The subdivider shall, after the above preapplication procedure, cause to be prepared a preliminary plat together with improvement plans and other supplementary material as specified in Chapter 5, Section 2, of this Title, including an alternate layout in sketch form of the entire tract owned by the subdivider, if not submitted under Section 11-2-2 hereof.
Sufficient copies, not less than three (3) of the preliminary application, the preliminary plat and all required supplementary material shall be filed with the Plat Officer, to meet the distribution requirements of the Village.
The Plat Officer shall forthwith transmit one copy to the Village Engineer and one copy to the Zoning Board and he shall retain the third copy for his office.
The Village Engineer and the Zoning Board shall review the plat, and each shall submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the Plat Officer. Such report shall be submitted within twenty (20) days of the receipt of the plat. Failure to submit a report within the specified time limit or a mutually agreed extension thereof, shall be deemed a recommendation of approval of the plat.
Following review of the preliminary plat and accompanying supplemental material, and review and consideration of the reports provided for herein, the Plat Officer shall take action accordingly, approving, revising or rejecting the proposed subdivision, and he shall in writing so notify the subdivider, the Zoning Board, and the Village Engineer.
If the action of the Plat Officer is that of approving the preliminary plat, he shall properly endorse his approval and date of such approval on all copies of the plat. One copy of the plat shall be returned to the subdivider, one copy shall be furnished the Village Engineer and one copy shall be retained by the Plat Officer. If revisions are to be made, said revisions shall be indicated on the plats before and prior to their endorsement. Such preliminary plat shall bear the certificate of approval as follows:
“STATE OF ILLINOIS )
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County of Tazewell )
I, Plat Officer of the Village of Creve Coeur, do hereby approve this Preliminary Plat in accordance with the provisions of the Subdivision Ordinance of Creve Coeur, Illinois, this day of , A.D. . This approval is not authority for recording of the above Plat.
Plat Officer, Village of Creve Coeur, Ill.”
If the Plat Officer rejects the preliminary plat, the subdivider shall have the right to appeal the decision to the Village Board, which Board may suspend the Plat Officer’s decision or may modify or reverse, in whole or in part, his decision. If the Village Board approves the preliminary plat, then the Plat Officer shall be directed by motion passed in a meeting of the Village Board, to endorse the plat.
Approval of the preliminary plat shall be construed to be an expression of approval of the general layout submitted as a guide to the preparation of the final plat, and to be assurance to the subdivider that the final plat will be approved if it conforms to the terms of the conditional approval and this Title, in force at the time of submitting and obtaining approval of the preliminary plat. (Ord. 962, 10-26-2022)