A. 
In accordance with the authority granted by § 236.45, Wis. Stats., and for the purposes listed in §§ 236.01 and 236.45, Wis. Stats., the Town Board of the Town of New Glarus, Green County, Wisconsin, does hereby ordain as follows:
(1) 
The provisions of this chapter shall be held to be minimum requirements adopted to promote the health, safety, morals, comfort, prosperity and general welfare of the Town of New Glarus.
(2) 
This chapter shall not repeal, impair or modify private covenants or public ordinances, except that it may apply whenever it imposes stricter restrictions on land use.
B. 
The purpose of this chapter is to promote the public health, safety, convenience and general welfare of the Town of New Glarus. The regulations are designed to foster the orderly layout and use of land; to facilitate adequate provision for transportation, water and sewerage systems, parks, playgrounds, schools and educational facilities, and other public necessities; to discourage overcrowding of the land; to protect the Town's agriculture base; to provide for a system of transportation which meets or exceeds minimum standards for public safety; to lessen congestion on Town roads, highways and streets; to secure safety from fire, panic, and other dangers; and to facilitate the further division of large tracts of land into smaller parcels.
C. 
The regulations are made with reasonable consideration of, but not limited to, the present character of the Town and its environs, with the objectives of conserving the value of the land and improvements placed thereon, providing for the most appropriate environment for human habitation, protecting farming, agriculture industries and open space, encouraging commerce and industry, providing for the most appropriate use of land in the Town of New Glarus, and providing a fair and equitable opportunity for landowners to develop housing sites consistent with public expectations as put forth in the Survey of 1998.
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. However, when the chapter imposes greater restrictions and those restrictions are subsequently invalidated by Wisconsin State Statutes, Wisconsin State Statutes shall prevail as to those limited restrictions without invalidating the remainder of the provisions of this chapter.
In their interpretation and application, the provisions of this chapter shall be held to be the minimum requirements and shall be liberally construed in favor of the Town of New Glarus and shall not be deemed to be a limitation or repeal of any other power granted by the Wisconsin Statutes.
This chapter shall be known as, referred to, or cited as the "Town of New Glarus Subdivision Ordinance" or "Town of New Glarus Land Division and Subdivision Ordinance."