The Planning Board, in considering an application for the subdivision
of land, shall be guided by the following considerations and standards,
which standards shall be deemed to be the minimum requirements for
the convenience, health, safety and welfare of the Village.
All reservations and easements shall be clearly indicated on
the final subdivision plat, along with appropriate notations indicating
the rights which exist with respect to each such reservation and/or
easement.
A. Park reservations.
(1) General standards. The Planning Board may require that land be reserved
within subdivisions for a park or parks suitably located for playground
or other recreational purposes. Each reservation shall be of suitable
size, dimensions, topography and general character and shall have
adequate street access for the particular purpose or purposes envisioned
by the Planning Board. The area shall be shown and marked on the plat
as "reserved for park purposes."
(2) Minimum size. Areas for parks shall be of reasonable size for neighborhood
playgrounds or other recreational uses. In general, not less than
10% of the area of the subdivision shall be set aside for these purposes.
In general, sites reserved for park purposes shall have an area of
at least one acre. The Planning Board may require the location of
such areas along the boundary of a subdivision so that additional
land may be added at such time as the adjacent property is subdivided.
(3) Ownership of park area. The ownership of reservations for park purposes
shall be clearly indicated on the plat and established in a manner
satisfactory to the Planning Board so as to assure their proper future
continuation and maintenance.
(4) Cash payment in lieu of reservation. Where the Planning Board determines
that a suitable park or parks of adequate size cannot be properly
located in a subdivision or where such a reservation is otherwise
not appropriate or practical, the Board may require, as a condition
to approval of any such plat, a payment to the Village of a fee listed
in the fee schedule adopted by the Board of Trustees.
B. Widening of or realignment of existing streets. Where a subdivision borders an existing street which is narrower than the recommended right-of-way width as specified for such streets in this chapter, or where a subdivision borders an existing street planned for widening or realignment in such a way as to require the use of some land in the subdivision, the Planning Board may require the subdivision plat to show such areas, which shall be marked "reserved for street realignment (or widening) purposes." Land reserved for such purposes may not be counted in satisfying yard or area requirements of Chapter
230, Zoning.
C. Utility and drainage easements.
(1) Where topography or other conditions are such as to make impractical
the inclusion of utilities or drainage facilities within street rights-of-way,
perpetual unobstructed easements of at least 20 feet in width shall
be provided for such utilities or drainage facilities across properties
outside the street lines and with satisfactory access to the street.
Drainage easements shall extend from the street to the watercourse
or other drainage facility and shall convey to the holder of fee title
of the street the perpetual right to discharge stormwater runoff from
the street and the surrounding area onto and over the affected premises
by means of pipes, culverts, or ditches, or a combination thereof,
together with the right to enter said premises for the purpose of
making such installations and doing such maintenance work as the holder
of such fee title may deem necessary to adequately drain the street
and the surrounding area.
(2) When a proposed drainage system will carry water across private land
outside the subdivision, appropriate drainage rights must be secured
in a form satisfactory to the Village Attorney and suitable for recording
in the office of the County Clerk.
D. Slope easements. Where determined appropriate by the Planning Board,
said Board may permit an embankment alongside a proposed street to
extend beyond the normal right-of-way of such street, provided a slope
easement is granted conveying to the holder of fee title of the street
the right to enter the premises for the purpose of maintaining such
slope. Where the embankment slope is located on private land outside
the subdivision, such easement shall be permitted only where the appropriate
rights have been secured in a form satisfactory to the Village Attorney
and suitable for recording in the office of the County Clerk.
E. Sight easements. Sight easements shall be provided across all street
corners, outside the street right-of-way, within the triangular area
formed by the nearest edges of street pavement and a straight line
between two points each 75 feet back from the theoretical intersection
of the edges of such pavement prolonged. The easements shall provide
that the holder of fee title to the abutting streets shall have the
right to enter the easement area for the purpose of clearing, pruning
or regrading so as to maintain a clear line of sight in either direction
across such triangular area between an observer's eye 3.5 feet
above the pavement surface on one street and an object one foot above
the pavement surface on the other. The initial establishment of clear
sight lines within the sight easement area shall be the responsibility
of the subdivider.
F. Easements for pedestrian access. The Planning Board may require,
in order to facilitate pedestrian access from streets to schools,
parks or neighboring areas, the reservation of perpetual unobstructed
easements of at least 10 feet in width for such purposes and the construction
of walkways thereon.
G. Shade tree easements. The preliminary and final plat shall reserve
an easement to permit the planting of shade trees within five feet
of the street right-of-way.
The subdivider may place restrictions on any of the land contained within the subdivision which are greater than those required by Chapter
230, Zoning. Such restrictions shall be indicated on the final subdivision plat.