In any new subdivision, the street layout shall
conform to the arrangement, width and location indicated on the official
map, county jurisdictional highway system plan, comprehensive plan
or plan component, or precise neighborhood unit development plan of
the Village of Saukville, Wisconsin. In areas for which such plans
have not been completed, the street layout shall recognize the functional
classification of the various types of streets and shall be developed
and located in proper relation to existing and proposed streets, to
the topography, to such natural features as streams, to streams and
tree growth, to public convenience and safety, to the proposed use
of the land to be served by such streets, and to the most advantageous
development of adjoining areas. The subdivision shall be designed
so as to provide each lot with satisfactory access to a public street.
In addition:
A.
Arterial streets, as hereafter defined,[1] shall be arranged so as to provide ready access to centers
of employment, centers of governmental activity, community shopping
areas, community recreation, and points beyond the boundaries of the
community. They shall also be properly integrated with and related
to the existing and proposed system of major streets and highways
and shall be, insofar as practicable, continuous and in alignment
with existing or planned streets with which they are to connect.
B.
Collector streets, as hereafter defined,[2] shall be arranged so as to provide ready collection of
traffic from residential areas and conveyance of this traffic to the
major street and highway system and shall be properly related to the
mass transportation system, to special traffic generators such as
schools, churches and shopping centers and other concentrations of
population and to the major streets to which they connect.
C.
Minor streets, as hereafter defined,[3] shall be arranged to conform to the topography, to discourage
use by through traffic, to permit the design of efficient storm and
sanitary sewerage systems, and to require the minimum street area
necessary to provide safe and convenient access to abutting property.
D.
Proposed streets shall extend to the boundary lines
of the tract being subdivided unless prevented by topography or other
physical conditions or unless, in the opinion of the Village Plan
Commission, such extension is not necessary or desirable for the coordination
of the layout of the subdivision or for the advantageous development
of the adjacent tracts.
E.
Arterial street and highway protection. Whenever the
proposed subdivision contains or is adjacent to an arterial street
or highway, adequate protection of residential properties, limitation
of access and separation of through and local traffic shall be provided
by reversed frontage, with screen planting contained in a nonaccess
reservation along the rear property line, or by the use of frontage
streets.
F.
Stream or lake shores shall have a minimum of 60 feet
of public access platted to the low-water mark at intervals of not
more than 1/2 mile as required by § 236.16(3) of the Wisconsin
Statutes.
G.
Reserve strips shall not be provided on any plat to
control access to streets or alleys, except where control of such
strips is placed with the Village under conditions approved by the
Village Plan Commission.
H.
Access shall be provided in commercial and industrial
areas for off-street loading and service areas unless otherwise required
by the Village Plan Commission.
I.
Street names shall not duplicate or be similar to
existing street names elsewhere in the Village, and existing street
names shall be projected wherever possible.
Whenever the proposed subdivision contains or
is adjacent to a limited access highway or railroad right-of-way,
the design shall provide the following treatment:
A.
When lots within the proposed subdivision back upon
the right-of-way of an existing or proposed limited access highway
or a railroad, a planting strip at least 20 feet in depth shall be
provided adjacent to the highway or railroad in addition to the normal
lot depth. This strip shall be a part of the platted lots but shall
have the following restriction lettered on the face of the plat: “This
strip reserved for the planting of trees and shrubs; the building
of structures hereon is prohibited.”
B.
Commercial and industrial properties shall have provided,
on each side of the limited access highway or railroad, streets approximately
parallel to and at a suitable distance from such highway or railroad
for the appropriate use of the land between such streets and highway
or railroad, but not less than 150 feet.
C.
Streets parallel to a limited access highway or railroad
right-of-way, when intersecting a major street and highway or collector
street which crossed said railroad or highway, shall be located at
a minimum distance of 250 feet from said highway or railroad right-of-way.
Such distance, where desirable and practicable, shall be determined
with due consideration of the minimum distance required for the future
separation of grades by means of appropriate approach gradients.
D.
Minor streets immediately adjacent and parallel to
railroad rights-of-way shall be avoided, and location of minor streets
immediately adjacent to arterial streets and highways and to railroad
rights-of-way shall be avoided in residential areas.
A.
The minimum right-of-way and roadway width of all
proposed streets shall be as specified by the comprehensive plan,
comprehensive plan component, official map, neighborhood development
study, or jurisdictional highway system plan; or if no width is specified
therein, the minimum widths shall be as shown on Table 1.[1]
[1]
Editor’s Note: Table 1 is included at the end of this chapter.
B.
Street sections are for standard arterial streets
only. Cross sections for freeways, expressway and parkways should
be based upon detailed engineering studies. In addition:
(1)
Cul-de-sac streets designed to have one end permanently
closed shall not exceed 750 feet in length. All urban cul-de-sac streets
designed to have one end permanently closed without a center planting
island shall terminate in a tear-drop turnaround having a minimum
right-of-way radius of 60 feet and a minimum outside curb radius of
48 feet, and all urban cul-de-sac streets designed to have one end
permanently closed with a center planting island shall terminate in
a tear-drop turnaround having a minimum right-of-way radius of 60
feet and a minimum outside curb radius of 48 feet.
(2)
(3)
Radii of curvature.
(a)
When a continuous street center line deflects
at any one point by more than 10 degrees, a circular curve shall be
introduced having a radius of curvature on said center line of not
less than the following:
(b)
A tangent at least 100 feet in length shall
be provided between reverse curves on arterial and collector streets.
(4)
Half streets. Where an existing dedicated or platted
half-street is adjacent to the tract being subdivided, the other half
of the street shall be dedicated by the subdivider. The platting of
new half streets shall not be permitted.
Streets shall intersect each other at as nearly
right angles as topography and other limiting factors of good design
permit. In addition:
A.
The number of streets converging at one intersection
shall be reduced to a minimum, preferably not more than two.
B.
The number of intersections along major streets and
highways shall be held to a minimum. Whenever practicable, the distance
between such intersections shall not be less than 1,200 feet.
C.
Property lines at street intersections shall be rounded
with a minimum radius of 15 feet or of a greater radius when required
by the Village Plan Commission, or shall be cut off by a straight
line through the points of tangency of an arc having a radius of 15
feet.
D.
Minor streets shall not necessarily continue across
arterial or collector streets; but if the center lines of such minor
streets approach the major streets from opposite sides within 250
feet of each other, measured along the center lines of the arterial
or collector street, then the location shall be so adjusted that the
adjoinment across the major or collector street is continuous, and
a jog is avoided.
The widths, lengths, and shapes of blocks shall
be suited to the planned use of the land, zoning requirements,[1] need for convenient access, control and safety of street
traffic, and the limitations and opportunities of topography. In addition:
A.
The length of blocks in residential areas shall not
as a general rule be less than 600 feet or more than 1,500 feet in
length unless otherwise dictated by exceptional topography or other
limiting factors of good design.
B.
Pedestrian ways of not less than 10 feet in width
may be required near the center and entirely across any block over
900 feet in length where deemed essential by the Village Plan Commission
to provide adequate pedestrian circulation or access to schools, parks,
shopping centers, churches or transportation facilities.
C.
The width of blocks shall be wide enough to provide
for two tiers of lots of appropriate depth except where otherwise
required to separate residential development from through traffic.
Width of lots or parcels reserved or laid out for commercial or industrial
use shall be adequate to provide for off-street service and parking
required by the use contemplated and the area zoning restrictions
for such use.
D.
Utility easements for electric power and telephone
service shall, where practical, be placed on midblock easements along
rear lot lines.
The size, shape and orientation of lots shall
be appropriate for the location of the subdivision and for the type
of development and use contemplated. The lots should be designed to
provide an aesthetically pleasing building site and a proper architectural
setting for the building contemplated. In addition:
A.
Side lot lines shall 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.
B.
Double frontage and reverse frontage lots shall be
prohibited except where necessary to provide separation of residential
development from through traffic or to overcome specific disadvantages
of topography and orientation.
C.
Access. Every lot shall front or abut for a distance
of at least 40 feet on a public street.
D.
Area and dimensions of all lots shall conform to the
requirements of the Village of Saukville Zoning Ordinance[1] for the subdivisions within the Village, and to the Ozaukee
County Zoning Ordinance within the Village’s extraterritorial
jurisdictional limits. Those building sites in the extraterritorial
plat approval jurisdiction not served by a public sanitary sewerage
system or other approved system shall be sufficient to permit the
use of an on-site soil absorption sewage disposal system designed
in accordance with Chapter COMM 83 of the Wisconsin Administrative
Code. The width and area of lots located on soils suitable for the
use of an on-site soil absorption sewage disposal system shall not
be less than 150 feet in width and 40,000 square feet in area.
E.
Depth of lots shall be a minimum of 125 feet. Excessive
depth in relation to width shall be avoided and a proportion of two
to one shall be considered a desirable ratio under normal conditions.
Depth of lots or parcels reserved or laid out for commercial or industrial
use shall be adequate to provide for off-street service and parking
required by the use contemplated.
G.
Corner lots shall have an extra width of 20 feet to
permit adequate building setbacks from side streets.
H.
Lands lying between the meander line and the water’s
edge and any otherwise unplattable lands which lie between a proposed
subdivision and the water’s edge shall be included as part of
lots, outlots or public dedications in any plat abutting a lake or
stream.
Building and setback lines appropriate to the
location and type of development contemplated, which are more restrictive
than the regulation of the zoning district in which the plat is located,
may be required by the Village Plan Commission and shall be shown
on the final plat or certified survey map. Examples of the application
of this provision would 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.
The Village Plan Commission may require utility
easements of widths deemed adequate for the intended purposes on each
side of all rear lot lines and on side lot lines or across lots where
necessary or advisable for electric power and communication lines,
wires, conduits, storm and sanitary sewers, and gas, water and other
utility lines. Where a subdivision is traversed by a watercourse,
drainageway channel or stream, an adequate drainageway or easement
shall be provided as may be required by the Village Plan Commission.
The location, width, alignment and improvement of such drainageway
or easement shall be subject to the approval of the Village Engineer,
and parallel streets or parkways may be required in connection therewith.
Where necessary, stormwater drainage shall be maintained by landscaped
open channels of adequate size and grade to hydraulically accommodate
maximum potential volumes of flow. These design details are subject
to review and approval by the Village Engineer.
A.
In the design of the plat, due consideration shall be given to the reservation of suitable sites of adequate area for future schools, parks, playgrounds, drainageways and other public purposes. If designated on the comprehensive plan, comprehensive plan component, or official map, such areas shall be made a part of the plat as stipulated in § 176-12 of these regulations. If not so designated, consideration shall be given in the location of such sites to the preservation of scenic and historic sites, stands of fine trees, marshes, lakes and ponds, watercourses, watersheds and ravines.
B.
Accordingly, each subdivider of land in the Village
of Saukville shall, at the discretion and direction of the Village
Plan Commission, dedicate or reserve open space lands designated on
the Village comprehensive plan or plan component, or where the Village
Plan Commission deems such dedication requirement bears a rational
relationship to a need for land dedication, easement, or other public
improvements per § 236.45(6)(b), Wis. Stats. The Village
Plan Commission shall, at the time of reviewing the preliminary plat
or certified survey map, make the determination as to the need for
such dedication or reservation of land.
(1)
Dedication of site. Whenever a proposed playground,
park, or other public open space land designated on the Village’s
comprehensive plan, neighborhood unit development plan, or other comprehensive
plan component is encompassed, all or in part, within a tract of land
to be subdivided, the public lands shall be made part of the plat
and shall be dedicated to the public by the subdivider at a rate of
at least one acre for each 50 proposed or potential dwelling units.
(2)
Reservation of site. Whenever a proposed playground,
park, or other public open space land designated on the Village’s
comprehensive plan, neighborhood unit development plan, or other comprehensive
plan component is encompassed, all or in part, within a tract of land
to be subdivided, the proposed public open space lands shall be made
a part of the plat and reserved at the time of final plat approval
until dedicated for public use or such time the Village Plan Commission
deems such land reservation no longer bears a rational relationship
to the Village's comprehensive plan or need for public use.
[1]
Editor's Note: This section was amended to
conform to the provisions of Ord. No. 654, adopted 7-18-2006.
