(a) No developer proposing to make or have made, a subdivision within the territorial limits of these Subdivision Regulations shall make any contract for sale of, or shall offer to sell such subdivision or any part thereof, or shall proceed with any construction work on the proposed subdivision, which may affect the arrangement of streets until he or it has obtained from the Planning Commission, the tentative approval of the preliminary plat or plan of the proposed subdivision. (Ord. 554. Passed 1-24-55.)
(b) If written request is made by the developer for selling lots prior to completion of all improvements, permission may be granted by Council providing tentative approval of the plat, plans, details and specifications has been granted. However, all construction work must be completed within one year and all work must be completed in conformity with Commission and Council approvals and the Platting Code. In addition, the developer must furnish to the Village in a form satisfactory to the Clerk-Treasurer, and subject to the approval of all unfinished construction work:
(1) A surety bond;
(2) A numbered letter of credit; or
(3) No security as approved or authorized by Council.
(Ord. 1307. Passed 1-27-92.)
(c) In planning and developing a subdivision, the developer or his agent shall in every case, pursue the following procedure:
The developer shall prepare a preliminary plat of the proposed subdivision in accordance with requirements as set forth in these Subdivision Regulations, and shall file with the Commission, an application in writing for the tentative approval of such plat, accompanied by six blueprints, at least two weeks prior to the meeting of the Commission, at which action is desired.
(d) The preliminary plat shall be checked by the Commission and other authorized agents as to its conformity with the principles, standards and requirements hereinafter set forth.
(e) The Commission shall tentatively approve or disapprove the preliminary plat or approve it with modifications, noting hereon any change that shall be required. One copy shall be returned to the developer with the date of such tentative approval or disapproval endorsed thereon. Similar copies shall also be transmitted to the Mayor, and, if the subdivision is beyond the corporate limits of the Village to the Commissioners, Trustees and Health Commissioner.
(f) Prior to the starting of any improvement on streets, the developer shall submit to the Commission for their approval, six sets of plans, details and specifications for the improvement. The plans to consist of street plans, profiles and grades, sewer plans, profiles of grades, typical cross sections and plans for all culverts, bridges, etc.
Copies of these plans after tentative approval, are to be transmitted to the Mayor, and if the subdivision is beyond the corporate limits of the City, to the Commissioners, Trustees and Health Commissioners.
(g) The developer may then secure from the appropriate authorities, the necessary permits to proceed with street and sanitary improvements.
(h) After completion of all improvements to the satisfaction of authorities having jurisdiction, the developer shall file with the Commission, an original tracing of all plats and plans drawn on tracing cloth in waterproof ink, together with six sets of blueprints in accordance with requirements of the Zoning Code.
The final plat and plans will be accompanied by a certificate of title showing ownership of all lands to be dedicated to public use and that the title therefore, is free and unincumbered, and a certificate or certificates of compliance from the authorities having jurisdiction over the required improvements.
(i) The Commission shall check the final plat as to computations, certifications, lot areas and number, utility easements, monuments, etc. Construction plans, details, specifications, etc., shall show the true dimensions, sizes and type of all construction work as it actually exists. If found satisfactory, the Commission shall transmit to the Mayor, all copies of the final plat and plans, together with certificates of title and a two-fold certificate showing that the technical details of the plat itself have been checked and found satisfactory and that all improvements have been made complete to the satisfaction of the authorities having jurisdiction.
(j) After the final plat, together with such certificates, has been received and approved by the Mayor, and the final plat and plans as tentatively approved, and with the requirements as set forth in these Subdivision Regulations, the Commission shall give the final plat its final approval and endorse the name thereon. The original tracing so endorsed, will then be returned to the developer. A complete set of prints with the certificate of title shall be transmitted by the Commission to the Mayor and, if the subdivision is beyond the corporate limits of the Village, to the Commissioners, Trustees and Health Commissioner for any necessary action on any proposed dedication.
(k) The final plat of the subdivision so approved, shall then be filed in the office of the County Recorder. (Ord. 554. Passed 1-24-55.)