These regulations are adopted under the authority granted by
§ 236.45, Wis. Stats., and amendments thereto.
The purpose of this chapter is to regulate and control the division
of land within the limits of the Town of Barton (Washington County),
Wisconsin, in order to promote the public health, safety, morals,
prosperity, aesthetics, and general welfare of the Town and its environs.
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 Town's soils, topography and steep slopes, water, shorelands,
drainageways, wetlands and shoreland wetlands, woodland and forests,
and wildlife resource features and attain a proper adjustment of land
division, land use and development to the supporting and sustaining
natural resource base;
B.
Provide safe streets and highways and lessen traffic congestion on
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, stormwater, wastewater disposal, and recreation;
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 Town;
K.
Restrict building sites in areas covered by poor soils or in other
areas poorly suited for development due to natural resource characteristics;
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 municipal, county, watershed, or regional comprehensive plans or their components adopted by the Town and in general facilitate enforcement of those development standards as set forth in the adopted regional, county, and local comprehensive plans, neighborhood plans, adopted plan components, Chapter 500, Zoning, and the Building Code of the Town of Barton, Wisconsin; and
Q.
Avoid the harmful effects resulting from the premature division of
land.
It is not intended by this chapter to repeal, abrogate, annul,
impair, or interfere with any existing easements, deed restrictions,
protective covenants, agreements, rules, regulations, or permits previously
adopted or issued pursuant to laws. 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 and shall not be deemed a limitation
or repeal of any other power granted by the Wisconsin Statutes.
The Town does not guarantee, warrant, or represent that only
those areas delineated as floodlands on certified survey maps, subdivision
plats, or condominiums will be subject to periodic inundation, nor
does the Town guarantee, warrant, or represent that the soils shown
to be unsuited for a given land use from tests required by this chapter
are the only unsuited soils within the jurisdiction of this chapter,
and thereby asserts that there is no liability on the part of the
Town, Town Board, Plan Commission, its agencies, or employees for
flooding problems, sanitation problems, or structural damages that
may occur as a result of reliance upon, and conformance with, this
chapter.
The Town of Barton "Ordinance Regulating Minor Land Divisions,"
adopted on March 25, 1986, and subsequent amendments thereto, is hereby
repealed.
This chapter shall be known as, referred to or cited as the
"Land Division Ordinance, Town of Barton, Wisconsin."
