11-2-1: RESTRICTIONS ON ISSUANCE OF PERMITS:
No development permits, building or repair permits, drainage permits nor any other permit required under this title will be granted, and no development shall take place on any property:
   A.   For development of any property involving the grading or disturbance of land, except for bona fide agricultural uses, until a preliminary plat or development plan has been approved and the owner or subdivider has provided sufficient security instruments to guarantee the construction of all improvements, public or private, required by the county board;
   B.   For the construction of any structure, on a lot in any subdivision, or proposed subdivision, until the final plat has been approved and recorded; or
   C.   For development, or the construction of any structure, on any lot of less than five (5) acres which has been created through the recording, within a two (2) year period, of two (2) property deeds, the second deed returning a portion of the property conveyed by the first deed to its original owner; or
   D.   For development, or the construction of any structure, on any lot or property exempt from the provisions of the plat act, 765 Illinois Compiled Statutes 205/0.01 et seq., unless and until a LESA evaluation has been obtained, and the lot or property has received a satisfactory LESA score, by application or variance, or unless said lot or property was previously zoned to permit development on the property or construction of a structure on the property; or
   E.   For preliminary or final plat approval of a subdivision on property located within one and one-half (11/2) miles of an incorporated municipality having a comprehensive or master plan, and subdivision regulations duly adopted, unless said plats have first been approved by ordinance or resolution by the council, board of trustees or other governing body of said municipality.
   F.   For subdivision or development of any property: 1) requiring sewer and water services, located in an FPA, or in a district where community sewer and water services are required, until the health department has certified the availability of community sewer and water service; or 2) if to be serviced by well and septic, in a district permitting said service, until the health department has certified the potability of the water and the adequacy of the soils and lot size for septic service pursuant to subsection 8-2-6F of this code.
   G.   For subdivisions, manufactured home parks, approval of annexation agreements, PUDs or DPAs, and additions thereto, unless said development, or proposed development, takes into account flood hazards and meets the flood damage prevention and building protection standards of sections 11-3-6 and 11-3-7 of this title. (Ord. 06-05-002, 6-21-2005)