This Chapter 16 shall apply to every subdivision either within the corporate limits of the Village or in unincorporated Cook County and within 1 1/2 miles of the Village's corporate limits. Valid, binding boundary line agreements between the Village and other municipalities may take precedence in establishing the Village's jurisdiction in unincorporated areas within such one-and-one-half-mile area.
When used in this Chapter 16, the following terms shall have the definitions herein ascribed to them:
To touch, to lie immediately next to, to share a common wall
or lot line, or to be separated by only a street, alley, right-of-way,
or drainagecourse.
Any right-of-way, with a width of not less than 16 feet nor
more than 24 feet, which affords a secondary means of vehicular access
to abutting properties. A street shall not be considered an alley.
Any person undertaking the "subdivision" or "vacation" of land, as those terms are defined in this Chapter 16, including, without limitation, all record owners and beneficial owners of the property that is the subject of the subdivision.
A tract of land bounded by streets or by a combination of
streets, public lands, railroad rights-of-way, bulkhead lines or shorelines,
waterways, or boundary lines of the Village.
Chapter 14 of this Code, as amended.
The official Comprehensive Plan of the Village, as amended.
The merger of two or more contiguous lots of record into
a lesser number of lots of record.
The area intended for vehicle turnaround located at the termination
of a dead-end street.
Tree diameter at breast height.
Authorization by a property owner for the use by another,
for a specified purpose, of any designated area of his or her property.
The term "easement" also refers to such a designated area.
Complete plans, specifications, and analyses governing the
design and construction of all required public improvements, including,
without limitation, streets, sewer systems, water distribution and
supply systems, lighting systems, and landscaping.
The line separating the lot from the street.
See the definition of "improvement, guaranteed."
Any street, alley, public way, way for public service facilities,
storm- and floodwater runoff system, storm sewer, channel, basin,
sanitary sewer, septic system, water main, public grounds, planting
strip, landscaping, off-street parking area, or any facility necessary,
in the determination of the Village Engineer, to provide a property
with access to a public right-of-way or with utility service of any
kind or with water, sanitary sewage treatment or disposal, stormwater
control or drainage, or necessary public service.
Both: (a) a privately owned improvement that the Village
Engineer determines is necessary for the public good, and (b) a public
improvement.
An improvement that is, or is required to be, dedicated to
the public; and/or an improvement that is, or is to be, owned by the
Village.
The mean horizontal distance between the front lot line and
the rear lot line.
A portion of platted land and territory that is measured,
set apart, shown, numbered and delineated upon a duly approved plat
of subdivision or resubdivision recorded with the Cook County Recorder
of Deeds.
The minimum horizontal distance between the side lot lines
of a lot measured at the narrowest width within the buildable area.
For lots located on a cul-de-sac, lot width shall be the average of
the width of the street frontage of that lot and the widest width
of that lot within the buildable area.
See the definition of "street, major."
See the definition of "subdivision, major."
See the definition of "street, minor."
See the definition of "subdivision, minor."
Any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust, trustee, estate, association, or other similar legal entity,
and any agent thereof.
The schematic representation of land divided or to be divided
or consolidated or of rights-of-way to be established or vacated,
prepared by a registered surveyor or engineer, that delineates property
lines and shows monuments and other landmarks for the purpose of identifying
property and rights-of-way.
See the definition of "street, private."
Any parcel or parcels of real estate proposed to be subdivided under this Chapter 16.
See the definition of "improvement, public."
See the definition of "street, public."
The line that most nearly qualifies as the line most distant
and opposite from the front lot line. In the case of an irregularly
shaped lot, the rear lot line shall be the line that is: (a) perpendicular
to the mean direction of the side lot lines; (b) at least 10 feet
within the lot; and (c) most distant and opposite from the front lot
line.
All applicable federal, State of Illinois, county, and Village
laws, statutes, codes, ordinances, resolutions, rules, and regulations,
and written administrative policies of the Village.
Those districts classified as residential in the Zoning Ordinance.
A strip of land occupied or intended to be occupied by a
street or related facilities, public path or trail, railroad, electric
line, oil or gas pipeline, water main, sanitary or storm sewer, communications
line, or for other special uses.
Any lot line other than a front lot line or a rear lot line.
That portion of a public or private right-of-way having a
weight-bearing surface that affords a primary means of vehicular access
to abutting properties, whether designated as a street, avenue, highway,
road, boulevard, lane, or throughway or however otherwise designated,
but not including driveways to buildings.
A street with a high degree of continuity which carries traffic
from minor streets and serves as a principal trafficway between the
various areas and neighborhoods of the Village.
A street of limited continuity used primarily for access
to abutting properties and local needs of a neighborhood.
A street that is located within an outlot or private easement
that has not been dedicated to, and is not maintained by, the Village
or any other government agency.
A street that is dedicated to, or maintained by, the Village
or any other governmental agency.
The shortest distance between the faces of parallel curbs
or outer parallel limits of the paved portion of a street.
Any change or rearrangement in the boundaries or division lines
of any lot, parcel, piece or tract of land, or the division of such
lot, parcel, piece or tract of land into two or more parts, pieces,
tracts, parcels or lots, including, without limitation, consolidation
of lots; or
The platting of a parcel or tract of land into a single numbered
lot, without alteration of its boundaries; or
A planned unit development, as defined in the Zoning Ordinance
or in the Zoning Ordinance of the County of Cook; or
The widening, extension, alteration, dedication or variation
of a street, alley, public ground, railroad or waterway for the purpose
of transfer of ownership, correction of a survey or building development.
Any subdivision not classified as a minor subdivision.
A subdivision that: (a) is located in a residential zoning district; (b) will not contain more than two lots upon approval by the Village; (c) fronts on an existing improved street; (d) does not involve any new right-of-way or the extension or installation of any public improvements; (e) does not adversely affect the development of the remainder of the parcel or adjoining property; (f) does not require a variation from any provision of this Chapter 16; and (g) is not in conflict with any provision or portion of the Zoning Ordinance or this Chapter 16.
A lot, other than a corner lot, that has frontage on two
parallel streets.
All utility distribution lines for telephone, gas, electric,
telecommunications, fiber optic, internet, or cable television services.
The termination of, or termination of interest in, an easement,
right-of-way, or public dedication of land.
Chapter 15 of this Code, as amended.
In interpreting and applying the provisions of this Chapter 16, such provisions shall in every instance be held to be the minimum reasonable requirements adopted for the promotion of public health, safety, comfort, morals, and welfare of the people of the Village.
This Chapter 16 is not intended to abrogate, annul, or otherwise interfere with any private easement, covenant, or other agreement or legal relationship (collectively, "private agreements"). The Village shall not, and this Chapter 16 does not, preempt private agreements. The Village shall have no obligation to enforce a private agreement. Where the regulations of this Chapter 16 are more restrictive or impose higher standards or requirements than a private agreement, the regulations of this Chapter 16 shall govern.
