These regulations are adopted under the authority of § 236.45,
Wis. Stats.
The purpose of this chapter is to regulate and control the division
of land within the Village limits and its extraterritorial jurisdiction in
order to promote the public health, safety, convenience, aesthetics and general
welfare of the Village and its environs.
A.
It is the general intent of this chapter to regulate
the division of land so as to:
(1)
Lessen congestion in the streets;
(2)
Foster the orderly layout and appropriate use of land;
(3)
Secure safety from fire, flooding, panic and other dangers;
(4)
Provide adequate light and air;
(5)
Discourage overcrowding of the land;
(6)
Lessen concentration of population;
(7)
Facilitate adequate provision for transportation, public
water and sewerage, schools, parks, playgrounds and other public necessities;
and
(8)
Facilitate the further division of large tracts of land
into smaller parcels.
B.
The regulations are made with reasonable consideration
of, but not limited to, the present character of the Village and its environs,
with the objectives of conserving the value of the land and improvements placed
thereon, providing the most appropriate environment for human habitation,
encouraging commerce and industry, and providing for the most appropriate
use of land in the Village.
The provisions of this chapter shall be held to be minimum requirements,
shall be liberally construed in favor of the Village, and shall not be deemed
a limitation or repeal of any other power granted by Wisconsin Statutes.
A.
No land within the corporate limits of the Village or
within the extraterritorial plat approval jurisdiction shall, after the adoption
of this chapter, be divided by a subdivision plat or certified survey map,
nor may such document be entitled to be recorded in the office of the Register
of Deeds, nor may any street be laid out, nor may any improvements be made
to the land, until the provisions of this chapter and Ch. 236, Wis. Stats.,
are met, and the plat or certified survey map and the plan or plans of the
subdivision have been approved by the Plan Commission and the Village Board
and certified thereto by the Village Administrator.
B.
Any division of land, other than a subdivision as defined
in § 236.02(8) and (12), Wis. Stats., shall be surveyed and a certified
survey map prepared as provided in § 236.34, Wis. Stats.
C.
No building permit shall be issued by the Village authorizing
the building on or improvement of any parcel for land not on record as of
the effective date of this chapter, until the provisions and requirements
of this chapter have been met.
D.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to:
(1)
Transfer of interest in land by will or pursuant to court
order.
(2)
Leases for a term of not exceeding 10 years, mortgages,
or easements.
(3)
Sale or exchange of parcels of land between owners of
adjoining property, if additional lots are not created thereby, and if the
resulting lots are not reduced below the minimum sizes required by Ch. 236,
Wis. Stats., or any other ordinance of the Village.
No person, firm or corporation shall divide any land located within
the corporate limits of the Village of Sauk City or within the extraterritorial
plat approval jurisdiction thereof which shall result in a subdivision, minor
land division, condominium or replat as defined herein without complying with
the provisions of Ch. 236, Wis. Stats., and the requirements of this chapter,
whichever is more restrictive. No subdivision, minor land division or replat
shall be entitled to be recorded and no street shall be laid out nor building
permit issued where a subdivision, minor land division or replat results without
compliance with all of the requirements of this chapter and the following:
A.
The provisions of Ch. 236, Wis. Stats.
B.
The rules of the Department of Commerce contained in
the Wisconsin Administrative Code and the state statutes for land divisions
not served by public sanitary sewer system.
C.
The rules of the Division of Highways, Wisconsin Department
of Transportation, contained in Ch. Trans 233, Wis. Adm. Code, for subdivisions
and minor land divisions that abut on a state trunk highway or connecting
street.
D.
The rules of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
contained in the Wisconsin Administrative Code setting water quality standards
preventing and abating pollution and regulating development within floodland,
wetland and shoreland areas.
E.
Comprehensive plans or components of such plans prepared
by state, county or municipal agencies duly adopted by the Village Board.
F.
All applicable local and county regulations, including
zoning, sanitary, building and official mapping ordinances.
G.
Except to the extent expressly set forth in this chapter,
all applicable regulations contained in the Wisconsin Administrative Code
not listed in this section.
A.
Dedication of lands for streets and public ways. Whenever
a lot or parcel of land to be divided as a subdivision or as a land division
contains all or in part a street, highway, greenway, watercourse, or a drainageway
or utility easement designated in the Comprehensive Plan or Official Map,
said public way shall be platted and dedicated by the subdivider in the location
and width indicated along with all other streets.
B.
Dedication of lands for public parks and other public
areas.
(1)
Suitable sites for public areas, such as but not limited
to parks, recreational areas, parkways, public building areas or other public
uses, but excluding schools, shall be provided in one or more of the following
manners:
(2)
Where public parks and sites for other public areas, as shown on the Comprehensive Plan or Official Map, lie within the area proposed for development and are greater in area than required by Subsection B(1) of this section, the owner shall reserve, for acquisition by the Village through agreement, purchase or condemnation, the remaining greater public area for a period of one year.
For the purpose of these regulations, the following words used in this chapter are defined. For additional definitions, see Chapter 365, Zoning, of this Code.
A line parallel to a lot line and at a distance from the lot line to comply with the yard requirements of Chapter 365, Zoning, of this Code.
A map intending to create not more than four parcels of land as provided
in § 236.34, Wis. Stats. Certified survey maps shall, in addition
to the provisions of § 236.34, bear a certificate of approval of
the Village Board, certified by the Village Administrator.
Any splitting up of a recorded tract of land, except as provided in § 350-13 of this chapter.
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 unincorporated area with 1 1/2 miles of the corporate limits.
A map of a subdivision prepared in accordance with the requirements
of Ch. 236, Wis. Stats., and this chapter, with all necessary text, certificates
and affidavits to qualify it for recording in the office of the Register of
Deeds.
A parcel of land having frontage on a public street, 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 pursuant to Chapter 365, Zoning, of this Code.
The total area in a horizontal plane within the peripheral boundaries
of a lot.
A lot, the rear line of which abuts the side lot line of another
lot or lots in the same block, but not separated by an open space.
A lot abutting intersecting streets at their intersection.
The peripheral boundaries of a lot as defined in this section.
A lot that it has its rear lot line coincident with or parallel to
the side lot line of the interior lot immediately to its rear.
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.
Includes the plural as well as the singular and may mean either a
natural person, firm, association, partnership, private corporation, limited
liability company, 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.
The Village Plan Commission established in conformity with § 62.23,
Wis. Stats.
A map showing the salient features of a proposed subdivision submitted
to an approving authority for purposes of preliminary consideration. A preliminary
plat precisely describes the location and exterior boundaries of the parcel
proposed to be divided and shows the approximate location of lots and other
improvements.
A public or private way which may either provide for the principal
means of pedestrian and/or vehicular access to abutting property or may provide
for the movement of pedestrian and/or vehicular traffic, or both.
ARTERIAL STREETA street used or intended to be used primarily for fast or heavy through traffic. "Arterial street" includes freeways, expressways, and other highways and parkways and any other major street in the Village that exceeds the standard width of a collector street.
COLLECTOR STREETA street which carries traffic between local streets and major thoroughfares, including the principal entrance streets of a residential development, and provides for circulation within such development.
MINOR STREETA street which is used primarily for access to abutting properties.
MARGINAL ACCESS STREETA street which is parallel to and adjacent to major thoroughfares and which provides access to abutting properties and protection from traffic on the major street.
CUL-DE-SACA local street with only one outlet and having an appropriate turnaround for the safe and convenient reversal of traffic movement.
DEAD-END STREETA local street with only one outlet and having no turnaround.
ALLEYA public way which provides secondary access to abutting properties.
SUBSTANDARD STREETAn existing street that does not presently have curb and gutter installed along its length.
Any person, firm, partnership, corporation, association, estate,
trust, or other legal entity requesting review of action on a land division
or subdivision.
The division of a lot or parcel of land for the purpose of ownership
transfer or building development where:
An approval, with or without recommended alteration, given to the
preliminary plat by the Plan Commission. It constitutes the necessary authority
to proceed with the preparation and presentation of the final plat or certified
survey map for the consideration of the Village Board.
