A.
General. The type, location and arrangement of public
streets in any proposed land division or development shall generally
conform to the type, location and arrangement of public streets shown
on the Kenosha County Jurisdictional Highway System Plan, the neighborhood
sketch plan, or any other Comprehensive Plan component of the Village
of Pleasant Prairie. When such plans have not been completed or are
insufficiently detailed or are outdated, decisions regarding the type,
location and arrangement of public streets shall take into account
the following factors, among others: the type, location, arrangement
and connectivity of existing and proposed streets; the topography;
natural features, such as streams, wetlands, floodplains and woodlands;
the proposed use of the land to be served by such streets; the needs
of adjoining areas; municipal services' efficiency for snow plowing
and garbage; accessibility for police, fire and rescue vehicles/personnel;
and traffic safety. Public streets shall be located and arranged so
as to provide each proposed buildable lot with the required frontage
on a public street.
[Amended 5-7-2007 by Ord. No. 07-20]
B.
Arterial streets. Arterial streets shall be arranged
to provide ready access to centers of employment, governmental activity,
shopping and recreation and to arterial streets with which they connect,
both within and outside the Village. Arterial streets shall be appropriately
related to existing and proposed collector streets. Insofar as practicable,
they shall be continuous and in alignment with existing or planned
streets with which they are to connect in linear fashion.
C.
Collector streets. Collector streets shall be arranged
to collect traffic from residential areas and to convey such traffic
smoothly and efficiently to existing and proposed arterial streets.
Collector streets shall be appropriately related to the existing or
future mass transportation system, to special traffic generators,
such as schools, churches and shopping centers, to concentrations
of population and to the arterial and collector streets with which
they connect.
D.
Minor streets. Minor streets shall be arranged to
serve residential areas and other areas of dispersed development.
The arrangement of minor streets shall conform to the topography,
discourage use by through traffic, permit the design of efficient
sanitary sewerage system facilities, water system facilities and storm
sewer and drainage system facilities and require the minimum street
area necessary to provide safe and convenient access to abutting properties.
E.
Extension to boundary. Public streets shall generally
extend to the boundary lines of the parcel or tract being divided,
unless the topography or other physical conditions prevent such extension,
or unless such extension is not necessary or desirable for the appropriate
layout of the particular land division or for the appropriate development
of adjacent parcels or tracts.
F.
Arterial street protection. Whenever an existing or
proposed arterial street is located adjacent to or within a proposed
land division, adequate protection of residential lots, limitation
of access and separation of through traffic from local traffic shall
be provided. Permanent screening or landscape plantings in a restricted
nonaccess area along any property line adjacent to an arterial street
shall be required.
G.
Stream and lake shores. A minimum of 60 feet of public
access to the low-water mark of navigable streams or lakes shall be
provided on all plats and certified survey maps at intervals of not
more than 1/2 mile, as required by § 236.16(3), Wis. Stats.
H.
Nonaccess areas. The Village shall be granted control, under conditions approved by the Village Board, of all nonaccess areas as required by Chapter 420, Zoning Ordinance, of the Village Code provided on any plat or certified survey map.
I.
Off-street parking, loading and service areas. Off-street parking, loading and service areas shall be provided in park and recreational, institutional, commercial and industrial areas as required by Chapter 420, Zoning Ordinance, of the Village Code, unless specifically waived by the Village Board.
J.
Street names. Street names shall be assigned or approved
by the Village. Such names shall not duplicate or be confusingly similar
to the names of existing streets in the Village, and numerical street
names shall be utilized whenever possible.
[Amended 5-7-2007 by Ord. No. 07-20]
Whenever a proposed land division or development
contains or is adjacent to a limited access highway or railroad, the
design shall be in accordance with the requirements of this section.
A.
Planting strip. When a proposed development abuts
or when lots within a proposed land division abut the right-of-way
of an existing or proposed limited-access highway or railroad, a planting
strip at least 35 feet in depth shall be provided adjacent to the
highway and 50 feet in depth adjacent to a railroad, unless the development
is part of a planned development district. This strip shall be a part
of the platted lots, and the following restriction language or similar
shall appear on the face of the plat or map with respect to such strip:
"This strip is reserved for the construction of a berm and planting
of trees and shrubs, and the building of structures hereon is prohibited."
Only the Village Board has the authority to release the easement requirement
of a planting strip.
[Amended 7-10-2023 by Ord. No. 23-29]
B.
Parallel streets. Commercial and industrial properties adjacent to an existing or proposed limited access highway or railroad shall be provided with access to a street located approximately parallel to and at a suitable distance from such highway or railroad right-of-way, not less than 150 feet, or as identified in Chapter 420, Zoning Ordinance, of the Village Code, to permit the appropriate use of the land between such street and the highway or railroad.
C.
Intersection of parallel streets. A street which is
parallel to an existing or proposed limited access highway or railroad
shall not intersect a street that crosses such highway or railroad
within a distance of 250 feet from such highway or railroad right-of-way,
unless the development is part of a planned development district.
In determining the distance of such an intersection from the highway
or railroad right-of-way, due consideration shall be given to the
minimum distance required for the desirable approach gradients.
[Amended 7-10-2023 by Ord. No. 23-29]
D.
Minor streets. The location of minor streets adjacent
and parallel to existing or proposed arterial streets or railroad
rights-of-way shall be avoided in residential areas.
[Amended 3-3-2008 by Ord. No. 08-16; 8-3-2020 by Ord. No. 20-22]
A.
Minimum width. The minimum width of all proposed public street rights-of-way and private roadways shall be as specified in applicable Comprehensive Plan components, such as neighborhood sketch plans, Village transportation system plans or the Kenosha County Jurisdictional Highway System Plan, or as specified in Chapter 405, whichever is greater.
B.
Cross sections. Public street cross sections shall be in accordance with the minimum requirements of Chapter 405. Cross sections for freeways, expressway, boulevards, and parkways shall be based upon detailed engineering studies. (See Chapter 405 for illustrations of typical urban street cross sections, which are incorporated by reference.)
C.
Culs-de-sac. Cul-de-sac streets that are designed to have one end permanently closed shall not exceed 800 feet in length, unless a variance is granted by the Village Board or unless the development is part of a planned development district. (The length of a cul-de-sac street shall be measured along its center lines, from the center line of the intersecting street to the end of the cul-de-sac right-of-way.) (See Chapter 405 for an illustration of a typical urban cul-de-sac with center island design.)
[Amended 7-10-2023 by Ord. No. 23-29]
D.
Temporary termination. The temporary termination of
a public or private street that is intended to be extended at a later
date shall be accomplished as outlined below:
(1)
Temporary cul-de-sac required.
(a)
The divider/developer shall dedicate the required public right-of-way areas to the Village for the future public streets within a development. For temporary, dead-ended streets that are greater than one lot depth and/or driveway access to the lot is provided, the divider/developer shall also dedicate a temporary public street, access and maintenance easement to the Village and construct the temporary street cul-de-sac pursuant to the minimum requirements of Chapter 405. Land for the temporary cul-de-sac shall come from within the development property or by acquiring an off-site easement from an adjacent property owner.
(b)
Temporary cul-de-sac street improvements shall be removed and the
required street improvements shall be installed by the adjacent off-site
divider/developer/owner at the time of the future street extension.
(c)
Temporary easement areas relating to the temporary culs-de-sac shall
be vacated by the Village Board when future off-site development completes
its required public street improvements.
(2)
Temporary cul-de-sac not required. The divider/developer shall dedicate the required public right-of-way areas to the Village for the future public streets within a development. For temporary, dead-ended streets that are not greater than one lot depth and no driveway access to the lot is provided to the dead-ended street, a temporary street cul-de-sac pursuant to the minimum requirements of Chapter 405 is not required; however, all public or private improvements shall be installed to the outer boundary of the development and the roadway barricaded at the end of the constructed road.
(3)
The owner/developer shall be responsible for the costs
to purchase, install and have inspected street signs, barricades and
any pavement markings that indicate that the dead-ended street is
temporary and that the street is intended to be extended in the future
to serve additional vacant lands.
E.
All public and private streets and sidewalks/pedestrianways shall be designed in accordance with Chapter 405, including but not limited to street grades, centering of pavement, radius of curves, roadway crowns and center-line profiles.
F.
Half streets. Where an existing dedicated or platted
half street is adjacent to the tract or parcel being divided, the
other half of the street shall be dedicated and improved at the cost
of the divider/developer, unless half of the street is located within
an adjacent municipality, then the costs shall be shared with said
adjacent municipality. The platting of new half streets shall not
be permitted.
[Amended 7-10-2023 by Ord. No. 23-29]
G.
Alleys. Alleys shall not be allowed in residential
subdivisions or large lot subdivisions, unless the development is
part of a planned development district.
A.
Right angle. Streets shall intersect one another at
angles as close to 90° as topography and other limiting factors
of good engineering design permit.
B.
Maximum number of streets. The maximum number of streets
converging at one intersection shall be two, unless said intersection
is a roundabout.
[Amended 8-3-2020 by Ord. No. 20-22]
D.
Property line curves. Property lines at street intersections
shall be rounded and shall follow a circular curve with a minimum
radius of 15 feet. Radii of 20 feet are desirable. Radii at intersections
of minor or collector streets with arterial streets shall be determined
on a case-by-case basis, with a radius of 20 feet being the minimum.
Radii at driveway intersections of minor or collector streets for
commercial or industrial access shall be at a radius of 45 feet being
the minimum.
[Amended 8-3-2020 by Ord. No. 20-22]
E.
Continuation of minor streets. If the center lines
of minor streets approaching an arterial or collector street from
opposite sides would be within 250 feet on one another, measured along
the center line of the arterial or collector street, then the location
of one or both of such streets shall be adjusted so that a single
intersection is formed.
A.
General requirements. The widths, lengths and shapes
of blocks shall be suited to the planned use of the land, zoning requirements,
need for convenient access, control and safety of street traffic and
the limitations and opportunities of topography.
B.
Length. The length of blocks in residential areas
shall not generally be less than 600 feet nor more than 1,500 feet
unless otherwise dictated by exceptional topography or other limiting
factors of good engineering design or unless the development is part
of a planned development district.
[Amended 7-10-2023 by Ord. No. 23-29]
C.
Width. Blocks shall generally be wide enough to provide
for two tiers of lots of appropriate depth except where an alternative
configuration is required to separate residential development from
through traffic or a railroad or where good urban planning design
provides other acceptable alternatives. The width of lots or parcels
which are proposed to be developed for commercial or industrial purposes
shall be adequate to provide for off-street service and parking required
by the contemplated use and to satisfy the applicable zoning restrictions
for such use.
D.
Sidewalks/pedestrianways. Sidewalks shall be installed in all residential subdivisions and other developments as directed by the Village within Village road rights-of-way pursuant to this chapter and Chapter 405. Other pedestrianways/bicycle paths/lanes shall be installed pursuant to the Village Bicycle and Pedestrian Trails Plan, adopted as a component of the Village Comprehensive Plan.
[Amended 8-3-2020 by Ord. No. 20-22]
[Amended 5-7-2007 by Ord. No. 07-20; 8-3-2020 by Ord. No. 20-22; 7-10-2023 by Ord. No. 23-29]
A.
General. The size, shape and orientation of lots shall be appropriate
for the location of the land division and for the type of development
and use contemplated. The lots shall generally be designed to provide
aesthetically pleasing building sites and a proper architectural setting
for the buildings contemplated.
B.
Side lot lines. Side lot lines shall generally be at right angles
to straight street lines or radial to curved street lines on which
the lots face. Lot lines shall follow municipal boundary lines rather
than cross them.
C.
Double and reverse frontage lots. Double frontage and reverse frontage
lots shall generally be prohibited except where necessary to provide
separation of residential or commercial development from through traffic
or railroads or to overcome specific disadvantages of topography and
orientation.
D.
Public street frontage. Every buildable lot shall front on or abut a public street for a distance of at least 60 feet or such lesser distance as specifically allowed by Chapter 420, Zoning Ordinance, of the Village Code; provided, however, that not withstanding the foregoing language, nothing in this subsection shall require that a buildable lot have any public street frontage if and to the extent that the regulations of a planned development zoning district under Chapter 420 of the Village Code provide for development supported by an approved system of private roads.
E.
Area and dimensions. The area and dimensions of all lots shall satisfy all applicable requirements of Chapter 420, Zoning Ordinance, of the Village Code. Buildable lots that will not be served by public sanitary sewerage system facilities shall be of sufficient size to permit the use of an on-site soil absorption sewage disposal system designed in accordance with Ch. SPS 383, Private Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems, Wis. Adm. Code.
F.
Depth. The depth of lots shall be a minimum of 125 feet, unless the
development is part of a planned development district. Excessive depth
in relation to width shall be avoided, and a proportion of two to
one shall be considered a desirable ratio of depth to width under
normal conditions. The depth of lots proposed to be developed for
park and recreational, institutional, commercial or industrial uses
shall be adequate to provide for the off-street parking, loading and
service areas required by the use contemplated.
H.
Corner lots. Corner lots shall have a width at least 20 feet greater
than the minimum required width of interior lots to permit adequate
building setbacks from side streets, unless the development is part
of a planned development district.
I.
Shape. The shape of lots shall generally be rectangular, but lots
located on curves or culs-de-sac shall be an exception. The creation
of flag lots shall not be permitted.
J.
Cul-de-sac lots. The street frontage of cul-de-sac lots shall satisfy the applicable regulations of Chapter 420, Zoning Ordinance, of the Village Code.
K.
Water's edge. Lands lying between the meander line and the water's
edge, and any otherwise unplattable lands which lie between a proposed
land division and the water's edge, shall be included as part of lots,
outlots or public dedications in any plat or certified survey map
abutting a navigable lake or stream.
L.
Principal buildings. No more than one principal building shall be permitted on a lot, except in an approved planned development or as specifically allowed by Chapter 420, Zoning Ordinance, of the Village Code.
M.
Restrictions prohibiting development. Whenever a lot appearing on
a final plat or certified survey map is not intended to be buildable,
or is intended to be buildable only upon certain conditions, an express
restriction to that effect, running with the land and enforceable
by the Village, shall appear on the face of the plat or certified
survey map.
N.
Shoreland areas. All lots created by a plat or certified survey map
shall be located a minimum of 35 feet from the ordinary high-water
mark of a navigable waterway unless otherwise approved by the Village
Board. Outlots shall be designated on the plat or certified survey
map for open space, conservancy lands and shoreland jurisdictional
areas.
O.
Number of lots per access connection. Each residential subdivision
or large lot subdivision should generally have roadway access or provide
access onto an arterial, collector or minor street as outlined below:
Building setback lines appropriate to the location
and type of development contemplated, which are more restrictive than
the regulations of the zoning district in which the land division
is located, may be required by the Village Board to provide aesthetically
consistent site lines for structures and shall be shown on the final
plat or certified survey map. Examples of the application of this
provision might include requiring greater setbacks on cul-de-sac lots
to achieve the necessary lot width at the setback line, requiring
greater setbacks to conform to setbacks of existing adjacent development,
or setting special yard requirements to protect natural resource elements.
[Added 4-20-2020 by Ord.
No. 20-06]
All electrical and communication distribution system pedestals,
transformers or other related aboveground appurtenances or structures,
except for utility poles, shall be located in the rear of the principal
structure, near the rear lot line, subject to the following. Such
aboveground appurtenances or structures are not permitted in the right-of-way,
or between a street and the principal building, or in the rear street
yard, front street yard, or side street yard of any public or private
street. Notwithstanding the foregoing, such aboveground appurtenances
or structures may be placed elsewhere on the lot with the expressed
written approval from the Village Community Development Director,
upon finding that otherwise required location is not reasonably practicable
upon all facts and circumstances presented, and further finding the
location will not unreasonably adversely affect the health, safety
and welfare of the Village, the traveling public, and the abutting
properties.
[Amended 5-7-2007 by Ord. No. 07-20]
The Village Board shall require the dedication
of easements to allow construction, operation, maintenance, repair
and reconstruction of and access to sanitary sewerage system facilities
and improvements, water system facilities and improvements and storm
sewer and drainage system facilities and improvements which cannot
conveniently be located in public streets, and private roads, and
all electric power, gas, telephone, cable television or other utility
or communications lines or other related facilities. Such easements
shall be of adequate width and appropriate alignment to serve the
intended purpose. They shall be located along rear lot lines, and
along side lot lines or across lots where necessary or advisable.
When a land division is traversed by a watercourse or drainageway,
a drainageway, access and maintenance easement of adequate width and
appropriate alignment to accommodate the maximum potential volume
of flow shall generally be required, and parallel streets or parkways
may be required in connection therewith.
