The following definitions shall be applicable
in this chapter:
A public right-of-way which normally affords a secondary
means of vehicular access to abutting property.
A street which provides for the movement of relatively heavy
traffic to, from or within the Village. It has a secondary function
of providing access to abutting land and to collector and minor streets.
A bike route completely apart from a street and restricted
to bicycle, pedestrian, and maintenance vehicle traffic.
An area of land within a subdivision that is entirely bounded
by a combination or combinations of streets, exterior boundary lines
of the subdivision and streams or water bodies.
A line parallel to a lot line and at a distance from the
lot line so as to comply with the yard and setback requirements of
the Village Zoning Code,[1] or any restriction on the plat which identifies a line
on the plat as a building setback line.
A street which collects and distributes internal traffic
within an urban area, such as a residential neighborhood, between
arterial and local streets. It provides access to abutting property.
The Plan Commission created by the Village Board pursuant
to § 62.23, Wis. Stats.
A Comprehensive Plan prepared by the Village indicating the
general locations recommended for the various functional classes of
land use, places and structures and for the general physical development
of the Village and includes any unit or part of such plan separately
adopted and any amendment to such plan or parts thereof.
The Village of New Glarus Comprehensive Plan established
under Wisconsin Statutes § 66.22, to meet the requirements
of Wisconsin Statutes § 66.1001.
[Added 3-6-2007 by Ord. No. 07-02]
A preliminary drawing, made to approximate scale, of a proposed
land division for discussion purposes.
A real estate development in which a condominium form of
ownership pursuant to Chapter 703, Wis. Stats., is utilized.
A short street having but one end open to traffic and the
other end being permanently terminated in a vehicular turnaround.
A street permanently or temporarily closed at one end, with
or without turnarounds.
Where the title or any part thereof is transferred by the
execution of a land contract and acceptance, a deed, or a certified
survey.
An open area of land, either in an easement or dedicated
right-of-way, the primary purpose of which is to carry stormwater
on the ground surface in lieu of an enclosed storm sewer. Drainageways
may serve multiple purposes in addition to their principal use, including
but not limited to maintenance, bicycle and pedestrian traffic, sanitary
sewers, water mains, storm sewers, stormwater detention, park development,
and other related uses. Drainageways may also be referred to as "greenways."
The area of land set aside or over or through which a liberty,
privilege or advantage in land, distinct from ownership of the land,
is granted to the public or some particular person or part of the
public.
The portions of the Village of New Glarus Comprehensive Plan
that guide future development decisions within the Village's one-and-one-half-mile
extraterritorial land division approval jurisdiction.
[Added 3-6-2007 by Ord. No. 07-02; amended 3-3-2020 by Ord. No. 20-02]
The area within 1 1/2 miles of the Village of New Glarus
corporate limits within which the Village has chosen to exercise its
extraterritorial land division approval authority under W.S.A. 236.02(5)
and W.S.A. 236.10.
[Added 3-6-2007 by Ord. No. 07-02]
The unincorporated area within 1 1/2 miles of a fourth-class
city or a village and within three miles of all other cities.
Article XVI of the Village of New Glarus Zoning Ordinance,[2] adopted by the Village of New Glarus Board, and intended
to regulate land use within the joint extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction,
in cooperation with the Town of New Glarus through the Joint Extraterritorial
Zoning Committee.
[Added 3-6-2007 by Ord. No. 07-02]
The final map, drawing or chart on which the subdivider's
plan of subdivision is presented for approval and which, if approved,
will be submitted to the County Register of Deeds.
A minor street auxiliary to and located on the side of an
arterial street for control of access and for service to the abutting
development.
A street, either existing as or proposed to
be, half of the required right-of-way width with the intention that
the adjoining half will be platted at the time the adjoining lands
are subdivided; or
An existing street, of which, due to reasons
of ownership, only half of the right-of-way is within the boundaries
of a proposed land division or annexation.
Any sanitary sewer, storm sewer, open channel, water main,
roadway, park, parkway, public access, sidewalk, pedestrianway, planting
strip or other facility for which the Village may ultimately assume
the responsibility for maintenance and operation.
Also referred to as the “Joint Committee” or
“Extraterritorial Committee.” Established by the Village
of New Glarus and Town of New Glarus under Wisconsin Statutes, § 62.23(7a)
and authorized by the Village of New Glarus Board of Trustees to issue
recommendations and make certain decisions within the Village of New
Glarus/Town of New Glarus extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction and
within the Village of New Glarus extraterritorial land division approval
jurisdiction.
[Added 3-6-2007 by Ord. No. 07-02]
Lands within the Town of New Glarus that are subject to regulations within the Extraterritorial Zoning Ordinance. The extent of the extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction is described in § 305-108 of the Extraterritorial Zoning Ordinance[3] and in the Official Zoning Map of the New Glarus Extraterritorial
Zoning Jurisdiction.
[Added 3-6-2007 by Ord. No. 07-02]
Any new legal parcel of land created under this chapter.
A street of little or no continuity designed to provide access
to abutting property and leading into collector streets.
A parcel of land having frontage on a public street or other
officially approved means of access, occupied or intended to be occupied
by a principal structure or use and sufficient in size to meet the
lot width, lot frontage, lot area, yard, parking area and other open
space provisions of this chapter and any applicable zoning ordinance.
The area contained within the exterior boundaries of a lot,
excluding streets and land under navigable bodies of water.
A lot abutting intersecting streets at their intersection.
The average dimension of a parcel measured from the rear
lot line to the front lot line along each side yard.
The peripheral boundaries of a lot as defined herein.
A lot having a pair of opposite lot lines along two more
or less parallel public streets and which is not a corner lot. On
a through lot both street lines shall be deemed front lot lines.
The width of a parcel of land measured along the front building
line.
A street used or intended to be used primarily for fast or
heavy through traffic. Major thoroughfares shall include freeways,
expressways and other highways and parkways, as well as arterial streets.
An extensively developed plan, map, or other document pertaining
to planning and adopted by the Village Board or other Village agency
which may pertain to the division of lands, including the Comprehensive
Development Plan, the Official Map, comprehensive utility plans, and
other planning documents, including proposals for future land use,
transportation, urban redevelopment and public facilities. Devices
for the implementation of these plans, such as ordinances pertaining
to zoning, the Official Map, land division, and building development
and capital improvement plans, shall be considered as planning documents
within this definition.
An area or stand of trees with a total combined canopy of
at least one acre and at least 50% of which is comprised of trees
having a diameter at breast height of at least six inches.
[Added 3-6-2007 by Ord. No. 07-02]
A street used, or intended to be used, primarily for access
to abutting properties, also referred to as a "local street."
The division of land by the owner or subdivider resulting
in the creation of not more than four parcels or building sites, any
one of which is 35 acres in size or less, or the division of a block,
lot or outlot within a recorded subdivision plat into not more than
four parcels or building sites without changing the exterior boundaries
of said block, lot or outlot.
A map indicating the location, width, and extent of existing
and proposed streets, highways, drainageways, parks, playgrounds,
and other facilities, as adopted by the Village Board pursuant to
Chapter 62, Wis. Stats.[4]
A parcel of land, other than a lot, so designated on a plat
or certified survey and which is not intended for building or structure
development in the proposed land division.
Includes the plural as well as the singular and may mean
either a natural person, firm, association, partnership, private corporation,
public or quasi-public corporation, or combination of these, having
any pecuniary interest in lands regulated by this chapter.
A public way, usually running at right angles to streets,
which is intended for the convenience of pedestrians only; it may
also provide public right-of-way for utilities.
Includes the plural as well as the singular and may mean
any individual, firm, association, syndicate, partnership, corporation,
trust, or any other legal entity.
A specified area of land comprising one or more contiguous
ownership parcels or building sites for nonresidential uses and which
area is legally limited by a reciprocal land use agreement and plan
of building placement, reciprocal use of off-street parking facilities
and reciprocal use of ingress and egress facilities for each building,
loading and parking site. A planned commercial site must have a plan
and reciprocal land use agreement approved by the Village recorded
in the office of the County Register of Deeds. An approved plan and
reciprocal land use agreement may not be changed without approval
by the Village. No portion of a planned commercial site may include
or front on a street, highway, walkway, parkway, or utility route
designated in the Master Plan or Official Map at the time of initial
recording unless the designated facility is in public ownership or
easement.
A form of development usually characterized by a unified
site design for a number of housing units. The concept usually involves
clustering of buildings, providing common open space, and mixing different
types of housing (single-family, duplexes, and multifamily).
The map, drawing or chart on which the subdivider's plat
of subdivision is presented to the Village for approval.
The preliminary plat map, drawing or chart indicating the
proposed layout of the subdivision to be submitted to the Plan Commission
for its consideration as to compliance with the Comprehensive Development
Plan and this chapter along with required supporting data.
Contracts entered into between private parties or between
private parties and public bodies pursuant to § 236.293,
Wis. Stats., which constitute a restriction on the use of all private
or platted property within a subdivision for the benefit of the public
or property owners and to provide mutual protection against undesirable
aspects of development which would tend to impair stability of values.
The process of changing, or a map or plat which changes,
the boundaries of a recorded subdivision plat or part thereof. The
legal dividing of a large block, lot or outlot within a recorded subdivision
plat without changing exterior boundaries of said block, lot or outlot
is not a replat.
A single-family dwelling or part of a duplex, apartment,
or other multiple-family dwelling occupied by one family or one distinct
set of inhabitants or occupants.
A public way dedicated to the public for its intended use.
Those lands within the following distances: 1,000 feet from
the high-water elevation of navigable lakes, ponds and flowages or
300 feet from the high-water elevation of navigable streams or to
the landward side of the floodplain, whichever is greater.
A public way for pedestrians and vehicular traffic and utility
access, including but not limited to highways, thoroughfares, parkways,
through highways, roads, avenues, boulevards, lanes, places, and courts,
and any pavements, turf, fixtures, facilities, structures, plantings,
signs, and other elements of the right-of-way.
Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires
permanent location on the ground, or attached to something having
permanent location on the ground, excepting public utility fixtures
and appurtenances.
Any person, firm, corporation, agent, partnership, or entity
of any sort who or which divides or proposes to divide or replat land
in any manner, including such heirs and assigns as may be responsible
for the obligations of the subdivider under the provisions of this
chapter.
A division of a lot, parcel or tract of land by the owner
thereof or the owner's agent for the purpose of sale or of building
development where:
That portion of the Village and the area within its extraterritorial
jurisdiction which has been designated by the Village Board as the
area to which services required in urban areas shall be provided in
a planned and orderly process, particularly those facilities which
are placed on or in the land as part of the urban development process.
Such services include, but are not limited to, public sanitary and
storm sewers, water supply and distribution systems, streets and highways.
The Village of New Glarus, Wisconsin, and, where appropriate,
its Village Board, commissions, committees and authorized officials.
An area where water is at, near or above the land surface
long enough to be capable of supporting aquatic or hydrophytic vegetation
and which has soils indicative of wet conditions. [Section 23.32(1),
Wis. Stats.]
The rules of administrative agencies having rule-making authority
in Wisconsin, published in a loose-leaf, continual revision system,
as directed by § 35.93 and Chapter 227, Wis. Stats., including
subsequent amendments to those rules.
