The preliminary plat shall be prepared by a professional engineer and a professional land surveyor and the preliminary plat is to be approved by the Plan Commission and Board of Trustees before any subdivision development is started. The following items and information shall be shown on the preliminary plat; all mapped data shall be presented at a scale of one inch to 100 feet or larger, on sheets not larger than 30 inches by 42 inches, with lettering not smaller than one-twelfth of an inch, so that the plat is clearly legible without magnification.
(A) General information.
(1) The proposed name of subdivision; the land owner’s, engineer’s, and surveyor’s names and addresses; and
(2) The location of the subdivision by township, range, and section for reference; section or quarter section corners shall be indicated.
(B) Existing conditions.
(1) The locations, width, and names of all existing public and/or private streets, railroads, or other public ways and utility rights-of-way within and/or adjacent to the tract to within 200 feet of the boundary of the tract;
(2) The locations and size of all existing sanitary sewerage, water mains, and appurtenances, storm drainage, known field drainage tile, or other known underground facilities within the tract or near the tract, and any such known facilities entering or exiting the tract;
(3) The topography, spot elevations at critical points, and contour intervals of not greater than two feet, regardless of grade, related to National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (Mean Sea Level) on the site, within 100 feet of the boundaries of the site, and for additional distance beyond if necessary to adequately depict drainage conditions;
(4) The location and identification of all public and quasi-public areas and civil division lines within and/or adjacent to the tract, to within 200 feet of the boundary of the tract;
(5) The location and identification of all recorded subdivisions lying adjacent to or across a public right-of-way from the tract;
(6) The acreage and identification of the drainage basin or basins that lie upstream from the tract of land that is proposed for subdivision;
(7) The location and identification of all existing human-made features such as buildings, high-tension towers, public water and sewer lines, pipe lines, excavations, bridges, railroad tracks, culverts, and related items within and/or adjacent to the tract, to within 100 feet of the boundary of the tract proposed to be subdivided. The preliminary plat shall note the location of the nearest public sewer and public water lines;
(8) The location of existing streams, rivers, drains, lakes, ponds, and impoundments within and/or within 100 feet of the tract;
(9) The land use and existing zoning of the proposed subdivision and adjacent tracts;
(10) Boundary line of proposed subdivision indicated by solid heavy line so designated and the total approximate acreage encompassed thereby; and
(11) Other items required to properly depict the existing situation.
(C) Proposed conditions.
(1) Arterial streets (80-foot right-of-way) are required on approximately mile section lines and collector (70-foot right-of-way) are required on approximately one-half mile section lines. Refer to the Major Street Plan for the exact location. Collector and subcollector street locations not specifically depicted upon the Major Street Plan may be designated by the Plan Commission at the time of review of the preliminary plat;
(2) The locations, width, and names of proposed streets and right-of-way widths including connections to adjoining public and/or private street rights-of-way;
(3) The location and width of walkways and easements including connections to adjoining public lands and public and/or private walkways and easements;
(4) Easements for public utilities and maintenance;
(5) All lots, including the required setback lines and scaled dimensions of typical lots. All lots contained on the proposed plat must be numbered in consecutive order;
(6) The location and acreage of any proposed public and/or quasi-public land within the tract. Before the Plan Commission approves a preliminary plat showing park reservation or land for other local government use that is proposed to be dedicated to the local government, the Plan Commission shall obtain approval of the park or land reservation from its governing body;
(7) The plan of any proposed watercourses or impoundments including stream relocations showing normal water levels and direction of flow;
(8) The provisions for water supply, sewage disposal, and stormwater disposal indicated by a general drainage plan of sufficient detail to show how the water will be moved over the site, and subsurface drainage including provisions for continual maintenance of natural drainage courses and field drainage tile systems. Known on-site field drainage tile systems serving areas off the site shall be located in designated easements;
(9) If a private on-site wastewater disposal system is proposed for any lot, a state-licensed professional engineer shall state, on the face of the preliminary plat, that the proposed lots and soil characteristics appear adequate for such a disposal system. Test data to support this statement shall also be submitted; and
(10) The developer shall mail, no later than 21 days prior to the Plan Commission meeting, one print of the preliminary plat to the following in divisions (C)(10)(a) through (C)(10)(m) and one print to any other public or quasi-public utility affected by the subdivision. The prints must be accompanied by a request that written comments be submitted to the village at the Plan Commission meeting held thereafter, unless otherwise required by ordinance or law, and that no comment in the time specified shall be deemed no adverse comment. The developer shall set forth a statement on the preliminary plat that the prints, along with the request for written comments, have been mailed to the various locations identified above and shall provide evidence of same to the village:
(a) GTE Company;
(b) Central Illinois Public Service Company;
(c) Jones Intercable (Gibson City);
(d) Central Illinois Light Company;
(e) County Zoning Administrator;
(f) County Superintendent of Highways;
(g) Fire Protection District;
(h) Postmaster;
(i) Unity School District;
(j) Township Road District Commissioner (if affected by subdivision);
(k) The township affected by the subdivision;
(l) The state’s Department of Transportation, if affected by subdivision; and
(m) The state’s Department of Public Health, if on-site sewage disposal systems are proposed.
(Ord. 97-7, passed 7-1-1997, § 4.9.3)