§ 154.021 DEFINITIONS.

   For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.

   ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER. The officer and assistants thereof designated by the President and Village Board as the officer responsible for administering and enforcing all of the requirements and provisions of the village land subdivision regulations.

   ALLEY. A public or private right-of-way primarily designed to serve as secondary access to the side or rear of those properties whose principal frontage is on some other street.

   BLOCK. A tract of land bounded by streets, or by a combination of streets and public parks, cemeteries, railroad rights-of-way, shorelines of waterways or boundary lines of the village.

   BUILDING. Any structure built for the support, shelter or enclosure of persons, animals, chattels or moveable property of any kind, and which is permanently affixed to the land.

   CENTRAL SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM. A community sewer system including collection and treatment facilities established by the developer to serve a new subdivision outside the village but within one and one-half miles of the corporate limits.

   CENTRAL WATER SYSTEM. A private water company founded by the developer to serve a new subdivision. Such a system shall include water treatment and distribution facilities.

   COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. The plan made and adopted by the Planning and Zoning Board, if any, and all subsequent amendments and supplements thereto, indicating the general locations recommended for the principal streets, parks, public buildings, zoning districts, character and extent of community development and other physical aspects of urban planning on file in the office of the Village Clerk and in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of the county.

   CONTOUR MAP. A map on which irregularities of the land surface are shown by lines connecting points of equal elevations. CONTOUR INTERVAL is the vertical height between contour lines.

   CUL-DE-SAC. A local street with only one outlet and having an appropriate terminal for the safe and convenient reversal of traffic movement.

   EASEMENT. A grant by a property owner of the use of land for a specific purpose.

   FRONTAGE. The length of the front property line of the lot, lots or tract of land abutting in a public street, road, highway or rural right-of-way.

   GRADE. The slope of a road, street or other public way, specified in percent.

   GRADE, LANDING. The grade required on streets entering major thoroughfares, at points of intersection, as specified herein.

   IMPROVEMENT, PUBLIC. Any sanitary sewer, storm sewer, drainage ditch, water main, roadway, parkway, sidewalk, pedestrian way, planting strip, off-street parking area, or other facility for which the village may ultimately assume the responsibility for maintenance and operation.

   LARGE-SCALE DEVELOPMENT. A proposed planned development or neighborhood unit which, due to its magnitude, comprehensiveness and design warrants special consideration by the Planning and Zoning Board.

   LIMITED ACCESS EXPRESSWAY OR HIGHWAY. A trafficway, including toll roads, for through traffic in respect to which owners or occupants of abutting property or lands and other persons have no legal right of access to or from the same, except at such points and in such manner as may be determined by the public authority having jurisdiction over such trafficway.

   LOT. A portion of a subdivision or other parcel of land intended for transfer of ownership or for building development.

   LOT, BUTT. A lot at the end of a block and located between two corner lots.

   LOT, CORNER. A lot situated at the intersection of two streets, the interior angle of such intersection not exceeding 135 degrees.

   LOT LINE. A property boundary line of any subdivided lot or any parcel of land held in separate ownership, except that where any portion of the lot extends into the abutting street or alley, such portion of the lot line thereof shall be deemed to be the street or alley line.

   LOT, THROUGH (DOUBLE FRONTAGE). A lot which has a pair of opposite lot lines along two substantially parallel streets and which is not a corner lot. On a THROUGH LOT, both street lines shall be deemed front lot lines.

   LOT WIDTH. The horizontal distance between the side lot lines of a lot, measured at the front building setback line.

   METES AND BOUNDS. A method of property description whereby properties are described by means of their direction and distance from an easily identifiable location or point.

   OUTLOT. A parcel of land within a subdivision which has been included on a preliminary or final plat but not designated as a buildable lot due to insufficient size and/or frontage or peculiar siting or topographical problems.

   OWNER. Any person, group of persons, firm or firms, corporate or corporations, or any other legal entity having legal title to the land sought to be subdivided under this chapter.

   PARTIAL UTILITY SUBDIVISION. A subdivision in which public water service is provided, but where public sanitary sewage disposal services have not been established and will not be established in the foreseeable future.

   PARTIAL UTILITY SUBDIVISION, TEMPORARY. A subdivision in which public water service is provided, but where public sanitary sewage disposal services have not been established, being located in an area, however, which will be serviced by such public sanitary sewage disposal services within the foreseeable future.

   PEDESTRIAN WAY or CROSSWALK. A right-of-way across or within a block, for use by pedestrian traffic whether designated as a pedestrian way, crosswalk or however otherwise designated, and may include utilities where necessary.

   PERSON. Any individual, firm, association, partnership, corporation, trust or any other legal entity.

   PLANNED DEVELOPMENT. A parcel of land or contiguous parcels of land of a size sufficient to create its own environment, controlled by a single landowner or by a group of landowners in common agreement as to control, to be developed as a single entity, the environment of which is compatible with adjacent parcels and the intent of the zoning district or districts in which such land area is located. The developer or developers may be granted relief from specific land use regulations and design standards and may be awarded certain premiums in return for assurance of an overall quality of development, including any specific features which will be of exceptional benefit to the community as a whole and which would not otherwise be required by the Zoning Code.

   PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD. The Planning and Zoning Board or other body authorized to consider matters relative to planning, zoning and subdivision platting, and make recommendations to the Village Board.

   PLAT, FINAL. The map or plan of record of a subdivision, and any accompanying material.

   PLAT, PRELIMINARY. A map showing the salient features of a proposed subdivision, submitted to the Planning and Zoning Board for purposes of preliminary consideration.

   PREAPPLICATION. A preliminary consultation between the developer and administrative officials of the village in order to discuss the developer’s intent to subdivide land. The preapplication procedure is designed to provide direction for the developer and to eliminate needless costs.

   RIGHT-OF-WAY. A strip of land occupied or intended to be occupied by a street, crosswalk, railroad line, sanitary or storm sewer main, or for another special use. The usage of the term RIGHT-OF-WAY for land platting purposes in the village means that every right-of-way hereafter established and shown on a final plat is to be separate and distinct from the lots or parcels adjoining such right-of-way and not included within the dimensions of areas of such lots or parcels. RIGHTS-OF-WAY intended for streets, crosswalks, water mains, sanitary sewers, storm drains or any other use involving maintenance by a public agency shall be dedicated to public use by the maker of the plat on which such RIGHT-OF-WAY is established.

   ROADWAY. A paved portion of a street available for vehicular traffic.

   SERVICE DRIVE. A public street, generally paralleling and contiguous to a main traveled way primarily designed to promote safety by eliminating promiscuous ingress and egress to the right-of-way, and providing safe and properly spaced points of access.

   SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM INDIVIDUAL. A septic tank seepage tile sewage disposal system or any other sewage treatment device approved by the Village Engineer as being in accordance with the rules of the State Department of Public Health and/or county health provisions, and servicing only one lot.

   SIDEWALK. The portion of a street or crosswalk way, paved or otherwise surfaced, intended for pedestrian use only.

   STREET. A public or private right-of-way which affords a primary means of vehicular access to abutting properties, whether designed as a street avenue, highway, road, boulevard, lane, throughway, or however otherwise designed, but excepting driveways to buildings.

   STREET, COLLECTOR. A street which carries traffic from minor streets to the system of major streets and highways, including the principal entrance streets of a residential development and the principal circulating streets within a development.

   STREET, HALF. A street bordering one or more property lines of a tract of land in which the subdivider has allocated but part of the ultimate right-of-way width.

   STREET, MAJOR. A street designated as such in the Comprehensive Plan or official map for the village, or by action of the Village Board, which is intended to serve a relatively large volume of traffic not originating or terminating in the particular neighborhood.

   STREET, MARGINAL ACCESS. A minor street which is parallel and adjacent to a major street or highway and which provides access to abutting properties and protection from through traffic.

   STREET, MINOR. A street of limited continuity used primarily for access to abutting properties and serving local needs of neighborhood.

   SUBDIVIDER. Any person or corporation or duly authorized agent who undertakes the subdivision of land as defined herein.

   SUBDIVISION. A described tract of land which is to be, or has been, divided into two or more lots or parcels, any of which is less than five acres in area. SUBDIVISION includes resubdivision and, where it is appropriate to the context, relates to the process of subdividing or to the land subdivided. For the purpose of this chapter however, the following situations shall not constitute SUBDIVISION:

      (1)   The division of lots or blocks of less than one acre in any recorded subdivision which meets the minimum size required by the Zoning Code, and which does not involve any new streets or easements of access;

      (2)   The sale or exchange of parcels of land between owners of adjoining and contiguous land;

      (3)   The conveyance of parcels of land or interests therein for use as right-of-way for railroads or other public utility facilities and other pipelines, which does not involve any new streets or easements of access;

      (4)   The conveyance of land owned by a railroad or other public utility which does not involve any new streets or easements of access;

      (5)   The conveyance of land for highway or other public purposes or grants or conveyances relating to the dedication of land for public use or instruments relating to the vacation of land impressed with a public use;

      (6)   Conveyance made to correct descriptions in prior conveyances; and

      (7)   The sale or exchange of parcels or tracts of land following the division into no more than two parts of a particular parcel or tract of land existing on July 17, 1959, and not involving any new streets or easements of access.

   SUBDIVISION DESIGN STANDARDS. The basic land planning standards established as guides for the preparation of preliminary plats.

   SUBDIVISION MINOR (LOT SPLIT). Any subdivision of a parcel of land, along an existing public street not involving the opening, widening or extension of any street or road, and involving no more than ten lots.

   SUBDIVISION, POTENTIAL UTILITY. A subdivision in which neither public water nor public sanitary sewage disposal services are available, being an area, however, where both public utilities will be installed within the foreseeable future.

   SUBDIVISION, PRIVATE SERVICE. A subdivision which is located outside the area capable of being served by the existing or proposed utilities (public water and public sanitary sewage disposal services), and being an area where there is no interest to serve within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the Village Board.

   THOROUGHFARE. A street with a high degree of continuity, including collectors, major materials and limited access highways.

   VILLAGE BOARD. The President and Village Board of Mazon, Illinois.

   WATER SUPPLY, INDIVIDUAL. A well and appurtenances supplying only one lot, and subject to the approval of the Village Engineer as being in accordance with the rules of the State Department of Public Health.

(Ord. 1999-2, Subdivisions § 2, subs. .010, passed 2-15-1999)