The Town of Richmond Board adopted Ordinance 2025-01: Town of Richmond Land Division Ordinance at it’s July 10, 2025 regular board meeting. 

The purpose of this Ordinance is to regulate and control the division of land within the limits of the Town of Richmond, St. Croix County, Wisconsin (the “Town”), in order to accomplish all of the following purposes:

Promoting the public health, safety, and general welfare of the Town.

Supplementing County, State, and Federal land division controls to implement any Town Comprehensive Plan or other Land Use Plans.

Promoting the planned and orderly layout and use of the land in the Town.

Minimizing the public impact resulting from the division of large tracts into smaller Parcels of land in the Town.

Facilitating the adequate provision of transportation, health, recreation, and other public requirements in the Town.

Providing the best possible environment for human habitation in the Town.

Enforcing the goals and policies set forth in any Town Comprehensive Plan, or other Land Use Plans.

Ensuring that the design of the road system will not have a negative long-term effect on neighborhood quality, traffic flow, and safety in the Town.

Avoiding the inefficient and uneconomical extension of governmental services in the Town.

Providing for the conservation of the agriculturally important lands in the Town by minimizing conflicting land uses.

Promoting the rural and agricultural character, scenic vistas, and natural beauty of the Town.

Regulating the development of Land Division projects.

Ensuring accurate legal descriptions.

Providing for administration and enforcement of this Ordinance by the Town Board.

A full copy of the ordinance may be viewed HERE

The complete ordinance is also available for review in the clerk's office, by appointment.