This chapter is adopted under the authority
granted by § 236.45, Wis. Stats.
This chapter shall be known as, referred to,
or cited as the "Land Division Ordinance, Village of Johnson Creek,
Jefferson County, Wisconsin."
The purpose of this chapter is to regulate and
control the division of land within the corporate limits of the Village
of Johnson Creek, Wisconsin, and its extraterritorial plat and certified
survey map approval jurisdiction, in order to promote the public health,
safety, morals, prosperity, aesthetics and general welfare of the
Village of Johnson Creek 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 Village of Johnson Creek'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, 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 of Johnson Creek and its environs;
K.
Restrict building sites on floodlands, shorelands,
areas covered by poor soils, wetlands, 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; and
P.
Implement those municipal, county, watershed, or regional
comprehensive plans or plan components adopted by the Village of Johnson
Creek and in general facilitate enforcement of Village of Johnson
Creek development standards as set forth in the adopted regional,
county, and local comprehensive plans, adopted plan components, Village
of Johnson Creek Zoning Ordinance, and Village of Johnson Creek Building
Code.[1]
It is not intended by this chapter to repeal,
abrogate, annul, impair, or interfere with any existing easements,
covenants, deed restrictions, 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.
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 of Johnson
Creek and shall not be deemed a limitation or repeal of any other
power granted by the Wisconsin Statutes.
The Village of Johnson Creek does not guarantee,
warrant, or represent that only those areas designated as floodlands
and/or wetlands on plats and certified survey maps will be subject
to periodic inundation, nor does the Village 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 Village Board, 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.
