For the purpose of administering and enforcing this chapter, the terms or words used herein shall be interpreted as follows: Words used in the present tense include the future tense, words in the singular number include the plural number, and in the plural number include the singular number. The word "may" is permissive, and the word "shall" is mandatory, not discretionary. All distances unless otherwise specified shall be measured horizontally.
ACCESS
A way or means of approach, by easement or ownership of land, to provide vehicular or pedestrian physical ingress and egress to a property.
AREA, LOT or PARCEL
The total square footage lying within the recorded peripheral boundaries, including land over which easements have been granted.
BENCHMARK
A relatively permanent material object, natural or artificial, having a marked location with a known elevation established to a stated datum.
CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY
Also known as a "map of survey" or "plat of survey" prepared by a professional land surveyor. A certificate of survey may be a survey of an existing lot or parcel, or may be a new land division if greater than 15 acres.
[Amended 2-16-2021 by Ord. No. 3-2021]
CERTIFIED SURVEY MAP
A map of a land division, land combination, or an existing lot or parcel of record. This map shall be of not more than four lots or parcels and prepared by a professional land surveyor in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and § 236.34, Wis. Stats.
[Amended 2-16-2021 by Ord. No. 3-2021]
COMMITTEE
The County Land Use Planning and Zoning Committee. In some laws and regulations, referred to as "agency."
COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVE
An individual authorized by the County Land Use Planning and Zoning Committee to perform duties as authorized by the Committee.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
The official community plan for shaping physical, social and economic growth or development within the County, which has been properly developed and adopted according to the Wisconsin Statutes.
CONTIGUOUS
Land that touches, having a common boundary. Lands severed by public road right-of-ways, railroad right-of-ways, or meandered navigable waters shall not be adjoining for the purpose of this chapter.
COUNTY
Green Lake County.
COUNTY BOARD
The governing body of Green Lake County.
DAYS
Shall refer to full calendar days.
EASEMENT
A non-possessory interest in land owned by another to use the land for a specific purpose or purposes, without profit.
EXTRATERRITORIAL PLAT APPROVAL JURISDICTION
The unincorporated area within 1 1/2 miles of the corporate limits of a fourth-class city or village and within three miles of the corporate limits of first-through third-class cities that may exercise subdivision plat approval, provided that they have enacted an official map or subdivision control ordinance in accordance with Wisconsin Statutes.
LAND DIVISION
The act or process of dividing contiguous land into two or more lots or parcels, each having contiguous areas of land.
LOT
An area of land, that is part of a recorded subdivision plat, certified survey map or other document using the platting process, that is identified by an assigned number or letter.
LOT OR PARCEL, FLAG
An area of land with a configuration having two components: a flagpole of land utilized for access and a flag of land utilized for the principal area of development. Certain lot or parcel configurations may have more than one flag or flagpole.
LOT OR PARCEL OF RECORD
An area of land described in a conveyance and recorded in the County Register of Deeds office that complied with lot or parcel land division provisions of area and width at the time of recording. The act of said recording is the time at which a lot or parcel is created.
LOT OR PARCEL, REMNANT
The remainder; that area of land that remains after the conveyance of a lot or parcel occurs whereby a land division is created. A remnant resulting at the time of a land division is a newly created lot or parcel.
LOT WIDTH
The average of the shortest horizontal distances at the front lot line, rear lot line or ordinary high-water mark and at any angle points in the side lot lines.
MAP
Refers to all pages and sheets that make up the land surveying document.
MUNICIPALITY
An incorporated city or village within Green Lake County.
OFFICIAL MAP
A map adopted by a municipality, pursuant to Wisconsin Statutes, that is conclusive with respect to the location and width of streets, highways, waterways and parkways, and the location and extent of railroad rights-of-way, public transit facilities, parks and playgrounds shown on the map.
OUTLOT
An area of land, other than a lot so designated on the subdivision plat, certified survey map, or other document referencing lot numbers.
PARCEL
An area of contiguous land having a boundary description duly recorded in the Register of Deeds office that identifies the boundaries of that specific property.
PLAT
A map of a subdivision.
PLAT, FINAL
The map and/or drawing of a subdivision prepared in compliance with the provisions of Ch. 236, Wis. Stats., and the provisions of this chapter.
PLAT, PRELIMINARY
A map showing relevant features of a proposed subdivision plat submitted to the County Land Use Planning and Zoning Committee for the purpose of preliminary consideration.
REPLAT
The process of changing, or the map or plat that changes, the boundaries of a recorded subdivision plat or part thereof. The legal dividing of a large block, lot or outlot within a recorded subdivision plat without changing the exterior boundaries of said block, lot or outlot is not a replat. A replat shall not alter areas dedicated to the public unless proper court action is secured.
ROADWAY
A surface curb-to-curb or paved portion of a street available for vehicular traffic movement and parking.
STREET (PRIVATE)
The right-of-way of any street, road, highway, lane, access easement, etc., not dedicated to the public and accepted by the governmental jurisdiction, where the defined right-of-way area provides access to lots and parcels.
STREET (PUBLIC)
The right-of-way of any street, road, highway, lane, etc., dedicated to the public and accepted by the governmental jurisdiction, that provides access to lots and parcels.
A. 
ARTERIAL STREET AND HIGHWAYThose that provide for rapid movement of concentrated volumes of traffic over relatively long distances and have the most limited access to assure rapid movement.
B. 
COLLECTOR STREETStreets that provide moderate speed movement of vehicular traffic from local streets to arterial streets. A collector street serves a neighborhood or a major subdivision and should be designed so that no residential lots have access to it.
C. 
LOCAL STREETStreets designed for low speeds and low volume of vehicular traffic connecting to collector streets and arterial streets that provide the greatest degree of access to abutting properties.
D. 
ALLEYA public or private thoroughfare which affords only a secondary means of access for vehicular services to the back or side of property otherwise abutting a street.
E. 
CUL-DE-SAC STREETA local street with only one outlet and having a turnaround for the safe and convenient reversal of traffic movement.
F. 
DEAD-END STREETA local street with only one outlet and having no turnaround for reversal of traffic movement.
SUBDIVIDER
Any individual, firm, association, syndicate, partnership, guardian, attorney, trust, corporation, or other legal entity or any combination of these acting as a representative of a property owner that commences proceedings under the provisions of this chapter.
SUBDIVISION
The division of a lot or parcel of land by the owner (subdivider) thereof or their agent where the act of division creates:
A. 
Five or more lots, parcels, and building sites of five acres each or less in area.
B. 
Five or more lots, parcels, and building sites of five acres each or less in area by successive division within a period of five years.
TOWN
A civil and political division of a state, usually one of the divisions of a county. In this chapter, "town" shall mean any town board, town clerk or any other designated town committee.