(A) It is the express intention and purpose of this chapter to preserve the town as primarily a low- density residential area. To this end, subject to § 153.042, the number of lots within the town shall be limited to those lots as shown on plats recorded in the County Register of Deeds. Therefore, upon adoption of this chapter, all lots in the town that have been previously platted and recorded with the County Register of Deeds shall be deemed and established as individual lots, and shall remain individual lots, and shall not be subdivided.
(B) If an owner has acquired contiguous or adjoining lots, and the terminology of the deeds or other instruments of conveyance expresses intent that the lots shall be joined together as one residential lot, the lots shall thereafter be considered as one residential lot and shall not be subdivided into individual lots. If an owner of contiguous or adjoining lots develops the lots together, locating a residence on such lot or lots, and has landscaped the same or located other improvements, structures, or amenities on the lots so that from the standpoint of utility or appearance the lots seem to constitute one residential site, then the property shall not thereafter be subdivided, nor revert back to individual, separate lots.
(C) Nothing herein shall preclude property owners from subdividing unimproved previously platted and recorded lots, so as to enlarge existing residential lots or building sites. This subdivided lot shall not thereafter be reestablished as a separate residential lot.
(Ord. passed 10-19-1983; Ord. passed 6-8-2021)