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FINAL PLAT
(A) The final plat need not cover the entire preliminary plan area. It may cover only the portion which the subdivider presently wishes to record and develop in accordance with the staging approved with the preliminary plan.
(B) The final plat submission shall include the following information on the plat and accompanying documents.
(1) Final plat. The final plat shall be drawn in black India ink on a reproducible material to a scale of not more than 100 feet to the inch. Maximum size of the plan sheets shall be 24 by 36 inches. If more than two sheets are used, an index sheet with component areas on the remaining sheets shall be included. The final plat shall show:
(a) The name and address of the owner and subdivider, engineer, land surveyor and contact person for the subdivider;
(b) North point, scale and date of preparation and latest revisions;
(c) Boundary lines with accurate distances and angles;
(d) General land legal description of the plat with total acreage;
(e) All lots designated by numbers and other grounds designated by names and numbers;
(f) Location of all survey monuments and their descriptions;
(g) The location of all easements provided for public use, services or utilities. Easements shall include anchor space for pole lines;
(h) An accurate outline of any portions of the property intended to be dedicated for public use;
(i) Lines of all proposed streets with their widths and names;
(j) The line of departure of one street from another;
(k) The names and widths of adjoining streets;
(l) All dimensions, both linear and angular, necessary for locating the boundaries of the subdivision, lots, streets, easements and other areas for public or private use. Linear dimensions shall be given to the nearest one-one-hundredth of a foot;
(m) Radii, arcs, chords, points of tangency and central angles for all curvilinear streets and radii for rounded corners;
(n) If applicable, a note on the final plat stating: “Approval of this final plat by the Village of Riverton does not constitute a guarantee that well water is of adequate quantity or quality for residential needs or that a suitable sewage disposal system can be constructed on each lot”. Any guarantees are the subdivider’s responsibility;
(o) A statement indicating whether or not any part of the plat is located in a special flood hazard area as identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency; and
(p) A notation stating any setbacks required through covenants if the setbacks are different from those of the appropriate zoning district.
(2) Accompanying documents. The following documents shall accompany the final plat:
(a) Letter from the village’s consulting engineer approving the construction plans;
(b) Proof of acquisition of an access permit from either the state or the County Highway Department, whichever applies;
(c) The certificate of a registered state land surveyor attesting to the accuracy of the survey and the location of all monuments shown. The certificate may be filed as a supplement to the final plat;
(d) Notarized acknowledgment of the plat by the owner or a duly authorized attorney. This item may be a separate document or on the plat itself;
(e) Certification of perpetual ownership and maintenance of drainage areas and common areas. The certification may take the form of adequate provisions for perpetual ownership and maintenance contained in the subdivision covenants;
(f) Exhibit showing the location of wells and seepage field areas (must be large enough to accommodate two seepage fields on each lot);
(g) Any covenants or restrictions relating to the requirements of this chapter; and
(h) A signed statement of a registered professional engineer and the owner of the land or his or her duly authorized attorney as required by the state statutes concerning drainage.
(Prior Code, § 150.032) (Ord. 96-006, passed 2-5-1996)
(A) The subdivider shall submit 12 prints of the final plat of the proposed subdivision to the Zoning Administrator with a filing fee of $100, plus, if it has not already been paid, the review and inspection fee established pursuant to § 155.057 of this chapter. The subdivision will be reviewed according to the filing deadline and review schedule established by the Planning Commission. A final plat shall be reviewed only after approval of the preliminary plan by the Planning Commission and the Village Board and approval of the construction plans by the village’s consulting engineer. Preliminary plans and final plats will not be reviewed at the same meeting. However, if the preliminary plan is being reaffirmed, the preliminary being reaffirmed and its final plat may be reviewed and approved at the same meeting if there are no major changes required to reaffirm the preliminary.
(B) The Zoning Administrator shall retain one print and shall distribute the final plats as follows:
(1) Five prints to the Planning Commission;
(2) One print to the Superintendent of Public Works;
(3) One print to the village’s consulting engineer;
(4) One print to the Village Clerk;
(5) One print to the County Superintendent of Highways;
(6) One print to the village’s fire protection district;
(7) One print to the appropriate Township Highway Commissioner or IDOT, if applicable; and
(8) The reviewing entities shall transmit any comments or requirements in writing to the Planning Commission within one week of receipt.
(C) (1) The Planning Commission shall review the final plat to determine if it meets the requirements of this chapter and conforms to the preliminary plan previously submitted.
(2) The Planning Commission shall recommend approval or disapproval of the final plat no later than its second regularly scheduled meeting after the plat was filed. Failure to act by the end of said second regularly scheduled meeting shall constitute a recommendation of disapproval.
(a) Disapproval. If the Planning Commission finds that the final plat does not meet the requirements of this chapter, the subdivider shall be notified in writing of the Planning Commission’s disapproval and of the non-compliance found.
(b) Approval. If the Planning Commission finds that the final plat meets the requirements of this chapter, the following shall be printed or stamped on the original plat and three prints and signed by the Chairperson of the Planning Commission.
(D) The Planning Commission shall transmit the endorsed original plat and two prints to the Zoning Administrator for immediate reference to the Village Board. One print of the endorsed final plat shall remain on file with the Planning Commission.
(Prior Code, § 150.033) (Ord. 96-006, passed 2-5-1996)
(A) Upon receipt of the endorsed original final plat and two prints, the Zoning Administrator shall retain one print on file and shall deliver one print to the village’s consulting engineer.
(B) The Zoning Administrator shall deliver the original final plat to the Village Board at its next regular session after receiving the documents from the Planning Commission, along with the applicable minutes of the Planning Commission and any reports or other written documents generated by the Planning Commission with respect to the final plat.
(C) The final plat shall remain pending on the agenda of the Village Board and shall not be approved by the Village Board until the following have been received:
(2) A certificate provided by the subdivider from the County Clerk indicating that payment of taxes is not delinquent.
(D) If the requirements of this section have not been met within two years from the final plat approval by the Planning Commission, the existing final plat shall expire and must be resubmitted and reviewed as a new final plat.
(Prior Code, § 150.034) (Ord. 96-006, passed 2-5-1996)
When the requirements of § 155.096 of this chapter have been met, the Village Board may, by resolution, approve the final plat, accept the security, if any, and authorize the Village President to sign the plat for and in the name of the village, with the Village Clerk attesting to it. The Village Clerk shall retain one print on file.
(Prior Code, § 150.035) (Ord. 96-006, passed 2-5-1996)
When the final plat has been approved by the Village Board and signed by the Village President and Clerk, the original tracing shall be recorded by the subdivider in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of the county. If the final plat is not recorded within two years after approval by the Village Board, the plat must be resubmitted to the Planning Commission to determine if any changes in the final plat are needed to meet the requirements of this chapter. No title to any lots shall be conveyed until the original tracing is recorded.
(Prior Code, § 150.036) (Ord. 96-006, passed 2-5-1996)
(A) After the village’s consulting engineer has approved the public improvements as described in § 155.062 of this chapter, the village’s consulting engineer shall issue a letter to the subdivider and the Village Board stating that the public improvements meet the village’s standards.
(B) Upon receipt of the letter from the village’s consulting engineer the subdivider shall execute and deliver to the village a dedication and bill of sale for public improvements in the form exemplified by § 155.011 of this chapter. Upon receipt of the document the Village Board shall by resolution accept the dedication and bill of sale and shall record the dedication and resolution with the Recorder of Deeds of the county.
(C) In areas within the village’s subdivision, but outside the village’s corporate limits, the village’s consulting engineer and County Superintendent of Highways and Springfield Metro Sanitary District, if appropriate shall jointly determine whether the standards of this chapter have been met. If met, the village’s consulting engineer shall so indicate in a letter to the subdivider and the Village Board, and the subdivider shall execute the dedication and bill of sale exemplified by § 155.011 of this chapter, modified as necessary to indicate dedication to the county or township of the roads, to the Springfield Metro Sanitary District of the sanitary sewers and to the appropriate governmental entity of the water system. The County Superintendent of Highways shall indicate in a letter to the village’s consulting engineer approval of the streets to county standards which shall constitute acceptance of the streets by the appropriate Township Highway Commissioner; the Executive Director of the Springfield Metro Sanitary District shall indicate in a letter to the village’s consulting engineer approval of applicable sanitary sewer facilities, but acceptance of the dedication by the Springfield Metro Sanitary District shall be by ordinance. Upon receipt of satisfactory evidence that the public improvements are accepted, the dedication shall be recorded by the village.
(D) Upon recordation of the dedication and bill of sale and resolution of acceptance, the village shall release the security.
(Prior Code, § 150.037) (Ord. 96-006, passed 2-5-1996)
(A) The final acceptance by the village of public improvements and recordation thereof shall constitute acceptance by the village of title to and maintenance responsibilities for the public improvements. Any contractor’s warranties in effect with respect to the public improvements shall be deemed assigned by the subdivider to the village upon acceptance by the village.
(B) No acceptance by the village of public improvements shall be deemed to be acceptance by the village of maintenance responsibility with respect to drainage swales or common areas within the subdivision.
(Prior Code, § 150.038) (Ord. 96-006, passed 2-5-1996)
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