(A) Plat form and content.
(1) The final plat shall be drawn in waterproof black (India) ink on tracing cloth, or their equivalents. Scale shall be 100 feet to one inch or larger. Variation in scale may be allowed when determined by the Plan Commission to be necessary for a proper exhibit of the subdivision. When more than one sheet is used for any plat, they shall be numbered consecutively, and each sheet shall contain a notation showing the whole number of sheets in the plat and its relation to the other sheets (such as, sheet one of three sheets). Linear dimensions shall be given in feet and decimals of a foot.
(2) The final plat shall show on the face thereof:
(a) The name of plat;
(b) The location and position of the subdivision indicated in each of the following ways, by:
1. Quarter-quarter section, section, township, range, meridian, county and state;
2. Distances and bearings from true north or angles with reference to a corner or corners established in the United States Public Land Survey; and
3. A written legal description of the exterior boundaries of the land as surveyed and divided.
(c) The top of the plat shall be oriented north and the plat shall contain a north arrow;
(d) A graphic scale;
(e) The date of preparation;
(f) The description and location of all survey monuments;
(g) Survey data sufficient to reproduce any line or reestablish any monument in the subdivision;
(h) A graphic presentation of all streets, alleys, blocks, parcels and public grounds into which the land is divided, and of all easements and rights-of-way;
(i) The length of boundary lines of all streets, alleys, blocks, lots, parcels, public grounds, easements and rights-of-way, or enough information so that the length of these lines can be derived by simple calculation. Where a boundary line is an arc of a circle, the length of the chord shall be shown;
(j) The widths of all streets, alleys, easements and rights-of-way;
(k) A graphic presentation of the minimum building setback lines on all lots and parcels, and a notation of the distance between such lines and the street right-of-way line. In no case shall the setback line be less than that required by the Zoning Code or major street plan;
(l) The area of each lot or parcel containing an area of one acre or more;
(m) Consecutive letters or numbers on all blocks and consecutive numbers on all lots throughout the plat;
(n) The name of each street printed on the graphic representation of each street, and an appropriate label designating all other easements, rights-of-way, setback lines, dedications and reservations (such as, “dedicated for park purposes” or “reserved for public school site”); and
(o) Abutting street lines and adjoining lakes or streams at the date of survey, and a graphic presentation and notation of the high-water marks of such lakes or streams. If any portion of the land within a subdivision shown on any final map is subject to inundation or flood hazard by stormwaters, such fact and portion shall be clearly shown on the final plat by a prominent note on each sheet of the plat whereon any such portion shall be shown.
(B) Certificate required. The final plat shall include the following final plat certificates, in black (India) ink:
Approved by Matteson Plan Commission at a meeting held this ______ day of __________ A.D., 20_____. |
_____________________________________ Chairperson |
Matteson Plan Commission |
State of Illinois, County of Cook, Village of Matteson, approved by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Matteson, Illinois, at a meeting held this ______ day of __________ A.D., 20_____. |
Approved by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Matteson, Illinois, at a meeting held this ______ day of __________, A.D. 20_____ |
_____________________________________ President of the Board of Trustees |
_____________________________________ Village Clerk |
I find no deferred installments of outstanding unpaid special assessments due against the land included in the above drawn plat. Dated this ______ day of __________ A.D., 20_____. |
_____________________________________ Collector of the Village of Matteson, Illinois |
(C) Signature of owner or owners of property. If a corporation, it shall be signed by the President and attested to by the Secretary, corporate seal to be affixed. All signatures shall be attested to by a notary public and notarial seal affixed.
(2000 Code, § 155.033) (Ord. 876, passed 8-4-1975)