For the purpose of this chapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ACCEPTED PUBLIC STREET. Any street duly accepted by the Board of Trustees of the village for maintenance by the village.
ALLEY. A strip of land along the side of or in the rear of properties, intended to provide access to these properties.
APPROVED STREET. Any street, whether public or private, meeting standards and specifications of the village.
COLLECTOR STREET or SECONDARY STREET. Those existing streets designated as such on the Official Plan of the village.
CROSS-WALKWAYS. A strip of land dedicated to public use, which is reserved across a block to provide pedestrian access to adjacent areas.
CUL-DE-SAC. A street having one open end and being permanently terminated by a vehicle turnaround.
EASEMENT. A grant by a property owner for the use of a strip of land by the general public, a corporation, or a certain person or persons for a specific purpose or purposes.
FRONTAGE. All the property on one side of a street between two intersecting streets (crossing or terminating) measured along the line of the street, or if the street is a dead end, then all the property abutting on one side between an intersecting street and the dead end of the street.
FRONTAGE ROAD. A public or private marginal access roadway or paved parking lot containing the necessary driveways or traffic ways which are located along the frontage of multiple-family, business, or industrial zoning districts with regulations for purposes of establishing minimum distances between points of access to the accepted street, and eliminating parking of motor vehicles on the accepted public street.
IMPROVEMENT (PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT). Any facility for which the village or other municipal body may ultimately assume the responsibility for maintenance and operation or which is constructed for general public use or benefit.
INDUSTRIAL STREET. Any street included in any subdivision or plot of ground to be used for industrial purposes as defined in the Zoning Code of the village.
INTERSECTION STREET. The area embraced within the prolongation or connection of the lateral curb lines or, if none, then the lateral boundary lines of the roadways of two highways which join one another at, or approximately at, right angles, or the area within which vehicles traveling upon different highways joining at any other angle may come in conflict. Where a highway includes two roadways 30 feet or more apart, then every crossing of each roadway of such divided highway by an intersecting highway shall be regarded as a separate intersection. In the event such intersecting highway also includes two roadways 30 feet or more apart, then every crossing of two roadways of such highways shall be regarded as a separate intersection.
LOT. A parcel of land in a subdivision separated from other parcels or portions by virtue of a plat of subdivision recorded with the appropriate county office, and identifiable by reference to said plat of subdivision and not dependent for such identification by metes and bounds.
MAJOR STREET. See PRIMARY STREET.
MARGINAL ACCESS STREET. A street which is parallel to and adjacent to primary streets and highways, and which provides access to abutting properties and protection to local traffic from fast, through-moving traffic on the primary streets.
MINOR STREET. A street intended primarily as access to abutting properties.
OWNER. The individuals, firms, associations, syndicates, co-partnerships, corporations, trusts, or any other legal entities having sufficient proprietary interest of record in the land sought to be subdivided to commence and maintain proceedings to subdivide the same under the statutes of the state or under the ordinances of the village.
PRIMARY STREET. A street of considerable continuity which serves or is intended to serve as a major traffic artery between the various sections of the village area as shown on the Major Thoroughfare Plan, made a part of the Official Plan.
PUBLIC AGENCY. Any public board created by authority of the Illinois Revised Statutes.
PUBLIC STREET. All primary, secondary, and minor streets which are dedicated for public use.
ROADWAY or ROAD. The paved areas existing on the street right-of-way and not the street right-of- way width.
STREET. The width of the street right-of-way or easement whether public or private, and shall not be considered as the width of paving or other improvement on the street right-of-way.
('79 Code, § 901) (Ord. 1983-O-6, passed 4-19-83)