(A) When all the above requirements have been satisfied, the Village Planner will present the preliminary plat to the Plan and Zoning Commission at the next regular meeting. The subdivider or a responsible representative shall attend this meeting. Village staff shall submit a written report to the Plan and Zoning Commission which shall include:
(1) The subdivider’s request for waivers, and the justification provided therefor;
(2) Background information;
(3) Comments and recommendations of the village staff;
(4) Comments of outside agencies, and other interested parties;
(5) General recommendations, including appropriate conditions to any waiver request.
(B) Procedures for review and approval. The Plan and Zoning Commission shall examine the Preliminary Plat for compliance with these regulations with special attention given to the following:
(1) Design standards and information requirements as set forth by these regulations.
(2) Streets and thoroughfares as related to neighborhood circulation and existing and proposed topography.
(3) Existing and proposed zoning and existing and planned land use.
(4) The Village Comprehensive Plan, including the Land Use Plan and Major Street Plan.
(5) Land required for schools, parks, or other public use.
(6) Utility methods and systems, drainage and street improvement.
(7) Water courses and floodplain areas.
(8) The existence of threatened or endangered species of plants or animals.
(9) The existence of archeological or historic resources.
(C) Plan and Zoning Commission action. The Plan and Zoning Commission will make a recommendation to the Village Board of Trustees within 60 days of the submittal of a complete application for the preliminary plat. Such time may be extended by consent of the subdivider. The Plan and Zoning Commission may request additional information from the subdivider if necessary to evaluate the plat or waiver requests. The Plan and Zoning Commission shall either:
(1) Recommend disapproval of the preliminary plat;
(2) Recommend approval of the preliminary plat;
(3) Recommend approval of the Preliminary Plat, subject to minor modifications.
(D) If the Plan and Zoning Commission recommends disapproval of the preliminary plat, the reasons for the recommendation for disapproval shall be clearly set forth and communicated to the subdivider. Further, the review certification on the Preliminary Plat shall be executed to indicate a recommendation for disapproval by the Plan and Zoning Commission.
(E) The Plan and Zoning Commission recommendation of disapproval or approval of the preliminary plat, shall be shown on the preliminary plat. The approval certificate of the original preliminary plat shall be executed.
(F) If the Plan and Zoning Commission recommends approval of the Preliminary Plat subject to minor modifications, the subdivider may make the required changes to the preliminary plat within 21 days or such other time as may be allowed by the Village Planner and resubmit the revised documents to village staff for review. If all of the required modifications have been made, the approval certificate of original Preliminary Plat shall then be executed indicating a recommendation for approval.
(G) If the subdivider chooses not to modify the preliminary plat, or fails to modify the preliminary plat within 21 days (or the additional time allowed), the preliminary plat shall be considered recommended for disapproval by the Plan and Zoning Commission. Village staff shall communicate the reasons for the denial recommendation to the subdivider. Further, the review certification on the preliminary plat shall indicate a recommendation for disapproval by the Plan and Zoning Commission.
(H) The Village Planner shall then submit the recommendation of the Plan and Zoning Commission to the Village Board of Trustees for their review, consideration and approval or disapproval.
(I) Village Board of Trustees action. The Board of Trustees shall approve or disapprove the preliminary plat, including waiver requests at the next regularly scheduled meeting following the Plan and Zoning Commission’s action or within 30 days thereafter.
(J) Disapproval. If the Board of Trustees disapproves a preliminary plat, the Village Planner shall notify the subdivider within 14 days of the Board of Trustee’s action.
(K) Approval. The approval of the preliminary plat by the Village Board of Trustees shall be in effect for a period of one year from the approval date. The period that approval is in effect may be extended administratively by the Village Planner if requested by the subdivider for up to two additional one year periods for preliminary plats involving 15 or more acres of land. If the final plat and subdivision construction plans and specifications have not been filed on or before this date, then the preliminary plat approval shall become null and void. In that event a resubmittal of the preliminary plat for the development will be required just as if the development were starting anew.
(L) Approval of the preliminary plat by the village confers upon the subdivider the following rights for a period of 12 months from the date of approval, subject to existing law, ordinances or statutes:
(1) The subdivider may submit on or before the Preliminary Plat expiration date a Final Plat for the whole or part thereof of the area shown on the preliminary plat for consideration by the village.
(2) The subdivider may proceed with preparation of construction plans and specifications for installation of the physical improvements required for the subdivision.
(M) Approval of the preliminary plat by the Board of Trustees of the village shall be indicated on the drawings via execution of the approval certificate.
(N) Approval of the preliminary plat thereof does not assure final acceptance of the streets, other public ways, or other public improvements intended for dedication nor continuity of current zoning for the tract or its environs, nor approval of a final plat.
(O) On the preliminary plat the following certificate shall appear:
PRELIMINARY PLAT APPROVAL
THIS PRELIMINARY PLAT HAS RECEIVED A RECOMMENDATION FOR DISAPPROVAL /APPROVAL BY THE PLAN AND ZONING COMMISSION OF THE VILLAGE OF MAHOMET, ILLINOIS, THIS DAY OF ______________________, 20 .
CHAIRPERSON
THIS PRELIMINARY PLAT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF MAHOMET, ILLINOIS, THIS DAY OF , 20 .
PRESIDENT, VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
VILLAGE CLERK
(Ord. 15-12-01, passed 12-15-2015)