For the purpose of these regulations, certain terms or words used herein shall be interpreted as follows:
All words used in the present tense include the future tense; all words in the singular include the plural, and all words in the plural include the singular.
ALLEY: A public way used primarily as a service access to the rear or side of a property which abuts a street.
AS-BUILT PLANS: Final plans showing any changes from the construction plans, indicating in detail how the project was constructed. Such plans show all public facilities as built on the surface and underground, both on public property and on easements and also indicate all private utility locations that are known. Details shown include: sanitary and storm sewers, manholes, invert grades, bench marks, location of sanitary sewer laterals, street inlets, hydrants, general flow of surface water, and grades for drainage swales on the lot. The "as-built plans" carry the seal of a registered professional engineer certifying that construction was completed in conformance with the plans and specifications.
BLOCK: A tract of land bounded by streets, or by a combination of streets, parks, railroad rights of way or bodies of water.
CITY: The city of Taylorville, Illinois.
CITY CLERK: The city clerk of the city of Taylorville, Illinois.
CITY COUNCIL: The council of the city of Taylorville, Illinois.
CITY ENGINEER 1 : City engineer of Taylorville, Illinois, or person designated to act in the capacity of the city engineer in the review of engineering data as outlined herein where the services of a city engineer are specifically mentioned. If a person is designated to act in the capacity of city engineer, said person must be a registered professional engineer with a civil engineering degree.
CONSTRUCTION PLANS: The drawings prepared in the manner and containing the data, documents and information required by chapter 4 of this title.
COVENANT: A private agreement written into the deed in which property owners of the development promise to do or refrain from doing certain acts.
CUL-DE-SAC: A permanent street, with a single access point, that ends in a turnaround and cannot be further extended without taking property not dedicated as a street. A cul-de- sac begins at its point of intersection with a street with multiple access.
DEDICATE: To transfer ownership of land, either fee simple or a partial interest, for a public use, and for a public body to accept it for that public use.
DRAINAGE COURSE: A natural watercourse, swale, depression or ditch for the drainage of surface waters and storm waters.
EASEMENT: A liberty, privilege or advantage which a party or the general public may have regarding the land of another. The remainder of the rights in the land remain in the hands of the owner who retains the legal title.
EXISTING TOWNSHIP HIGHWAY: Any public road in the township which is owned and maintained by the township.
FINAL PLAT: The drawing of a subdivision prepared in the manner and containing the data, documents and information required by this title showing lots of record and which is to be recorded.
FLAG LOT: A lot located behind another lot or parcel with access to a public street only by a narrow strip of land extending from the buildable area of the lot to the street.
HALF STREET: A street dedicated to less than its full planned width.
LARGE-SCALE DEVELOPMENT: A form of land subdivision which involves the construction of a multi-family or commercial building on a lot or parcel of land one acre or more in size or two (2) or more principal multi-family or commercial buildings on a lot or parcel of land of any size served by an internal street and utility distribution.
LOCATION MAP: A preliminary drawing or map of a proposed subdivision containing the data and information required by this title.
LOT: The tract within a subdivision marked by the subdivider as a numbered tract to be offered as a unit of land for sale or transfer of ownership.
MINOR SUBDIVISION: The creation of a total of up to four (4) lots (counting the original tract from which the lots are created) which front along a public road.
OFFICIAL MAP: Map established herein 1 and on which may be indicated proposed public improvements for the purpose of coordinating construction of public improvements with future community development.
OFFICIAL PLAN OR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: The Taylorville, Illinois, comprehensive plan.
OWNER: Any or all persons, entities, trusts, or corporations holding legal title to the land to be subdivided. If the owner is a trust, all beneficiaries shall be listed as owners. If the owner is a corporation, all principals and officers shall be listed as owners.
PAVEMENT WIDTH: The distance from the edge of the pavement to the edge of the pavement but not including curb and gutter.
PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT: A form of land subdivision that allows the development of ten (10) or more acres of land with variations of some of the restrictions of standard zoning and subdivision regulations.
PLAT: The action of officially subdividing land or the final plat which is approved by the village and recorded.
PLAT OFFICER: The person appointed to occupy the office created herein, in which office is vested the chief administrative and enforcement duties as outlined in these standards 1 .
PRELIMINARY PLAN: A plan of proposed subdivision or greater area prepared in the manner, and containing the data, documents and information, required by this title.
PRINCIPAL BUILDING: A building in which the principal use of the lot, on which it is located, is conducted.
PRIVATE STREET: A purported street, way or strip of land reserved for the use of a limited number of persons or purposes and which is not a publicly dedicated street.
PUBLIC CROSSWALK: A ten foot (10') right of way through the interior of a block in which a sidewalk meeting the construction standards of this title is built.
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT: Any street, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, drainageway, water main, sidewalk, parkway or other facility which the village or other governmental unit owns, maintains or operates.
RECORD: To file a final plat approved by the city of Taylorville with the Christian County recorder of deeds.
RESERVE STRIP: Narrow strip of land between a street adjacent to the property line and the adjacent property, the strip being retained in private ownership to prevent access of the neighboring property to an improved and dedicated street.
REVERSE FRONTAGE: A condition whereby both fronts and rears of properties face on streets.
RIGHT OF WAY: A strip of land which has been dedicated in fee simple to a public body for streets, alleys and other public improvements as determined by the public body.
SANITARY SEWER: A constructed conduit connected with the sewer system that is designated to carry liquids and solids other than storm water to the Taylorville sanitary district.
SERVICE ACCESS STREET: A street parallel to and adjacent to a major street which provides access from the major street to abutting properties.
SETBACK: The minimum horizontal distance required between the building and the lot line adjoining the street right of way.
SHALL: Means something is mandatory; "May" means something is discretionary.
SITE DEVELOPMENT PLAN: A layout of the site prepared in the manner and containing the information required by this title.
SKETCH PLAN: A general layout of a proposed subdivision prepared in the manner and containing the information required by this title.
STORM SEWER: A constructed conduit for carrying storm sewer to a drainage course.
STORM WATER: Water from roof downspouts, basement footing perimeter drains and yard drains as well as surface runoff.
STREET, ROAD AND ALLEY: Rights of way dedicated to and accepted for the public use and affording a means of access to abutting property.
Alley: Minor way used primarily for vehicular access to the back or side of property otherwise abutting on a street.
Collector Street (Or Collector Road): A trafficway which carries traffic between sections of the community or which serves as a connector between rural areas and the community.
Local Street (Or Local Road): A trafficway which serves primarily for access to abutting property.
Major Street (Or Major Highway): A trafficway connecting communities or connecting to limited access trafficways which, in turn, connect to other communities.
STUB STREET: A street which is intended to be extended but which temporarily ends.
SUBDIVIDER: Any or all owners, agents or persons, controlling land who commence proceedings under this title by submitting location and sketch maps to the plan commission or by making land improvements in the form of buildings, drives, and utilities, but not necessarily involving the actual division of land.
SUBDIVISION OF LAND: The: a) division of land into two (2) or more parts, any of which is less than five (5) acres in size (see subsection 11-1-5B of this chapter for exemptions), b) dedication of streets or easements of access, or c) creation of a planned unit development. In the event a subdivision is a planned unit development, the standards and regulations of this title shall govern.
SUPERINTENDENT OF HIGHWAYS: The Christian County superintendent of highways.
SURETY: A bonding agency that is financially qualified to do business in the state of Illinois.
THROUGH LOT: Any lot which is not a corner lot and which adjoins two (2) streets that are parallel or within forty five degrees (45°) of being parallel to each other.
TOWNSHIP HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER: The township highway commissioner for the township in which the subdivision is located.
TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICE: Any sign, signal marking or device placed on or adjacent to a street or highway by authority of the city of Taylorville, the state of Illinois department of transportation, or Christian County superintendent of highways.
WATER DEPARTMENT: The water department of the city of Taylorville. (Ord. 2831, 3-3-1998; amd. Ord. 2958, 4-3-2000)
Notes
| 1 | 1. See also title 1, chapter 9, article G of this code. |
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| 3 | 2. See title 2, chapter 1 of this code. |
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| 5 | 1. 765 ILCS 205/0.01. |
| 6 | 2. 35 ILCS 200/9-55. |