The final plat shall contain or be accompanied by the information herein specified and shall comply with the following requirements:
A. General:
1. The name of the subdivision.
2. The certificate of a registered land surveyor.
3. The date of preparation, scale and north arrow. The scale and size of the plat shall be such that photographic reduction to sixteen inches by seventeen inches (16" x 17") will not impair the details. Plats in several sections are permissible. The plat shall be presented at a scale of one inch to one hundred feet (1" = 100') or larger, except that a different scale may be used if approved during the preliminary plat phase.
4. The location and position of the subdivision indicated in each of the following ways:
a. By quarter section, township, range, meridian, county and state.
b. By distances and bearings with reference to a corner or corners established in the United States public land survey.
c. By a written legal description of the exterior boundaries of the land as surveyed and divided.
5. The plat shall comply with the current Illinois Compiled Statutes. Information which shall appear on the plat or on subsidiary documents:
a. The following notation:
A part of the property covered by this plat is (is not) situated within five hundred feet (500') of a surface drain or watercourse serving a tributary area of six hundred forty (640) acres or more.
b. Location of subdivision relative to city limits.
c. The effect of stormwater runoff on other potentially developable land and the county's streams and open drainage channels, and a subsidiary drainage plat showing the topography, with certification on its face by the engineer and owner, stating that to the best of their knowledge and belief the drainage and surface waters will not be changed by any such subdivision; or if surface water drainage will be changed, adequate provision has been made for collection and division of such surface waters into public areas and drains which the subdivider has a right to use.
6. The final plat shall be drawn with ink on either linen cloth or a stable plastic film.
B. Detailed Information:
1. Boundary line of proposed subdivisions indicated by solid heavy line and the total acreage encompassed thereby. The plat shall clearly indicate all streets, alleys, blocks, lots, parcels, easements, and rights of way. Angular and linear dimensions shall be shown to describe and/or reproduce any of these features.
2. Abutting street lines of platted, adjoining subdivisions shown in their correct location.
3. The description and location of all subdivision and public land system survey monuments.
4. A consecutive numbering system for all lots and blocks.
5. Location and names of all existing or prior platted streets or other public ways, railroads and utility rights of way, parks and other public open spaces, permanent easements or prior platted lots within and adjacent to the subdivision.
6. A graphic representation of the minimum setback lines on all lots and parcels, and a notation of the distance between such lines and the street line, or lot line.
7. Pipes or other equivalent physical markers shall be placed at each lot corner. All such markers (pipes, deformed reinforcing rod, standard weight water pipe or Tubeco type survey marker) shall be at least one-half inch (1/2") diameter by thirty inch (30") minimum length. Iron pipe encased in concrete at least four inches by four inches by forty two inches (4" x 4" x 42"), or equivalent, markers shall be placed at the beginning and ending of all curves and at all block corners. All monuments shall be imprinted with the registration number of the surveyor making the survey and shall be described on the plat.
8. The final plat shall be accompanied by:
a. All covenants, agreements, and deed restrictions which are to be imposed by the subdivider on future owners of lots within the subdivision once approved.
b. A notarized certification by owner and by mortgage holder of record, of the adoption of the plat and the dedication of streets and other public areas, and any restrictions as to usage, buildings, occupancy, etc. See partial form as follows in this subsection.
c. Certification from the county clerk that all taxes and special assessments due on the property to be subdivided have been paid in full as required by statutes.
d. Certification from the city treasurer that all special assessments due on the property to be subdivided have been paid in full (not required for subdivision out of city limits).
e. Certificates to appear on subsidiary drainage plat:
To the best of our knowledge and belief adequate provisions have been made for the collection and diversion of surface waters into public areas, or drains which the subdivider has the right to use, and that such surface waters will not be deposited on the property of adjoining landowners in such concentrations as may cause damage to the adjoining property because of the construction of subdivision.
Developer's Engineer and Registration Number
Owner's Name or Attorney
9. A subsidiary drainage plat shall be filed in accordance with the following requirements:
a. Show topographically and by profile the elevation of the land, prior to the commencement of any change in the elevations, by contours at not greater than a two foot (2') interval on slopes less than ten percent (10%) and extending one hundred feet (100') beyond the exterior boundaries of the subdivision.
b. Show proposed changes in the elevations and the flow of surface water from the subdivision.
C. Performance Guarantee: Performance guarantee shall be on file and remain in effect for one year after final acceptance of the public improvements by the city. This shall be one of the following:
1. Performance bond as approved by city attorney.
2. Certificate of deposit as approved by city attorney.
3. Cash.
The performance guarantee shall be based on the estimated value of the public improvements at the time of approval of the subdivision, ensuring the city adequate coverage to secure the satisfactory construction, installation and dedication of the uncompleted portions of the required improvements. The city attorney shall approve such performance guarantee only after a recommendation of approval of the amount of the guarantee is received from the city engineer.
The amount of the performance bond, whether guaranteed by the corporate surety, a certificate of deposit, or cash, shall be one hundred ten percent (110%) of the estimated value of construction of the public improvements has not commenced. If construction of the public improvements was commenced prior to approval of the subdivision, the amount of the performance bond shall be two hundred percent (200%) of the estimated cost of completing the remaining public improvements. (Ord. 287, 11-8-1982)