For the purpose of this title, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning:
ALLEY: A public right of way primarily for vehicular traffic along the side or in the rear of properties which affords only a secondary means of access to abutting properties.
BLOCK: A tract of land bounded by streets, or by a combination of streets and public parks, cemeteries, railroad rights of way, bulkhead lines or shorelines of waterways, or corporate boundary lines of the village.
BUILDING: Any structure with substantial walls and roof securely affixed to the land and entirely separated on all sides from any other structure by space or by walls in which there are no communicating doors, windows or openings; and which is designed or intended for the shelter, enclosure or protection of persons or animals. Any structure with interior areas not normally accessible for human use, such as gas holders, oil tanks, water tanks, grain elevators, coal bunkers, oil cracking towers, salt barns and other similar structures, are not considered buildings.
BUILDING SETBACK LINE: A line parallel to the street and within a lot or other parcel of land, so designated by the front yard requirements of the zoning district within which the lot is located, and so depicted on the plats of proposed or existing subdivision.
CROSSWALK: A public right of way located across a block to provide pedestrian access to adjacent streets or areas.
CUL-DE-SAC: A minor street having one open end and being permanently terminated by a vehicle turnaround.
EASEMENT: A grant by a property owner for the use of a strip of land by the general public, a corporation or a certain person or persons for a specific purpose or purposes.
ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE OF PROBABLE COST: An estimate of the construction costs of proposed improvements, as prepared by the project engineer.
HIGHWAY: A right of way for vehicular traffic which traverses a nonurban area, usually a state or federal numbered route.
IMPROVEMENT, PUBLIC: Any drainage ditch, roadway, parkway, sidewalk, pedestrianway, tree, lawn, or other facility for which the village of Antioch shall ultimately assume the ownership by way of right of way dedication or conveyance of land by deed.
IMPROVEMENT, QUASI-PUBLIC: Any storm water management facility, drainage ditch, roadway, parkway, sidewalk, pedestrianway, tree, lawn, or other facility for which the local homeowners' association or some other private entity is ultimately going to assume ownership and/or responsibility for maintenance and operation.
LOT: A portion of a subdivision or other parcel of land intended for transfer of ownership or which is or may be occupied by a use, building or buildings, including the open spaces required by this title.
OUTLOT: A parcel of property which is specifically dedicated to a public or quasi-public purpose. Such purpose may include, but is not necessarily limited to: open space - passive recreation; storm water retention or detention; wetlands preservation; etc. In any case, such outlot use does not include the construction of any habitable structure. As an unbuildable lot, an outlot is not required to abut a publicly dedicated street, but may be accessible for maintenance and emergency vehicles.
PARKWAY: A route intended to be used primarily by passenger vehicles and whose right of way is or is intended to be developed in a park like character.
PLAN, SUBDIVISION: A series of maps, plans, and data, including, but not necessarily limited to, subdivision plat, engineering drawings, drainage calculations, landscaping drawings, restrictive covenants and the like.
PLAT, SUBDIVISION: A specific map or drawing prepared by an Illinois registered land surveyor which describes and sets forth all public streets, alleys, ways for public service facilities, ways for utility services and community antenna television systems, parks, playgrounds, school grounds or other public grounds, and all the tracts, parcels, lots or blocks, and numbering all such lots, blocks or parcels by progressive numbers, giving their precise dimensions.
PRELIMINARY: The preparatory step prior to final.
ROADWAY: The paved area within a street right of way intended for vehicular traffic, including all curb and gutter facilities.
STREET: A public right of way or private easement, which primarily serves or is intended to serve as a vehicular and pedestrian access to abutting lands or to other such rights of way or easements.
STREET, APPROVED: Any street, whether public or private, meeting standards and specifications of the village.
STREET, MARGINAL ACCESS: A minor street which is parallel and adjacent to highways and primary thoroughfares and which provides access to abutting properties and protection to local traffic from fast, through moving traffic on the highway and primary thoroughfares.
STREET, MINOR: A street intended primarily as access to abutting properties.
STREET, PRIVATE: Any street which is under the jurisdiction of an individual, corporation or trustee, or any street which is privately owned or established.
STREET, PUBLIC: Any primary or secondary thoroughfare or minor street which is shown on the subdivision plat and is, or is to be, dedicated for public use.
SUBDIVIDER: The person or persons responsible for preparing and recording the plats of the subdivision and for carrying out all appropriate requirements relating thereto as outlined in this title.
SUBDIVISION: The division of land into two (2) or more parts, any of which is less than five (5) acres, for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of transfer of ownership or building development, including all public streets, alleys, ways for public service facilities, parks, playgrounds, school grounds or other public grounds, and all the tracts, parcels, lots or blocks, and numbering all such lots, blocks or parcels, by progressive numbers, giving their precise dimensions. However, the following shall not be considered a subdivision and shall be exempt from the requirements of this title:
A. The division or subdivision of land into parcels or tracts of five (5) acres or more in size which does not involve any new streets or easements of access;
B. The division of lots or blocks of less than one acre in any recorded subdivision which does not involve any new streets or easements of access;
C. The sale or exchange of parcels of land between owners of adjoining and contiguous land;
D. The conveyance of parcels of land or interests therein for use as right of way for railroads or other public utility facilities which does not involve any new streets or easements of access;
E. The conveyance of land owned by a railroad or other public utility which does not involve any new streets or easement of access;
F. The conveyance of land for highway or other public purposes or grants or conveyance relating to the dedication of land for public use or instruments relating to the vacation of land impressed with a public use;
G. Conveyances made to correct descriptions in prior conveyances;
H. The sale or exchange of parcels or tracts of land existing on July 17, 1959, into no more than two (2) parts and not involving any new streets or easements of access.
THOROUGHFARE, PRIMARY: A street of considerable continuity which serves, or is intended to serve, as a principal traffic artery between the various sections of the Antioch area and is so designated as a primary thoroughfare of the official map and standards ordinance.
THOROUGHFARE, SECONDARY: A street which carries traffic from minor streets to the primary thoroughfare system, or between primary thoroughfares, and is so designated as a secondary thoroughfare on the official map and standards ordinance.
VILLAGE BOARD: The board of trustees of the village.
WOODLAND, MATURE: An area or stand of trees whose total combined canopy covers an area of one acre or more and at least fifty percent (50%) of which is composed of canopies of trees having a diameter at breast height (dbh) of at least ten inches (10"), or any grove consisting of eight (8) or more individual trees having a dbh of at least twelve inches (12") whose combined canopies cover at least fifty percent (50%) of the area encompassed by the grove. Provided, however, that no trees kept or grown for commercial purposes shall be considered a mature woodland.
WOODLAND, YOUNG: An area or stand of trees whose total combined canopy covers an area of one-half (1/2) acre or more and at least fifty percent (50%) of which is composed of canopies of trees having a diameter at breast height of at least three inches (3"). Provided, however, that no trees kept or grown for commercial purposes shall be considered young woodland. (1976 Code § 152.007; amd. Ord. 00-06-09, 6-5-2000; Ord. 06-06-24, 6-19-2006)
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| 1 | 1. See title 2, chapter 1 of this code. |