Street design standards to be followed shall be those prescribed
by the Town Board.
Pedestrian pathways, preferably acquired by easement, may be
required by the Town Board where deemed essential to provide circulation
or access to schools, playgrounds, public recreation areas, shopping
centers, transportation, and other community facilities.
A.
Size.
(1)
Lot sizes shall be appropriate for the location, zoning, type of
sewerage or septic system to be utilized, and for the type of land
division contemplated. The following lot size requirements shall be
met:
(a)
For land divisions to be immediately provided with public sanitary
sewerage service at the time of initial land development, the minimum
lot size shall be 20,000 square feet.
(b)
In all other areas within the Town which are served by private
sewer systems, the minimum lot size shall be two acres.
(2)
Residential lots within each block shall have a minimum average depth
of 100 feet. Excessive depth in relation to width shall be avoided
and a proportion of 2:1 shall be considered a desirable ratio under
normal conditions.
(3)
Every lot on a public or private street shall front or abut for a
distance of at least 66 feet.
[Amended 12-9-2020]
(4)
Every
lot on a cul-de-sac shall front or abut for a distance of at least
30 feet. No more than four lots may abut the bulb portion of a cul-de-sac
without enlarging the diameter of the bulb.
[Amended 12-9-2020[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also redesignated former Subsection
A(4) as Subsection A(5).
(5)
Width of lots shall conform to the requirements of the Green County
Zoning Code.
B.
Commercial lots. Depth and width of properties reserved or laid out
for commercial or industrial purposes shall be adequate to provide
for the off-street service and parking facilities required by the
type of use and development contemplated, as required by the Green
County Zoning Code.
C.
Lots where abutting major thoroughfare. Residential lots fronting
on a major thoroughfare shall be platted with extra depth or designed
to alleviate the effect of major street traffic on residential occupancy.
D.
Corner lots. Corner lots for residential use shall have extra width
of 10 feet to permit building setback from both streets, or as required
by the Green County Zoning Code.
E.
Side lots. Where practical, side lot lines shall be substantially
at right angles to or radial to abutting street lines. Lot lines shall
follow Town boundary lines.
F.
Through lots and reversed frontage lots. Through lots and reversed
frontage lots shall be avoided for residential lots, except where
necessary to provide separation of residential development from traffic
arteries or to overcome specific disadvantages of topography and orientation.
G.
Natural features. In the subdividing of any land, regard shall be
shown for all natural features, such as tree growth, watercourses,
historic spots or similar conditions, which, if preserved, will add
attractiveness and stability to the proposed development.
H.
Land remnants. All remnants of lots below minimum lot and/or dimension
size left over after land division of a larger tract must be added
to adjacent lots or a plan shown as to future use rather than allowed
to remain as unusable parcels. (See definition)
I.
Cluster envelope placement. The land divider shall meet the following
standards with respect to location of the building envelopes:
[Amended 12-9-2020]
(1)
All cluster envelopes shall be located within a lot such that all
minimum setback, side yard, or rear yard requirements of the Green
County Zoning Code and any applicable restrictions or requirements
of the Land Use Plan or ordinances adopted by the Town Board are met.
(2)
No cluster envelope may be located on a hillside with a slope of
20% or more unless the land divider has submitted, and the Town Engineer
and Town Board have approved, construction plans and specifications,
including an erosion control plan.
J.
Cluster development lot layout. When the land divider proposes to
subdivide land using the provisions of a cluster development, the
land divider shall provide an exhibit of the development depicting
proposed cluster envelopes for each lot and how the arrangements of
the lots meet the principles of a cluster development in this chapter.
The exhibit shall be to a standard scale and shall include the location,
dimension, and area of the building envelopes proposed for each lot.
A written report by the Technical Review Committee Chair (or designee)
shall be submitted to the Town Board.
A.
Drainage system required. As required by this chapter and/or where
recommended by the Town Engineer, a drainage system shall be designed
and constructed by the land divider to provide for the proper drainage
of the surface water of the major subdivision and the drainage area
of which it is a part. A final plat shall not be approved until the
land divider shall submit plans, profiles and specifications as specified
in this section which have been prepared by a registered professional
engineer and approved by the Town Board and Town Engineer.
B.
Drainage system plans.
(1)
The land divider shall submit to the Town at the time of filing a
final plat a final drainage plan or engineering report on the ability
of existing watercourse channels, storm sewers, culverts and other
improvements pertaining to drainage or flood control within the land
division to handle the additional runoff which would be generated
by the development of the land within the land division. Additional
information shall be submitted to adequately indicate that provision
has been made for disposal of surface water without any damage to
the developed or undeveloped land downstream or below the proposed
land division. The report shall also include:
(2)
A grading plan for the streets, blocks and lots shall be submitted
by the land divider for the area within the land division.
(3)
The design criteria for storm drainage systems shall be based upon
standard engineering information and accepted engineering techniques
and models.
(4)
Material and construction specifications for all drainage projects
(i.e., pipe, culverts, seed, sod, etc.) shall be in compliance with
specifications provided by the Town Board, upon the recommendation
of the Town Engineer.
C.
Grading. The land divider shall grade each subdivision in order to
establish street, block, and lot grades in proper relation to each
other and to topography. The land divider shall grade the full width
of the right-of-way of all proposed streets in accordance with the
approved plans.
D.
Drainage system requirements. The land divider shall install all the storm drainage facilities indicated on the plans required in Subsection A of this section.
(1)
Street drainage. All streets shall be provided with an adequate storm
drainage system. The street storm system shall serve as the primary
drainage system and shall be designed to carry street, adjacent land
and building stormwater drainage.
(2)
Off-street drainage. The design of the off-street drainage system
shall include the watershed affecting the subdivision and shall be
extended to a watercourse or ditch adequate to receive the storm drainage.
When the drainage system is outside of the street right-of-way, the
land divider shall make provisions for dedicating an easement to the
Town to provide for the future maintenance of said system. Easements
shall be a minimum of 20 feet, but the Town may require larger easements
if more area is needed due to topography, size of watercourse, etc.
E.
Protection of drainage systems. The land divider shall adequately
protect all ditches to the satisfaction of the Town Board and Town
Engineer. Ditches and open channels shall be seeded, sodded, rip-rapped
or paved depending upon grades and soil types.
A.
General.
(1)
If a proposed land division includes land that is zoned for commercial
or industrial purposes, the layout of the land division with respect
to such land shall make such provisions as the Town may require.
(2)
A nonresidential land division shall also be subject to all the requirements
of site plan approval set forth in the Town Building Code. A nonresidential
land division shall be subject to all the requirements of this chapter
as well as such additional standards required by the Town and shall
conform to the proposed land use standards established by any Town
Master, Land Use Plan, the Green County Zoning Code, or ETZ Ordinance
as applicable.
B.
Standards. In addition to the principles and standards in this chapter,
which are appropriate to the planning of all land divisions, the applicant
shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Town Board that the street,
parcel and block pattern proposed is specifically adapted to the uses
anticipated and takes into account other uses in the vicinity. The
following principles and standards shall be observed:
(1)
Proposed industrial parcels shall be suitable in area and dimensions
to the types of industrial development anticipated.
(2)
Street rights-of-way and pavement shall be adequate to accommodate
the type and volume of traffic anticipated to be generated thereupon.
(3)
Special requirements may be imposed by the Town Board with respect
to street design and construction.
(4)
Special requirements may be imposed by the Town Board with respect
to the installation of public utilities, including water, sewer, and
stormwater drainage.
(5)
Every effort shall be made to protect adjacent residential areas
from potential nuisance from a proposed commercial or industrial land
division, including the provision of extra depth in parcels backing
up on existing or potential residential development and provisions
for permanently landscaped buffer strips when necessary.
(6)
Streets carrying nonresidential traffic, especially truck traffic,
shall not normally be extended to the boundaries of adjacent existing
or potential residential areas.
