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A proposed concept plan shall be drawn to engineering scale and shall show the conceptual layout of the proposed subdivision code or planned unit development including the general layout of streets, drainage, sewerage, and land uses and the present location of major natural features such as streams and lakes.
A. 
General. The owner or developer submitting a preliminary plan shall submit all information required by this section in the form specified. Failure of an owner or developer to provide this information in the form required shall be sufficient grounds for the City to refuse to accept the filing of a preliminary plan or to reject the preliminary plan at any stage in the review and approval process.
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B. 
Minimum area included in a preliminary plan. A preliminary plan shall include not less than all contiguous property in common ownership or unified control.
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C. 
Required form and content of a preliminary plan. Plans, drawings, surveys, maps, schematics, and comparable material shall be submitted in the form and content as specified in Section 1.05 of "A Manual of Practice for the Design of Public Improvements in the City of Bloomington."[1]
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Editor's Note: The Manual of Practice is included as an attachment to this chapter.
A. 
General. The owner or developer submitting public improvement engineering plans and specifications shall submit all the information required by this section in the form specified. Failure of an owner or developer to provide this information in the form required shall be sufficient grounds for the City to refuse to accept the filing of public improvement engineering plans and specifications, to reject the plans and specifications at any stage in the review and approval process, to reject a final plat depicting lots or outlots served by such public improvements.
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B. 
Minimum material submitted. Engineering plans and specifications shall be submitted for all public improvements proposed in or necessary to serve lots depicted in an approved preliminary plan or portion thereof. Such materials shall include, without limitation, plans, profiles, standard details, and special details drawn in sufficient detail and supported with sufficient data to make possible a complete and accurate determination of the extent of compliance or noncompliance with the City's Manual of Practice for Design of Public Improvements in the City of Bloomington[1] and sufficient to permit construction and installation of the proposed improvements without additional or supporting engineering data.
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Editor's Note: The Manual of Practice is included as an attachment to this chapter.
A. 
General. The owner or developer submitting a final plat shall submit all information required by this section in the form specified. Failure of an owner or developer to provide this information in the form required shall be sufficient grounds for the City to refuse to accept the filing of a final plat or to reject the final plat in any stage of the review and approval process.
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B. 
Area included in a final plat.
(1) 
A final plat shall not include any area not included in an approved and then valid preliminary plan.
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(2) 
A final plat shall not depict any public improvements or lots served by, which are to be served by, or which under this Code require service by public improvements unless the public improvement engineering plans and specifications for such public improvements have been submitted, reviewed and approved.
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C. 
Required form and content of final subdivision code plats and supporting documents. Final plats, certificates, and comparable material shall be submitted in the form and content as specified in Section 1.05 of "A Manual of Practice for the Design of Public Improvements in the City of Bloomington."[1]
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Editor's Note: The Manual of Practice is included as an attachment to this chapter.
D. 
Dedication of streets.
(1) 
All streets within a subdivision code shall be located within dedicated public or private right-of-way. All streets and right-of-way shall be public unless specifically stated otherwise on both the preliminary plan and the final plat.
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(2) 
For private streets, a separate legal instrument, such as a covenant running with the land, shall be submitted which sets forth the manner by which the private streets within the subdivision code shall be maintained. Such legal instrument may provide an indenture establishing an association or similar organization to be responsible for maintenance of such streets.
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A. 
General. The owner or developer submitting a final development plan shall submit all information required by this section in the form specified. Failure of an owner or developer to provide this information in the form required shall be sufficient grounds for the City to refuse to accept the filing of a final development plan or to reject the final development plan in any stage of the review and approval process.
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B. 
Area included in a final development plan.
(1) 
A final development plan shall not include any area not included in an approved and then valid preliminary development plan.
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(2) 
A final development plan shall not depict any public or private improvements or lots served by, which are to be served by, or which under this Code require service by public or private improvement unless the utility plat for such public and private improvements has been submitted, reviewed and approved.
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C. 
Required form and content of final development plans and supporting documents. Final development plans, certificates, and comparable material shall be submitted in the form as specified in Section 1.05 of "A Manual of Practice For the Design of Public Improvements in the City of Bloomington."[1]
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Editor's Note: The Manual of Practice is included as an attachment to this chapter.
D. 
Dedication of streets.
(1) 
All streets within a planned unit development shall be located within dedicated public or private right-of-way. All streets and right-of-way shall be public unless specifically stated otherwise on both the preliminary plan and the final plat.
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(2) 
For private streets, a separate legal instrument, such as a covenant running with the land, shall be submitted which sets forth the manner by which the private streets within the planned unit development shall be maintained. Such legal instrument may provide an indenture establishing an association or similar organization to be responsible for maintenance of such streets.
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A. 
Final plat public improvement payment, performance and workmanship bond.
(1) 
Nature of the obligation.
(a) 
Any owner, developer or subdivider shall submit a final plat public improvement payment, performance and workmanship bond obligating the signer(s) to do each of the following:
[1] 
Install all public improvements depicted on an approved preliminary plan, engineering plans and specifications or final plat.
[2] 
Pay all plan review and inspection fees.
[3] 
Prepare and submit to the City one complete set of plans showing such required land improvements as actually installed in the manner described in § 24-407.
(b) 
All public improvement shall be completed within two years following the approval of the final plat by the Mayor and City Council of the City and prior to acceptance of the improvements for maintenance. In addition, the execution of the subdivider's final plat public improvement payment, performance and workmanship bond shall obligate the signer(s) to guarantee the improvements against faulty materials and workmanship for a period of one year following acceptance of the improvements for maintenance.
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(2) 
Penal amount of bond and security.
(a) 
Penal amount. The penal amount of the final plat public improvement payment and performance and workmanship bond shall be the higher of the following:
[1] 
If some or all of the improvements have been installed, inspected, and approved, then 100% of the Director of Public Works' written estimate of the cost of installing all public improvements not then installed and inspected, plus 10% of the Director of Public Works' estimate for all improvements installed as a one year guarantee for the materials and workmanship of all improvements. Also, the developer must pay all plan review and inspection fees not paid, prepare all as built plans and specifications not then submitted.
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[2] 
If none of the improvements have been installed, then 110% of the Director of Public Works' written estimate of the cost of installing all public improvements, guaranteeing the materials and workmanship of all the improvements. Also, the developer must pay all plan review and inspection fees not paid and prepare as built plans and specifications not then submitted.
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(b) 
Security. The final plat public improvement payment, performance, and workmanship bond shall be secured in one of the following ways:
[1] 
By posting a cash escrow amount in an Illinois bank or savings and loan association in the amount specified in § 24-406A(2)(a) as adjusted by any releases authorized by the Director of Public Works.
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[2] 
By posting an irrevocable letter of credit in the amount specified in § 24-406A(2)(a) from a local bank or savings and loan association naming the City as a beneficiary thereof. The renewable irrevocable letter of credit shall be for a minimum length of time of two years with a two-month notice to the City prior to expiration.
[3] 
By posting a corporate surety bond payable to the City in the amount as specified in § 24-406A(2)(a). Such bond shall be in a form with surety and conditions approved by the City's Corporation Counsel. The surety bond shall be from an insurance company authorized to conduct business in the State of Illinois. Said bond shall be acknowledged before a notary Public by the principal. The owner or developer shall keep such corporate surety bond in full force and effect until one year after official action of the City of Bloomington accepting the subdivision code for maintenance or until such later date as any written claim against the bond by the City is finally resolved.
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(3) 
Form of bond and security documents.[1]
(a) 
The form of the final plat public improvement payment, performance and workmanship bond secured by corporate surety is as provided in Exhibit "F" or "F-1" (located in Manual of Practice).
(b) 
The form of the final plat public improvement payment, performance and workmanship bond secured by cash escrow is provided in Exhibit "G."
(c) 
The form of the final plat public improvement payment, performance and workmanship bond secured by an irrevocable letter of credit is as provided in Exhibit "H" (located in Manual of Practice).
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Editor's Note: The Manual of Practice is included as an attachment to this chapter.
(4) 
Releases from escrow accounts posted as security. As installation of public improvements progresses, and is inspected and approved by the Director of Public Works, releases from such escrow accounts, may be authorized by the Director of Public Works in writing, based upon his/her estimate of the cost for work completed, inspected and approved, provided however, no release shall be made which would reduce the escrow account to an amount less than 10% of the Director of Public Works' original estimate of the cost of installing all public improvements, paying all plan review and inspection fees and preparing as-built plans until all public improvements in the Subdivision Code have been accepted for maintenance, at which time the escrow account shall be released to an amount of not less than 10% of the Director of Public Works' original estimate of cost. Funds then remaining in the escrow account may be released one year after acceptance of the subdivision code for maintenance or on such later date as any written claim against the escrow account by the City is finally resolved.
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B. 
Adjacent substandard roadway improvement guarantee and security.
(1) 
Nature of the obligation. Any owner, developer, or subdivider developing a subdivision code bordering on one or more roadways is obligated to contribute 1/2 the cost of improving such roadway or roadways to minimum City standards for the zoning classification of the adjacent land, the obligation shall endure for 10 years from the date the final plat is recorded.
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(2) 
Guarantee and security.
(a) 
Security. The adjacent substandard roadway improvement guarantee shall be secured in one of the following ways:
[1] 
By posting a corporate surety bond with the owner or developer as principal and an insurance company duly authorized to do business in the State of Illinois as surety in a penal amount not less than that determined by § 24-406B(1).
[2] 
By posting a cash reserve account with the City of Bloomington in the amount determined by § 24-406B(1).
[3] 
By posting an irrevocable letter of credit in the amount determined by § 24-406B(1) from a local bank or savings and loan association naming the City as beneficiary thereof.
(b) 
Form of guarantee.[2]
[1] 
The form of the adjacent substandard roadway improvement guarantee and security secured by corporate surety is as provided in Exhibit "I" (located in Manual of Practice).
[2] 
The form of the adjacent substandard roadway improvement guarantee secured by cash escrow is as provided in Exhibit "J" (located in Manual of Practice).
[3] 
The form of the adjacent substandard roadway improvement guarantee and security secured by an irrevocable letter of credit is as provided in Exhibit "K" (located in Manual of Practice).
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Editor's Note: The Manual of Practice is included as an attachment to this chapter.