Section 233.02. Basic principles.

  To control the effects of land divisions on state trunk highways and connecting highways and to carry out the purposes of ch. 236 , Stats. , the department promulgates the following basic requirements:

(1)  Local traffic from a land division or development abutting a state trunk highway or connecting highway shall be served by an internal highway system of adequate capacity, intersecting with state trunk highways or connecting highways at the least practicable number of points and in a manner that is safe, convenient and economical.

(2)  A land division shall be so laid out that its individual lots or parcels do not require direct vehicular access to a state trunk highway or connecting highway.

(3)  The department, in order to integrate and coordinate traffic on a highway or on a private road or driveway with traffic on any affected state trunk highway or connecting highway, shall do both of the following:

(a) Consider, particularly in the absence of a local comprehensive general or master plan, or local land use plan, that plat or map's relationship to the access requirements of adjacent and contiguous land divisions and unplatted lands.

(b) Apply this chapter to all lands that are owned by, or are under option, whether formal or informal, or under contract or lease to the land divider and that are adjacent to or contiguous to the land division. Contiguous lands include those lands that abut the opposite side of the highway right-of-way.

(4)  Setbacks from a state trunk highway or connecting highway shall be provided as specified in s. Trans 233.08 .

(5)  A land division map shall include provision for the handling of surface drainage in such a manner as specified in s. Trans 233.105 (3) .

(6)  A land division map shall include provisions for the mitigation of noise if the noise level exceeds noise standards in s. Trans 405.04 , Table I.

(7)  A land division shall provide vision corners at intersections and driveways per department standards.

Cr. Register, January, 1999, No. 517 , eff. 2-1-99; am. (intro.), Register, January, 2001, No. 541 , eff. 2-1-01.

Note

Guide dimensions for vision corners are formally adopted in the Department's Facilities Development Manual, Chapter 11 , pursuant to s. 227.01 (13) (e) , Stats. Rules governing construction of driveways and other connections with highways are found in ch. Trans 231 . Detailed specifications may be obtained at the department's district offices. Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1