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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)
DESIGN STANDARDS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR REQUIRED PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS
Unless stated otherwise in this chapter, all construction of public improvements shall be performed in accordance with the latest revised edition of the Illinois Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction, adopted by the Illinois Department of Transportation, and the Standards Specifications for Water and Sewer Main Construction in Illinois. If an engineering design or construction situation arises not covered by the above cited standard specifications or in the following sections, the decision of the village’s consulting engineer shall be followed.
(Prior Code, § 150.039) (Ord. 96-006, passed 2-5-1996)
(A) The location and width of all streets shall conform to the arterial roadway network plan, if adopted. The minimum width of a street right-of-way (R-O-W) shall be as shown on the arterial roadway network plan, or if not shown on the plan, shall not be less than the following:
Alley | 20 feet R-O-W |
Collector street | 60 feet R-O-W |
Existing township highway | 80 feet R-O-W |
Local street | 50 feet R-O-W |
Major arterial | 110—210 feet R-O-W |
Minor arterial | 80—100 feet R-O-W |
(B) Additional rights-of-way may be required for drainage, slope, maintenance or other reasons not directly related to street classification.
(C) For subdivisions that adjoin existing streets, additional rights-of-way shall be dedicated, as needed, to meet the above requirements. This shall be done as follows.
(1) The entire additional right-of-way shall be provided when the subdivision is located on both sides of the existing street.
(2) One-half of the required right-of-way shall be provided when the subdivision is located on only one side of the existing street. However, in no case shall the resulting right-of-way width be less than 50 feet.
(Prior Code, § 150.040) (Ord. 96-006, passed 2-5-1996)
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