The Town Board of the Town of St. Joseph adopts this chapter
pursuant to its village powers and its specific statutory authority,
powers and duties, under Wisconsin law, including but not limited
to Wisconsin Statutes chapters 60, 61, 62 and 82, to name and rename
roads within its jurisdiction and to develop and approve an official
Town Map, including the official Town road names and numbers.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
NAME
Shall refer to the act of designating an appellation for
the road, or the designation of an appellation for the road. It shall
also refer to the number of the road.
PRIVATE ACCESSES
Those thoroughfares that provide access between a public
road within the Town and two or more residences located within the
Town. Private accesses are not maintained by the Town of St. Joseph,
and are not part of the public road system within the Town. "Private
access" may also refer to roads within a major subdivision which have
not been declared public roads.
PUBLIC ROADS
Town roads that have been accepted by the Town as public
and are maintained solely by the Town of St. Joseph. This does not
include federal highways, state highways, county highways, or private
accesses.
This chapter shall apply to all subdivisions and roadways built
within the Town. The Town Board is authorized to rename or renumber
existing roads.