For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ALLEY. A public or private right-of-way primarily designed to serve as secondary access to the side or rear of those properties whose principal frontage is on some other street.
APPLICANT. The person, firm, corporation, partnership or other legal entity seeking approval to subdivide or develop a parcel, including the owner of record, contract purchasers, subdividers, developers and other persons having a proprietary interest in the parcel and their successors.
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 shore lines of waterways, or the corporate limits of the village.
BUILDING. Any structure built for the support, shelter, or enclosure of persons, animals, chattels or moveable property of any kind, and that is permanently affixed to the land.
BUILDING INSPECTOR. The Building Inspec- tor of the village.
BUILDING SETBACK LINE. The line indicating the minimum horizontal distance between the property line and building, either at the front or side of the lot.
COLLECTOR THOROUGHFARE. A street that carries traffic from minor streets to the thoroughfare system, or between secondary thoroughfares, and is so designated as a collector thoroughfare on the Comprehensive Plan.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. The general comprehensive plan of the village, including the
Official Comprehensive Plan Map and the provisions of this chapter.
CONCEPT PLAN. Plan filed with the Planning and Zoning Commission, prior to the filing of a preliminary plat or preliminary site plan, that shall contain such information as set forth in Section 1 of Article II.
CORPORATE AUTHORITIES. The President and the Trustees of the village.
CUL-DE-SAC. Local street with only one outlet and having an appropriate terminal for the convenient reversal of traffic movement.
DEVELOPMENT. Any construction, building or improvement on a parcel of land, or substantial change in any existing structures, including planned unit developments.
EASEMENT. A right or privilege in the real property of another.
FINAL PLAT. A plat of subdivision meeting the requirements of § 154.22 in the form proposed or approved for recording.
FRONTAGE. Length of the property line of the lot, lots or tract of land abutting a public street, road, highway or rural right-of-way.
GRADE. The slope of a road, street or other public way, as specified by percentage.
LOT. A portion of a subdivision or other parcel of land intended for transfer of ownership or for building development.
LOT LINE. A property boundary line of any subdivision lot or any parcel of land held in separate ownership, except that where any portion of the lot extends into the abutting street or alley, such portion of the lot line thereof shall be deemed to be the street or alley line.
MAJOR THOROUGHFARE. A street of considerable continuity that serves or is intended to serve as the principal traffic artery and is so designated as a major thoroughfare on the Official Comprehensive Plan Map, generally having limited access. Owners or occupants of abutting property or lands and other persons have no legal right of access to or from these thoroughfares, except at such points and in such manner as may be determined by the public authority having jurisdiction over such trafficway.
MARGINAL ACCESS STREET
. A street which is parallel and adjacent to a major or collector thoroughfare which provides access to abutting properties and protection from through traffic, and is generally referred to as a frontage road.
MINOR STREET.
A street of limited continuity used primarily for access to abutting properties and serving local needs of a neighborhood.
OFFICIAL MAP.
The Official Comprehensive Plan Map of the village as designated by this chapter.
OWNER. Any person, firm, corporation, partnership or other legal entity vested with the legal incidents of ownership with respect to the land sought to be subdivided or developed under this chapter.
PARCEL. The tract of land that is the subject of an application under this chapter.
PARKWAY. An unpaved area along or within a public right-of-way reserved for the planting of grass, trees, shrubbery or otherwise ornamented to provide a park-like character.
PEDESTRIANWAY OR CROSSWALK. A right- of-way across or within a block for use by pedestrian traffic, whether designated as a pedestrianway, crosswalk, or however otherwise designated, and may include utilities where necessary.
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. The Planning and Zoning Commission of the village.
PLAT. A plan, map, drawing or chart representing a plan for subdivision of land and depicting the information required by this chapter.
PRELIMINARY PLAT. The plat representing the plan of development of a subdivision and containing the information required under § 154.22, intended to provide preliminary approvals on which the applicant can rely for planning purposes.
PRIVATE STREET. Any street not dedicated or not to be dedicated for public use.
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. Any sanitary sewer, storm sewer, drainage ditch, water main, roadway, parkway, sidewalk, pedestrianway, planting strip, off-street parking area, or other facility for whose maintenance and operation the village may ultimately assume the ownership or responsibility.
PUBLIC STREET. Any street that is dedicated or is to be dedicated for public use.
RESUBDIVISION. A change in a map of an approved or recorded subdivision plat, if such change affects any street layout on such map or area reserved thereon for public use, or any lot line, or if it affects any map or plan legally recorded prior to the adoption of any regulation controlling subdivisions.
RIGHT-OF-WAY. A strip of land occupied or intended to be occupied by a street, crosswalk, railroad line, electric transmission line, oil or gas pipeline, water main, sanitary or storm sewer main, or for another special use. The usage of the term RIGHT-OF-WAY for land-platting purposes in the village shall mean that every RIGHT-OF-WAY hereafter established and shown on a final plat is to be separate and distinct from adjoining lots or parcels, and not included within their dimensions of areas.
ROADWAY. A paved portion of a street available for vehicular traffic.
SECONDARY THOROUGHFARE. A street of considerable continuity that serves or is intended to serve as a principal traffic artery between the various sections of the village, and is so designated as a secondary thoroughfare on the Comprehensive Plan.
SIDEWALK. That portion of a street or crosswalkway right-of-way paved or otherwise surfaced and intended for pedestrian use only.
SITE PLAN. A plan, map, drawing or chart on which the applicant's plan for the development of land is presented and which he or she submits for approval in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
STREET. A public or private right-of-way that affords a primary means of vehicular access to abutting properties, whether designed as a street, avenue, highway, road, boulevard, thoroughfare, or however otherwise designed, but excepting driveways to buildings and alleys.
SUBDIVIDE. The division of land into two or more parcels or lots, including resubdivision.
SUBDIVISION.
(1) Any parcel of land, vacant or improved, that is divided or is proposed to be divided into two or more lots, parcels, sites, units, plots or interest by any method, including planned unit developments; or
(2) Any construction, building or improvement on a parcel of land or substantial change in any existing structures, including planned unit developments.
SUBDIVISION ADMINISTRATOR. The Director of Community Development or his/her designee.
THOROUGHFARE. A street with a high degree of continuity, including major, secondary and collector streets.
VILLAGE ATTORNEY. The Village Attorney of the village.
VILLAGE BOARD. The Board of Trustees of the village.
VILLAGE CLERK. The Village Clerk of the village.
VILLAGE ENGINEER. The Village Engineer of the village.
ZONING ORDINANCE. The Zoning Ordinance of the village as amended from time to time.
(Ord. 176, passed 3-6-78; Am. Ord. 278, passed 3-1-82; Am. Ord. 1233, passed 5-20-02; Am. Ord. 1589, passed 8-3-09)