(A) Developer to furnish plans for improvements. Unless otherwise indicated, the developer, through his or her engineer, shall prepare and furnish all plans, specifications, cost estimates, and other essential documents necessary for the construction and installation of the required improvements. Further, the subdivider shall agree at his or her own cost and expense to do all the work, and furnish all the materials and labor necessary to construct and complete the required improvements in a good and substantial manner to the satisfaction of the County Engineer.
(B) Construction to be in accord with state standards. Unless otherwise specified, all construction shall be in accordance with the provisions of the current issue of the Standard Specification for Road and Bridge Construction by the Illinois Department of Transportation, as the same is amended from time to time, and hereinafter referred to as the Standard Specification.
(C) Specifications, supervision and inspection.
(1) The specifications adopted by the county shall in all respects govern all construction work. The subdivider shall employ a Professional Engineer who shall be responsible for establishing the proper lines and grades for all earthwork and drainage and shall exercise general supervision as construction progresses. For the purpose of this section, general supervision shall mean sufficient overseeing of the project to assure that construction of the engineering improvement is accomplished in accordance with the approval plans and specifications.
(2) The work shall be done under county inspection. The County Engineer shall not in any way be a substitute for the subdivider’s resident engineer and inspector. It shall be completed within the time fixed or agreed upon by the County Engineer.
(D) Inspection costs. The cost of inspection shall be paid by the subdivider. An amount of money estimated by the County Engineer for such purpose shall be deposited in advance with the County Treasurer and credited to the County Highway Department.
(E) Time schedule and sequence of construction. The subdivider shall submit a statement setting forth a scheduled time not to exceed one year, (except in the case of an asphaltic construction, where the maximum shall be two years) from the date of approval of the final plat, within which the improvement required by these regulations will be completed.
(F) Extension of time. All construction items shall be completed within one year of the recording of the final plat, where bituminous construction is required, a maximum of two years shall be allowed. The County Engineer shall be authorized to grant one and only one extension, and for a period not to exceed six months.
(G) Default. If the improvements are not completed within the specified time, the County Board may use the performance bond or any portion thereof necessary to complete same.
(H) Policy on sharing cost of oversize improvements. Whenever necessary to conform to an overall plan otherwise to protect or promote the public interest, oversize improvements shall be installed or constructed by the subdivider, provided, however, that the cost to the subdivider shall be no greater than that which would result from the installation or construction of only that size necessitated by his or her own development. The excess cost resulting from the requirement of an oversize improvement shall be borne by the county.
(Ord. 0-2005.4, passed 11-8-2005) Penalty, see § 152.999