In any new subdivision, the street layout shall conform to the arrangement, width and location indicated on the Official Map, County Jurisdictional Highway System Plan, Comprehensive Plan or Plan Component, or precise Neighborhood Unit Development Plan of the Village of Belgium, Wisconsin. In areas for which such plans have not been completed, the street layout shall recognize the functional classification of the various types of streets and shall be developed and located in proper relation to existing and proposed streets, to the topography, to such natural features as streams and tree growth, to public convenience and safety, to the proposed use of the land to be served by such streets, and to the most advantageous development of adjoining areas. The subdivision shall be designed so as to provide each lot with satisfactory access to a public street. In addition:
A. 
Arterial streets, as hereafter defined, shall be arranged so as to provide ready access to centers of employment, centers of governmental 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.
B. 
Collector streets, as hereafter defined, 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 the mass transportation system, to special traffic generators, such as schools, churches and shopping centers and other concentrations of population, and to the major streets to which they connect.
C. 
Minor streets, as hereafter defined, 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 the minimum street area necessary to provide safe and convenient access to abutting property.
D. 
Proposed streets shall extend to the boundary lines of the tract being subdivided unless prevented by topography or other physical conditions or unless, in the opinion of the Village Plan Commission, such extension is not necessary or desirable for the coordination of the layout of the subdivision or for the advantageous development of the adjacent tracts.
E. 
Arterial street and highway protection. Whenever the proposed subdivision contains or is adjacent to an arterial street or highway, adequate protection of residential properties, limitation of access and separation of through and local traffic shall be provided by reversed frontage, with screen planting contained in a nonaccess reservation along the rear property line, or by the use of frontage streets.
F. 
Stream or lake shores shall have a minimum of 60 feet of public access platted to the low-water mark at intervals of not more than 1/2 mile as required by § 236.16(3), Wis. Stats.
G. 
Reserve strips shall not be provided on any plat to control access to streets or alleys, except where control of such strips is placed with the Village under conditions approved by the Village Plan Commission.
H. 
Access shall be provided in commercial and industrial areas for off-street loading and service access unless otherwise required by the Village Plan Commission.
I. 
Street names shall not duplicate or be similar to existing street names elsewhere in the Village, and existing street names shall be projected wherever possible.
Whenever the proposed subdivision contains or is adjacent to a limited access highway or railroad right-of-way, the design shall provide the following treatment:
A. 
When lots within the proposed subdivision back upon the right-of-way of an existing or proposed limited access highway or a railroad, a planting strip at least 30 feet in depth shall be provided adjacent to the highway or railroad in addition to the normal lot depth. This strip shall be a part of the platted lots but shall have the following restriction lettered on the face of the plat: "This strip reserved for the planting of trees and shrubs. The building of structures hereon is prohibited."
B. 
Commercial and industrial properties shall have provided, on each side of the limited access highway or railroad, streets approximately parallel to and at a suitable distance from such highway or railroad for the appropriate use of the land between such streets and highway or railroad, but not less than 150 feet.
C. 
Streets parallel to a limited access highway or railroad right-of-way, when intersecting an arterial street and highway or collector street which crosses said railroad or highway, shall be located at a minimum distance of 250 feet from said highway or railroad right-of-way. Such distance, where desirable and practicable, shall be determined with due consideration of the minimum distance required for the future separation of grades by means of appropriate approach gradients.
D. 
Minor streets immediately adjacent and parallel to railroad rights-of-way shall be avoided, and location of minor streets immediately adjacent to arterial streets and highways and to railroad rights-of-way shall be avoided in residential areas.
The minimum right-of-way and roadway width of all proposed streets shall be as specified by the Comprehensive Plan, Comprehensive Plan Component, Official Map, Neighborhood Development Study or Jurisdictional Highway System Plan, or, if no width is specified therein, the minimum widths shall be as shown on Appendix A-1.[1] Street sections are for standard arterial streets only. Cross sections for freeways, expressways and parkways should be based upon detailed engineering studies. In addition:
A. 
Cul-de-sac streets designed to have one end permanently closed shall not exceed 750 feet in length. All cul-de-sac streets designed to have one end permanently closed shall terminate in a circular turnaround having a minimum right-of-way radius of 60 feet and a minimum outside curb of 48 feet.
B. 
Temporary termination of streets intended to be extended at a later date shall be accomplished with a temporary cul-de-sac in accordance with the standards set forth above or by construction of a temporary "T" intersection 33 feet in width and 33 feet in length abutting the right-of-way lines of the access street on each side.
C. 
Street grades. Unless necessitated by exceptional topography, subject to the approval of the Village Plan Commission, 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, alleys and frontage streets: 10%.
(4) 
Pedestrianways: 12% unless steps or stairs of acceptable design are provided.
(5) 
The grade of any street shall in no case exceed 12% or be less than 1/2 of 1%. Street grades shall be established wherever practicable so as to avoid excessive grading, the promiscuous removal of ground cover and tree growth, and general leveling of the topography. All changes in street grades shall be connected by vertical curves of a minimum length equivalent in feet to 15 times the algebraic difference in the rates of grade for major streets and 1/2 this minimum for all other streets.
D. 
Radii of curvature.
(1) 
When a continuous street center line deflects at any one point by more than 10º, a circular curve shall be introduced having a radius of curvature on said center line of not less than the following:
(a) 
Arterial streets and highways: 500 feet.
(b) 
Collector streets: 300 feet.
(c) 
Minor streets: 100 feet.
(2) 
A tangent at least 100 feet in length shall be provided between reverse curves on arterial and collector streets.
E. 
Half streets. Where an existing dedicated or platted half street is adjacent to the tract being subdivided, the other half of the street shall be dedicated by the subdivider. The platting of new half streets shall not be permitted.
[1]
Editor's Note: Appendix A-1 is included at the end of this chapter.
Streets shall intersect each other at as nearly right angles as topography and other limiting factors of good design permit. In addition:
A. 
The number of streets converging at one intersection shall be reduced to a minimum, preferably not more than two.
B. 
The number of intersections along major streets and highways shall be held to a minimum. Wherever practicable, the distance between such intersections shall not be less than 1,200 feet.
C. 
Property lines at street intersections shall be rounded with a minimum radius of 15 feet, or a greater radius when required by the Village Plan Commission, or shall be cut off by a straight line through the points of tangency of an arc having a radius of 15 feet.
D. 
Minor streets shall not necessarily continue across arterial or collector streets, but if the center lines of such minor streets approach the major streets from opposite sides within 250 feet of each other, measured along the center line of the arterial or collector street, then the location shall be so adjusted that the adjoinment across the major or collector street is continuous and a jog is avoided.
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 topography. In addition:
A. 
The length of blocks in residential areas shall not as a general rule be less than 600 feet nor more than 1,500 feet unless otherwise dictated by exceptional topography or other limiting factors of good design.
B. 
Pedestrianways of not less than 10 feet in width may be required near the center and entirely across any block over 900 feet in length where deemed essential by the Village Plan Commission to provide adequate pedestrian circulation or access to schools, parks, shopping centers, churches or transportation facilities.
C. 
The width of blocks shall be wide enough to provide for two tiers of lots of appropriate depth except where otherwise required to separate residential development from through traffic. Width of lots or parcels reserved or laid out for commercial or industrial use shall be adequate to provide for off-street service and parking required by the use contemplated and the area zoning restrictions for such use.
D. 
Utility easements for electric power and telephone service shall, where practical, be placed on midblock easements along rear lot lines.
The size, shape, and orientation of lots shall be appropriate for the location of the subdivision and for the type of development and use contemplated. The lots should be designed to provide an aesthetically pleasing building site and a proper architectural setting for the building contemplated. In addition:
A. 
Side lot lines shall be at right angles to straight street lines or radial to curved street lines on which the lots face. Lot lines shall follow municipal boundary lines rather than cross them.
B. 
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.
C. 
Access. Every lot shall front or abut for a distance of at least 40 feet on a public cul-de-sac street, and every other lot shall front or abut for a distance of at least 90 feet on a public street.
D. 
Area and dimensions of all lots shall conform to the requirements of Chapter 270, Zoning, of the Code of the Village of Belgium for subdivisions within the Village and to the applicable town or county zoning ordinance within the Village's extraterritorial jurisdictional limits.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
E. 
Lands lying between the meander line 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, outlots or public dedications in any plat abutting a lake or stream.
Building setback lines appropriate to the location and type of development contemplated which are more restrictive than the regulation of the zoning district in which the plat is located may be required by the Village Plan Commission and shall be shown on the final plat or certified survey map. Examples of the application of this provision would include requiring greater setbacks on cul-de-sac lots to achieve the necessary lot width at the setback line, requiring greater setbacks to conform to setbacks of existing adjacent development, or setting special yard requirements to protect natural resource elements.
The Village Plan Commission may require utility easements of widths deemed adequate for the intended purpose on each side of all rear lot lines and on side lot lines or across lots where necessary or advisable for electric power and communication lines, wires, conduits, storm and sanitary sewers, and gas, water and other utility lines. Where a subdivision is traversed by a watercourse, drainageway channel or stream, an adequate drainageway or easement shall be provided as may be required by the Village Plan Commission. The location, width, alignment and improvement of such drainageway or easement shall be subject to the approval of the Village Engineer, and parallel streets or parkways may be required in connection therewith. Where necessary, stormwater drainage shall be maintained by landscaped open channels of adequate size and grade to hydraulically accommodate maximum potential volumes of flow. These design details are subject to review and approval by the Village Engineer.
[Amended 9-13-1999 by Ord. No. 41-99; 6-11-2001 by Ord. No. 9-01; 12-11-2006 by Ord. No. 44-06; 8-11-2008 by Ord. No. 23-08]
A. 
In the design of the plat, due consideration shall be given to the reservation of suitable sites of adequate area for future schools, parks, playgrounds, drainageways and other public purposes. If designated on the Comprehensive Plan, Comprehensive Plan Component or Official Map, such areas shall be made a part of the plat as stipulated in § 168-10 of this chapter. If not so designated, consideration shall be given in the location of such sites to the preservation of scenic and historic sites, stands of fine trees, marshes, lakes and ponds, watercourses, watersheds and ravines.
B. 
Accordingly, each subdivider of land in the Village of Belgium shall, at the discretion and direction of the Village Plan Commission, either dedicate open space lands designated on the Village Comprehensive Plan or plan component, reserve such open space lands and pay a public park fee, or, where no open space lands are involved, pay a public park fee. The Village Plan Commission shall, at the time of reviewing the preliminary plat or certified survey map, select one of the following options and record such selection in the minutes of the meeting at which the preliminary plat or certified survey map is presented for approval:
(1) 
Dedication of site option. Whenever a proposed playground, park, or other public open space land designated on the Village's Comprehensive Plan or other Comprehensive Plan Component is encompassed, all or in part, within a tract of land to be subdivided, the public lands shall be made a part of the plat and shall be dedicated to the public by the subdivider at the rate of one acre for each 100 proposed or potential dwelling units, and any such proposed public lands in excess of the rate established herein shall be reserved for a period not to exceed three years, unless extended by mutual agreement, for acquisition at undeveloped land prices by the public agency having jurisdiction. If the lands in excess of the established rate are not acquired within the three-year period as set forth herein, the land will be released from reservation to the owner.
(2) 
Reservation of site option. Whenever a proposed playground, park, or other public open space land designated on the Village's Comprehensive Plan or other Comprehensive Plan Component is encompassed, all or in part, within a tract of land to be subdivided, the proposed public open space lands shall be made a part of the plat and reserved at the time of final plat approval for a period not to exceed three years, unless extended by mutual agreement, for acquisition at undeveloped land prices by the public agency having jurisdiction. If the land is not acquired within the three-year time period as set forth herein, the land will be released from reservation to the owner.
(3) 
Public park fee option. If the proposed subdivision or minor land division does not encompass a proposed public park, or other open space lands, or if the Village Plan Commission requires the reservation of land as set forth in Subsection B(2) above, a fee for the acquisition or initial improvement of land for public parks to serve the future inhabitants of the proposed subdivision or minor land division shall be paid to the Village Clerk at the time of first application for approval of a final plat of said subdivision or part thereof or certified survey map, as provided in § 168-78 of this chapter.
[Amended 3-8-2010 by Ord. No. 2-10]