensive plans or their components adopted by the Village and in general facilitate enforcement of Village development standards as set forth in the adopted regional, county, and local comprehensive plans, adopted plan components, and Chapter 270, Zoning, and Chapter 104, Building Construction, of the Code of the Village of Belgium, Wisconsin.
It is not intended by this chapter to repeal,
abrogate, annul, impair, or interfere with any existing easements,
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 floodlands on plats
and certified survey maps 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 the Village hereby asserts that there is no liability
on the part of the Village Board of Trustees, 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 Ordinance, Village of Belgium, Ozaukee
County, Wisconsin."
