ADMINISTRATOR: The official appointed by the president, with the advice and consent of the board of trustees, to administer this title, or his duly authorized representative.
ALLEY: A public right of way which affords a secondary means of vehicular access to the side or rear of premises that fronts on a nearby street.
AMENDMENT: A change in the provisions of this title, properly effected in accordance with state law and the procedures set forth herein.
AREA, GROSS: The entire area within the lot lines of the property proposed for subdivision and land development, including any areas to be dedicated/reserved for street and alley rights of way and for public uses.
ARTERIAL STREET: A street designed or utilized primarily for high vehicular speeds or for heavy volumes of traffic on a continuous route with intersections at grade, and on which electronic traffic control devices are used to expedite the safe movement of through traffic.
BLOCK: An area of land entirely bounded by streets, highways, barriers, or ways (except alleys, pedestrianways, or exterior boundaries of a subdivision or land development unless the exterior boundary is a street, highway, or way) or bounded by a combination of streets, public parks, cemeteries, railroad rights of way, waterways, or corporate boundary lines.
CENTERLINE:
A. The centerline of any right of way having a uniform width.
B. The original centerline, where a right of way has been widened irregularly.
C. The new centerline, whenever a road has been relocated.
CENTERLINE OFFSET: The distance between the centerlines of two (2) roughly parallel streets, measured along the third street with which both said parallel streets intersect.
COLLECTOR STREET: A street which carries or is proposed to carry intermediate volumes of traffic from local streets to arterial streets and which may or may not be continuous.
COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY PLAN: The plan or any portion thereof adopted by the governing body of the municipality to guide and coordinate the physical and economic development of the municipality. The comprehensive community plan includes, but is not limited to, plans and programs regarding the location, character, and extent of highways, bridges, public buildings or uses, utilities, schools, residential, commercial or industrial land uses, parks, drainage facilities, etc.
CROSS SLOPE: The degree of inclination measured across a right of way rather than in the direction traffic moves on said right of way.
CUL-DE-SAC: A short minor local street having only one outlet for vehicular traffic and having the other end permanently terminated by a turnaround for vehicles. The term may also be used to refer solely to said turnaround.
CURB AND GUTTER, INTEGRAL: The rim forming the edge of a street plus the channel for leading off surface water, constructed of poured concrete as a single facility.
DEDICATE: To transfer the ownership of a right of way, parcel of land, or improvements to the municipality or other public entity without compensation.
DEVELOP: To erect any structure or to install any improvements on a tract of land, or to undertake any activity (such as grading) in preparation therefor.
DEVELOPMENT: The term shall be used interchangeably with the term subdivision.
DIMENSIONS: Refers to both lot depth and lot width.
DISTRICT, ZONING: A portion of the territory of the municipality wherein certain uniform requirements or various combinations thereof apply to structures, lots, and uses under the terms of the zoning ordinance.
EASEMENT: A right to use a portion of another person's real property for certain limited purposes.
ESCROW DEPOSIT: A deposit in cash or other approved securities to assure the completion of improvements within a subdivision.
FRONTAGE: The linear extent of the front (street side) of a lot.
FRONTAGE ROAD: A minor street fronting on an arterial street or highway (usually a limited access highway), used for access to abutting lots.
GOVERNING BODY: The board of trustees of the municipality.
GRADE: The degree of inclination of the site or right of way, expressed as a percentage. Synonym for "slope".
IMPROVEMENTS: Any street, curb and gutter, sidewalk, drainage ditch, sanitary sewer with appurtenances, water main with appurtenances, storm sewer with appurtenances, drainage facilities, facilities for stormwater management, public utilities (including, but not limited to, telephone, electrical, and cable TV), newly planted tree, off street parking area, or other facility necessary for the general use of the public and property owners in a subdivision and land development.
IMPROVEMENTS PLANS: The engineering plans showing types of materials and construction details for the structures and facilities to be installed in, or in conjunction with, a subdivision and/or development, complying with the minimum design standards.
INTERSECTION: The point at which two (2) or more public rights of way (generally streets) meet.
LOCAL COLLECTOR STREET: A street used primarily to collect limited amounts of residential traffic and for access to abutting properties, and on which the speed limit is low and traffic volume is minimal.
LOCAL STREET: A street serving limited amounts of residential traffic and used for access to abutting property.
LOT: A tract of land intended as a unit for the purpose (whether immediate or future) of development or transfer of ownership. A "lot" may or may not coincide with a "lot of record".
LOT AREA: The area of a horizontal plane bounded by the front, side, and rear lines of a lot.
LOT, CORNER: A lot having at least two (2) adjacent sides that abut for their full length upon streets. Both such side lines shall be deemed front lot lines.
LOT OF RECORD: An area of land designated as a lot on a plat of subdivision recorded with the Madison County recorder of deeds, in accordance with state law.
LOT, THROUGH: A lot having a pair of approximately parallel lot lines that abut two (2) approximately parallel streets. Both such lot lines shall be deemed front lot lines.
MAINTENANCE BOND: A surety bond, posted by the developer and approved by the municipality, guaranteeing the satisfactory conditions of installed improvements for the two (2) year period following their dedication.
MARGINAL ACCESS STREET: A local street providing access to abutting properties.
MINIMUM DESIGN STANDARDS: The document containing the minimum design standards adopted by the municipality under this title.
OFFICIAL MAP: A graphic statement of the capital improvements planned by the municipality which require the acquisition of land, such as and including, but not limited to, streets, easements and rights of way, sanitary sewers, water mains, drainage systems, parks, etc.
PERFORMANCE BOND: A surety bond posted by the developer and accepted by the municipality guaranteeing the installation of required improvements within or in conjunction with a subdivision.
PLANNING COMMISSION: The planning commission of the municipality.
PLAT, FINAL: The final surveying, engineering, and architectural maps, drawings, and supporting material indicating the subdivider's plan of the subdivision which, if accepted by the municipality, may be filed with the county recorder of deeds. The final plat shall bear the seal and signature of a current Illinois registered land surveyor, bearing such certifications as required herein and by other governing bodies and statutes.
PLAT, PRELIMINARY: Preliminary surveying, engineering, and architectural maps, drawings, and supportive materials indicating the proposed layout of a subdivision.
RESERVE: To set aside a parcel of land in anticipation of its acquisition by the municipality (or other governmental entity) for public purposes.
RESERVE STRIP: A narrow strip of land between a public street and adjacent lots which is designated on a recorded subdivision plat or property deed as land over which vehicular travel is not permitted.
REVERSE CURVE: A curve in a street heading in approximately the opposite direction from the curve immediately preceding it so as to form an S shape.
RIGHT OF WAY, PUBLIC: A strip of land which the owner/subdivider has dedicated to the municipality for streets, alleys, and other public improvements.
SETBACK, FRONT: The horizontal distance between the street right of way line and the building line. Minimum setback requirements are set forth in the zoning ordinance.
SEWERAGE SYSTEM, PRIVATE: A sewer system including collection and treatment facilities established by the developer to serve a new subdivision or land development in an outlying area.
SIDEWALK: A pedestrianway constructed in compliance with the requirements of the municipality's minimum design standards and this title generally abutting or near the curb line of the street.
STOP ORDER: An order used by the administrator to halt work in progress that is in violation of this title.
STREET: A public or private way for motor vehicle travel. The term "street" includes a highway, thoroughfare, parkway, throughway, road, cul-de-sac, pike, avenue, boulevard, lane, place, drive, court and similar designations, but excludes an alley or a way for pedestrian use only.
STRUCTURE: Anything constructed or erected on the ground or attached to something having a fixed location on the ground. All buildings are structures, but not all structures are buildings.
STUB STREET: A street that is temporarily terminated, but that is planned for future continuation.
SUBDIVIDER: Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, estate or other group or combination acting as a unit, dividing or proposing to divide land in a manner that constitutes a "subdivision" as defined in this section.
SUBDIVISION: Any division of land into two (2) or more lots, except as set forth in the plat act, 765 Illinois Compiled Statutes 205/1. This term shall be used interchangeably with the term development.
TOPOGRAPHY: The relief features or surface configuration of an area of land.
VACATE: To terminate the legal existence of a right of way or subdivision, and to so note on the final plat recorded with the Madison County recorder of deeds.
VARIANCE, SUBDIVISION: A relaxation in the strict application of the design and improvements standards set forth in this title. (Ord. 644, 7-6-1993; amd. 2012 Code)