During the approval process, the Town Engineer
may require that the subdivider provide street plans and profiles
showing existing ground surface and proposed and established street
grades, including extensions for a reasonable distance beyond the
limits of the proposed subdivision when requested. All elevations
shall be based upon mean sea level (1929) datum, and plans and profiles
shall meet the approval of the Town Engineer.
The Town Engineer may require that borings and
soundings be made in specified areas to ascertain subsurface soil,
rock and water conditions, including depth to bedrock and depth to
groundwater table. Where the subdivision will not be served by public
sanitary sewer service, the provisions of Ch. Comm 83, Wis. Adm. Code,
shall be complied with and the appropriate data submitted with the
preliminary plat.
The Town Engineer, upon determining from a review
of the preliminary plat that the soil, slope, vegetation and drainage
characteristics of the site are such as to require substantial cutting,
clearing, grading and other earthmoving operations in the development
of the subdivision or otherwise entail a severe erosion hazard, may
require the subdivider to provide soil erosion and sedimentation control
plans and specifications. Such plans shall generally follow the guidelines
and standards set forth in the publication Minimizing Erosion in Urbanizing
Areas, as prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture,
Soil Conservation Service, 1972, and shall be in accordance with standards
set forth elsewhere in this Code.
Every preliminary plat, final plat and certified
survey map, whether preliminary or final, shall depict the road or
street access appertaining to each lot therein shown. Such road or
street access shall be so located as to be conducive to public safety
in regard to vehicular and pedestrian traffic, and it shall be so
situated so as to promote the orderly platting and development of
surrounding areas. If any lot abuts more than one road or street,
each road or street access intended by the owner shall be depicted.
It shall be the duty of the Plan Commission and the Town Board to
evaluate each proposed lot access to determine whether or not it presents
a safety hazard in regard to vehicular and pedestrian traffic and
whether or not it promotes the orderly platting and development of
the surrounding areas. The Plan Commission or the Town Board may reject
any preliminary plat, final plat or proposed certified survey map
because of its disapproval of any road or street access for any lot.
In the alternative, the Plan Commission or the Town Board may approve
any preliminary plat, final plat or certified survey map on condition
that it be changed to show the access in a manner satisfactory to
the Plan Commission and the Town Board. Any action by the Plan Commission
or the Town Board pursuant to this section shall be presumed to be
based upon facts indicating that the proposed access poses a hazard
to vehicular or pedestrian traffic or fails to promote the orderly
platting or development of surrounding areas.