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 limits of the City of Burlington,
Wisconsin, and its extraterritorial plat approval jurisdiction in
order to promote the public health, safety, morals, prosperity, aesthetics,
and general welfare of the City 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 City'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 City;
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 City and in general facilitate enforcement of City development standards as set forth in the adopted regional, county, and local comprehensive plans, neighborhood plans, and adopted plan components, and Chapter 315, Zoning, and Chapter 115, Building Construction, of the Code of the City of Burlington, 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 City and shall not
be deemed a limitation or repeal of any other power granted by the
Wisconsin Statutes.
