The following definitions shall be applicable in this chapter.
ALLEY
A public or private right-of-way which normally affords a
secondary means of vehicular access to abutting property.
ARTERIAL STREET
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.
BLOCK
A parcel of land bounded on at least one side by a street
but may be bounded on the other sides by natural or man-made barriers
or unplatted land.
BUILDING LINE
The line establishing the minimum open space between the
lot line and the area within the lot upon which a structure may be
erected.
CERTIFIED SURVEY MAP
A map of a lot split prepared in accordance with § 236.34,
Wis. Stats., as amended.
COLLECTOR STREET
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.
COMMISSION
The Village Plan Commission created by the Board of Trustees
of the Village pursuant to § 62.23, Wis. Stats., if applicable.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
The extensively developed plan, also called a "master plan,"
adopted by the Village Board pursuant to § 62.23, Wis. Stats.,
including proposals for future land use, transportation, urban redevelopment
and public facilities. Devices for the implementation of these plans,
such as zoning, official map, land division and building line ordinances
and capital improvement programs shall also be considered a part of
the Comprehensive Plan.
COUNTY PLANNING AGENCY
The committee created by the County Board of Supervisors
pursuant to § 59.69, Wis. Stats. and authorized to plan
land use within the County.
CUL-DE-SAC
A short street having but one end open to traffic and the
other end being permanently terminated in a vehicular turnaround.
DIVISION OF LAND
Where the title of any part thereof is transferred by the
execution of a land contract, an option to purchase, an offer to purchase
and acceptance, a deed, or a certified survey, and a division occurs
where any of the above transactions change the title from a joint
tenancy to a tenancy in common or from a tenancy in common to a joint
tenancy.
EASEMENT
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.
FRONTAGE STREET
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.
IMPROVEMENT, PUBLIC
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.
LOCAL STREET
A street of little or no continuity designed to provide access
to abutting property and leading into collector streets.
LOT
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.
LOT AREA
The area contained within the exterior boundaries of a lot,
excluding streets, easements and land under navigable bodies of water.
LOT LINES
The peripheral boundaries of a lot as defined herein.
LOT WIDTH
The width of a parcel of land measured along the front building
line.
LOT, CORNER
A lot abutting intersecting streets at their intersection.
LOT, REVERSED CORNER
A corner lot which is oriented to that it has its rear lot
line coincident with or parallel to the side lot line of the interior
lot immediately to its rear.
LOT, THROUGH
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.
MAJOR THOROUGHFARE
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.
MARGINAL ACCESS STREET
A 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.
MINOR STREET
A street used or intended to be used primarily for access
to abutting properties.
MINOR SUBDIVISION
The division of land by the owner or subdivider resulting
in the creation of not more than four parcels or building sites.
OWNER
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.
PEDESTRIAN PATHWAY
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.
PLAT
The map, drawing or chart on which the subdivider's
plan of subdivision is presented to the Village Board for approval.
REPLAT
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.
SHORELANDS
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.
SUBDIVIDER
Any person, firm or corporation, or any agent thereof, dividing
or proposing to divide land resulting in a subdivision, minor subdivision
or replat.
SUBDIVISION
The division of a lot, outlot, parcel or tract of land by
the owner thereof or his agent for the purpose of transfer of ownership
or building development, where the act of division creates five or
more parcels or building sites of 1 1/2 acres each or less in
area; or where five or more parcels or building sites of 1 1/2
acres each or less in area are created by successive divisions within
a period of five years.
WETLANDS
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.
WISCONSIN ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
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.
Where it is not practicable to require that a final plat of
a subdivision created by successive divisions be filed in accordance
with this chapter, the Village Board of the Village of Tigerton may,
in lieu thereof, order an assessor's plat to be made under § 70.27,
Wis. Stats., as amended.