§ 154.001 TITLE.

   This chapter shall be known, referred to and cited as “The 1973 Land Subdivision Code of the Village of Oreana”.

(2007 Code, § 34-1-1)

§ 154.002 AUTHORITY.

   This chapter was adopted under authority granted by 65 ILCS.

(2007 Code, § 34-1-2)

§ 154.003 JURISDICTION.

   The plat approval jurisdiction of the village shall include all land within a mile and one-half of the village limits or all land specifically referred to in the official village plan.

(2007 Code, § 34-1-3)

§ 154.004 PURPOSE.

   (A)   The purpose of this chapter is to regulate and control the division of land within the plat approval jurisdiction of the village to prevent the subdivision of land for uses to which the land is not suited and to regulate the manner of subdivision so as to prevent serious hazards and problems to the citizens of the community.

   (B)   Therefore, the regulations, requirements, standards, procedures, specifications and controls contained herein are established in order to ensure proper development of the village and to promote the public health, safety, convenience, prosperity, aesthetics and general welfare of the community.

(2007 Code, § 34-1-4)

§ 154.005 INTENT.

   It is intended that this chapter establish regulations, requirements, standards, procedure, specifications and controls specifically needed:

   (A)   To provide for the orderly division of land by requiring the proper description, monumentation and recording of subdivided land;

   (B)   To establish what land areas are and are not eligible for division into lots and to regulate uses of land to prevent land from being used for purposes which the land is not suited;

   (C)   To provide for reasonable protection and conservation of those natural resources, (land, air, vegetation and water) upon which the contained prosperity, safety, health and welfare of the community and surrounding region may depend;

   (D)   To secure adequate safeguards as part of the subdivision processes to protect the general public from hazards of flooding, fire, overcrowding and other problems which could endanger public health or safety;

   (E)   To secure adequate public convenience and safety through regulations governing the installation, design and location of public streets;

   (F)   To ensure adequate provisions are made for adequate open space, utilities and other public facilities deemed necessary for general public health and convenience;

   (G)   To ensure proper development of the community by requiring subdivision to be developed according to the requirement of all officially adopted village plans and ordinances and, in this respect, to require dedication or reservation of land necessary to comply with these documents;

   (H)   To protect the community’s taxable resources by requiring that subdivision be designed and developed so as not to impose excessive maintenance burdens on the community, but still allowing for reasonable low development costs for the developer and general home owners;

   (I)   To prevent scattered development beyond the reasonable service area of community facilities and utilities; and

   (J)   To provide reasonable and equitable procedures and regulations for handling all subdivision plats by providing uniform procedures and standards for observance by both the approving authority and subdivider and to do this without causing unnecessary and unreasonable cost to the developer, village or home owner.

(2007 Code, § 34-1-5)

§ 154.006 SCOPE OF REGULATIONS.

   This chapter shall govern all divisions of land within the plat jurisdiction of the village, except the following:

   (A)   The division or subdivision of land into parcels or tracts of five acres or more in size which does not involve any new streets or easements of access or special utility easements;

   (B)   The division of lots or blocks less than one acre in any recorded subdivision which does not involve any new street or easements of access or special utility easements, and does not reduce remaining lots size below the minimum required;

   (C)   The sale or exchange of parcels of land between owners of adjoining and contiguous land which does not reduce the remaining lot size below the minimum required;

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

   (E)   The conveyance of parcels of land for right-of-way or other public use or grants or conveyance relating to the dedication of land for public use or instruments relating to the vacation of land impressed with a public use;

   (F)   Conveyance made to correct the description in prior conveyances;

   (G)   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 recorded on or before 7-17-1959 and not involving any new streets or easements of access or special utility easements;

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

   (I)   (1)   The sale of a single lot less than five acres from a larger tract when a survey is made by a registered surveyor; and

      (2)   Provided, however, that, this exemption shall not apply to the sale of any subsequent lots from the same larger tract of land as determined by the dimensions and configuration of the larger tract existing as of 10-1-1973.

(2007 Code, § 34-1-6)