[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of St. Joseph 8-6-2001
by Ord. No. 2001-6; amended in its entirety 1-17-2002.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
The Town Board of the Town of St. Joseph adopts this chapter pursuant
to its village powers and its specific statutory authority, powers and duties,
under Wisconsin law, including but not limited to W.S.A. ss. 60.22, 60.23,
60.33 and 81.01 (11), 61.35 and 62.23, to name and rename roads within its
jurisdiction and to develop and approve an official Town Map, including the
official Town road names and numbers.
A.
The Town of St. Joseph prepared and adopted an official
road naming and numbering map showing all public roads and known private accesses
in existence at the time to aid in the location of properties in times of
emergency and to assist the United States Post Office in location of properties.
B.
The map and subsequent amendments were forwarded to St.
Croix County in compliance with county efforts to maintain a listing of all
named or numbered public and private accesses within each municipality of
St. Croix County.
C.
In deciding upon any proposed roadway number or name,
the Town Board shall consider public safety considerations, the need to easily
and quickly locate properties for purposes of providing emergency services,
and any other considerations the Town Board deems appropriate for the public
health, safety, and welfare.
A.
Roadway numbers are preferred over roadway names. Roadways
are to be numbered in accordance with mileage grid plan measurements from
a specific location.
B.
Where a proposed roadway is an extension or continuation
of an existing road, the extension/continuation shall be named or numbered
using the name or number of the existing road.
C.
The Town Board may, in its discretion, allow roads to be named rather than numbered provided that the proposed name: does not duplicate any existing road names within St. Croix County; is based on historical references, geologic features, significant natural or man-made landmarks; and is consistent with the considerations outlined in § 151-2C above.
D.
Private named roadways that are taken over by the Town
and become public roads may be renamed or numbered in accordance with the
requirements of this chapter.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Shall refer to the act of designating an appellation for the road,
or the designation of an appellation for the road. It shall also refer to
the number of the road.
Those thoroughfares that provide access between a public road within
the Town and two or more residences located within the Town. Private accesses
are not maintained by the Town of St. Joseph, and are not part of the public
road system within the Town. "Private access" may also refer to roads within
a major subdivision which have not been declared public roads.
Town roads that have been accepted by the Town as public and are
maintained solely by the Town of St. Joseph. This does not include federal
highways, state highways or private accesses.
A.
Private accesses in existence at the time of adoption
of the 1988 resolution and map were named or numbered solely for the purposes
of identification. Naming of the access did not mean that the Town intended
to maintain the private access as a Town road until the road was officially
designated as a public road. By naming or numbering a private access or private
road, the Town did not then and does not now accept said private access/road
as a public road and does not accept any liability for said private access.
By naming or numbering a private access, the Town does not guarantee that
said access is passable for emergency vehicles.
B.
The owners of properties that are served by private accesses
are encouraged to decide among themselves how they will share the expense
of maintaining the private access according to the standards required by the
Town of St. Joseph.
C.
Signs identifying private accesses shall be erected by
the owners of the properties being served by the private access, the designated
agent of the owners or the developer of the subdivision containing said private
access, with the cost of erecting posts and signs, including labor and materials,
to be borne by said owners, agent or developer.
D.
Roads within subdivisions, which are designated as future
public roads, may be numbered or named at the time of preliminary approval
of the subdivision plat.
E.
At the time of acceptance of a private access as a public
road, the Town Board may designate the road with a number or name if said
road has not been so designated prior to such action.
F.
Developers submitting site plans, certified survey maps
or preliminary or final plats to the Town shall indicate the appropriate road
number or name (if known) as a part of the site plan submission.
This chapter shall apply to all subdivisions and roadways built within
the Town. The Town Board is authorized to rename or renumber existing roads.
A.
Roadways shall be designated east-west or north-south
according to the direction of the principal service route of the roadway.
B.
Roadways which run east-west shall be numbered avenues,
unless named by Town Board action.
C.
Roadways which run north-south shall be numbered streets,
unless named by Town Board action.
A.
Primary numbers shall be designated by the St. Croix
County Planning and Zoning Office and shall be available to each roadway frontage
of each parcel of land, whether or not the parcel is occupied. New numbers
will be available at an increment of 50 feet per side. Numbers will run west
to east and from south to north beginning at the county line. Odd numbers
will be available along the right side of the roadway; even numbers will be
available along the left side of the roadway. (Left and right determined by
facing from low- to high-numbered addresses.) All addresses will be numbered
from the point of intersection where the driveway or curb cut intersects the
road.
B.
The primary number is assigned and required to be posted
only if the parcel is occupied by a dwelling unit, structure or actively used.
C.
Secondary numbers may be used when a number of units,
structures and uses coexist on the same parcel of land. Examples of parcels
requiring secondary numbers include apartment projects, condominium projects,
manufactured home parks, recreational vehicle parks, etc., where the use of
secondary numbers would clarify the location of an individual unit for public
safety purposes.
D.
Mobile home parks, recreational vehicle parks and similar
uses shall be given letter designations for lots or sections, and number designations
for individual sites within lots or sections.
E.
The owner, occupant or person in charge of any dwelling
unit, structure or use to which a number or numbers have been assigned shall
cause the same to be posted.
(1)
The Town of St. Joseph, upon application for building
permit, will cause to be ordered and installed one post and numbered sign
in accordance with current guidelines.
(2)
The address number will be situated on property and shall
be clearly visible from the roadway fronting or closest to the structure.
(3)
The owner, occupant or person responsible for address
numbers of dwellings or structures located on a private access and located
a distance from a public road shall pay for and post a duplicate number at
the entrance of the private access and the entrance or driveway of the dwelling,
structure or property in use.
(4)
The placement of the address number on a postal mailbox
may additionally occur on both sides of the mailbox facing the direction of
traffic flow so as to be visible from a distance by operators of approaching
vehicles.
F.
It shall be the responsibility of the owner,
occupant or person in charge of the dwelling unit, structure or use to maintain
the address number. The number shall be visible from the roadway unhindered
by brush, snow, etc.
