Section
General Provisions
159.001 Definitions
159.002 Application of provisions; exceptions
159.003 Variances
159.004 Amendments
159.005 Chapter incorporated into comprehensive plan
General Platting Procedures
159.020 Subdivision; plat required
159.021 Preliminary plat required
159.022 Improvements; final plat required
159.023 Filing final plat for record
Preliminary Plat
159.035 Submission; fee
159.036 Required data
159.037 Plan Commission recommendation
159.038 Submission to Council; copies
159.039 Approved plat; construction of improvements
Final Plat
159.050 Drafting specifications
159.051 Required data
159.052 Submission; conformance; Plan Commission recommendation
159.053 Recording approved final plat; time limit
Design Standards
159.065 Design standards; conformance required
159.066 Street layout and names
159.067 Street and alley widths
159.068 Easements
159.069 Blocks; layout
159.070 Lot requirements
159.071 Improvements outside corporate limits; maintenance
159.072 Dedication of public use land
159.073 Dedication of easements along drainage ways
Improvements
159.085 Improvements required prior to final approval; bond
159.086 Partial improvement of tract; requirements
159.087 Survey monuments
159.088 Streets
159.089 Sidewalks
159.090 Water system
159.091 Sewers inside or adjacent to city
159.092 Sewers outside city
159.093 Drainage
Cross-reference:
Statutory reference:
Authority to regulate subdivision, see ILCS Chapter 65, Act 5, §§ 11-12-4 et seq.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
MAJOR STREET. A delineated street shown on the major street plan, a part of the official plan.
PLANS. All drawings, including general plans, cross-sections, profiles, working details, and specifications which the subdivider prepares or has prepared to show the character, extent, and details of the improvements required in § 159.039 of this code.
PLAT. A map or drawing showing the lot and street arrangement or other features or details of the area being subdivided as required in this chapter for preliminary and final approval and recording.
(1969 Code, § 23-1) (Ord. 1961-12, passed 4-24-1961; Am. Ord. 1968-22, passed 6-3-1968)
(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, whenever the owner of land subdivides it into 2 or more parts, any of which is less than 5 acres, he or she must have it surveyed and a plat thereof made by a registered land surveyor, which plat must particularly describe and set forth all public streets, alleys, ways for public service facilities, parks, playgrounds, school grounds, or other public grounds, and all the tracts, parcels, lots, or blocks, and numbering of all the lots, blocks, or parcels by progressive numbers, giving their precise dimensions. The plat must provide further and include therein all additional information required of plats by the laws of the state.
(B) The requirements contained in division (A) do not apply and no plat is required in any of the following instances:
(1) The division or subdivision of land into parcels or tracts of 5 acres or more in size which does not involve any new streets or easements of access;
(2) The division of lots or blocks of less than 1 acre in any recorded subdivision which does not involve any new streets or easements of access;
(3) The sale or exchange of parcels of land between owners of adjoining or contiguous land;
(4) 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;
(5) The conveyance of land owned by a railroad or other public utility which does not involve any new streets or easements of access;
(6) The conveyance of land for highways 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 for public use;
(7) Conveyance made to correct descriptions in prior conveyances; or
(8) The sale or exchange of parcels or tracts of land following the division into no more than 2 parts of a particular parcel or tract of land existing on July 17, 1959, and not involving any new streets or easements of access.
(1969 Code, § 23-2) (Ord. 1968-22, passed 6-3-1968)
Statutory reference:
Plat requirements, see ILCS Chapter 65, Act 5, §§ 11-12-8, 11-12-12
Plat Act, see ILCS Chapter 765, Act 210, §§ 0.01 et seq.
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