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 Chapter 305, Zoning, of the Village Code, 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 Village of New Glarus Comprehensive Plan established under § 62.23(3), Wis. Stats., to meet the requirements of § 66.1001, Wis. Stats., 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 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.
[Added 3-6-2007 by Ord. No. 07-02; amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
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 Ch. 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 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 Chapter 305, Zoning, of the Code of the Village of New Glarus, 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 Article XVI of Chapter 305, Zoning. The extent of the extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction is described in § 305-108 of Article XVI of Chapter 305, Zoning, 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.[2]
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 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 Comprehensive 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 Ch. 227, Wis. Stats., including subsequent amendments to those rules.