(A) Purpose. The agricultural subdivision review and approval process is intended to expedite and to minimize public and private costs for the review of subdivisions which have no required public improvements, which have little or no existing public improvements, which will not negatively impact surrounding property in a manner significantly different that if the property had not been subdivided, which are used exclusively for agricultural purposes only, and thus which do not require the Plan and Zoning Commission and the Board of Trustees to make policy decisions.
(B) Introduction. The agricultural subdivision is used when large parcels of land are being conveyed in rural areas for agricultural uses. This is an administrative procedure; it does not require review by the Plan and Zoning Commission or Village Board of Trustees. The proposed agricultural subdivision is sent for outside agency review, and it is administratively approved.
(C) Eligibility. In agricultural subdivisions all proposed parcels shall meet the following requirements:
(1) All parcels shall be only in agricultural uses, including pasture, woodland, and farmstead and shall be accordingly zoned.
(2) Non-farmstead parcels shall be not less than 500 feet in width.
(3) Non-farmstead parcels shall not be less than 20 acres in area.
(4) Farmstead parcels shall be not less than ten acres in area and not less than 300 feet in width.
(5) No more than six parcels are created.
(6) Parcels must have frontage on a public roadway. Parcels whose only access to a public street is via an easement shall not be allowed.
(D) Form of application and required documents. The owner shall submit an application for a agricultural subdivision to the Village Planner on forms provided by the village. A completed application should include the following items:
(1) Names, signatures and addresses of the property owner(s), developer or subdivider, engineer and/or land surveyor, and developer’s attorney.
(2) Four full size, one 11 inch by 17 inch Plat, and one pdf electronic copy of the Plat of Survey prepared by an Illinois Licensed Land Surveyor. The plat shall show:
(a) The length of all boundary lines of all adjacent streets, lots, grounds, easements, rights-of-way and information sufficient to derive the length of these lines. All dimensions shall be shown to hundredths of a foot, except in the case of riparian boundaries, which may be described to the nearest foot. A metes and bounds written description of the existing tracts and identification of the proposed parcels shall be necessary in order for a legal transaction to take place for the land being conveyed. Parcels shall be numbered sequentially.
(b) The width of all rights-of-way and easements adjacent to, impacting or serving the tract shall be indicated.
(c) The right-of-way of the adjacent township roadways shall be indicated. The minimum right-of-way width shall be 50 feet (25 foot half width).
(d) Drawn in ink on a 20 pound bond paper or better not larger than 22 inches by 34 inches.
(e) Provide a written legal description of the exterior boundaries of the land as surveyed and divided.
(f) The location of the site by distance and bearings from astronomical or assumed north and angles with reference to corners established in the United States Public Land Survey.
(g) The location of the site indicated by quarter section, township, range, meridian, county, and state.
(h) The description and location of all subdivision and public land survey system survey monuments.
(i) Drawn to scale with north arrow and scale bar, with all capital lettering not less than one-tenth inch in size.
(3) An application fee in the amount established from time to time by resolution of the Board of Trustees.
(4) An electronic pdf copy of the plat and all supporting materials.
(5) One copy of all supporting materials.
(6) The original notarized signed owner’s certificate which shall include any and all required covenants and public street right-of-way dedications affecting the subdivision in the form set forth from time to time via administrative rule.
(7) A drainage statement signed by the owner and the owner’s engineer in the form prescribed in an administrative rule. A complete subsidiary drainage plat will not be required.
(8) Evidence indicating that one copy of the plat of survey has been mailed to each of the utility companies, and all public or quasi-public agencies affected by the proposed subdivision. The mailing documents must indicate that written comments be submitted to the village not later than 21 days thereafter, and that no comment in the time specified shall be deemed no adverse comment.
(E) Approval procedure. All required documents must be submitted to the Village Planner who will distribute the documents to the Administrative Review Committee. The review and approval decision shall be completed no later than 14 calendar days after submission of a complete application in full satisfaction of the provisions of these regulations. Unanimous approval must be given by the Administrative Review Committee. Each member of the Administrative Review Committee shall sign the certificate of approval. Failure of any of these signatures to appear of the face of the certificate shall constitute denial of the application. Approval must include affirmative findings that the proposed subdivision is eligible for approval as an agricultural subdivision. If not approved, the Village Planner shall notify the owner in writing within seven days of denial.
(F) Limitation on agricultural subdivision approval. After approval of the documents for a agricultural subdivision, the plat may be recorded by the subdivider with the Recorder of Deeds, Champaign County, Illinois, within 90 days of the date of approval, otherwise the subdivision approval shall become null and void.
(G) Restriction on recording. The agricultural subdivision plat of survey shall not be recorded except contemporaneously with the owner’s certificate and other documents associated with the subdivision.
(H) Appeals of agricultural subdivision decisions. The applicant may appeal the decision of the Administrative Review Committee to deny approval of a proposed agricultural subdivision plat to the Village Plan and Zoning Commission within ten days of the Administrative Review Committee’s written notification of their decision to deny. Such request for appeal shall be made in writing to the Village Planner. Following the written request for appeal, the Village Planner shall schedule the appeal request before the Plan and Zoning Commission at its next regularly scheduled meeting. The Plan and Commission shall recommend to approve or deny the plat, in accordance with the requirements of this ordinance, and shall forward their recommendations to the Village Board of Trustees for consideration at their next regularly scheduled meeting. The Board of Trustees shall approve or deny the subdivision in accordance with the requirements for an agricultural subdivision, as set forth elsewhere in this chapter.
(I) Certificate of approval. A certificate of approval, in a form as set forth by administrative rule, shall be recorded contemporaneously with the plat of survey.
(Ord. 15-12-01, passed 12-15-2015)