(A) Final plat, submit to Council.
(1) The final plat shall consist of an accurate map or plat designating specifically the land so laid out and particularly describing the lots, blocks, streets avenues, alleys, public ways or other portions of the same intended to be dedicated for public use or for the use of the purchasers or owners of lots fronting thereon or adjacent thereto.
(2) The final plat on tracing cloth and 5 prints thereof together with copies of any deed restrictions where such restrictions are too lengthy to be shown on the plat, shall be submitted to the Commission. The final plat shall be drawn to a scale not more than 100 feet to the inch from an accurate survey and on 1 or more sheets whose maximum dimensions shall not exceed 24 inches by 36 inches. If more than 2 sheets are required, an index sheet of the same dimensions shall be filed showing the entire subdivision on 1 sheet and the component areas shown on other sheets.
(3) When the final plat conforms to the approved preliminary plan and the requirements of § 153.150 and other requirements have been accomplished, certification of this effect endorsed on the final plat by the Chairperson of the Commission and the final plat submitted to the Council for its approval or disapproval. Where the plat does not conform to the approved preliminary plan, the Commission shall submit its recommendations to the Council for approval or disapproval on the final plat. The Council shall not disapprove any plat which is basically in accord with the pre-approved preliminary plan for the same subdivision.
(B) Information required. The final plat and accompanying documents shall show:
(1) The boundary lines of the area being subdivided with accurate distances and angles. The corresponding legal description of the property being subdivided shall be shown on the plat, or an the accompanying certificate.
(2) The lines of all proposed streets and alleys and their widths.
(3) The accurate outline of any portions of the property intended to be dedicated or granted of public use.
(4) The line of departure of 1 street from another.
(5) The lines of all adjoining property an the adjoining streets with their widths and names.
(6) All lots shall be designated by numbers or letters and streets, avenues and other grounds by letters or numbers.
(7) The location of all easements provided for public use, services or utilities.
(8) All dimensions, both linear and angular, necessary for locating the boundaries of the subdivisions, lots, streets, alleys, easements, and other areas for public or private use. Linear dimensions are to be give to the nearest 1/100 of a foot.
(9) The radii, arcs or chords, points of tangency and center angles for a curvilinear streets and radii and rounded corners.
(10) The location of all survey monuments and their descriptions.
(11) The name of the subdivision and the scale of the plat, points of the compass, the name of the owner, owners or subdividers.
(12) The certificate of a registered Illinois Land Surveyor attesting the accuracy of the survey and the correct location of all monuments shown.
(13) Private restrictions and trusteeships and their periods of existence. Should these restrictions or trusteeships be of such length as to make their lettering on the plat impracticable and thus necessitate the preparation of a separate instrument, reference to such instrument shall be made on the plat.
(14) Calculations showing the error of linear closure which error shall in no case be greater than 1 in 5,000.
(15) Acknowledgement of the owner or owners to the plat, and restrictions including dedication to public use of all streets, alleys, parks or other open spaces shown thereon and the granting of easements required.
(16) Certificate of approval by the Council for endorsement by the City Clerk.
(C) Acknowledgments. Such plat and any accompanying documents shall be signed and acknowledged by the owner or owners of the land subdivided in the same manner and form as the acknowledgement of a deed conveying real estate, before some officer authorized to take the acknowledgement of deeds and shall contain a dedication of the streets, alleys and public grounds therein to th use and benefit of the public.
(D) Surveyor’s certificate. The plat shall have appended thereto a survey mad by a Registered Illinois Land Surveyor, with a certificate attached certifying that he or she has accurately surveyed such subdivision and attested to the accuracy of the survey and the correct location of all monuments shown, and that the lots, blocks, streets, avenues, alleys, public ways and grounds, and other grounds are well and accurately staked off and marked.
(E) Approved plat filed with Recorder of Deeds. When such map or plat is so prepared, acknowledged and certified, and has been approved by the Council, the same shall be filed and recorded in the office the Recorder of Deeds, LaSalle County, Illinois, and thereupon such plat shall be equivalent to and operate as a deed in fee simple to the city from the owner of all streets, avenues, alleys, public ways and grounds and of such portions of lands as therein are set apart for public and city use.
(Ord. A-590, passed 9-15-1958)