Every person who proposes to subdivide any land within the city’s subdivision jurisdiction shall comply with the procedural and substantive provisions of the divisions below; provided, that the requirements shall not be applicable to land that is specifically exempted from such requirements by the Plats Act, Illinois Revised Statutes, Chapter 109, Section 1 et seq., as amended from time to time.
(A) Technical requirements.
(1) Every final plat shall be prepared by a professional land surveyor registered in Illinois.
(2) The final plat may include all or only a part of the project area portrayed on the approved preliminary plat. (See
§ 156.51(E))
(3) The final plat shall be drawn on a mylar-based material, or other material of comparable durability, with black or blue ink, at a scale of not more than 100 feet to one inch, where practical, provided that the resulting drawing does not exceed 24 inches by 36 inches. If two or more sheets are used, an index shall be provided on each sheet.
(4) All dimensions shall be shown in feet and decimals of a foot; all angles shall be shown to the nearest second.
(B) Information required. The final plat, together with the supporting data, shall provide all the following information:
(1) Small key map showing the proposed subdivision in relation to section or U. S. Survey lines and also showing the location of any municipal corporate limits situated within 1 miles of the subdivision;
(2) Name of the proposed subdivision;
(3) North arrow, graphic scale, and date;
(4) Names and addresses of the owner, subdivider, and professional land surveyor who prepared the plat;
(5) Reference to recorded subdivision plats within 300 feet to the proposed subdivision by record name, plat book, and page number;
(6) Accurate locations and names of all existing streets intersecting the boundaries of the subdivision;
(7) Lot lines with accurate dimensions, angles, or bearings and curve data including radii, arcs or chords, points of tangency, central angles; numbers of each lot; and setback lines and dimensions; and in a separate list, the area of each lot;
(8) Street and other public right-of-way lines with accurate dimensions, angles, or bearings and curve data, including radii, arcs or chords, points of tangency, and central angles;
(9) Street names, rights-of-way widths, and other pertinent data;
(10) Locations, dimensions, and purposes of any previously recorded or newly created easements;
(11) Accurate metes and bounds description or other adequate legal description of the tract to be platted;
(12) Accurate boundary lines of the tract with dimensions and bearings and angles which provide a survey of the tract, closing with an error of closure of not more than 1 foot in 10,000 feet;
(13) Location of monuments, iron pipes or pins;
(14) Locations and purposes of any sites, other than private lots, which are dedicated or reserved; and
(15) Restrictions of all types which will run with the land and become covenants in the deeds for lots.
(C) Certificates required. The following certificates shall be executed on the final plat:
(1) Owners Certificate.
We, ( name ) being the Owners of part of (Section or U. S. Survey) described as (Description) have caused said tract to be surveyed and subdivided in the manner shown, and said subdivision is to be hereinafter known as (____________). The streets shown hereon are hereby dedicated to the use of the public forever including the release and waiver of the night of homestead under the Homestead Exemption Laws of the State of Illinois.
In Witness Whereof, we have set our hands and seals this _____ day of _______________, 20______.
____________________________(Seal)
____________________________(Seal)
(2) Notary Public’s Certificate.
State of Illinois )
)ss.
County of _________)
I,____________a Notary Public in and for____________ County, hereby certify that (owners) are personally known to me to be the same persons whose names are subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and that they appeared before me this day in person and acknowledged that they signed and sealed the same as their free and voluntary act for the uses and purposes therein set forth, including the release and wavier of the right of homestead.
Given under my hand and Notarial Seal this ________ day of __________________, 20________.
__________________________________
Notary Public
(3) Surveyor’s Certificate.
I,_______________________a registered Illinois Land Surveyor, hereby certify that this plat is a correct representation of a survey made under my direct supervision at the request of _______________ for the purpose of subdividing a tract of land in the (give quarter section, township and range), __________________ County, Illinois, into lots as shown. The land is located in the City of Madison, Illinois.
_____________________________
Illinois Land Surveyor
_____________________________
Registration Number
_____________________________
Date
(4) County Clerk’s Certification.
I, _____________________, County Clerk of ___________ County, Illinois, hereby certify that I find no unpaid or forfeited taxes against any of the real estate included within this plat.
_____________________________
County Clerk
_____________________________
Date
(5) City Council’s Certificate.
I, ________________________, Mayor of the City of Madison, hereby certify that this final plat meets all requirements of the City of Madison’s Subdivision Ordinance, and was approved by the City Council on __________, 20______.
Attest: _________________ ___________________
City Clerk Mayor
_ ______________ ____________________
Date Date
(6) Mined-Out Areas Certificate.
I, ____________________, hereby certify that I have, at the request of the Owners, reviewed the Mined-Out Coal Area Maps, as available from the Illinois State Geological Survey in Urbana, Illinois, and hereby indicate that the subdivided property shown hereon (is/is not) within a mined-out area.
_____________________________
Illinois Land Surveyor
_____________________________
Registration Number
_____________________________
Date
(7) Flood Hazard Area Certificate.
I, ____________________, hereby certify to the best of my knowledge and belief, that (no) part of the subdivision shown hereon is located within a special flood hazard area, as identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and shown on the Flood Insurance Rate Map, Panel Number _______________ dated __________________, as Zone ______.
_____________________________
Illinois Land Surveyor
_____________________________
Registration Number
_____________________________
Date
(D) Filing and transmittal.
(1) The subdivider shall file one reproducible original and ten copies of the final plat with the Administrator. The Administrator shall retain the original and three copies in the City Hall and forward one copy to each of the following:
(a) City Council;
(b) Mayor;
(c) City Engineer;
(d) Street Superintendent;
(e) Metro East Sanitary District;
(f) Police Department; and
(g) Fire Department.
(2) Comment regarding the final plat must be filed with the Administrator within 30 days after receipt. If written comments are not filed within 30 days, the City Council will assume that there are no objections to the proposed final plat.
(3) Filing fee required; see § 156.84.
(E) Review and action by the City Council.
(1) The City Council shall review the final plat and, after consultation with the Administrator and other technically qualified persons as necessary, shall either approve or disapprove the plat by resolution within 60 days from the date it was submitted to the Administrator or the date the last item of supporting information was filed, whichever occurred later, unless the subdivider and the City Council mutually agree to extend this time limit. The City Council shall not approve any final plat unless:
(a) The final plat substantially conforms to the approved preliminary plat; and
(b) The final plat manifests substantial compliance with the design and improvement standards of this chapter; and
(c) To the City Council’s knowledge and belief, the final plat complies with all pertinent requirements of state law; and
(d) One of the following conditions has been met:
2. The subdivider has posted adequate security to guarantee:
a. The satisfactory completion of all required improvements, and
(2) If the City Council disapproves the final plat, its resolution shall specify the aspects to which the final plat fails to meet the above conditions for approval.
(3) If the City Council is satisfied with the final plat and with all proposed improvements, conditions, and documents, including the performance bond, if required, pertaining to the subdivision platted thereon, the City Council shall, by resolution, approve the final plat and authorize the proper officials of the city to sign the final plat for and in the name of the city. The approval shall be attested by the City Clerk and the corporate seal placed thereon.
(4) The City Clerk shall attach a certified copy of the City Council’s resolution of approval or disapproval to the final plat. One copy of the resolution and final plat shall be returned to the Administrator and filed, and one copy of the resolution and the reproducible original of the final plat shall be sent by certified mail to the subdivider.
(F) Changes in approved final plats. Once a final plat is approved by the City Council, it shall not thereafter be modified; provided, however, that minor changes may be approved by the City Council upon written application to the Administrator. Major changes require the filing of a new final plat and complete re-review.
(Ord. 1402, passed 2-24-1998)