For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ADMINISTRATOR. The person appointed by the County Board named in § 155.005.
ALLEY. A permanent service way providing a secondary means of access to abutting land.
AREA GENERAL PLAN. A general plan prepared by the subdivides or subdividers, for the progressive development of a large landholding, or several properties proposed to be subdivided by sections, meeting the requirements of these regulations.
BLOCK FACE. Property having frontage on one side of a street and lying between the two nearest intersecting streets, or nearest intersecting of intercepting street and railroad right-of-way, waterway or other barrier.
BOULEVARD. A street, other than a freeway or expressway, developed with two-laned, one-way pavements separated by a landscaped island, median or barrier.
COLLECTOR HIGHWAY. A rural road (and its extensions in or through villages or cities), which forms an interconnected network and provides service to communities, under the administration of the county.
COMMITTEE. A standing committee appointed by the County Board with authority to act on subdivision plans or plats or portions thereof, as provided in these regulations.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. The policy document which serves as a guide for the future physical development of the county, and entitled the county’s comprehensive plan.
COUNTY BOARD. The County Board of DeWitt County, Illinois.
COUNTY ENGINEER. An official employed by the County Board, under the Illinois Revised Statutes.
COUNTY RECORDER. The County Recorder of Deeds.
CUL-DE-SAC. A short street or highway having one end open to traffic and being permanently terminated by a vehicle turn-around.
DRAINAGE BASIN. An area of land, which because of the nature of the topography, collects naturally the surface drainage of the surrounding land.
EASEMENT. A grant by the property owner of the use of an area of land by the public, a corporation or persons, for specified uses and purposes and to be designated as a public or private easement depending on the nature of the use.
ENGINEER. A professional engineer registered as such and licensed to practice in the state or qualified to practice as provided in the Illinois Revised Statutes.
HALF STREET. The portion of the street right-of-way on either side of a tract boundary.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT. The DeWitt-Piatt Bi-County Health Department.
INTERSECTION STREET. The area embraced within the prolongation or connection of the lateral curb lines or, if none, then the lateral boundary lines of the roadway of two highways which join one another at, or approximately at, right angles or the area within which vehicles traveling upon different highways joining at any other angle may come in conflict.
LAND ACCESS HIGHWAY. Access to farms and land used for agricultural or other low intensity uses, under the administration a rural road, other than an area service, collector, major and truck highway, and subdivision street, which provides of the township road district.
LOT. A portion of a subdivision or other parcel of land intended as a unit for development or transfer of ownership. The term lot shall include the words PARCEL, PIECE and PLOT.
MARGINAL ACCESS STREET (FRONTAGE ROAD). A local street or highway paralleling, adjacent to and having limited access to a freeway, expressway collector highway, area service highway or land access highway which provides direct access to abutting property and protection from through traffic.
OWNER. Any person having any legal, equitable or beneficial interest in the land sought to be subdivided.
PERFORMANCE GUARANTEE. Any security, which shall be accepted by the county in lieu of a requirement, that certain public improvements be made prior to approval of a final plat.
PERSON. A corporation, firm, partnership, association, agency organization or any other group acting as a unit as well as a natural person.
PLANNING COMMISSION. The Regional Planning Commission of the county.
PLAT. A map indicating the subdivision prepared and certified by a registered land surveyor in compliance with these regulations and the Illinois Revised Statutes.
PLAT, PRELIMINARY (OFFICIAL). A preliminary map, and supporting data, indicating the proposed layout of the subdivision in sufficient detail to provide adequate basis for the review by the Committee, meeting the requirements of these regulations.
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. Street pavements (with or without curb and gutter), public walkways, monuments, water mains, sanitary and storm sewers, street signs, culverts and appurtenances to the foregoing items and for use by the public.
PUBLIC WALKWAY. A right-of-way dedicated for the purpose of pedestrian access and indicated so as to connect two or more streets, a street and a public land parcel or any two public parcels of land.
ROAD DISTRICT. Each township, for the purposes of these regulations, shall be and is called a ROAD DISTRICT for all purposes relating to the construction, repair, maintenance, financing and supervision of townships roads, including land access highways.
ROAD DISTRICT HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER. The elected official charged with the duties and responsibilities as stated in the Illinois Revised Statutes. The duties include, but are not limited to, inclusion of roads in the district system, construction and maintenance of district roads, and general charge of all matters relating to the road district.
RURAL SUBDIVISION. A subdivision in which the average width of lots is greater than 150 feet at the setback line.
SETBACK LINE. A line marking the setback distance from the street line, which establishes a minimum distance between buildings and the street line.
STREET (HIGHWAY). A right-of-way, whether designated as a street, highway, road, land, court, thoroughfare, parkway, freeway, expressway, boulevard or avenue, other than an alley or place, usually affording the principal means of access to abutting property.
SUBDIVIDER. Any person engaged in developing or improving a tract of land, which complies, with the definition of a subdivision as defined in these regulations.
SUBDIVISION. The division of land into two or more parts, for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of transfer of ownership or building development. The following shall not be considered a SUBDIVISION and shall be exempt from the requirement of these regulations:
(1) The division or subdivision of land into parcels or tracts of five acres or more in size which does not involve any new streets or easements of access;
(2) 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;
(3) The sale or exchange of parcels of land between owners of adjoining and contiguous land;
(4) The conveyance of parcels of land or interest therein for the uses as a right-of-way for railroads or other public utility facilities and other pipelines which does not involve any new streets or easements of access;
(5) The conveyance of land owned by a railroad or other public utility which does not involve any new streets or easements of access;
(6) The conveyance of land for highway or other public purposes or grants or conveyances relating to the dedication of land for public use or instruments relating to the vacation of land impressed with a public use;
(7) Conveyances made to correct description in prior conveyance;
(8) The sale or exchange of parcels or tracts of land following the division into no more than two parts of a particular parcel or tract of land existing on 7-17-1959 and not involving any streets or easements of access;
(9) The sale of a single lot of less than five acres from a larger tract when a survey is made by a state registered land surveyor; provided that, this exemption shall not apply to the sale of any subsequent lots from the same larger tract of land, as determined by the dimensions and configuration of the larger tract on 10-1-1973; and, provided also that, this exemption does not invalidate any local requirements applicable to the subdivision of land. Nothing contained within the provisions of this section or ILCS Ch. 765, Act 205 shall prevent or preclude individual counties from establishing standards, ordinances or specifications which reduce the acreage minimum to less than five acres, but not less than two acres, or supplementing the requirements contained herein when a survey is made by a state registered land surveyor and a plat thereof is recorded, under the powers granted to them.
SUBDIVISION DESIGN STANDARDS. The guides, principles, specifications and standards for the preparation of subdivision plans and plats indicating, among other things, the maximum and minimum dimensions of the various elements set forth in the area general plan, preliminary plat or final plat.
SURVEYOR. A land surveyor registered as such, or qualified to practice, in the state as provided in the Illinois Revised Statutes.
URBAN SUBDIVISION. A subdivision in which the average width of lots is less than 150 feet at the setback line.
(Prior Code, § 151.05) (Ord. passed 9-10-1973; Ord. passed 5-12-1994)