As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
ALLEYA right-of-way which affords secondary means of access to properties abutting upon a street.
BLOCKA tract of land bounded by streets, or by a combination of streets and public parks, railroad rights-of-way, or other similar natural boundaries. A block may be located in part beyond the boundary lines of the corporate limits of the City.
BUILDING INSPECTORThe Building and Zoning Officer of the City of Mendota, Illinois, or his duly authorized representative.
BUILDING SETBACK LINEA line within a lot or other parcel of land which denotes the area between such line and the adjacent street right-of-way line where a building and other obstructions are prohibited, except those obstructions that are permitted by Chapter
340, Zoning, of the City Code.
The City of Mendota, Illinois.
CITY CLERKThe City Clerk of the City of Mendota, Illinois.
CITY COUNCILThe City Council of the City of Mendota, Illinois.
CITY ENGINEERA professional engineer, registered in the State of Illinois, who has been duly appointed as the City Engineer of the City of Mendota, or who has been hired by the City as its consulting engineer.
COLLECTOR STREETA street which carries traffic from minor streets to arterial streets, including the principal entrance streets of residential developments and the principal streets for circulation within such a development.
EASEMENTA quantity of land set aside over or under which a liberty, privilege, or advantage in land without profit is dedicated and is distinct from ownership of land or is granted either to the public, a particular person, or a combination of both.
FINAL PLATA map or plan of a subdivision or a planned unit development and any accompanying material as described in Article
V which will be recorded in the Recorder's office of LaSalle County and/or the City Clerk's office of Mendota.
A minor street which is parallel to and either adjacent to or within the right-of-way of a thoroughfare.
HALF STREETA minor street of less than the total required width along one or more property lines of a subdivision.
LAND IMPROVEMENTAny sanitary sewerage system, storm sewer system, water supply and distribution systems, roadway, side-strip, sidewalk, pedestrian way, no-access strip, off-street parking area, lot grading, or other improvement which the City of Mendota may require under this chapter.
LOTA portion of a subdivision or other parcel of land intended for transfer of ownership or for building development.
LOT, BUTTA lot at the end of a block and located between two corner lots.
LOT, DOUBLE-FRONTAGEA lot which has a pair of opposite lot lines along two substantially parallel streets.
LOT WIDTHThe width of the lot measured along the minimum building setback line, except for lots which front on the concave side of a curving street, where the width of the lot shall be measured 60 feet back from the front lot line.
MAYORThe Mayor of the City of Mendota, Illinois.
MINOR STREETA street of limited continuity. Its primary purpose is to service abutting properties.
NO-ACCESS STRIPA land area at least 12 feet wide along the rear lot line of a double-frontage lot and abutting a thoroughfare within which no vehicular driveway shall be permitted.
OWNER or SUBDIVIDERIncludes any person, firm, association, partnership, private corporation, public or quasi-public corporation, or a combination of any of them, or other legal entity having sufficient proprietary interest in the land sought to be subdivided or divided to commence and maintain proceedings under the provisions of this chapter.
PEDESTRIAN WAYA right-of-way across or within a block designated for pedestrian use.
PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENTThis item refers to an owner or developer intending not to convey any or all complete title of land for transfer of ownership, but rather to develop the tract of land into various planned units or blocks for livable and nonlivable purposes, along with improvements made upon such land. When such planned development on a tract of land occurs, and the owner and/or developer requests from the City that any constructed and/or improved roads, infrastructure utility and/or other constructed improvements be turned over for ownership and/or be maintained by the City of Mendota, and if agreed upon by the City, then said owner and/or developer shall comply with the rules, regulations, and stipulations of this chapter for making such land improvements and/or construction. However, the City reserves the right not to accept any such ownership and/or maintenance for any or all such improvements and/or construction. If the City declines such ownership and/or maintenance, then the owner and/or developer may construct such improvements and/or construction as he (she or they) wishes, as long as all such improvements and/or construction is in accordance with sound and acceptable engineering principles, the laws of the State of Illinois, the ordinances of the City of Mendota, and the law of the federal government.
PRELIMINARY PLATA tentative way or plan of a proposed land division or subdivision or planned unit development as described in Article
IV.
That portion of the street designated for vehicular use.
SIDE-STRIPThe unpaved strip of land within a street right-of-way and is parallel to the roadway.
SIDEWALKThat portion of the street designated for pedestrian use.
STREETA right-of-way which affords primary means of access by pedestrians and vehicles to abutting properties, whether designated as a street, avenue, highway, road, boulevard, easement or however otherwise designated.
STREET WIDTHThe shortest distance between the right-of-way lines of a given street.
SUBDIVISIONA. Defined.
(1) A described tract of land which is to be or has been divided into two or more parcels of land;
Any division of land which creates a lot or parcel for transfer of ownership and/or building development; or
The dedication of streets, ways, or other areas for the use of the public.
Upon approval of the City Council, a certified plat of survey, signed and sealed by a professional land surveyor in the State of Illinois and conforming to the applicable provisions of this chapter, may be accepted in lieu of a preliminary plat or final plat as explained in the following sections of this chapter. The term "subdivision" includes resubdivision and, where it is appropriate to the context, relates to the process of subdividing or to the land subdivided.
A subdivision shall not include the following:
(1) The sale or exchange of parcels of land between owners of adjoining and contiguous land.
The conveyance of parcels of land or interests therein for use as rights-of-way for railroads or other public utility facilities and other pipelines, which does not involve any new streets or easements of access.
The conveyance of land owned by a railroad or other public utility which does not involve any new streets or easements of access.
The conveyance of land for highway or other public purposes or grants or conveyances relating to the dedication of land for public use or instruments relating to the vacation of land impressed with a public use.
Conveyances made to correct descriptions in prior conveyances.
SUBDIVISION DESIGN STANDARDSThe basic land-planning principles established as guides for the preparation of preliminary and final plats and engineering plans.
THOROUGHFAREA street with a high degree of continuity and which serves as an arterial traffic way between the various districts of Mendota and its environs.