(A) From and after the passage of this chapter, no plat of any subdivision shall be valid nor entitled to record unless and until same has been approved by the County Board, in accordance with the procedure hereinafter provided, and no plat of any subdivision shall be approved without compliance with the standards of design and improvements required as hereinafter set forth.
(B) The exercise of plat approval power by the County Board is subject to an exception where a municipality with an adopted subdivision ordinance and operating under a comprehensive plan, shall approve all subdivision plats within one and one-half miles of the corporate limits. Until approved by the corporate authorities, no subdivision plat shall be recorded in the county or have any validity whatever.
(65 ILCS 5/11-15-1, Approval of Maps and Plats, and 65 ILCS 5/11-12-12)
(C) No lot in a subdivision, as defined herein, may be conveyed unless a final plat of the property has been approved according to the requirements and provisions of this chapter, and recorded in the office of the County Recorder of Deeds.
(Ord. passed 10-14-2003; Ord. passed 11-10-2003; Ord. passed 11-14-2004; Ord. passed 9-11-2007)