A.
Introduction. 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 Trenton, Washington 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 Trenton.
(2)
This chapter shall not repeal, impair or modify private
covenants or public ordinances, except that it shall apply whenever
it imposes stricter restrictions on land use.
B.
Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to promote
the public health, safety, convenience and general welfare of the
community. The regulations are designed to lessen congestion in the
highways and streets; to foster the orderly layout and use of land;
to secure safety from fire, panic and other dangers; to provide adequate
light and air, including access to sunlight for solar collectors and
to wind for wind energy systems; to discourage overcrowding of the
land; to protect the community's agriculture base; to facilitate adequate
provision for transportation, public water and sewerage, schools,
parks, playgrounds and other public necessities; and to facilitate
the further division of large tracts of land into smaller parcels.
The regulations are made with the 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 the most appropriate environment for human
habitation, encouraging commerce and industry, protecting farming
and open spaces, and providing for the most appropriate use of land
in the Town of Trenton, Washington County, Wisconsin.
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.
In their interpretation and application, the
provisions of this chapter shall be held to be minimum requirements
and shall be liberally construed in favor of the Town of Trenton and
shall not be deemed a limitation or repeal of any other power granted
by the Wisconsin Statutes.
All other ordinances or parts of ordinances
of the Town inconsistent or conflicting with this chapter, to the
extent of the inconsistency only, are hereby repealed, except that
Ordinance No. 1-74, constituting the Subdivision and Platting Code,
adopted on January 2, 1974, together with any ordinances amendatory
thereof or supplementary thereto, is hereby amended by this chapter
to the extent of any inconsistency with this Land Division Code.
This chapter shall be known as, referred to,
or cited as the "Town of Trenton, Washington County, Wisconsin, Subdivision
Chapter/Ordinance" or "Town of Trenton Land Division and Subdivision
Chapter/Ordinance."