34-2-2   SELECTED DEFINITIONS.
   AASHTO:  American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.
   ASTM:  American Society of Testing Materials.
   Administrator: The employee or officer of the Village appointed by the President to administer this Chapter; or his duly authorized representative. All references to Code Administrator or Building & Zoning Administrator shall mean “Administrator.” (See also Section 40-9-1)
   Alley:  A public right-of-way that affords a secondary means of vehicular access to the side or rear of premises that front on a nearby street.
   Amendment:  A change in the provisions of this Chapter, properly effected in accordance with State law and the procedures set forth herein.
   Area, Gross: The entire area within the lot lines of the property proposed for subdivision/ development, including any areas to be dedicated/reserved for street and alley rights-of-way and for public uses.
   BAM:  Abbreviation for "bituminous aggregate mixture", a bituminous plant hot mix meeting IDOT Standard Specifications; used for bituminous stabilized bases and subbases.
   Block: An area of land entirely bounded by streets, highways, barriers, or ways (except alleys, pedestrian ways, or exterior boundaries of a subdivision unless said exterior boundary is a street, highway, or way) or bounded by a combination of streets, public parks, cemeteries, railroad rights-of-way, waterways, or corporate boundary lines.
   Catch basin: A receptacle, located where a street gutter opens into a storm water sewer, designed to retain matter that would not readily pass through the sewer and to allow storm water runoff to enter the sewer.
   Centerline: 
   (A)   The centerline of any right-of-way having a uniform width;
   (B)   The original centerline, where a right-of-way has been widened irregularly;
   (C)   The new centerline, whenever a road has been relocated.
   Centerline Offset: The distance between the centerline of two (2) roughly parallel streets, measured along the third street with which both said "parallel" streets intersect.
   Cross-Slope: The degree at inclination measured across a right-of-way rather than in the direction traffic moves on said right-of-way.
   Curb and Gutter, Integral: The rim forming the edge of a street, plus the channel for leading off surface water, constructed of placed concrete as a single facility.
   Dedicate: To transfer the ownership of a right-of-way parcel of land, or improvement to the Village or other public entity without compensation.
   Density, net: The total number at dwelling units divided by the total project area less the area for street rights-of-way.
   Develop: To erect any structure or to install any improvements on a tract of land, or to undertake any activity (such as grading) in preparation therefor.
   Developer: Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, estate or other group or combination acting as a unit and developing or proposing to develop land within the corporate limits; may be synonymous with "subdivider". In the event that a developer or subdivider is not the record owner, then both shall sign and be responsible for all submittals and the performance thereunder.
   Dimensions: In relation to the size of a lot, refers to both lot depth and lot width.
   District; Zoning: A designated area within the Corporate Limits of the Village of Hecker wherein certain uniform requirements or various combinations thereof apply to structures, lots, and uses under the terms of the Hecker Zoning Code.
   Drainageway: A watercourse, gully, swale, dry stream, creek, or ditch which naturally carries storm water runoff, or which is fed by street or building gutters or by storm water sewers.
   Easement: A right to use a portion of another person's real property for certain limited purposes.
   Escrow Deposit:  A deposit in cash or other approved securities to assure the completion of improvements within a subdivision.
   Excavation: Any act by which organic matter, earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other similar material is cut into, dug, quarried, uncovered, removed, displaced, relocated or bulldozed and shall include the conditions resulting therefrom.
   Fill: Any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock, rubble (not to exceed three (3) inches in diameter) or concrete (not to exceed three (3) inches in diameter and not to include rebar) is deposited, placed, replaced, pushed, dumped, pulled, transported or moved by man to a new location used to build up a piece of ground, and including the conditions resulting therefrom. Sod, frozen material, organic matter, or any other material which by decay or otherwise might cause settlement, shall not be utilized as fill.
   Frontage: The lineal extent of the front (street-side) of a lot.
   Grade (gradient): The degree at inclination at the site or right-of-way, expressed as a percentage; synonym for "slope".
   Grade, Existing: The vertical location of the existing ground surface prior to excavation or filling.
   Grade, Final: The vertical location of the ground or pavement surface after grading work is completed.
   Grading: Excavation, or fill, or any combination thereof, and including the conditions resulting from any excavation or fill.
   Growth Management Plan: A plan or any portion thereof adopted by the Village Board of Trustees to guide and coordinate the physical and economic development with the Village. The Growth and Management Plan includes, but is not limited to, plans and programs regarding the location, character, and extent of: streets and related facilities; public buildings and uses; utilities; schools; residential, commercial, or industrial land uses; parks; and drainage facilities.
   1-11: A class of bituminous concrete hot mix used to denote either a surface course or binder course and consisting of coarse aggregate, fine aggregate, mineral filler, and asphalt cement.
   Improvements: Any site grading or street, curb and gutter, sidewalk, drainage ditch, sewer, catch basin, newly planted tree, off-street parking area, or other facility necessary for the general use of property owners in a subdivision.
   Improvement Plans: The engineering plans showing types of materials and construction details for the facilities to be installed in, or in conjunction with, a subdivision.
   Inlet: A receptacle, located where a street gutter opens into a storm water sewer, designed to retain matter that would not readily pass through the sewer and to allow storm water runoff to enter the sewer.
   Intersection: The point at which two (2) or more public rights-of-way (generally streets) meet.
   Letter of Credit: An irrevocable cash assurance pledged by a financial institution on behalf of a subdivider/developer and provided in lieu of a surety bond as a means of guaranteeing the installation of required improvements within or in conjunction with a subdivision.
   Lot: A tract of land intended as a unit for the purpose (whether immediate or future) of development or transfer of ownership. A "lot" may or may not coincide with a "lot of record."
   Lot, Corner: A lot abutting upon two (2) or more streets at their intersection or upon two (2) parts of the same street. The point of intersection of the street lines is the "corner". Both such side lines shall be deemed front lot lines.
   Lot, Through: A lot having a pair of approximately parallel lot lines that abut two (2) approximately parallel streets. Both such lot lines shall be deemed front lot lines.
   Lot Area, Gross: The area of a horizontal plane bounded by the front, side, and rear lines of a lot, but not including any area occupied by the waters of a duly recorded lake or river. For those lots that include property under water, Gross Lot Area shall be considered as the area of a horizontal plane bounded by the high-water mark along all banks and the remaining lot lines.
   Lot of Record: An area of land designated as a lot on a plat of subdivision recorded with the Recorder of Deeds of the County, in accordance with State law.
   Maximum Density: A minimum ninety-five percent (95%) compaction as determined by ASTM Specifications 0-698 for clayey materials and a minimum relative density of ninety-five percent (95%) as determined by ASTM Specifications 02049 for granular materials.
   Metes and Bounds Description: A description of real property not by reference to a lot or block shown on a recorded Subdivision Plat, but in terms of a known point and the bearings and distances of the lines forming the boundaries of the property.
   Official Map: A graphic statement of existing facilities and the capital improvements planned by the Village of Hecker which require the acquisition of land; such as streets, drainage systems, or parks.
   On record: Officially adopted by the legislative body of a municipality, township, county, state, or other governmental entity; or officially adopted by a department of the state (e.g., Illinois Department of Transportation). Generally, materials, which are on record, may be found in the office of the County Recorder of Deeds, but certain other legal materials such as state regulations or municipal ordinances that cannot be found in the office of the recorder of deeds shall nonetheless be deemed on record.
   Owner: A person having sufficient proprietary interest in the land sought to be subdivided to commence and maintain proceedings to subdivide the same under these regulations.
   P.C.C.: Portland cement concrete.
   Parkway: The area, normally grass covered, between the back of curb/gutter and the right-at-way lines.
   Person: Any natural person, joint venture, joint stock company, partnership, association, club, company, corporation, business, trust, organization, or the manager, lessee, agent, servant, officer or employee of any of them.
   Planning Commission: The Planning Commission of the Village of Hecker.
   Plat, Final: The final engineering, survey, maps, drawings, and supporting material indicating the subdivider's plan of the subdivision which, if approved, may be filed with the County Recorder of Deeds.
   Plat, Preliminary: The preliminary engineering, survey, maps, drawings, and supportive material indicating the proposed layout of a subdivision.
   Reserve: To set aside a parcel of land in anticipation of its acquisition by the Village (or other governmental entity) for public purposes.
   Reserve Strip: A narrow strip of land between a public street and adjacent lots which is designated on a recorded Subdivision Plat, or property deed as land over which vehicular travel is not permitted.
   Reverse Curve: A curve in a street heading in approximately the opposite direction from the curve immediately preceding it so as to form as "S" shape.
   Right-of-Way, Public: A strip of land which the owner/subdivider has dedicated to the Village or other unit-of government for streets, alleys, and other public improvements.
   Setback line: A line that is usually parallel to the front, side, or rear property line of a lot, thereby establishing the minimum distance a building must be placed away from said lot line. Minimum setback requirements are set forth in the Hecker Zoning Code.
   Sewerage System, Private: A sewer system including collection and treatment facilities established by the developer to serve a new subdivision in an outlying area.
   Sidewalk: A pedestrian way constructed in compliance with the standards of this Chapter generally abutting or near the curb line of the street.
   Site: When used in reference to grading, a lot or parcel of land, or a contiguous combination thereof, where grading work is performed as a single unified operation.
   Site Development: Altering terrain and/or vegetation and construction improvements.
   Stop Work Order: An order used by the Code Administrator to halt work-in-progress that is in violation of this Chapter.
   Street: A public or private way for motor vehicle travel. The term "street" includes a highway, thoroughfare, parkway, through way, road, pike, avenue, boulevard, lane, place, drive, court, and similar designations, but excludes an alley or a way for pedestrian use only.
   Street, Arterial: A street, thoroughfare, major street, or highway, which carries or is proposed to carry high volumes of traffic at higher vehicular speeds on a continuous route with intersections at grade, and on which traffic control devices might be located in order to help expedite the safe movement of through traffic.
   Street, Collector: A street of considerable continuity, including the principal entrance street(s) of residential developments and the principal circulating street(s) within said developments which carries or is proposed to carry intermediate volumes of traffic from land access streets to arterials.
   Street, Cul-De-Sac: A land access street having only one (1) outlet for vehicular traffic and having the other end permanently terminated by a turn-around for vehicles; the term may also be used to refer solely to said turn-around.
   Street, Frontage Road: A minor street, parallel with and adjacent to, or in the immediate vicinity of, an arterial street or limited access highway, used for local access to abutting lots, and therefore relieving said arterials from providing such access.
   Street, Land Access: A street serving limited amounts of residential traffic, used solely for ingress and egress to abutting property from a local street (residential) or collector street (residential); may be a cul- de-sac.
   Street, Local (Residential): A street normally serving limited amounts of residential traffic; used primarily for access to abutting residential properties, normally with more than one (1) outlet, not typically a through route, and, under normal traffic patterns, serving less than fifty (50) dwelling units, or up to one hundred (100) dwelling units at the discretion of the Village Board.
   Street, local (Commercial): A street normally serving limited amounts of commercial traffic; used primarily for access to abutting commercial properties, normally with more than one (1) outlet, not typically a through route, or serving a limited volume of mixed traffic in a commercial subdivision, and whereon no curb-side parking is allowed.
   Street, Temporary Stub: A street that is temporarily terminated without the use of a cul-de-sac because it is planned for future continuation;
   Street Width: The shortest distance between lines delineating the pavement width of a street, usually measured from back-of-curb to back-of-curb. Not to be confused with right-of-way width, which includes both pavement and parkways.
   Stripping: Any activity that removes the vegetative surface cover including tree removal, clearing and storage or removal of topsoil.
   Structure: Anything constructed or erected on the ground or attached to something having a fixed location on the ground. All buildings are structures, but not all structures are buildings.
   Subdivider: Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, estate or other group or combination acting as a unit and dividing or proposing to divide land in a manner that constitutes a subdivision as defined herein; synonymous with "developer”. In the event that a subdivider or developer is not the record owner, then both shall sign and be responsible for all submittals and the performance thereunder,
   Subdivision: Any division of land into two (2) or more lots, except as provided otherwise in the list of exceptions set forth in the Plat Act (765 ILCS 205/1). The term "subdivision" includes re- subdivision.
   Subdivision, Minor: A division of land into two (2), but not more than four (4) lots, all of which front upon an existing street, and not involving any new streets, other rights-of-way, easements, improvements, or other provisions for public areas and facilities.
   Topography: The relief features or surface configuration of an area of land.
   Vacate: To terminate the legal existence of right-of- way or subdivision, and to so note on the Final Plat recorded with the County Recorder of Deeds:
   Variation, Subdivision: A relaxation in the strict application of the design and improvement standards set forth in this Chapter.
   Village: The Village or the area within the territorial limits of the Village, and such territory outside of the Village over which the Village has jurisdiction or control by virtue of any constitutional or statutory provision.
   Village Engineer: A professional engineer registered in the State of Illinois and designated by the Village Board of Trustees as the Village Engineer.