ALLEY: A public right of way which affords a secondary means of access to abutting property.
APPLICANT: The owner or contract purchaser of land proposed to be subdivided or developed, or his legal representative.
BUILDING CODE: The current edition of "The BOCA National Building Code".
BUILDING PERMIT: A permit issued by the village of North Utica, Illinois, for the construction, erection or alteration of a structure, building, parking lot or connection to utility lines.
BUILDING SERVICE SEWER: The private property owner's sewer that connects a residential, commercial, or industrial building with the sewer main.
BUILDING SETBACK LINE: The distance from a property line within which buildings or structures shall not be erected.
CONSTRUCTION COST: The total cost of developing the subdivision or project, excepting engineering, surveying or legal fees, and also excepting the cost of the land and interest on borrowed money.
CUL-DE-SAC: See definition of Street.
DETENTION STORAGE: The temporary detaining or storage of stormwater in storage basins, on rooftops, in streets, parking lots, schoolyards, parks, open spaces, or other areas under predetermined and controlled conditions with the rate of drainage therefrom regulated by appropriately installed devices.
DEVELOPER: A person, group of persons, corporation, organization, or other entity whose concern and desire is to improve land in accordance with the regulations of the village. See definition of Subdivider.
DRY BOTTOM DETENTION BASIN: A basin designed to be completely dewatered after having provided its planned detention of runoff during a storm event.
EASEMENT: A grant by a property owner of the use of land for a specific purpose.
ENGINEER: A currently registered professional engineer of the state of Illinois.
EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION CONTROL PLAN: A plan of the proposed site development containing all erosion and sedimentation control measures needed to provide protection throughout all phases of construction.
EXCAVATION: Any act by which organic matter, earth, sand, gravel, rock, or other similar material is cut into, dug, quarried, uncovered, removed, displaced, relocated, or bulldozed and shall include the conditions resulting therefrom.
EXISTING GRADE: The elevation of the existing ground surface prior to excavation or filling.
FILL: Any earth, sand, gravel, rock, or any other similar material that is deposited, placed, dumped, transported, or moved by man to a new location.
FINAL PLAT: A map or plat of a subdivision and any accompanying information as described in chapter 5 of this title.
FRONTAGE: All the property on one side of a street between two (2) intersecting streets (intersecting or terminating) measured along the line of the street, or if the street is dead ended, then all property abutting on one side between an intersecting street and the dead end of the street.
GRADIENT OR PERCENT OF GRADE: The vertical rise in feet per one hundred feet (100') of horizontal distance (for example: A 1 percent grade is a rise of 1 foot in 100 feet).
HALF STREET: See definition of Street.
HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATION OR CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION: An organization or association established pursuant to an agreement or declaration of restrictions consisting of persons owning or assuming responsibility for open spaces, recreational facilities, detention/retention facilities, or other commonly owned areas or property within a planned development or other real estate development.
IMPROVEMENTS: Grading, street surfacing, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, water mains, fire hydrants, sanitary sewers, storm sewers, culverts, trees, and other additions to the natural state of the land which increases its value, utility, or habitability in accordance with the provisions of this title.
Private Improvement: Any installed or constructed improvement for which the responsibility of maintenance and ownership will be retained by the property owner.
Public Improvement: Any improvement for which it is intended that the village or other municipal body will assume the responsibility for maintenance and operation or which is constructed for general public use or benefit.
LAND SURVEYOR: A registered surveyor of the state of Illinois.
LOT: A parcel of land designated as a lot on a recorded plat of subdivision and having its principal frontage upon a street.
Corner Lot: One situated at the intersection of two (2) streets, the interior angle of such intersection not exceeding one hundred thirty five degrees (135°).
Double Frontage Lot: One which abuts on two (2) streets but is not a corner lot.
MARGINAL ACCESS STREET: See definition of Street.
MINOR STREET: See definition of Street.
OFFICIAL MAP: A village map showing required arterial streets and proposed land use.
100-YEAR STORM: Rainstorms or rain events of varying duration or intensities having a one percent (1%) probability of occurring in any one year.
100-YEAR STORM RUNOFF: The stormwater runoff from a 100-year storm.
OWNER: Includes the plural as well as the singular and may mean either a natural person, firm, association, partnership, private corporation, public or quasi-public corporation, or combination of any of them.
PARCEL: An individual continuous area of land.
PARKWAY: That part of the public street right of way not occupied by the street pavement and located between the back of the curb and the property line, or the dividing strip of land between parallel roadways.
PEDESTRIANWAY: A public right of way across a block, or providing access within a block, to be used by pedestrians and for the installation of utility lines.
PERMITTEE: Any person to whom a site development or other permit is issued by the village.
PERSON: Any person, firm or corporation, public or private, the state of Illinois and its agencies or political subdivisions and the United States Of America and its agencies or instrumentalities, and any agent, servant, officer, or employee of any of the foregoing.
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT: A land development project comprehensively planned as an entity via a unitary site plan which permits flexibility in building, mixture of housing types and land uses, usable open spaces, and the preservation of significant natural features.
PLANT AND LANDSCAPING MATERIAL: Permanent vegetative cover including grass seeding, lime and fertilizer application, mulching or any other solid stabilization planting.
PONDING: The existence of pockets or depressions which have no surface drainage provided and, in the event of failure on the part of inlets or storm sewers, will contain standing water. That portion of surface waters which are flowing shall not be considered as ponding.
PRELIMINARY PLAT: A tentative map or plan of a proposed subdivision as described in chapter 5 of this title and supporting documents required for preliminary approval of a proposed plat of subdivision.
PUBLIC AGENCY: Any public board created by authority of Illinois Compiled Statutes.
RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS: Contracts, agreements or declarations restricting the manner in which land may be used.
RIGHT OF WAY: A strip of land occupied or intended to be occupied by a road, sidewalk, railroad, electric transmission line, oil and gas pipeline, water main, sanitary or storm sewer, or for other special uses.
SIDEWALK: That portion of a public right of way paved or otherwise surfaced which is intended for pedestrian use only.
SITE: A lot or parcel of land, or contiguous combination thereof, where development work is performed as a single, unified operation.
SITE DEVELOPMENT: Altering terrain or vegetation, constructing driveways, or performing any other construction upon or making any other material changes in a land site.
STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS: Refers to the "Standard Specifications For Road And Bridge Construction", adopted by the state of Illinois, department of transportation, current edition, as well as the "Standard Specifications For Water And Sewer Main Construction In Illinois", current edition.
STANDARDS: Specifications for the preparation of plans indicating, among other things, the optimum, minimum, or maximum dimensions of such features as rights of way and blocks.
STORM SEWER: A closed conduit for conveying collected stormwater.
STORMWATER RUNOFF: The water derived from precipitation within a tributary drainage basin, flowing over the surface of the ground or collected in channels or conduits.
STREET: A public or private right of way for providing vehicular movements over land, providing access to individual lots or providing for through traffic. A street includes the area within the right of way, whether improved or unimproved, and includes, but is not limited to, curb and gutters, pavements, and such improvements as sidewalks, drainage and street lighting. Streets are designated on the street classification map in accordance with the following definitions:
Arterial Street: A public right of way with a high degree of traffic continuity serving as an arterial trafficway between the various districts of the village as shown on the official map.
Collector Street: A street which carries traffic from minor streets of residential developments and the principal circulating street within such development.
Cul-De-Sac: A short local street having one open end and being permanently terminated at the other end by a vehicular turnaround.
Half Street: A street bordering one or more boundary lines of a tract of land or parcel and which is only one-half (1/2) of the required right of way width.
Highway: Any street designated by the state or federal government for purposes of intrastate or interstate traffic.
Marginal Access Street Or Frontage Road: A street which is parallel to and contiguous with an arterial street and which provides access to abutting properties and protection to local traffic from fast moving, through traffic on the adjoining arterial street.
Minor Street: A street, other than an arterial street or collector street, which affords local access to abutting properties.
SUBDIVIDER: Any individual, firm, association, syndicate, corporation, copartnership, trust, or other legal entity commencing proceedings under this title to effect a subdivision of land.
SUBDIVISION: Any division, excepting a tax division, by plat or otherwise, of a tract of land into two (2) or more lots or parcels for the purpose of transfer of ownership or building development.
VACANT: Land on which there are no structures or only structures which are secondary to the use or maintenance of the land itself.
VILLAGE: The village of North Utica, Illinois.
VILLAGE BOARD: The village board of trustees of the village of North Utica, an Illinois municipal corporation.
WET BOTTOM DETENTION BASIN: A basin designed to retain a permanent pool of water after having provided its planned detention of runoff during a storm event.
ZONING ORDINANCE: The current zoning ordinance of the village. (Ord. 2005-39, 10-12-2005; amd. 2013 Code)