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Village of Random Lake Ordinance
CHAPTER 19 - SUBDIVISION CODE
19.01 INTRODUCTION.
(1) AUTHORITY. These regulations
are adopted under the authority granted by §236.45, Wis. Stats.
(2) PURPOSE. The purpose of this chapter is to regulate and control
the division of land within the corporate limits of the Village and its
extraterritorial plat approval jurisdiction in order to promote the public
health, safety, morals, prosperity, aesthetics and general welfare of
the Village and its environs.
(3) INTENT. It is the general intent of this chapter to regulate the
division of land so as to:
- (a) Obtain the wise use, conservation, protection and proper development
of the Village's soil, water, wetland, woodland and wildlife resources
and attain a proper adjustment of land use and development to the
supporting and sustaining natural resource base.
- (b) Lessen congestion in the streets and highways.
- (c) Further the orderly layout and appropriate use of land.
- (d) Secure safety from fire, panic and other dangers.
- (e) Provide adequate light and air.
- (f) Facilitate adequate provision for housing, transportation,
water supply, storm water, wastewater, schools, parks, playgrounds
and other public facilities and services.
- (g) Secure safety from flooding, water pollution, disease and
other hazards.
- (h) Prevent flood damage to persons and properties and minimize expenditures
for flood relief and flood control projects.
- (i) Prevent and control erosion, sedimentation and other pollution
of surface and subsurface waters.
- (j) Preserve natural vegetation and cover, and promote the natural
beauty of the Village.
- (k) Restrict building sites in areas covered by poor soils or in
other areas poorly suited for development.
- (l) Facilitate the further division of larger tracts into smaller
parcels of land.
- (m) Ensure adequate legal description and proper survey monumentation
of subdivided land.
- (n) Provide for the administration and enforcement of this chapter.
- (o) Provide penalties for its violation.
- (p) Implement those Village, County, watershed or regional comprehensive
plans or their components adopted by the Village; in general, to
facilitate enforcement of Village development standards as set
forth in the adopted regional, County and Village comprehensive plans,
adopted plan components, the Zoning Code, the Official Map and the
Building Code of the Village.
(4) ABROGATION AND GREATER RESTRICTIONS. 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.
(5) INTERPRETATION. 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 Village and shall not be deemed a
limitation or repeal of any other power granted by the Wisconsin Statutes.
(6) NONLIABILITY. The Village does not guarantee, warrant or represent
that those soils listed as being unsuited for specific uses are the only
unsuitable soils in the Village and its extraterritorial plat review
jurisdiction. Furthermore, the Village does not guarantee, warrant
or represent that only those areas designated as floodlands will be subject
to periodic inundation. The Village hereby asserts that there is
no liability on the part of the Village, its agencies or its employes
for sanitation problems, structural damage or flood damages that
may occur as a result of reliance upon and conformance with this chapter.
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