[Amended 2-6-2017 by Ord.
No. 994]
Monuments shall be placed by a licensed professional Illinois
land surveyor at all block corners, angle points, and points of tangency
of curves in streets, and at such intermediate points as shall be
required by state statute. The monuments shall be of such material,
size and length as may be approved by state statute. Such monuments,
as near as possible, shall be placed so as to be flush with the established
finished grade.
[Amended 2-6-2017 by Ord.
No. 994]
Streets and alleys, where provided, shall be completed to grades
shown on plats, profiles and cross-sections as needed and approved
by the Zoning Board of Appeals, City Council and City Engineer.
Streets and alleys shall be graded, surfaced and improved to
the dimensions and standards specified in this chapter.
Prior to placing the street surface, adequate subsurface drainage
for the streets and all utilities under the streets shall be provided
or installed by the subdivider. Upon the completion of the street
and alley improvements, plats and profiles as built shall be filed
with the City.
[Amended 1978 by Ord. No. 501]
A.
Streets shall have such right-of-way widths as are indicated on the Major Thoroughfare Plan, or as specified in Article IV. When existing streets are located within the subdivision or adjacent to the subdivision, the subdivider shall provide for additional right-of-way width to equal the minimum required by § 260-26I; provided, however, that when such existing streets abut the subdivision on one side only, only 1/2 of the difference between the existing right-of-way width and the width indicated on the Major Thoroughfare Plan, or as specified in § 260-26, shall be provided by the subdivider.
B.
The Zoning Board shall make such requirements as to type of pavement
and as to sidewalks as it deems to be necessary for such street, provided
such requirements are consistent with this chapter and the Illinois
Department of Transportation, Division of Highways, Bureau of Local
Roads and Streets Manual, latest edition. However, the subdivider
shall be required to improve the street only to the width required
by the current and immediate needs of his subdivision, consistent
with standards specified in this chapter.
[Amended 2-6-2017 by Ord.
No. 994]
The subdivider shall provide the subdivision with street signs,
of the type, height and design approved by the City Council, at the
intersections of all streets.
[Amended 1978 by Ord. No. 501]
A.
Utility and street improvements shall be provided in each new subdivision in accordance with standards and requirements described in the schedules set forth in Subsection B of this section.
B.
The standards and specifications may vary for each general type of
development within the mile-and-a-half contiguous area in accordance
with Illinois Department of Public Health and Illinois Environmental
Protection Agency regulations as follows:
[Amended 2-6-2017 by Ord.
No. 994]
(1)
Utilities.
(a)
Depending on dwelling density as a minimum standard, water supply
and sanitary sewer disposal shall be provided as follows:
|
Dwelling Density Per Family
(square feet)
|
Sanitary Sewage Disposal
|
Water Supply
| |
|---|---|---|---|
|
20,000 or more
|
Individual septic tank
|
Individual well
| |
|
10,000 to 20,000
|
Either public sewer system or public water supply
| ||
|
Less than 10,000
|
Public sewer system
|
Public water supply
| |
(b)
Notwithstanding, within the City limits, every lot shall be
connected to the public sewer system and to the public water system.
(2)
Streets. Cross-sections shall be as needed in accordance with comprehensive
plans and as determined by the City Council and the Township Road
Commissioner or the County Superintendent of Highways.
(a)
Grading and improving of streets shall be as per approved plans
and profiles in accordance with the following standards. Regardless
of the dwelling density, all streets shall meet the following minimum
required improvements: sixty-six-foot right-of-way, graded with ditches;
twenty-two-foot surfaced, ten-inch compacted crushed aggregate and
three inches of bituminous concrete surface, or six inches of Portland
cement concrete, installed in accordance with State of Illinois Department
of Transportation Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction,
latest edition. One four-foot sidewalk at the street right-of-way
line may be required as determined by the City Council.
(b)
Pavement base, subbase and surface shall meet the minimum standards
and specifications as set forth in the State of Illinois Department
of Transportation Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction,
latest edition.
(c)
Sidewalks, when constructed, shall be at least four feet in
width, of Portland cement concrete, four inches thick, placed on a
compacted two-inch-thick granular base.
[Amended 2-6-2017 by Ord.
No. 994]
The subdivider shall provide accepted types of trees of at least
two-inch caliper for each lot in the subdivision. Caliper shall be
measured at a distance of five feet above the finished ground surface.
Trees shall not be installed between a sidewalk and a curb within
the public street right-of-way or within public utility easements.
[Amended 2-6-2017 by Ord.
No. 994]
When all of the streets and other facilities required by §§ 260-33 through 260-39 are completed within the platted area in accordance with the provisions of §§ 260-33 through 260-39 and approved by the authorities having jurisdiction, they shall be submitted for acceptance for maintenance by the governing body and/or the Township Highway Commissioner, as applicable. This acceptance shall be evidenced by a stipulation and certification of completion of work executed by the governing body and/or the Township Highway Commissioner, which shall be recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of the county by the subdivider of the platted area.
[Amended 1978 by Ord. No. 501]
When required by § 260-38B(1), a public sanitary sewage collection and treatment system shall be provided as follows:
A.
Where the subdivision is reasonably accessible to an existing sanitary
sewer system with sufficient capacity to handle the added load of
the subdivision, the subdivider shall provide the subdivision with
a complete sanitary sewage collection system connected to such existing
sanitary sewers.
B.
Where no such connection to an existing system can be made, the subdivider
shall provide the subdivision with a complete sanitary sewage collection
system and treatment plant, approved by the Illinois Environmental
Protection Agency, with adequate provision for the maintenance of
such plant.
C.
When permitted by § 260-38B(1), individual sewage disposal systems on individual lots, consisting of septic tanks and tile absorption fields or other approved sewage disposal systems, may be permitted where laid out in accordance with minimum standards approved by the Illinois State Environmental Protection Agency.
D.
Upon completion of the sanitary sewer system installation, a licensed
professional engineer shall certify that the sanitary sewer system
complies with all the standards required by the City and Illinois
Environmental Protection Agency. Four certified copies of the plans
for such sanitary sewer system as built shall be filed with the City
and one with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
[Amended 2-6-2017 by Ord.
No. 994]
E.
Field tiles and other surface-drainage facilities shall not be connected
to sanitary sewers.
As used in §§ 260-41 and 260-43, the phrase "the subdivider shall provide" means that the subdivider shall install the facility referred to or, whenever a private sewage disposal system or an individual water supply is to be provided, that the subdivider shall require, as a condition of the sale of each lot in the subdivision, that the facilities referred to in §§ 260-41 and 260-43 shall be installed by the owner of the lot in accordance with this chapter.
A.
The subdivider shall provide the subdivision with a complete water
main supply system consisting of mains at least six inches in diameter,
which shall be connected to an existing public water system. If not
available, the subdivider shall provide an individual water supply
on each lot in the subdivision in accordance with minimum standards
approved by the Illinois State Department of Public Health.
B.
The plans for the installation of a water main supply system shall
be prepared by the subdivider with the cooperation of the City Water
Department. Upon completion of the water supply installation, four
copies of the plans for such system as built shall be filed with the
City, and one copy with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
C.
Fire hydrants shall be provided at no more than five-hundred-foot
intervals in residential zoned districts and at no more than three-hundred-foot
intervals in commercial/industrial zoned districts where a public
water system is available or will be provided.
[Amended 2-6-2017 by Ord.
No. 994]
[Amended 1978 by Ord. No. 501]
A.
The subdivider
shall provide the subdivision with an adequate street stormwater system,
in accordance with specifications of the City Council, where the evidence
available to the City Council indicates that the natural surface drainage
is inadequate. When the surface drainage is adequate, easements for
such surface drainage shall be provided.
[Amended 1978 by Ord. No. 501; 2-6-2017 by Ord. No. 994]
Where sidewalks are required, they shall be constructed of Portland
cement concrete having a minimum width of 48 inches and be at least
four inches thick and located within the dedicated right-of-way, at
the property line. Sidewalk alignment on lots abutting other subdivisions
or lots having existing sidewalks shall be constructed so as to provide
continuous and contiguous pavement.
