A preliminary plat shall be required for all subdivisions and shall be based upon a survey prepared by a Wisconsin registered land surveyor. The preliminary plat shall be prepared on tracing cloth, reproducible drafting film, or paper of good quality at a map scale of not more than 100 feet to the inch and shall show correctly on its face the following information:
A. 
Title. Title or name under which the proposed subdivision is to be recorded. Such title shall not be the same or similar to a previously approved and recorded plat, unless it is an addition to a previously recorded plat and is so stated on the plat.
B. 
Identification as "preliminary plat." The preliminary plat shall be clearly noted and labeled on its face "preliminary plat."
C. 
Legal description of property. Legal description of the proposed subdivision by government lot, quarter-section, township, range, county, and state.
D. 
Location sketch. General location sketch showing the location of the subdivision within the United States Public Land Survey section.
E. 
Date, scale, North arrow. Date, graphic scale, and North arrow.
F. 
Owner, subdivider or condominium developer (as applicable), and land surveyor. Names and addresses of the owner, subdivider or condominium developer (as applicable), and land surveyor preparing the preliminary plat.
G. 
Contiguous land area. Entire area contiguous to the proposed plat owned or controlled by the subdivider or condominium developer (as applicable) shall be included on the preliminary plat even though only a portion of said area is proposed for immediate development. The Plan Commission may waive this requirement where it is unnecessary to fulfill the purposes and intent of this chapter and severe hardship would result from strict application thereof.
H. 
Use statement. A statement of the proposed use of the lots, stating the use type of buildings and/or uses proposed to occupy the lots, number of proposed lots, number of dwelling units per lot, and proposed density.
I. 
Proposed zoning changes. If any zoning changes are contemplated, the proposed zoning plan for the property, including dimensions. The indication of such information, however, shall not constitute an application for a zoning amendment. All applications for zoning amendments shall meet the applicable requirements of Chapter 500, Zoning.
All preliminary plats shall show the following:
A. 
Exterior plat boundaries. Exact length and bearing of the exterior boundaries of the proposed subdivision referenced to a corner established in the United States Public Land Survey and the total acreage encompassed thereby.
B. 
Corporate limit lines. Any corporate limit lines within the exterior boundaries of the plat, coterminous to said exterior boundaries, or immediately adjacent thereto.
C. 
Existing and proposed contours. Existing and proposed contours within the exterior boundaries of the preliminary plat and extending to the center line of adjacent public streets. In addition:
(1) 
Existing and proposed contours shall be at vertical intervals of not more than two feet where the slope of the ground surface is less than 10% and of not more than five feet where the slope of the ground surface is 10% or more.
(2) 
Elevations shall be marked on such contours based on National Geodetic Datum of 1929 (mean sea level).
(3) 
At least two permanent bench marks shall be located in the immediate vicinity of the preliminary plat. The location of the bench marks shall be indicated on the preliminary plat, together with their elevations referenced to National Geodetic Datum of 1929 (mean sea level), and the monumentation of the bench marks clearly and completely described on the preliminary plat.
D. 
Water elevations of all lakes, ponds, streams, flowages and wetlands. Water elevations of all lakes, ponds, streams, flowages, and wetlands at the date of the survey and approximate high and low water elevations, all referred to National Geodetic Datum of 1929 (mean sea level).
E. 
Floodplain limits. Floodplain limits and the contour line lying a vertical distance of two feet above the elevation of the one-hundred-year recurrence interval flood or, where such data is not available, five feet above the elevation of the maximum flood of record.
F. 
Existing rights-of-way, easements, and section and quarter-section lines. Location, right-of-way width, and names of all existing streets, alleys or other public ways, easements, railroad and utility rights-of-way and all United States Public Land Survey section and quarter-section lines within the exterior boundaries of the plat or immediately adjacent thereto.
G. 
Existing street pavements. Type, width, and elevation of any existing street pavements within the exterior boundaries of the plat or immediately adjacent thereto, together with any legally established center-line elevation, all to mean sea level (1929 datum).
H. 
Adjacent subdivisions, parks, cemeteries and owners of record. Location and names of any adjacent subdivisions, parks, and cemeteries, and owners of record of abutting unplatted lands.
I. 
Utility location. Location, size and invert elevation of any existing sanitary or storm sewers, culverts and drainpipes, the location of manholes, catch basins, hydrants, power and telephone poles, and the location and size of any existing water and gas mains within the exterior boundaries of the plat or immediately adjacent to the lands being platted. The nearest such sewers or water mains which might be extended to serve such lands shall be indicated by their direction and distance from the nearest exterior boundary of the plat and their size and invert elevations.
J. 
Physical features. Locations of all existing property boundary lines, structures, driveways, streams and watercourses, marshes, rock outcrops, wooded areas, railroad tracks, and other similar significant natural or man-made features within the tract being subdivided as determined by the Plan Commission.
K. 
Proposed streets and public rights-of-way. Location, width and names of all proposed streets and public rights-of-way, such as alleys and easements.
L. 
Size of lots. Approximate dimensions and size (in square feet or acres) of each lot, together with proposed lot and block numbers.
M. 
Sites to be reserved or dedicated. Location and approximate dimensions and size (in square feet or acres) of any sites to be reserved or dedicated for parks, playgrounds, drainageways, or other public use or which are to be used for group housing, shopping centers, church sites, or other private uses not requiring formation of lots.
N. 
Curve radii. Approximate radii of all curves.
O. 
Existing zoning. Existing zoning on and adjacent to the proposed subdivision.
P. 
Lake or stream access locations. Any proposed lake and stream access with a small drawing clearly indicating the location of the proposed subdivision in relation to the proposed access.
Q. 
Lake or stream improvements or relocations. Any proposed lake and stream improvement or relocation, including explanation of the proposed improvement and/or relocation.
R. 
Soil types and slopes. Soil type (including Class I soils), slope, and boundaries as shown on the detailed operational soil survey maps prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service.
S. 
Location of soil tests. Location of soil tests where required by Chs. SPS 383 and 385, Wis. Adm. Code, and in areas not served by municipal or sanitary district sewage treatment facilities, conducted in accordance with Chs. SPS 383 and 385, Wis. Adm. Code, taken at the location and depth in which soil absorption waste disposal systems are to be installed.
(1) 
The number of such tests initially made shall not be less than one test per three acres or one test per lot, whichever is greater.
(2) 
The results of such tests shall be submitted along with the preliminary plat.
T. 
Wetland and/or floodplain delineation. Location and delineated extent of wetlands and/or floodplains.
U. 
Location of proposed deed restrictions, landscape easements, and/or conservation easements. The location of any proposed deed restrictions, landscape easements, and/or conservation easements shall be graphically indicated and clearly delineated and dimensioned on the face of the preliminary plat. The location and extent of conservation easements should be directly related to the natural resource protection plan.
V. 
Landscape plan. As required by Article V of this chapter.
W. 
Additional information. Any additional information required by the Town Zoning Administrator, Plan Commission, Town Engineer, or Town Board.
The subdivider or condominium developer (as applicable) shall submit with the preliminary plat street plans and profiles showing existing ground surface, proposed and, when requested by the Plan Commission or Town Engineer, established street grades, including extensions for a reasonable distance beyond the limits of the proposed subdivision. All elevations shall be based upon mean sea level (1929) datum, and plans and profiles shall meet the approval of the Town Engineer.
The Plan Commission, upon recommendation of the Town Engineer, shall 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 Chs. SPS 383 and 385, Wis. Adm. Code, shall be complied with, and the appropriate data submitted with the preliminary plat.
The subdivider or condominium developer (as applicable) shall submit with the preliminary plat soil erosion and sedimentation control plans and specifications. Protection and rehabilitation measures shall be in conformance with Chapter 24 of the Washington County Code, titled "Land Divisions." Plans shall be submitted to, and reviewed by, the Land and Water Division of the Washington County Planning and Parks Department as to conformance with accepted soil conservation standards based upon the Natural Resources Conservation Service Technical Guide, Engineering Field Manual and other accepted Washington County or Natural Resources Conservation Service Standards. (Also see § 340-78 of this chapter.)
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
For properties proposed to be divided by certified survey map or subdivision plat or developed as a condominium and that contain natural resource features as described in Articles XI and XV of this chapter, a natural resource protection plan, as described in Article IV, shall be submitted for review by the Town Zoning Administrator and Plan Commission.
A. 
The following documents shall be submitted with the preliminary plat as required:
(1) 
Declaration of deed restrictions and protective covenants. The Plan Commission shall require submission of a draft of declaration of deed restrictions and protective covenants whereby the subdivider or condominium developer (as applicable) intends to regulate land use in the proposed subdivision and otherwise protect the proposed development.
(2) 
Conservation easements. The Plan Commission shall, where natural resources are present, require submission of a draft of conservation easements whereby the subdivider or condominium developer (as applicable) intends to regulate the protection of natural resource features in the proposed subdivision in conjunction with the natural resource protection plan.
(3) 
Wisconsin nonprofit membership corporation (homeowners' association). The Plan Commission shall require submission of a draft of the legal instruments and rules for any proposed Wisconsin nonprofit membership corporation (homeowners' association) when the subdivider or condominium developer (as applicable) proposes that property within a subdivision would be either owned or maintained by such an organization of property owners or a subunit of the Town pursuant to § 236.293, Wis. Stats., whereby the subdivider or condominium developer (as applicable) intends to regulate land use in the proposed subdivision and otherwise protect the proposed development.
B. 
Town Attorney review. The Town Attorney shall review all draft declaration of deed restrictions and protective covenants, conservation easements, and homeowners' associations and shall approve said instruments as to form.
The surveyor preparing the preliminary plat shall certify on the face of the plat that it is a correct representation of all existing land divisions and features and that he has fully complied with the provisions of this chapter.