For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ALLEY. A public right-of-way primarily designed to serve as access to the side or rear of those properties whose principal frontage is on some other street.
BASE FLOOD. A flood having a 1% chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year. This BASE FLOOD is also known as the 100-YEAR FLOOD.
BLOCK. A tract of land bounded by streets or a combination of streets, public parks, cemeteries, railroad rights-of-way, waterways or boundary lines of the corporate limits of the village.
CERTIFY or CERTIFICATION. Formally attesting that the specific inspections and tests where required have been performed and that such tests comply with the applicable requirements of this chapter.
COLLECTOR STREET. A street, either residential or commercial/industrial, intended to carry through traffic and to which several minor streets are connected.
COMMISSION. The Planning and Zoning Commission of the village.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. Collectively those documents and ordinances of the village relating to zoning, major street planning and land development.
CONSTRUCTION PLANS. Plans prepared to show the types, locations, lines and grades of the proposed streets, storm sewers, sanitary sewers, water mains and the like in the proposed subdivision and which shall include cost estimates.
CROSSWALK. A sidewalk through a block, normally provided where long blocks would otherwise inhibit pedestrian movement.
CUBIC YARDS. The amount of material in excavation and/or fill measured by the method of average end areas.
CUL-DE-SAC. A street or road with only one outlet and having an appropriate terminal for the safe and convenient reversal of all traffic movement.
EASEMENT. A grant by a property owner of the use of land for a specific purpose.
EXCAVATION. Any act by which organic matter, earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other similar material is cut into, dug, quarried, uncovered, removed, displaced or relocated and shall include the conditions resulting therefrom.
EXISTING GRADE. The vertical location of the existing ground surface prior to excavation or filling.
FILL. Any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other material is deposited, placed, replaced, pushed, dumped, pulled, transported or moved by humans to a new location and shall include the conditions resulting therefrom.
FINAL GRADE. The vertical location of the ground or pavement surface after the grading work is completed in accordance with the site development plan.
FINAL PLAT. The final drawing of the proposed subdivision which shall be presented to the Planning and Zoning Commission and Village Board for their respective considerations and which, if approved, shall be recorded in the County Recorder’s office for the purpose of conveying land.
FLOOD or FLOODING. A general or temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of normally dry land areas from the overflow of inland waters, or the unusual or rapid accumulation of runoff of surface waters from any source.
FLOOD HAZARD BOUNDARY MAP. A map delineating “A” Zones as areas that are susceptible to the base flood as prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) of the United States government.
FRONTAGE. The length of the front line of lots, tracts or parcels fronting on a public street, road or right-of-way. The FRONTAGE of lots on curved streets or cul-de-sacs shall be measured along the front building setback line which, for this definition, shall not exceed the required front yard distance from the property line.
GRADE. The slope of a road, street or other public way, specified in percent and shown on street profile plans as required herein.
GRADING. Excavation or fill or any combination thereof and which shall include the conditions resulting from any excavation or fill.
IMPROVEMENT, PUBLIC. Any sanitary sewer, storm sewer, drainage ditch, water main, roadway, parkway, sidewalk, planting strip off-street parking area, lighting, park, recreation or conservation area or other facility for which the village may ultimately assume the responsibility for maintenance and operation.
LOT. A portion of a subdivision or other parcel of land intended for transfer of ownership or for building development.
LOT, CORNER. A lot situated at the intersection of two streets.
LOT, THROUGH. A lot having a pair of opposite lot lines along two substantially parallel public streets and which is not a corner lot.
NATURAL DRAINAGE. Channels formed in the existing surface topography of the earth prior to changes made by unnatural causes.
OFFICIAL MAP. Map authorized herein and on which may be indicated proposed public improvements for the purpose of coordinating the construction of public improvements with future community development.
OWNER. Any person, group of persons, firm or firms, trust, corporation or corporations, or any other legal entity having legal title to the land sought to be subdivided under this chapter.
PARCEL. All contiguous land in one ownership.
PARKWAY. An unpaved strip of land situated within the public right-of-way of a street.
PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALK or WAY. A public right-of-way within a block, ten feet or more in width, intended primarily for pedestrians but which may include utilities where necessary and from which motor propelled vehicles are excluded.
PERMITTEE. Any person for whom site development approval is authorized.
PERSON. Any individual, firm or corporation, public or private, the state and its agencies or political subdivisions and the United States of America, its agencies and instrumentalities, and any agent, servant, officer or employee of any of the foregoing.
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. The Planning and Zoning Commission of the Village of Rochester.
PLAT OFFICER. The Plat Officer of the Village of Rochester.
PRELIMINARY PLAT. The preliminary plat drawing indicating the proposed layout of the subdivision to be submitted to the Planning and Zoning Commission and Village Board for their consideration.
REMOVAL. Cutting vegetation to the ground, complete extraction or killing by spraying.
RIGHT-OF-WAY. A strip of land occupied or intended to be occupied by a road, sidewalk, railroad, electric transmission line, oil or gas pipeline, water main, sanitary or storm sewer, drainage ditch or for other special uses. The usage of the term RIGHT-OF-WAY for land platting purposes shall mean that every RIGHT-OF-WAY hereafter established and shown on a final record plat is to be separate and distinct from the lots or parcels adjoining such RIGHT-OF-WAY, and not included within the dimensions or areas of such lots or parcels. RIGHTS-OF-WAY intended for streets, sidewalks, water mains, sanitary sewers, storm sewers, parks, recreation or conservation area or any other uses involving future maintenance by a public agency shall be dedicated to public use by the owner of the land on which such RIGHT-OF-WAY is established.
SIDEWALK. The portion of a public right-of-way, paved or otherwise surfaced, intended for pedestrian use only.
SITE. A lot or parcel of land, or a contiguous combination thereof, where grading work is performed as a single unified operation.
SITE DEVELOPMENT. Altering terrain and/or vegetation and constructing improvements.
STANDARD SPECIFICATION. Published improvement construction standards and specifications as adopted or referred to by the village.
STREET (ROADWAY). The paved portion of a public or private right-of-way which affords primary means of vehicular access to abutting properties, whether designated as a street, avenue, highway, road, boulevard, lane, throughway or however otherwise designated.
STREET, MINOR RESIDENTIAL. A street of limited continuity used primarily for access to abutting properties and local needs of a neighborhood, and on which through traffic is discouraged.
STREET WIDTH. The shortest distance between the fronts or faces of parallel curbs or other parallel limits of the paved portion of a street.
STRIPPING. Any activity which removes the vegetative surface cover including tree removal, clearing and storage or removal of topsoil.
SUBDIVIDER (DEVELOPER). Any person or corporation or duly authorized agent of the owner who undertakes the subdivision of land as defined herein.
SUBDIVISION. The division of land into two or more parts, any one of which is less than five acres, for the purpose, either immediate or future, of transfer of ownership or building development, except that the following instances shall not be deemed a subdivision of land:
(1) The division of land into parcels of five 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 one 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 and contiguous land;
(4) The conveyance of parcels of land for railroads, highways or other public utilities; and
(5) The severance of the fee ownership of units of a two-family attached dwelling unit, when each is in full conformance with the provisions of Chapter 156 of this code of ordinances including, but not limited to, the minimum required lot area and width specified in § 156.078(C) and required yard area as prescribed in § 156.078(D).
U.S.G.S. United States Geological Survey.
U.S.G.S. QUADRANGLE MAP. A topographic map as prepared by the U.S.G.S.
VACANT. Land on which there are no structures or only structures which are secondary to the use or maintenance of the land itself.
VILLAGE CLERK (CLERK). The Clerk of the Village of Rochester.
VILLAGE SUBDIVISION IMPROVEMENT CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS. The minimum construction specifications for public improvements as required herein or under other portions of the village code of ordinances, which are to be used in subdivision construction. Where construction specifications outlined herein are in conflict with other minimum required construction specifications of the village, the more restrictive shall apply.
ZONING CODE. The zoning regulations of the village as amended, being Chapter 156 of the village code of ordinances.
(2009 Code, § 35-1-5) (Ord. 91-4, passed 5-6-1991; Ord. 96-6, passed 5-13-1996; Ord. 18-03, passed 2-12-2018)