For the purpose of this chapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
A.A.S.H.T.O. The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.
ADMINISTRATIVE POLICIES MANUAL. The current Manual of Administrative Policies as published by the Illinois Department of Transportation.
ALLEY. A minor traffic facility which is used primarily for vehicular access to the back or side of properties abutting upon and having access to another traffic facility.
BUILDING DEPARTMENT. The building department of the village acting through its designated building inspectors.
COLLECTOR ROAD. A road designed for moderate volumes of traffic and extends for some distance collecting and distributing traffic between major arterials and local roads.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. The official plan of Winthrop Harbor as adopted by the Village Board.
CONSERVATION, DEPARTMENT OF. The Illinois Department of Conservation.
COUNTY. Lake County, Illinois.
COUNTY BOARD. The County Board of Lake County.
COUNTY CLERK. The County Clerk of Lake County.
COUNTY RECORDER. The Recorder of Deeds of Lake County.
COUNTY TREASURER. The Treasurer of Lake County.
CUL-DE-SAC. A road ending in a turnaround, designed and intended as a permanent terminus.
DEVELOPER. Any person subdividing or resubdividing, erecting structures, or causing to have made any improvements to land.
DEVELOPMENT. The total improvement of land through building and development of housing, commercial, and recreational uses in a coordinated manner, including the division, or redivision of any tract or parcel of land.
ENGINEER. A professional engineer registered as such and licensed to practice in the State of Illinois.
E.P.A. The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
EXPRESSWAY. A fully access controlled divided facility serving high traffic volumes at moderate to high speeds and designed to move vehicular traffic between communities or other large areas.
FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN. The specific design of all physical planning and engineering elements necessary to develop the land in substantial compliance with the approved preliminary development plan.
HALF ROAD. That road which may ultimately be part of a full road in a development which is providing frontage along one side only. The width shall be at least 50% of the ultimate required road width.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT. The Lake County Health Department.
HEALTH OFFICER. The Administrator of the Lake County Health Department.
HIGHWAY DESIGN MANUAL. The current design manual as published by the Illinois Department of Transportation.
HIGHWAY STANDARDS MANUAL. The current standards manual as published by the Illinois Department of Transportation.
INTERMITTENT STREAM. A stream or portion of a stream that flows only in direct response to precipitation. It receives little or no water from springs and no long-continued supply from melting snow or other sources. It is ordinarily dry for more than three months of the year.
LOCAL ROAD. A road which serves relatively low volumes of traffic in residential areas, subdivisions, and rural areas.
MAJOR ARTERIAL. A facility serving traffic volumes of medium high speed and is usually the main roadway connecting municipalities.
MARGINAL ACCESS ROAD. A local road which is adjacent to or is included in the right-of-way of an expressway, major arterial, collector road, railroad, or utility right-of-way and which provides access to abutting properties and protection from through traffic.
N.S.S.D. The North Shore Sanitary District.
OWNER. Any person having any legal, equitable, or beneficial interest in the land sought to be subdivided or resubdivided.
PEDESTRIAN WAY. As defined in the Highway Design Manual.
PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN. The general design of land to be developed. It is the general concept and design of all physical planning elements related to the rational and economic development of land together with the application of services adequate to support the development of the land.
PRIVATE ROAD. A road in which no public interest is shown. Such a road is not eligible for public maintenance or improvements and must provide a private means of snow removal. It must conform to all the standards and specifications of this chapter.
RIGHT-OF-WAY. A strip of land occupied or intended to be occupied by a road, crosswalk, railroad, sanitary or storm sewer, electric transmission line, oil or gas pipeline, or for any other special use.
STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS. The current standard specifications for road and bridge construction adopted by the Illinois Department of Transportation.
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER. A structural engineer registered as such and licensed to practice in the state.
SUBDIVIDER. Any person subdividing or resubdividing land for themselves or for another.
SUBDIVISION. Any subdivision or redivision of any subdivision, tract, parcel, or lot of land into two or more parts by means of mapping, platting, conveyance, change or rearrangement of boundaries or otherwise, and shall also relate to the process of subdividing or to the land subdivided where appropriate to the context.
SURVEYOR. A land surveyor registered as such in the state.
TRAFFIC CONTROL MANUAL. The current manual for "Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways" as published by the Illinois Department of Transportation.
TRAFFIC FACILITY. Any public or private right-of-way used for or to be used for travel whether designated as an expressway, highway, arterial, road, street, thoroughfare, avenue, lane, place, alley, or however otherwise designated.
TRANSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT OF. The Illinois Department of Transportation.
U.S.G.S. The United States Geological Survey, an agency of the United States Department of the Interior.
VILLAGE ENGINEER. The registered professional engineer designated in that capacity by the village.
WATERWAY. A natural course or constructed channel for the flow of water including but not limited to a river, channel, canal, or other navigable body of water used for travel or transport.
WATERWAYS, DIVISION OF. The Illinois Division of Waterways, a division of the Illinois Department of Transportation.
ZONING ORDINANCE. The village zoning ordinance.
(Ord. 76-O-10, passed 9-21-76)