The following words and terms, whenever they occur in this chapter, shall be interpreted as herein defined.
ABUTTING (CONTIGUOUS, ADJACENT). To have 1 or more common boundary lines or district lines.
ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW COMMITTEE. A committee comprised of the Mayor of the City of Monticello, the Superintendent of City Services, the City Attorney, and the City Engineer.
ALLEY. A public right-of-way which is less than 30 feet wide and affords a secondary means of access to abutting property. Frontage on an ALLEY shall not be construed as satisfying the requirements related to frontage on a public street.
AREA, GROSS. The entire area within the lot lines of the property proposed for subdivision/development, including any areas to be dedicated/reserved for street and alley right-of-way and for the public uses.
BASEMENT. The story of a building which is partly below and partly above grade, and having at least 1/2 its height above grade.
BLOCK. A tract of land bounded by streets, or by a street or streets and any combination of boundary lines of public or institutionally owned lands, railroad rights-of-way, rivers and lakes and/or other lines of demarcation. A BLOCK may be located in part within an incorporated city or town.
BUILDING. Any structure used or intended for supporting or sheltering any use or occupancy.
BUILDING INSPECTOR. The individual occupying that position on the staff of the City of Monticello, Illinois, or his or her designated representative.
BUILDING SETBACK LINE. A line within a lot, or other parcel of land, so designated on the preliminary plan and the final plat, which denotes the area between such line and the adjacent street right-of-way line where an enclosed building, and other obstructions are prohibited, except those obstructions permitted by the city zoning regulations, as amended.
CELLAR. The portion of a building which is partly or completely below grade and having at least 1/2 of its height below grade.
CENTERLINE.
(1) The centerline of any right-of-way having uniform width;
(2) The original centerline, where a right-of-way has been widened irregularly; or
(3) The new centerline, whenever a road has been relocated.
CITY. The City of Monticello, Illinois,
CITY CLERK. The City Clerk of Monticello, Illinois, or his or her duly authorized representative.
CITY PLANNER. The individual occupying that position on the staff of the City of Monticello, Illinois, or his or her duly authorized representative.
COLLECTION TILE SYSTEM. A tile system serving individual lots for the purpose of receiving water discharged from sources such as footing tiles.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. The composite of the functional and geographic elements of the comprehensive plan of the city or any segment thereof in the form of plans, maps, charts, textual materials, and the official map, as adopted by the City Council.
CROSS SLOPE. The degree of inclination measured across pavements rather than in the direction traffic moves on the pavement.
DEDICATE. Transfer of ownership of right-of-way, parcel of land or improvement to this municipality or other public or quasi-public entity without compensation.
DEVELOPER. See owner, as defined herein.
DEVELOPMENT. The act of changing a tract of land and/or the state of a tract of land after its function has been purposefully changed by humans, including but not limited to construction of structures on the land and alterations to the land, except grading that does not alter the natural flow of stormwater.
DRAINAGE WAY, IMPROVED. A portion of a right-of-way or easement used or intended principally for storm, surface or ground water drainage which meets or exceeds the design and construction standards for public drainage ways.
DRAINAGE WAY, UNIMPROVED. A portion of a right-of-way or easement used or intended principally for storm, surface or ground water drainage which does not meet or exceed the design and/or construction standards for public drainage ways.
DRIVEWAY. A private access way for motor vehicles between a public or private street and 1 or more structures or off-street parking areas.
DWELLING. A building designed or used principally for residential occupancy, including without limitation single-family dwellings, 2-family dwellings, and multiple-family dwellings.
EASEMENT. A quantity of land set aside over or under which a liberty, privilege, or advantage in land is dedicated and is distinct from ownership of the land. May be granted either to the public, a particular person, a utility company, or a combination thereof.
ENGINEER. A licensed professional engineer licensed by the State of Illinois.
ESCROW DEPOSIT. A deposit in cash or other approved securities to assure the completion of improvements within a subdivision or planned unit development.
EXCAVATION. Any act by which organic matter, earth, sand, gravel, rock, or any other similar material is cut into, dug, quarried, uncovered, removed, displaced, relocated or bulldozed, and shall include the conditions resulting therefrom.
FAMILY. Two or more persons related to each other by blood, marriage, or legal adoption, living together as a single housekeeping unit; or a group of not more than 3 persons, who need not be related by blood, marriage, or legal adoption, living together as a single housekeeping unit and occupying a single dwelling unit. FAMILY shall also include members of a service dependent population living in community living facilities as herein defined. Any foster children residing with such person or persons shall also be deemed to be part of the FAMILY.
FIELD CONSTRUCTION OBSERVER. An individual, company, or firm authorized by the certifying or design engineer to observe and make detailed inspection of any and all portions of the work and/or materials installed as to ensure compliance with the Manual of Practice for the Design of Public Improvements in the City of Monticello.
FILL. Any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other material is deposited, placed, replaced, pushed, dumped, pulled, transported, or moved by humans to a new location, and shall include the conditions resulting therefrom.
FINAL PLAT. A map or plan of a subdivision and any accompanying material as described hereafter.
FINAL PUNCH LIST. A tabulation of deficiencies requiring corrective action prior to final acceptance of a project.
FLOOD. A general or temporary condition of inundation of normally dry land areas from the overflow, the unusual and rapid accumulation or the runoff of surface waters from any source.
FRONTAGE. The measure of lineal contiguity between a lot or portion thereof and another lot, public street, alley, or public way.
FRONTAGE ROAD. A local street which is parallel to and either adjacent to or within the right-of- way of an arterial street.
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (G.I.S.). A computer system maintained by the city and/or Piatt County that stores and links nongraphic attributes or geographically referenced data with graphic map features to allow a wide range of information processing and display operations, as well as map production, analysis, and modeling.
ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (I.D.O.T). The division of state government identified by this name.
LONG-TERM LAND LEASE. The leasing of all or a portion of a tract of land for a period of time of 10 years or more for new development where sale of the tract of land would obligate the owner to comply with this chapter of this city code.
LOT. A quantity of land capable of being described with such certainties that its location and boundaries may be established and which is designated by its owner or developer as land to be conveyed, used, or developed as a unit, or which has been conveyed, used, or developed as a unit, including any easements appurtenant thereto. The LOT shall have frontage on public or private street.
LOT AREA. The area of a horizontal plane bounded by the vertical planes through front, side, and rear lot lines.
LOT, CORNER. A lot located at the intersection of 2 or more streets. A lot abutting on curved street or streets shall be considered a CORNER LOT if straight lines drawn from the foremost points of the side lot lines to the foremost point of the lot meet at an interior angle less than 135 degrees.
LOT DEPTH. Any distance between the midpoints of straight lines connecting the foremost points of the side lot lines in front and the rearmost points of the side lot lines in the rear.
LOT, DOUBLE FRONTAGE. A lot which has a pair of opposite lot lines along 2 substantially parallel streets.
LOT, INTERIOR. A lot which faces on 1 street or with opposite sides on 2 streets
LOT OF RECORD. A lot which is part of a subdivision recorded in the office of the Piatt County Recorder of Deeds, or a lot or parcel described by metes and bounds, the description of which has been legally recorded.
LOT, OUT. A lot depicted on a preliminary plan or final plat which does not meet the requirements of this code for lots of record and which may not be used for construction of habitable buildings or parking lots.
LOT, THROUGH. A lot other than a corner lot with frontage on more than 1 street. THROUGH LOTS abutting 2 streets may be referred to as DOUBLE FRONTAGE LOTS.
MANUAL. A document entitled A Manual of Practice for the Design of Public Improvements in the City of Monticello.
MEDIAN. An area between opposite traffic lanes of a street or roadway, or an area between 2 parallel streets or roadways.
NO-ACCESS STRIP. An area at least 3 feet wide along a lot line within which no vehicular driveways shall be permitted.
OFFICIAL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN (COMPREHENSIVE PLAN). The composite of the functional and geographic elements of the comprehensive plan of the city, or any segment thereof, in the form of plans, maps, charts, textual materials and the official map, as adopted by the City Council.
OFFICIAL MAP. The map adopted by the City Council as part of the comprehensive plan, which is designated OFFICIAL MAP in that plan.
OFFICIAL ZONING MAP. See zoning map, as defined herein.
OUTLET. See lot, out, as defined herein.
OWNER. Any person, firm, association, partnership, private corporation, public or quasi-public corporation, or a combination of any of them, or other legal entity having sufficient proprietary interest in the land sought to be subdivided or developed to commence and maintain proceedings under the provisions of this code.
PARCEL. All contiguous land used or legally described and recorded as a single unit.
PARKING LOT. An area not on public right-of-way, exclusive of driveways, which is used for the parking of motor vehicles. For purposes of computing the number of parking spaces in a lot, all areas used for parking under unified control on the same or contiguous parcels of land shall be considered as 1 lot.
PARKING PAD. An off-street parking area adjacent to a driveway which provides parking for a single motor vehicle.
PARKWAY. The area of land within a street right-of-way which is located between the back of the curb and the right-of-way line.
PAVEMENT. The portion of a street designated for vehicular use measured from face of curb to face of curb, or edge to edge of paved street surface where there are not curbs.
PEDESTRIAN WAY. A right-of-way or easement across or within a block designated for pedestrian use.
PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT. A lot or group of lots which is developed as a unit under single ownership or unified control, which includes 1 or more principal buildings or uses, and is processed under the PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT procedure of this chapter of this city code.
PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD.
The Planning and Zoning Board of the City of Monticello, Illinois.
PRELIMINARY PLAN. A tentative map or plan of a proposed subdivision as described in this chapter of the city code.
PROJECT. All of the various parts of proposed construction submitted to the city for approval.
PROPERTY LINE. The lines bounding a lot or parcel and delineating the land in individual ownership.
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. Public improvements include streets, sidewalks, public utilities and other structures, fixtures or land appurtenances which are or are intended to be dedicated to the city and the public generally.
RECORD DRAWINGS (DOCUMENTS). A compiled set of documents which can consist of specifications and/or drawings (furnished by the city, contractor(s), other sources, and the like) showing reported location(s) of work for the completed project.
RESERVE. To set aside a parcel of land in anticipation of its acquisition by this municipality (or other government entity) for public purposes.
RIGHT-OF-WAY. A strip of land dedicated to be used by the public for vehicular and/or pedestrian passage; storm, surface or ground water drainage; or public utility placement.
ROADWAY. A portion of a right-of-way designated for motorized vehicular use.
SETBACK. The minimum longitudinal distance between the building line or structure and the related front, side, or rear property line.
SETBACK LINE. A line shown on a plat delineating the setback.
SIDEWALK. A portion of a right-of-way used or intended principally for pedestrian passage which meets or exceeds the design standards for public SIDEWALKS.
STORY. That portion of a building included between the upper surface of a floor and the upper surface of the floor or roof next above. A basement shall be counted as a STORY and a cellar shall not be counted as a STORY.
STORY HEIGHT. The vertical distance from top to top of 2 successive tiers of beams or finished floor surfaces, and, for the topmost story, from the top of the floor finish to the top of the ceiling joists, or, where there is not a ceiling, to the top of the roof rafters.
STREET. That portion of a right-of-way used and maintained as a principal means of access to adjacent lots of record or property, which meets the design and construction standards for the classification it holds.
STREET, CUL-DE-SAC. A local street with 1 outlet which ends with a turnaround.
STREET, EXTERIOR. A street on the perimeter of a subdivision.
STREET, INTERIOR. A street entirely within the confines of a subdivision.
STREET, PRIVATE. A street owned and maintained by private entity.
STREET, PUBLIC. A street owned and maintained by the public.
STREET STANDARDS AND CLASSIFICATIONS. The current classifications and standards as described in the Illinois Department of Transportation “Design and Environment Manual” as modified by the City Council pertaining to requirements of streets.
STRUCTURE. Anything constructed or erected with a fixed location on the ground, or attached to something having a fixed location on the ground. Among other things, STRUCTURES include buildings, walls, and signs.
SUBDIVIDE. To SUBDIVIDE means:
(1) The division of land or a lot into 2 or more lots, parcels, or tracts;
(2) The dedication of streets, ways, or other areas for use of the public;
(3) Any development of property which, according to city codes, necessitates the extension of public utilities to the property by main or by service connection;
(4) Any development of property which requires that a new street be constructed;
(5) Any development of property that meets the definition of a planned unit development as defined in this code; and
(6) The granting of a long-term land lease for new development.
SUBDIVISION. The configuration of lots of record, outlots, public rights-of-way and public improvements which result from subdividing land in accordance with the procedures, requirements, and standards of this code.
SUBDIVISION MINOR. A subdivision of land into 4 or fewer lots which:
(1) Does not require, under these subdivision regulations, the design or construction of any public improvements, other than utility service connections and sidewalks;
(2) Is in conformity with the city comprehensive plan and Chapter 153 (zoning regulations) of this code or County of Piatt zoning ordinance, whichever is applicable;
(3) Is otherwise in conformity with all applicable laws and regulations, unless previously waived by the entity with jurisdiction;
(4) Is located within the city, or is otherwise the subject of an annexation agreement which requires and sets forth the condition of its future annexation to the City of Monticello; and
(5) Contains lots, all of which front on an existing street or roadway, and not involving extension of any new street, roadway, or easement of access.
SUPERINTENDENT OF CITY SERVICES. The individual occupying that position on the staff of the City of Monticello, or his or her duly authorized representative.
TRAIL. That portion of a right-of-way physically separated from motorized vehicles and intended for nonmotorized transportation and recreational uses.
UNIFIED CONTROL. The combination of 2 or more tracts of land, either through unified ownership or other arrangements, wherein each owner has agreed to allow use and develop the owner’s tracts as a single lot under the provisions of the ordinance applicable to planned unit developments.
USE. The purpose or activity for which the land, or building thereon, is designed, arranged, or intended, or for which it is occupied or maintained, and shall include any manner of performance of that activity with respect to the regulations of the zoning chapter.
VACATE. To terminate the legal existence of a right-of-way or easement or subdivision and to so note on the final plat recorded with the Piatt County Recorder of Deeds.
WAIVER. Deviation, relaxation, adjustment, or modification of a requirement of this code.
ZONING ADMINISTRATOR. The City Building Inspector for the City of Monticello, Illinois, or his or her designated representative.
ZONING MAP. The map adopted by the City Council showing all the zoning district boundaries within the City of Monticello, Illinois.
(Am. Ord. 2010-44, passed 9-27-2010; Am. Ord. 2014-36, passed 9-8-2014)