These regulations are adopted under the authority
granted by § 236.45 of the Wisconsin Statutes. Therefore,
the Village Board of the Village of Saukville, Wisconsin, do ordain
as follows.
The purpose of this chapter is to regulate and
control the division of land within the corporate limits of the Village
of Saukville, Wisconsin, and its extraterritorial plat approval jurisdiction
in order to promote the public health, safety, morals, prosperity,
aesthetics, and general welfare of the Village 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’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, stormwater, 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;
K.
Restrict building sites in areas covered by poor soils
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 their components adopted by the Village and
in general to facilitate enforcement of Village development standards
as set forth in the adopted regional, county, and local comprehensive
plans, adopted plan components, Village Zoning Ordinance,[1] and Village Building Code[2] of the Village of Saukville, Wisconsin.
It is not intended by this chapter to repeal,
abrogate, annul, impair, or interfere with any existing easements,
covenants, 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 minimum requirements and
shall be liberally construed in favor of the Village and shall not
be deemed a limitation or repeal of any other power granted by the
Wisconsin Statutes.
If any section, provision, or portion of this
chapter is adjudged unconstitutional or invalid by a court of competent
jurisdiction, the remainder of the chapter shall not be affected thereby.
The Village does not guarantee, warrant or represent
that only those areas delineated as floodlands 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 the 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
of Trustees, its agencies, or employees for flooding problems, sanitation
problems or structural damage that may occur as a result of reliance
upon and conformance with this chapter.
All other ordinances or parts of ordinances
of the Village inconsistent or conflicting with this chapter, to the
extent of the inconsistency only, are hereby repealed.
This chapter shall be known as, referred to,
or cited as the “Land Division Ordinance, Village OF Saukville,
Ozaukee County, Wisconsin.”
