The language set forth in the text of this chapter shall be interpreted in accordance with the following rules of construction: whenever a word or term defined hereinafter appears in the text of this Chapter, its meaning shall be construed as set forth in the definition thereof; and any word appearing in parentheses directly after a word herein defined shall be construed in the same sense as that word. For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
AREA, GROSS. The entire area within the boundary lines of the territory proposed for subdivision, including the area to be dedicated for street and alley rights-of-way and public use.
BARRIER (NATURAL OR ARTIFICIAL). Any street, highway, river, pond, canal, railroad, levee, embankment or screening by a fence or hedge.
COMMISSION. The Plan Commission of the village.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. The plan or any portion thereof adopted by the village for the coordinated physical development, including, among other things, plans and programs regarding the location, character and extent of highways, transportation routes, bridges, public buildings or uses, utilities, schools, residential, commercial or industrial land uses, parks, forests, dams, drainage facilities and projects affecting the conservation of natural resources of the village.
CUL-DE-SAC. A short, minor local street, having only one end open for vehicular traffic, and the other end permanently terminated by a turn-around for vehicles.
DESIGN. The arrangement of uses on the land and use of land for easements, lots and rights-of-way, including material, alignment, grade, and width of these elements.
FLOOD HAZARD AREA. All land subject to periodic inundation from overflow or natural waterways when subjected to the maximum possible runoff from three inches of rain per hour as calculated by approved engineering methods subject to periodic ponding.
HILLSIDE AREA. An area with an average slope of 20% or more.
IMPROVEMENT. Refers to site grading, street work and utilities (including water, sewer, electric, gas and storm water), to be installed or agreed to be installed by the subdivider on land to be used for public or private streets, and easements or other purposes as are necessary for the general use of lot owners in the subdivision.
IMPROVEMENT PLAN. The engineering plans showing types of materials and construction details for the physical structures and facilities to be installed both in or in conjunction with the subdivision.
LAND USE PLAN. The long-range plan for the desirable use of land in the village as officially adopted and as amended from time to time by the Village Board of Trustees or appropriate corporate authority.
LOADING SPACE. An off-street space or berth on the same lot with a building or contiguous to a group of buildings for the temporary parking of a commercial vehicle while loading or unloading merchandise or materials and which abuts upon a street, alley or other appropriate means of access.
PARKING LANE. An auxiliary lane of a street used primarily for vehicular parking.
PLANS. All of the drawings, including plats, cross-sections, profiles, working details and specifications, which the subdivider prepares or has prepared to show the character, extent and details of improvements required in §§ 154.050 through 154.064 below, and which plans shall conform to any requirements of the Plan Commission as to scale and details for submittal to the appropriate officials of the village for consideration, approval or disapproval.
PLAT. The maps, drawings, charts and other documents complying with all applicable provisions of this chapter which constitute the plan for subdivision and which the subdivider submits to the village for consideration of approval.
PREMISES. A lot, together with all the buildings and uses thereon.
PUBLIC SEWER AND WATER FACILITIES. Those water and/or sewer facilities of the village, county, the state, the federal and/or of a sanitary sewer district and/or privately-owned public facilities which comply with applicable public health standards.
RESUBDIVISION. See SUBDIVISION.
ROAD, COUNTY. A term denoting a tract of land which is used primarily for the purposes of vehicular movement and includes all of the facilities and improvements within the rights-of-way. This tract of land must have been presented to and accepted by the County Superintendent of Highways.
ROADBED. The graded portion of a street upon which the base course, surface course, shoulders and median are constructed.
ROADWAY. The entire improved portion of the street, including shoulders, parking lanes, travel way, curbs and gutters which lie between the right-of-way lines.
SETBACK LINE. The line parallel to the front, side or rear lot line establishing the minimum space to be provided as the front, side or rear yard.
STREET. A general term denoting a public or private way for the purpose of vehicular travel. The term includes all facilities which normally occur within the right-of-way; it shall also include such other designation for a street as: a highway, thoroughfare, parkway, throughway, road, pike, avenue, boulevard, lane, place, drive, court or as otherwise designated, but excluding an alley or a way for pedestrian use only.
STREET, ARTERIAL. A street designed or utilized primarily for high vehicular speeds and heavy volumes of traffic on a continuous route, with intersections at grade, and which may have direct access to abutting properties, and on which geometric design and traffic control measures are used to expedite the safe movement of through traffic.
STREET, COLLECTOR. 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.
STREET, LOCAL. A street used primarily for access to abutting properties, providing for minimum speeds and traffic volumes.
STREET, MARGINAL ACCESS OR SERVICE ROAD. A local street parallel and adjacent to arterial streets providing access to abutting properties.
SLOPE. The degree of natural inclination of the existing ground.
STRUCTURE. Anything constructed which requires permanent or temporary location on the ground or is attached to something having a permanent or temporary location on the ground.
STUB. A street that is temporarily terminated, but that is planned for future continuation.
SUBDIVIDE. See SUBDIVISION.
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 herein defined.
SUBDIVISION. The division of land into two or more lots or parcels for the purpose of either immediate or future sale, rental or building development, or any other uses, or the establishment or dedication of a public street or alley through a tract of land regardless of size. The term SUBDIVISION shall also include all resubdivisions of land or lots.
SUBDIVISION, MINOR. A division of land into two, but not more than four lots, all of which front upon an existing street, not involving new streets or other rights-of-way, easements, improvements or other provisions for public areas and facilities.
TOPOGRAPHY. The relief features or surface configuration of an area of land.
TRAVEL WAY. The portion of a street used for the movement of vehicles, exclusive of shoulders and auxiliary lanes.
VACATE. To terminate the legal existence of right-of-way or subdivision, and to so note on the final plat recorded with the County Recorder of Deeds.
VARIANCE, SUBDIVISION. A relaxation in the strict application of the design and improvement standards set forth in this chapter.
ZONING ADMINISTRATOR. The Zoning Administrator or the person designated by the Village Board to enforce and administer the provisions of this chapter or his duly appointed representative(s).
(1994 Code, § 34-1-7)