The City Council may require the developer to dedicate (i.e., to transfer without compensation) to the City of East Moline or other appropriate governmental entity suitable parcel(s) of land within the subdivision for public purposes provided such facilities are otherwise required by this chapter. Any such dedicated area shall be shown on the final plat.
(A) Reservations For Public Use: Besides requiring the developer to dedicate parcels for public purposes, the City Council may require that he reserve land for parks, playgrounds, schools, or other public purposes in locations designated in the City's comprehensive plan. Since public acquisition of reserved land requires compensation, it is not essential that the need for such land be uniquely and specifically attributable to the subdivision 1 .
1. Adopted: There is hereby adopted an Official Map dated July 18, 1966, which shall be applicable to all land situated within the City, and shall also be applicable to contiguous territory within one and one-half (11/2) miles from the corporate limits of the City and not included within the corporate limits of any other municipality. The Official Map shall be filed in the Office of the City Clerk and is made part of this chapter by reference.
2. Planned Public Improvements To Be Shown On Map: The Official Map may show indication of sites for planned public facilities. Public facility sites which may be indicated on the Official Map may include but are not limited to: sites for new trafficways or widening of existing trafficways; school sites; recreational sites; public building sites; and sites for future storm drainage, electrical or other public service or utility easements.
3. Availability Of Sites For Planned Public Improvements:
(a) Whenever the Official Map indicates the necessity for providing a site for a planned public facility, the Council may require that the site for the public use be designated on the subdivision plat before granting approval to such plat; and, furthermore, that the site be held for that specific public use for a period of one year from the date of approval of the final plat. When such designation has been required, the Council shall notify the responsible public agency in writing of the designation within ten (10) days.
(b) Whenever a site for public use, shown on the Official Map, has been required to be indicated on a subdivision plat, the responsible agency having jurisdiction of such use shall acquire the land so designated by purchase or commence proceedings to acquire the land by condemnation within one year from date of final approval of the plat; and, if it does not do so within such period of one year, the land so designated may then be used by the owners in any other manner consistent with this chapter, this title, or any other provision of this Code or other ordinance of the City.
4. Amendments Or Additions To The Official Map: Amendments to the Official Map, including the indication of additional public sites to be shown on the map, shall be considered amendments to this chapter and therefore shall be as specified in this chapter for amendments to this chapter. Any public agency requesting the establishment of the Official Map of a future public site or easement which is not included in the Comprehensive Plan, shall indicate to the Plan Commission the need for the site in the particular location specified. The Plan Commission, before making a favorable recommendation for the inclusion on the Official Map of such site by the Council, shall find that this public site location is determined to be necessary to provide public service consistent with the Comprehensive Plan of the community and shall so indicate in its minutes. (Ord. 91-2, 1-21-1991; amd. Ord. 18-08, 6-3-2019)
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| 1 | 1. 65 ILCS 5/11-12-8. |