(A) Rules. The language set forth in the text of this chapter shall be interpreted in accordance with the following rules of construction:
(1) The singular number includes the plural and the plural the singular;
(2) The present tense includes the past and future tenses and the future the present;
(3) The word “shall” is mandatory, while the word “may” is permissive;
(4) The masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter;
(5) Whenever a word or term defined hereinafter appears in the text of this chapter, its meaning shall be construed as set forth in the definition thereof, and any word appearing in parenthesis directly after a word herein defined shall be construed in the same sense as that word; and
(6) The following words and terms, wherever they occur in this chapter, shall be construed as herein defined.
(B) Definitions.
ALLEY. A right-of-way which affords secondary means of access to properties abutting upon a street.
BLOCK. A tract of land bounded by streets, or by a combination of streets and public parks, railroad rights-of-way or other similar natural boundaries. A BLOCK may be located in part beyond the boundary lines of the corporate limits of the village.
BUILDING COMMISSIONER. The Building Inspector of the Village of Gardner, Illinois, or his or her duly authorized representative.
BUILDING SETBACK LINE. A line within a lot or other parcel of land, which denotes the area between the line and the adjacent street right-of-way line where a building and other obstructions are prohibited, except those obstructions that are permitted by Zoning Ordinance regulations.
COLLECTOR STREET. A street which carries traffic from minor streets to arterial streets, including the principal entrance streets of residential developments and the principal streets for circulation within such a development.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. The composite of the functional and geographic elements of the Comprehensive Plan of the Village of Gardner and environs or any segment thereof, in the form of plans, maps, charts, text of reports, implementing ordinances and the official map.
CUL-DE-SAC. A minor street with a single outlet.
EASEMENT. A quantity of land set aside over or under which a liberty, privilege or advantage in land without profit is dedicated and is distinct from ownership of the land or is granted either to the public, a particular person or a combination of both.
FINAL PLAT. A map or plan of a subdivision and any accompanying material as described in § 15.25.030 below.
FRONTAGE ROAD. A minor street which is parallel to and either adjacent to or within the right-of-way of a thoroughfare.
HALF STREET. A street of less than the total required width along one or more property lines of a subdivision.
LAND IMPROVEMENT. Any sanitary sewerage system, storm sewer system, water supply and distribution systems, roadway, side-strip, sidewalk, pedestrian way, no-access strip, off-street parking area, lot grading or other improvement which the Village of Gardner may require under this chapter.
LOT. A portion of a subdivision or other parcel of land intended for transfer of ownership or for building development.
LOT, BUTT. A lot at the end of a block and located between two corner lots.
LOT, DOUBLE FRONTAGE. A lot which has a pair of opposite lot lines along two substantially parallel streets.
MAYOR. The Mayor of the Village of Gardner, Illinois.
MINOR STREET. A street of limited continuity. Its primary purpose is to serve abutting properties.
“NO-ACCESS” STRIP. A land area at least 12 feet wide along the rear lot line of a double-frontage lot and abutting a thoroughfare within which no vehicular driveway shall be permitted.
OFFICIAL MAP. The official map of Gardner, Illinois.
OWNER or SUBDIVIDER. Includes any person, firm, association, partnership, private corporation, public or quasi-public corporation, or a combination of any of them, or other legal entity having sufficient proprietary interest in the land sought to be subdivided or divided to commence and maintain proceedings under the provisions of this chapter.
PEDESTRIAN WAY. A right-of-way across or within a block designated for pedestrian use.
PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD. The Planning and Zoning Board of Gardner, Illinois.
PRELIMINARY PLAT. A tentative map or plan of a proposed subdivision as described in § 15.25.020.
ROADWAY. The portion of the street designated for vehicular use.
SIDEWALK. The portion of the street designated for pedestrian use.
SIDE-STRIP. The unpaved strip of land within a street right-of-way and is parallel to the roadway.
STREET. A right-of-way which affords primary means of access by pedestrians and vehicles to abutting properties, whether designated as a street, avenue, highway, road, boulevard, easement or however otherwise designated.
STREET WIDTH. The shortest distance between the right-of-way lines of a given street.
SUBDIVISION.
(a) A described tract of land which is to be or has been divided into two or more parcels of land;
(b) Any division of land which creates a lot for transfer of ownership and/or building development where a new street is involved; or
(c) The dedication of streets, ways or other areas for the use of the public. The division of a tract, parcel or lot into parcels or lots all of which resultant parcels or lots exceed five acres and if a new street is not involved, or the division of land for the purpose of transfer of ownership to adjoining property owners and the division does not create an additional lot or lots, provided that a contract for sale requiring conformity with this chapter may be entered into, shall not be deemed to be a subdivision. A certified plat of survey and when required by the Village Council, conformance with applicable provisions of this chapter shall be required for the division of land when a new lot is created for the purpose of transfer of ownership and/or building development and a new street is not involved. The term subdivision includes resubdivision and, where it is appropriate to the context, relates to the process of subdividing or to the land subdivided.
SUBDIVISION DESIGN STANDARDS. The basic land-planning principles established as guides for the preparation of preliminary plats.
THOROUGHFARE. A street with a high degree of continuity and serving as an arterial traffic way between the various districts of Gardner and its environs.
VILLAGE. The Village of Gardner, Illinois.
VILLAGE COUNCIL. The Village Council of the Village of Gardner, Illinois.
VILLAGE CLERK. The Village Clerk of the Village of Gardner, Illinois.
VILLAGE ENGINEER. A professional engineer, registered in the State of Illinois, who has been duly appointed as the Village Engineer of the Village of Gardner, or who has been hired by the village as its consulting engineer.
(Ord. 254, passed 5-22-1972)