Any person wising to subdivide land owned by him and located
within the corporate limits of the Village of Bannockburn or outside
the corporate limits but within 1 1/2 miles of such corporate
limits shall first submit to the Plan Commission of the Village of
Bannockburn, or its representative, such information as may be required
by the Plan Commission to describe or outline the existing conditions
of the site and the proposed development thereof. The applicant shall
be supplied with pertinent information on Plan Commission requirements
not herein contained.
Approval or disapproval of the tentative plat shall be granted
by the Plan Commission within 30 days from the date of the next regular
Plan Commission meeting. Such approval shall not constitute acceptance
of the subdivision. Said tentative approval shall be good for a period
of six months, within which time the final plat shall be prepared
unless extended by agreement for a specific time by the Village Board.
When the Plan Commission has approved the final plat, it shall
be stamped or lettered upon the final plat, signed by the Chairman
of the Plan Commission and attested by its Secretary. The Plan Commission
shall then transmit the approved final plat to the Village President
and Board of Trustees, together with a letter of transmittal, conveying
to the President and Board of Trustees such information concerning
the final plat as the Commission shall deem necessary.
It is recognized that the application of all of the provisions
of this chapter to specific parcels of land may, in rare instances,
result in extreme hardship to the property owner, particularly (but
not exclusively) where unique topographic conditions are shown to
exist. In cases where the Plan Commission finds that 1) extreme hardship
would result from strict application of the terms of this chapter,
and 2) a variation therefrom will not substantially affect the Comprehensive
Plan of the Village of Bannockburn, it may recommend to the Board
of Trustees that approval be granted of a plat that varies from the
terms of this chapter; provided that such recommendation shall contain
precise findings of fact upon which the recommendation is based and
that the variances shall be noted upon the final plat.
When the President and Board of Trustees are satisfied with
the final plat and conditions and documents pertaining to the subdivision
and its improvements, the President and Board of Trustees shall approve
the plat and authorize and direct the appropriate officers of the
Village to approve and sign the plat for and in the name of the Village
of Bannockburn. Said approval shall be attested by the Village Clerk
and sealed with the corporate seal of the Village of Bannockburn.
Said approved plat of subdivision shall promptly thereafter
be filed by the Village Clerk with the Recorder of Deeds of Lake County,
Illinois. The subdivider shall pay the actual cost of recording said
plat. A reproducible copy thereof, bearing the certificate of such
county officer that said plat has been recorded or registered in his
or her office, shall promptly thereafter be filed with the Building
Commissioner of the Village of Bannockburn.